Evening star., 1928-01-31

Gated that the Republican party should
not take seriously the statement that
President Coolidge does not choose 70
run 1t is reliably reported that Mr.
Hilles and Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon are working In close co-opera-
ton and that drive Is on To obtain
uninstructed delegations In many
States. which will support the plan to
draft the President
Plans Early Action.
I'm order that the representatives OF
the people In the Senate may have an
opportunity to express their conviction
with regard TO. the Importance OF pre-
serving the tradition that no President
shall succeed himself for third term.
I have introduced resolution and shall
press for its early consideration ana
adoption by the Senate"
Many Republican Senators woulo
like TO see the President renominated
How many of them would be wiling to
90 on record in opposition 70 the two
term tradition. while they still had no
assurance that the President would
permit himself TO be drafted. Is an
other matter.
II the anti-third term resolution
passed the Senate By substantial ma
iority It might give the Republicans.
who are urging the denomination OF
President Coolidge something 10 thing
about A similar resolution. put through
the House during President Grants ad-
ministration. checked for q time the
plans for the nomination OF Grant Ior
a third term. The claim OF the Repuoli-
can leaders has been. however uiat
another term for President Coolidge
could not properly be considered third
term, since he served only 10 months OF
the Harding unexpired term Further
more. there Is much opinion To the
effect that the third-term issue Is not
taken SO seriously by the voters To-Day
as Il was half century or more ago
Believe President Firm.
Friends OF President Coolidge who
maintain that he has meant from the
time OF his Black Hills announcement
that he would not be a candidate, or ac-
cent the nomination for President, de-
clare that the Presidents record shows
he never seeks anything by indlrect'on.
They maintain that he could have been
renominated II he had been willing 10
make the race. without raising his hand
or saving \ word. That he would seein-
inglv decline the nomination only TO
accept 1t when rendered 10 him by the
convention they say Is unthinkable,
The situation In New York. where II
is now apparently determined To send an
uninstructed delegation 10 the Repuo-
lican national convention. ls regarded
IN political headquarters here as created
To hold the organization. headed by
Charles D. iiilles. Republican national
committeeman. and George Morris.
state chairman. intact.
1t has been interpreted. too. rs a
check Ia the Hoover band-wagon moVe-
ment. although the friends Of the Sec
retary OF Commerce In New YORK insist
that this Is not SO MIR Hilles plea for
an uainatructed delegation which might
be awung To the President II draft
movement gets under way. apparently
has been effective. for whatever reaaon
II was made,
Reports from New York today say
that the toWdtn for President head
quarters. maintained tor several months
In New York. principally for publicity
Ia the East, have been closed, III some
quarters this action Is viewed merely as
a recognition of the determination ot
the Republican leaders tn New York To
send an uninstrueted delegation. why
waste time trying In get LoWden dele
CATION In the Empire State, II Ii asked
under such conditinna9 Fflcnda III Mr.
inwden here insist that the closing of
the New Smk headquarters does not
mean that MIR tnwden Ii retiring nom
the race. There have been runners IN
the past that MIR luWden m,glt etrnr
tualiy take himself out of the picture,
but there. has been no eoiNiimalson ot
them ~ far.