Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-03
CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS DIFFER
WIDELY ON COOLIDGE ACTION
Senate and House Members See Sincerity
and Political Maneuvering in An
nouncement on 1928.

, when he came back to Washington
and reported everything well roliti-
Cally In the West.
THE President evidently has been
kent awake by the roaring Of the
| mortgages on Western farms and the
hleating Of the Shorn lambs and as
result IL developing Western con
science.
lis he going Ia discard his cowboy
pants for 4arECloth AMI ashes
senator Peter \orbecl. Republican,
South Dakota Tin surprised.
senator Thomas ID. SchAll. Eepubli.
cau, Minnesota - ann surprised and
sorry to hear it, | had expected Mi.
Coolidge to he the Republican candi-
date in 1928. and feel he could be re-
elected easily"
senator Arthur Cappcr. Rcpuhli'
can Kansas ~ have not discussed
The Presidents statement with him.
hut | cannot see that the announce
mcnt materially changes the situation.
It places the responsibility squareiN
with the Republican party as to It's
choice Of a nominee next year.
II told the President that tho state
ment had caused considerable surprise.
Mir Coolidge seemed amused that the
correspondents had created such n
The discussion ended there
Senator e. &. Dill. Democrat. Wash
ington: Il have been predicting this
for two months. but | am just Il little
surprised that he makes the announce
ment this early.
MIR. Coolidge Is n man greatly IN
tiuenced by the history and tradition
or the country. And there has been
a subtle campaign going on against
him by the opposition of his own
party. seeking to place on him the re-
sponsibility for seeking q third-term
nomination. rather than to have the
demand for a third term come from
the people.
1.-The President Is to be congrat-
ulated on his adherence to the tradi-
ton that has become almost unwrltten
law. 1t will make him a bigger man
than ever
Representative Gordon Browning.
Democrat, Tennessee accept Mr..
Coolidge's choice at it's face value and
in support of the Presidents position
in that respect | cite the poor plight
of the farmers and the apparent fail
ure of the Geneva arms conference"
Representative Edwin l.. Davis,
Democrat, Tennessee. president
Coolidges announcement of his choice
not to run for President in 1928 IS
in keeping with the venerable method
employed by American politicians to
pave the way for a third campaign,
and is, more properly speaking, the
forerunner of such a campaign, rather
than an abandonment of the race"
Representative Finis j. Garrett,
Democrat, Tennessee II do not think
that the announcement given out
Tuesday by President Coolidge to the
effect that he did not choose to run
for President in 1928 will appreciably
affect the Democratic situation. |
have not had time to consider
the question fully as yet, but it APP
pears to me that the expression,
which evidently was carefully studied,
is cryptic and capable to different con
structions, but it evidently opens the
way for other Republican aspirants
to become active contestants in the
that the President himself will make
no effort to secure another nomina-
ton"
Representative Henry j. BOwles
Republican, Massachusetts: while
defending the sincerity of President
Coolidge's announcement that he will
| not be a candidate in 1928, l insist
that Mr.. Coolidge, as the logical choice
Of his party, might well be nominated
without being a candidate because OF
| the general demand for him."
Representative William A. Oldfield
| Democrat, Arkansas: THE Presidents
| terse statement looks like a feeler, the
third term question apparently was
| involved"