Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03

Members of Congress commenting
on The Presidents statement that he
docs not choose to run in 1928. place
various interpretations on It's meaning
While some, chiefly Democrats, TOOK
the view that the president was nor
definitely eliminating hinSoh from
the race. others voiced III" np'h'""
tbat the statement closes the door 10
IN nomination. There VAS general
tcrliu.. however, that til" l1"Sld'h'
Ma. ,<pye&SiuE Il prrSnu,I deNn", hu'
mai hr uuuld respond II the party
called him.
Nemhrys NOW in the capital gave
thcjr NicW& as follows
senator Reed Nmoot, Republican,
I-tah 'PreSident Coolidge. the stale
mcnt iufers. will (ollnW ~" NattN
wishes IL the convention wants h'h
~ run. hut he Indicates he would pre-,
fcr not To run if left to his personal
choice"
Senator !. Thomas uetiin, Democrat.
Alabama The President decided
wisely. and had respect for the TWO
term custom,
senator Ashursi, Democrat. OF Ari-
coma is III WASHINGTON. hut was not
prrnarei to ,NprrS~ an opinion.
Senator Curtis Of Kansas. Republic
can floor leader III the Senate, refrain
cd from commenting on the PreSi-
dents statement.
other Senators and House members
reached through the Associated Press
spoke as follows:
senator Pat Harrison, Democrat,
Standardization Coolidge Is
merely playing hide and seek with the
American people. The President
statement means nothing. If Presli
dent Coolidge ever winked his eye or
had his fingers crossed he must nave
done so when he said, 1 do not choose
10 run for President in 1929. III ne
really wanted to take himself out
as n presidential candidate why did
he not say, Under no circumstances
will | seek the nomination or accept
if it is rendered me-"
Senator l.. ID. Tyson. Democrat.
Tennessee-'It would make Mr.. COOL
idge a bigger man in the eyes OF the
Nation. He has reached the peak or
his popularity"
Senator IT. III. Caraway, Democrat,
Arkansas-'The Presidents announce
ment will be hailed with delight. but
there will always be the fear that
there was a mental reservation that
he might consider becoming a candl-
date if he is. drafted to do So"
Senator Thomas j. Walsh, Demo
crat, Montana--"The wise determine
ton of President Coolidge not again
to become candidate will be APP
proved by most Americans. 1t is
scarcely to be believed that any others
desiring his reelection were undis-
turbed by misgiving at departure from
the precedent set by Washington and
especially by jefferson.
'It would be difficult to alarm any
one concerning the fate of the coun-
try should the mild-mannered Presi-
dent be again chosen. But the rule
once departed from ceases to exist
and it becomes relatively easy for
some bold and ambitious man or one
not overscrupulous to utilize the vast
power and prestige of the presidential
office to perpetuate himself in that
eminent place.
II said more than two years ago
that when the proper time came Presi-
dent Coolidge would announce that ne
would not run again and that should
he be nominated the anti-third term
sentiment, easily stirred, would prove
his undoing."
Senator Hendrix Shipstead, Farmer
Labor, Minnesota-"I understand the
Presidents 10-gallon hat is out of the
ring. Cool, cautious, calculating Cal
came and he saw, and sensed the re-
volt of the West against the domina-
ton of our economic and political lie
by the industrial and financial East.
HE has evidently discovered that
Senator Butler, after having been
feasted by the Belshazzars OF the UP.
per Mississippi Valley, was ill-advlsed