Evening star., 1927-03-10
PRESIDENTS PLANS
| PLEASING TO WEST
Capper Says Farm Section
I Sees Visit as Recognition
of Its Importance.
sY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
President Coolidge may not be play
ing politics in deciding to spend the
Summer "out where the west begins
but It is universally agreed i'll WASH
inston that it Is one of the shre"ues'
moves he's made since entering lhe
White House. When this writer was
exploring Western political condItiqns
on the eve of last years co1Cressloha !
elections, the Coolidge boycott OF
the corn and wheat belts was touno
n matter of general comment Inc
comment was critical IN character
and often bitter. II emanateu from
some of the Presidents warmest sup
porters. Senator Arthur Cappcr Ike
publican of Kansas, typihed Western
sentiment when he said:
I'VE Western people nave peeuh
TO feel that the Vests welfare Is
not as fully considered at the White
House as il should be. Why does
Washington so often treat MS IKE
n stepchild in legislative aHaifs. oF
as IL we had not grown up ana our
interests were not as vital or iiflpoF-
tant to national prosperity as those
of the East? BY blood and TRADITION
we are today the most truly Ameficah
part of the United States ana Net
the East Connot see or VIII nos See
that the farm relief issue Wln not
down until it has been settled on ths
baeis of a souarer deai 10 the West
our feeling out here is thar the aa'
ministration is too much under the
influence OF Big Business.
Capper Is Grstifed.
Senator Capper expresses the ave
lest qualification thar President Coci'
idge has at length determined 70 Tot
low Horace Greeiey'> advice ana go
West" He predicted that nrushans
shoulders with the folks oat tneFe
will be good for Jhers. for the wnoie
West. for the country ~ aSEse anu S
nre.en1iuently for Mr.. Coolidge himself.
rrha Tar-, Nicc, leader prcphesseS that
Mrs. Coolidge will win she " eS% oH
a large majority
Tali.iclans are wondering whether
the presidential family VIII esac@SSe the
Rocky Mountains q Colorado Tor the
Summer White HcsGSe- Tnsrs are
some serious Go-A.s on MAX score.
Colorado Is the next STATE eATEsa.aFk kea
for investigation hv the Reed ssssSh-
fy1nd committee. IL j. g0sS there, the
Object Of scrutiny w14 es sase AS-e
eles.tion OF Charles w Waterman as
United states Senator. MT NSser
man campaigned as the SILVER state
original Coolidge man ana as Nhe
Presidents pre-conventlon IaAAsasg az
1924. Colorado bulRs nsgger IA AAe
Pepr,hlican national picture than IS
panaraIIy- realized. DR. Hubert Work,
Secretary of the Interior. halls from
there. William " Hodges. Denver
corporation lawyer. is treasurer OF the
Republican national committee. Sena-
tor Lawrence c. Phipps of Colorado,
Is chairman of the Republican sena-
toriaI campaign committee. The Reed
sIilsh sleuths are known to be hcklng
their chops in anticipation OF unearth-
ing "hot stuff in Colorado.
Penrose Leads Vets.
one of the Rocky Mountain show
nlaces rendered to the President TOT
the Summer is the palatial estate ol
Enencer Penrose. brother OF the late
canator Boies Penrose of Pennsyi-
,.ania ar Colorado Springs. The in
c5dent is undeserving of real consloera-
fjon but Spencer Penrose IS the
nIutocrafic leader of the Colorado Wet
forcas. which campaigned on pehaiI
of an anti.prohibition referendum az
Tho recent State elections. Inere Is
corresponding curiosity whether Presi-
dent coolidge might care TO hVe On
the Penrose place. under these c CIT
rumstances. even as a paying guest.
one more angle TO the Colorado
Summer suggestion is that the Stale
is still honeycombed with ku hiuX
Klan sympathies, although, tne
President does pitch his tent IN suCn
an atmosphere this year, ne couio
retort that last year ne liveo Wiliiiii
Il. Of iaf1lInnce.
senators Norbeck and McMaster or
South Dakota are hopeful that the
president will choose the famed Black
Hills for the Summer White House.
THEY'VE had a formal bid on Mr..
Coolidge's desk for some time. Inc
presidential spokesman, In announcing
The Executives plans, said that he Is
looking for a place that combines e!e-
walton" with GOODNESS" the Soutn
Dakotans declare that the region OF
Hardys Peak, in the Black Hliis.
exactly meets those specifications: II
IS the loftiest mountain-top anywhere
in the United States between the At
Iantic and the Rockies. Within its
uine.clad precincts the State OF South
Dakota maintains an official camp and
lodge which, according to Norbeck and
McMaster, is ideally suited for the
Presidents comfort and purposes.
When Mr.. Coolidge was in the
Adirondacks last Summer. he put In
his time systematically seeing political
and business leaders. It's a safe pre-.
diction that his Summer in the West
this year will be marked by the same
sort of program. But the number of
] those of bucolic aspect who visit
( him, is likely far to outstrip those Of
] "big business type. Therein, beyond
the shadow of doubt, lies the true
inwardness of the Presidents 1927
vacation arrangements.
Copyright. 1927
ILLINOIS SENDS INVITATION.