Show DOMESTIC Generally speaking con conditions were conducive to a prosperous year In the United States Industry and commerce flourished and the government go piled up a huge reserve e that made a reduction lion ion of ot taxes a certainty Adverse erse features were the unprecedented floods In the lie Mississippi valley con cona continued continued though somewhat s ameliorated depression In the agricultural Indus Indus- tries the long coal strike In the time bituminous bi Dt bituminous bi- bi fields which was ended ende d In several severn I states in the time autumn nn and a 11 astrike astrike strike of ot coal miners in Colorado under under un un- un der leadership of the I I. I W. W W. W Presidential politics occupied the minds of the people to a 0 considerable extent President e. e It was conceded could have the lie Republican nomination for the asking but during his vacation In the Black Hills huts of South Dakota he lie rather astonished the nation by Issuing the simple statement state state- statement ment I do not choose to run for President In 1 1928 1925 8 Thus the lie race was made an open one though many ninny of ot Mr Ir C Coolidge's lIdge's admirers Insisted that he would accept the nomination If drafted by the party Of the other possibilities those most favorably considered considered con con- were Frank Frnnk O. O Lowden Herbert Herbert nerbert Her ner- bert Hoover and Vice President ent Charles Dawes Charles E. E Hughes also was liked by man many Senator Charles Curtis of ot Kansas announced that he was a candi candidate ate for the honor and a boom m for Senator George Norris of ot Nebraska was started by some of or his fellow insurgents Senator Willis of ot Ohio threw his hat into the ring after the lie President In December told the time national committee he be had bad dim elim eliminated mated himself Kansas Cit City was awarded the Republican Republican Re Re- publican national convention after a spirited contest with San Francisco and the call was Issued for June 12 Al Smith at his fourth Inauguration n as governor of ot New York declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion and throughout the t e year he seemed to gain steadily In strength Of Ot course most of ot the drys in his hlf party opposed oppose him and they sought for tor a n arival arival rival candidate ate to t take the place of ot W. W G. G McAdoo The best they could fin find apparently was Senator James Reed of Missouri In February con congress ress massed the McNary-Haugen McNary n tar farm relief t bill and President Coolidge promptly vetoed It because he and his official advisers ad considered It economically bad Durin During During Dur Dur- in ing the year the lie various arious agricultural organizations tried to pet get et together tC on some sonie measure that would serve sene their needs and meet the Presidents President's objections objections but failed The matter mutter carne came up again In the Seventieth Se congress which met In December The senate In January refused to admit Frank L. L Smith and W. W S C Vare yare senators senators elect elect lect from Illinois and Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania l respectively because of alleged al- al alleged al political corruption In their campaigns cam vain and el elections Senator R Reed ell of Missouri url spent considerable time tinie during dur dur- during ing the summer Investigating In the anises and arid when the senate convened on December 5 fi the battle attle for and against the admission of the two men was resumed President Coolidge declared himself early In the year in favor of adequate national defense and congress In Its army and na nary appropriations was fairly liberal going even en beyond the thief Chief Executives Executive's recommendations by hy providing for three light cruisers In October Admiral Magruder severely criticised th the management of the lie nI navy nary in a n magazine lne article and paid the penalty being removed moved from his command command com COin mand of the naval station at Philadel Philadel- hula phia The Fall oil lease scandal came to the front again several times The United States Supreme court cancelled the leases lenses given by hy Fall to E. E 1 L. L Po- Po heny on the ground of ot fraud and later President Coolidge turned the naval ul oil II reserves back to the Navy depart depart- meat ment In October the Supreme court cancelled the Teapot Domela e held by Harry Barry Sinclair In that month the conspiracy cC case against Fall and Sinclair Sinclair Sin Sin- clair went to trial In Washington hut but huta buta a mistrial was ordered when It was discovered some som of ot the Jurors were being shadowed by Burns detectives es employed by the th defense Sinclair W W. Yo J 7 T Burns anti several others were cited for r contempt 0 of court There was a reorganization of the machinery for enforcement of ot prohibition tion In May Se Seymour Loman succeeded succeed succeed- ed L. L C. C Andrews as assistant secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the treasury In charge of that Job and Dr J. J M M. M I. I Doran replaced Roy RoyA A A. A as commissioner of or n. The Saloon Anti-Saloon league lust lost its guiding hand when Wayne B B. B Wheeler died In III September but under other leaders It went wont ahead with plans to raise million millions for the defeat of al all all wet candidates for office In April the President ent vetoed vetoe the Philippines assembly act for a n plebiscite on independence for the time Islan Islands s. s Later Governor Go General Wood Wo cause came home to report to Mr Coolidge at nt the summer White House in the Black Hills nills The general was In poor health then and on AU August 7 j he died in Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton universally lamented In December Decem ber bel President Coolidge appointee appointed Henry L. L Stimson to succeed General Genera Wood as governor go general of the Philippines The cases of Sacco and Italian Communists stirred up their fellow follow Reds all nil over ever the world orld am and the lie called so-called pinks as af well They had been convicted of murder In Massachusetts and sentenced to death The fairness s of or the trial jud judge e was attacked at nt- attacked tacked tact nn and the execution of the tile men was dela delayed ed for months h by every cry means in the power of the defense p. p The Supreme court and Gov Governor Fulmer Fuller Fuller Ful Ful- ler mer declined to Interfere and ond the men were put to death on nn August 22 23 The annual convention of the Amer AmerIcan American Amerlean Ican lean Legion which was hel held In Paris was a great success and the former doughboys thoroughly enjo enjoyed ed their return to the lie scenes that became familiar fa a- a to them during the World war After Arter the convention adjourned most of ot the thousands of delegates visited the battlefields s and went to nel Belgium lurn and England A large party journe journeyed ed to Home Rome Edward E E. E Spafford of New York wa wn was elected commander of offin fin filA T of n nil Con nn A Ant Terns Tr 1 o. n was awarded the 1925 l 28 convention What remains of ot the Grand Gran Army of the Republic held the national encampment encampment encampment en en- of ot that organization InGrand in inGrand inGrand Grand Rapids Mich Bich In September E E. E L L. L Hawk of ot Sacrum Sacramento en to Calif was leas chosen commander In chief and Denver was selected for the encamp encamp- encampment ment went of 1 1928 1023 When the Seventieth con congress r ss assembled assembled as as- In December President Coolidge Coolidge Cool MI Id idge e sent in a message in which he hc stood pat on a number of controversial ersial topics He fie a again aln called culle for the tiro cr crea Clea ea- ea of ot a federal farm board to administer administer ad ad- minister a revolving fund fun to help co cooperatives cooperatives cooperatives operatives and n again aln urged the strictest strictest strict strict- est economy lie recommended n a moderate reduction In taxes on m n th the lines favored ored by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon adequate works on the lower Mississippi to control floods legislation permitting the President Pres dent ident to act during coal mine strikes the turning over of the governments government's merchant marine to private and the projection of the to Gulf Atlantic waterway through the St. St The house ways and means committee commit commit- tee did not agree with Mr Coolidge and Mr Mellon and find submitted a hill bill that would reduce taxes by bv about S Most of ot the Mellon Mellon I lIon recommendations rec were Ignored In Its preparation The house Itself wc went nt even further and before the holiday recess passed a 0 measure calling for tax reductions aggregating fO 8 S lO or In excess of th the maximum set by the administration The government o bucl budget et submit ted 1 to congress b by the President cile allee for appropriations totaling V I 0 G. and he gave aVe his hits approval to the Navy departments department's 20 year 20 build building ing lag pro program ram requiring expenditures lE lEof of i In the first five fi years ears |