Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
PRESIDENT STUDIES
S|TESFOR VACATION
Colorado Home of Spencer
Penrose Being Strongly
Urged by Friends.
BY Consolidated Press.

President Coolidge is reported seri-
ously to be considering whether no
shall emulate the example OF Mr.. Hor.
ace Greeley's young man and go West
the coming Summer. Considerable
pressure In being brought to bear
on the President to spend his vaca-
ton period of 1927 in the great mid.
country. Colorado is in tho van with
a very enticing invitation to the Chief
Executive to make Colorado Springs
the Summer Capital" An invitation
from DR.. Hubert Work, Secretary of
the Interior. to visit Colorado has
been seconded by Senators and Rep
resentatlves Of the State, by Senator
elect Waterman and by G. G. Hamlin.
Republican national committeeman,
all OF whom have been recent guests
at the White House.
1t Ia too early for the President to
commit himself for next Summer.
There Is @ suggestion that he Ia shy.
| ing at the arguments of political ex.
pedtency which are being made in be-
half OF Western sojourn. The Pres.
| ident has been told the people would
like to see him spend more time In
| the West and that 1t would be a splen-
did thing for his political future. Mr..
SoSiAuBC may LeCL ltlAL III ACCepLhnCc
In these circumstances would justify
| a conclusion that he was looking for
further political favors and honors in
1928. Most OF the politically minded
In washington believe that Mr.. Cool
idge will be a candidate again, but
| they have nothing from him upon
which to base their freely made pre-
dictions.
Cabinet Is Western.
Discussion of Western sojourn
for Mr.. Coolidge has developed the
interesting fact that although from
the heart Of New England himself
Mr.. Coolidge has surrounded himself
with q distinctly Western cabinet.
He has been told, therefore, it would
be far easier for him to assemble a
scattered cabinet during the Summer
in Colorado than it would be at Wash.
ington or any other Eastern point.
No less than 8 Of the 10 members of
the Presidents official family are from
the banks Of the Mississippi or from
points west OF that dividing stream.
Secretary of State Kellogg is from
Minnesota. Secretary OF War Dwight
F. Davis is from Missouri, Secretary
OF the Navy Wilbur and Secretary Of
commerce Herbert Hoover are both
from California, Secretary of the In
terror Work is from Pueblo, Colo;
Secretary Of Agriculture Jardine is
from Kansas. Postmaster General
Harry New is from Indiana and Sec.
rotary OF Labor James J. Davis can
be accredited to Illinois, because of
his interest in that State. Thus 8
OF the 10 cabinet members may be
considered OF the West. This leaves
only Secretary of the Treasury. Mel
lon. who halls from Pittsburgh. and
Attorney General Sargent, whose
home is in the Vermont hills. near
the old Coolidge farm, as Fasteners,
me Attorney General is the only
sure enough "down East" cabinet Off.
Ger, for a great many people in Pitts.
burgh consider themselves on the Dor
der line of the West
The Presidents invitation to Colo.
RADIO Springs. which he has taken
under advisement, includes the proffer
of a palatial home belonging to
Spencer Penrose, youngest brother of