Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-08
Politics at Large
By C. Could Lincoln.


the Republican national convention
met in Cleveland, Ohio, and with
great promptness nominated Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge. A year hence
the Republican hosts will meet again
for the purpose of nominating their
presidential candidate. SO far as the
nominee is concerned, it looks very
much as if history would repeat itself.
Just where the convention will be
held is a matter of greater I'M
certainty. Chairman William M. But
Ter of the Republican national COM
mittee, who came to Washington sew
eral days ago and who went to New
York yesterday, has been approached,
either by letter or by personal inter-
view, by the representatives of 10
cities, urging that the next conven-
ton be held within their confines
These cities are San Francisco,
Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Omaha,
Minneapolis, Detroit, Cleveland, New
York and Philadelphia.
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Chairman Butler is expressing no
preference at this time for the con-
vention city of next year. 1t is a
matter which his committee will have
/ W u6L0rInln0 next btCGInDeT, Wn6n
the committee will be called to meet
in Washington for the specific pur-
pose of selecting the convention CITY
and fixing the date Of the convention,
AS has been the custom in the past.
the Republicans probably will meet
in national convention early in June,
prior to the Democratic national con.
vention. The general impression pre-
| walls, however, that city in the
| Middle West will be chosen for the
| Republican national convention, very
probably Detroit, which possesses
geographical advantages that may ap-
peal to many of the delegates. Gov.
Fred w. Green of Michigan came to
| Washington recently and delivered in
person an invitation to the Republican
national committee to hold the con.
vention in Detroit. Incidentally, the
word he brought to Washington was
that the Republicans of Michigan are
thinking of no one except Mr.. Cool.
idge in connection with the Republican
nomination for President next year.
The convention probably will go to
that section Of the country where it
Will help the G. o. P. most.
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Chicago, through Allen Moore, Re
publican national committeeman for
| Illinois, has issued an invitation to
president Coolidge to bring the Re
publican convention there. This invi
tat1on Will'of course be turned over tc
the national committee for it's consid
GRAFTON. The political situation in
Illinois is rather mixed, to say the
least, at present-so mixed that il
might not appear advisable to take the
convention to that city. Former Gov
LoWden of Illinois is a candidate for
the presidential nomination as a friend
OF the farmer. This in itself would
not bar Chicago from consideration
Tor the convention. In 1920, when
LoWden was foremost candidate for
the Republican nomination, the con.
vention met in the Windy City. But
| there Is the case of Senator Frank l..
Smith, whose right to be seated has
! been assailed by many Republicans as
/ we'll as Democrats. Mr.. Moore was
the campaign manager for Smith.
| There is, too, the case of Gov. Len
Small, who seems bent upon seeking
reelection. The city of Chicago is
more full of political factions than an
| alley cat is of fleas. All of which NAV
make the Republican committeeman
hesitate to take the convention there.
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William Gibbs McAdoo, former Sec.
rotary of the Treasury, leading can
oidate Tor the Democratic nomination
IN 1924, before and during the greater
part of the Madison Square Garden
convention, has issued a chaIlege to
the leaders of all the political parties
TO say Just where they stand on the
prohibition question and on prohibi.
tlon enforcement. Mr.. McAdoo an
parentiy Is bent upon making prohi-
bltion the chief issue in the nrecon.
Vent1on campaign and in the general
election next year. BY doing so, how
ever. he is helping the Democratic
party just about as much as the inter.
lection of the Ku Klux Khan issue
helped it in 1924. The Democratic
party is wet in the North and East
and in Chicago and one or two other
centers. In the rest of the country.
the Democratic party is dry. 1t is an.
parent that Mr.. McAdoo is bent upon
the elimination of Gov. Alfred E..
smith OF New York as the Demo
cratic nominee for President next
year and is taking the prohibition
route to accomplish his end, The
governor has long been recognized as
wet, although some of his friends
now are trying to make it appear
that he has been strong for law en-
forcement and would do no more harm
10 the prohibitory law than any other
PRESIDENT, II he were elected.
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So far as the Republican presiden-
tai possibilities are concerned. Mr..
McAdoo,s appeal for a declaration
upon prohibition is likely to draw
little fire. President Coolidge has
Always STOOD for enforcement Of the
prohibition law and has been rated
entirely acceptable by the militant
dry organization, the Anti-Saloon
League of America. DIR. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia
University, is the one Republican
mentioned as presidential possibility
VINO has declared for the wet cause
and would pledge his party to it.
senator William E. Borah Of Idaho
on the other hand, has proclaimed
himself a militant dry. opposed to
me notification" of the Constitution
through any legislation which would
Illke 1t possible to sell alcoholic bev-
erages In any of the States. as nro-
posed by New York. For the rest
including Vice President Dawes. for.
iner GOV. Lowden of Illinois. Charles
Evans Hughes, Speaker Longworth,
mere has been no statement regard
ing prohibition and probably will be
none. The Republican leadership is
aVerse to having the party split wide
open over the wet and dry issue. 1t
IS willing to stand by and watch the
democrats wreStle with this issue.
But In spite of this attitude, the wet
and dry question is a real issue among
the people today.
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Inc Democrats in Maryland are be-
ginning to talk about senatorial can
didates for 1928. Senator William