Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-20
Politics at Large
By C.. Could Lincoln.

Senator George II. Moses Of New
Hampshire Is convinced that President
Coolidge. with u magnificent gesture,
will decline the Republican nomination
for President The New Hampshire
Senator reiterated this opinion upon
his return to Washington after trip
that took him across the continent as
far as Hawaii. But this was his
opinion before he ever started his trip,
announced several months ago. Ii
may be remarked, however, that SEN
ator Moses insists that the President
can be renominated and reelected
next year. If no wishes to. Before
leaving Washington he contented him
self with saying merely that he
believed that the President would de.
cline TO be a candidate to succeed
himself
Perhaps the New Hampshire Sena'
tor Is seeking to provide cushion
upon which Mr.. Coolidge may grace
fully sink out of the presidential race.
TO date. however. Senator Moses Is
one of the very few Republicans OF
prominence who have declared that
the President would not or should not
be a candidate to succeed himself.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, presldent
of Columbia University, wet Repupii.
can, Is another. There are 1nsurgeht
Republicans, so-called radicals from
the West and Middle West, VINO 90
not hesitate to say that the RepuoH-
can partv should not nominate MIR.
Coolidge for another term. Senator
Robert M. La Toilette, jr.. OF WIS
cousin. for example, gave out a biast
against the President just before ne
left Washington recently. But neither
Senator la Toilette nor any OF tne
other Progressives, with possibly one
execution, express any doupt tLde
the President will be candidate LOT
the nomination when the Republican
national convention materlalizes next
year.
The supporters of President COOL
idge are counting upon a vide denla hu
for the Presidents denomination. Ihey
do not believe that the President VIII
be placed in a position of seeking Ihe
nomination. They believe that the lie
nnhlican party will demand his re-
nomination. They say that never yet
has any man declined the nomination
for President, when it has come 10
him from a great political party. They
see the President as gracefully accept
ing the verdict of his party as Senator
Moses sees him gracefully declining
the nomination. Senator Moses may
be right. In the meantime the guess
ing contest goes on, and much Is IKE
Nv to depend uopn the course OF pubic
events in the next eight months.
X y Y X
Whatever has been the effect in the
West of President Coolidge's appear
ing in cowboy costume on the occa'
sion of his birthday, July 4, the reac'
ton i'm the East has been wide grin
not to say laughter. The feeling here
has been that the President stepped
out of character" when he donned the
fuzzy chaps and spurs of a COWBOY
But Mr.. Coolidge does not have to WIN
the East. The East is for him at the
start. His welcoming of the Western
hospitality and appearance In a rig
that would have done credit to Bill
Hart may have, and indeed is re-
norted to have had, a different effect
in the West.
Every time a public man sticks his
head up these days, in either party
he is doomed Somewhere for the vice
presidential nomination. The most
recent case is that of Gov. w. j. Blu
| low, Democrat, who was elected IL
South Dakota, although that State
went for Coolidge in 1924 and has two
| Republican Senators. Gov. BuloW
Ieaped into the limelight the other
day when he denounced the Republi
can protective tariff, on the GROUND
that it does the farmer no good ant
merely keeps prices of things the
| farmer has to buy higher than they
should be. South Dakota is the center
| of attention right now, as the resi-
| dence of the President of the United
| States. Had it not been for the sum
mer White House in the Black Hills
| Gov. Bulow's speech probably woulc
| have reached no farther that the con
| fines of his own State. But the Demo
Gratis of South Dakota have taken this
opportunity to boost their governor
| for second place on the Democratic
| ticket next year. 1t has been sug
gested that he might run well on q
| ticket with Gov. AL Smith of New
| York. Another case of the ticket bal
ancing, apparently. Only few days
ago, Senator Norbeck, Republican, OF
South Dakota, was suggested as q
| possible running mate for President
| Coolidge in 1928. The ticket makers
are intent upon placing Western dry
| on the Democratic ticket with Al
Smith, and Westerner on the ticket
with President Coolidge. In all proba
bility the national conventions of the
two parties will have something tc
say about the vice presidential nomi
nations as well as the presidential.
Reports from South Dakota to the
effect that Everett Sanders, secretary
to the President, will resign and
enter the race for the Republican
| nomination for Senator in Indiana
next year against Senator Robinson
are discounted in we'll informed quar-.
tiers here. Indeed, it is said Mr.
Sanders himself has denied the truth
of these reports to personal friends
If Mr.. Sanders should retire from his
present position as secretary to the
President, it is believed it would be to
obtain a rest from an arduous job OIL
because Of his desire to resume the
practice Of law, at which, it Is said
he could expect to make many times
his salary as secretary to the
President. But the understanding
here is that Mr.. Sanders, while he
may take short vacation, will re-
main as aid to the President for the
present.
The progress of the investigation OF
charges of political corruption in In
diana Republican politics is being
watched with keen interest. The
revelations, so called, by Stephenson,
former grand dragon of the ku Klux
Khan in Indiana, but now serving a
| life sentence for murder of girl, have
Disguised many people in Indiana.
They may be followed by political
upheaval in the Hoosier State. But
t. Mt IL "a.
| publican machine in the State will
scarcely be endorsed before the sena'
torial primaries take place next year
This machine is dominated by Sena'
tors Watson and Robinson, who have
co.operated closely in the last year or
| two. If Mr.. Sanders should enter the
race for the senatorial nomination
against Senator Robinson there would
be an ugly fight, which might result