Evening star., 1927-08-26

| B1 DAVID LAWkENCE.
Has the Republican party as ye
any avowed candidate for the presi
Dental nomination?
Charles Evans Hughes has said thai
he would not accept II nominated.
Herbert Hoover has let it be known
that he will not permit organization
IN his behalf and that he will not seek
the Office.
Vice President Dawes has made II
clear he is not an active candidate.
Speaker Longworth has not sait
anything about his wishes, hopes OF
ambitions.
And Calvin Coolidge has said he does
not choose to run.
So much for the external NANTES
tations. Yet every one OF the fore
going public men has friends who ale
actively trying to persuade other
friends that the time is ripe for or
SANITATION work. which at the proper
time shall he transformed into dele
gates and convention votes.
Hughes Says He Is "Too DID,
| To begin with. there Is Mr.. Hughes
for he has the confidence and respect
Of virtually all the Coolidge men anC
is eminently satisfactory to the husi
ness interests OF the Atlantic States
Yet he firmly and unequivocally re
| fused to be q candidate. stating not
only that he was too old-he is 65-
but that he was for MIR. Coolidge first
last and all the time. Still. the al
mirers of Mr.. Hughes point out thai
| he said all this when it appeared that
| Mr.. Coolidge wanted the nomination
and when nobody who had been asso
ciated with Mr.. Coolidge was being
mentioned for the presidential nomi
| nation.
| Mr.. Hughes has the right to recon
slider in view OF the announcement 10y
President Coolidge. Many of hi!
| friends are urging him by letter ant
otherwise to reconsider and at leas
withdraw that part OF his Statement
which said he would not accept j
nominated Mr. Hughes actually lee
the Republican party in 1916, so I'M
practical politicians would see no OBJ
| lection from that side. especially since
| he came so near winning. But Mr
| Hughes has held the Office of Supreme
Court justice and has been Secretary
of State and has had all the honors
of public office with all the disadvan
| tages OF limited income. He resigned
| rom the cabinet to develop law prac
tice to provide for himself and family
| in declining years. There is of course
always the possibility that a vacancy
NAV occur in the office of Chief Justice
IS Mr.. Taft approaches retirement age
| in which case Mr.. Hughes is the logi
| cal man to succeed him. That work
would be more to his liking than the
politics which goes with the presi
dency.
Hoover Opposes Friends Plans.
So unless Mr.. Hughes indicates G
wish to reconsider. he may be con
| sidered as not a candidate In an!
sense.
Nor is Herbert Hoover, He. too
| has many friends who are eager tt
| develop an organization for him,
| but he is saying no to their pleas
| so far as getting encouragement
from him. He believes the office
| should seek the man. that nobody
should ever seek the presidency ant
that nothing he could say or do would
change the opinions already formed
about him. He plans to continue hi:
work absolutely detached from the
| whirl Of politics. He Is back here
for few days comforting with de
partment officials before going bach
to the food area. Mr.. Hoover ism
happy unless he has an immens'
problem on his hands. something In
volving constructive plans and crea'
tive work.
He has been hearing political gos.
sip about himself ever since 1917
and is calloused to it now. : He
knows that the American people
aren't stampeded into action for ol
against a man by lot OF clubs and
ORGANIZATIONS and that where there
| is a fundamental strength no mans
availability is increased by artificia
methods. So Mr.. Hoover continues
to go his own way. doing his job
hopeful no doubt that he will some
day be rewarded for the long years
| he has given to public service. Ht
| is one Of the few men who have
been here almost without Interrupt
ton since war times and he still see'
the economic problems Of the era
as requiring the same broad vision
| which enabled America to assume
world leadership 10 years ago.
Dawes Well Liked.
| Mr.. Dawes is we'll liked by Repub
licans for his forcefulness and bust
ness capacity. Just how far he com
| UliIloch " -AAO
to cause him to lose Eastern States u
a matter of conjecture-certainly !
| is the only thing one hears discussed
as a possible basis for opposition. Blu
he is saving wood and saying nothing
And when he does speak, there Will b'
no doubt Of his meaning. But he Il
keeping in the background.
This leaves former Gov. Lowden al
outstanding Republican and the mar
who has virtually announced his can
didacy. There are reasons for bellev
| ing he does not want the office. Bu
| he is part Of the agricultural move
ment and is being drafted by Western
elements, who feel that in him lies thu
best chance Of solving the agriculture
problem. He is beyond the age tina
] candidates usually are chosen and alst
| there have been some antipathies ste
red up as between Lowden supporter;
and Coolidge men.
Speaker Longworth is always re
garded in political circles as u pos
sibility--certainly if the convention ].
ruled by politicians his chances are
good as any, for he is popular in Con
gress and his ability is recognized b!
| those who know him. But he isn't al
active candidate. Can any of thes,
men be nominated without orsaniZa
ton work? II that happens, new
day will have come in politics. wherein
| the Office really seeks the man.
| While there has been no outward