Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-28


Notwithstanding attitude of former
Gov. Frank o. Lowden of Illinois to-
ward the Republican presidential nom
ination leads to general comment on
his speaking tour of this Summer and
the probable part he will play in the
campaign now getting under way.
Those who argue that Mr.. Coolidge
ought to step down in order that some
other man may have chance in the
White House have a queer idea of the
nature of the Presidency" remarks
the Worcester Telegram Republican),
as 1t notes that 1.-The people don't fill
the Office in order to please a candi.
date" but choose a candidate or re-
elect an occupant because they believe
in his policies and purposes and char
acter."
Commenting on the restrained ma
ture of the speech made by Mr.. Low
den recently before the Dairymens
League, in Binghamton, the New York
Herald Tribune Republican) observes
"That genial perennial of the political
garden, the Hon. Frank .. LoWden,
opened his petals in the sunlight OF
Binghamton agriculture the otner
night and yearned once again on De
half of the American farmer. Like
the cautious flower that he is. he did
himself to a policy. He hoped, he sug-
gested, he outlined. He signed nothing
that the most trusting farmer could
translate into a definite promise. The
most fervent we'll wisher of the Low
den candidacy Is left with the painful
fear that the only thing for which
the former Governor of Illinois really
yearns is the White House"
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OF the same speech the New York
| World independent Democratic) re-
marks: Altogether, it was a con
siderably touchdown picture of NC
Nary -Haugenism which Mr.. Lowdsn
| brought out of the West" while the
| New York Evening Post independently,
although acknowledging the speakers
| knowledge of farm problems. says:
1.-THE evident caution of his Bingham
ton speech will only provoke inquiries
| from farmers who will want to know
lust what he means. Does he favor
| McNary 'Haugenism or doesn't hes
| What Mr.. Lowden has done by the
Binghamton speech Is to create the
necessity Of further speeches"
Declaring that "a counterattack
often is good tactics" the Philadelphia
Public Ledger independent thinks
|
| West. are calculated to offset the
Presidents arrival in the Black Hills, "
| and the Charlotte Observer Demo
cratic) pictures IAN ear to the ground
out In the Black Hills listening for the
oratoricaI disturbance at Binghamton.'
| Expressing the opinion that Mr..
Lowden intends, of course, to capital
| ize the agricultural unrest of the Mid
west" and that "he seeks to strength
en- the impression that the Coolidge
| administration cares first, last and
most Of the time for the prosperity OF
the manufacturing East" the Prov1'
dence Journal independently thinks the
President made a shrewd choice or MS
vacation spot, locating where ne could
get at first hand report of the state
Of public opinion in the MISSISSIPPI
and Missouri valleys"
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Calling attention to the fact that
"the curve of insurgency in the West
has heretofore always been precisely
the reverse Of the curve of prices,
the Richmond NeWs-Leader Qndepend'
ent Democratic) is sure that IF
prices go up this year the West is
apt to be Modified and Lowden's
chances will be negligible" The
Waterloo Tribune independently char
acterizes Mr.. Lowdens position as
'leader among the opposition to Cool
idge" as "a pretty comfortable posi-
ton at this stage of the game" but
the Boston Transcript independent
Republican, because of the fact that
President Coolidge has not come out
as a candidate for denomination
thinks the former Governor of Illinois
Is suspended in midair for time" ii
remain there until something hap
pens. that something being one or the
other of two wen chosen remarks by
the President of the United States. .
In the meanwhile, If NJ. Coolidge de
cides he does not want to run again
there would be Mr.. Lowden, toeine
the mark and ready to get off with a
rush." says the Charleston Evening
Post independent Democratic).
The Dayton Daily News dndepend
ent Democratic) thinks 1.-The emergence
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