New Britain herald., 1927-08-03

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 The President has found that for mer Governor Lowden Is strong po- litically and well considered throughout the farming country; that Secretary Hoover is highly re- garded throughout the nation as a whole. Either would make good Republican candidate.
 The President has also learned that his veto of the farm relief bill has not been forgotten and that con- tinued attempts will be made to pass such a measure. Another bill similar to the McNary-Haugen bill will be brought up in the next Congress and no doubt will be passed as readily as it's forerunners; then the President, if he should stick to his convictions, would be forced 10 veto it again upon the eve of an election cam paign. Such a proceeding would not help in the slightest.
 The apparent failure of the Geneva naval conference, which was called at the behest of the President, likewise would react politically next year. Refusal to call special session to provide flood relief also has not set we'll with many people, although those most aggrieved-in the south would not vote Republican any way. A big drive is under way to re- duce corporation income taxes and is expected to be successful in the next Congress-a poor time, before a campaign year, to make Such a sub ject prominent.
 As a leader the President has been a failure. He has been unable to do much with Congress and will be able to do even less with the next. Much political capital will be raised in this coming session and the Republi- can party will be at a disadvantage when the Democrats and the Pro- gressives unite on important issues.
 The rise of President Coolidge to the presidency has been one of the astonishing tricks of fate operat- ing in American politics. The first time his name was mentioned as a candidate in a Republican conven- ton was in 1920, when he was gov ernor of Massachusetts. On the first ballot he received only 34 votes, less by half than Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. At the close he was named vice-president because somebody had to be nominated as such, the the Massachusetts governor came handy for the purpose. Senator Len root could have had the nomination and later the presidency, as it turned out-but the delegates mind ed call for Coolidge from the rear of the hall and obeyed to facilitate their haste to leave.
 Had President Harding continued living there is little doubt that Cool idge would never have been heard from as presidential candidate. He never had been regarded as of pres- edential timber in the first place and came by the office by providence. Either Judge Hughes or Governor Lowden would have been the pre- vailing candidates after Harding had Harding lived, with perhaps Secre- tary Hoover also in the running, as he is at present.
 But once in the presidency, Cool idge became a strong man of poli- tics. The press as rule has been kind: the publicity regarding farmers son from Vermont becom- ing the chief executive of the land awakened the imagination of the people; common sense, fancied and real, has been emphasized; personal ity has not been underlined.
 A god in the east, Coolidge has become no god in the west He evidently has found that out By all odds. if the Democrats are wise in the coming months and nominate such strong man as Governor Smith-or any one Of few other strong Democratic leaders, such as Reed, Walsh Of Montana or Ritchic of Maryland-the result will not be showing under Of any candidate. We are running into a high tension campaign provided the Democrats can avoid making asses of them- selves, as they did in Madison Square Garden in 1924. A Republ- can president to be absolutely sure of the situation needs the west, the middle west and the east well in hand. Has Coolidge been thus favored?
 We can only refer to the first straw votes taken this year-lil1e all straw votes they may not be the ultimate in reliability. and may be fragmentary, but they are as good as any other straw votes. The straw ballot by certain newspapers in the