Show I Ir I II r RECENT DEVELOPMENTS lEAD At AL S SMITHS SMITH'S IS I'S fRIENDS TO BELIEVE HE HAS CHANCE AT NOMINATION I Spectre of Third Party About Only Big Worry t Left in Coolidge Camp Significance Seen in Rece Recent House ouse Vote BY fly T P SMALL Stand J Special Corre- Corre Copyright 1924 1921 Uy The rho Consoli p dated d AssociAtion A Ion NEW N W 12 lIer Here n 11 nework I ew ork ew ork dm du Ins ILg the th part net t week e eck l th there ro s ben considerable talk till I about th the tho presidential ld race rae s down don do n to 80 contest between n rat Cal ami anI Al AI III lends o of th tho l Xe c w lork ork governor aro begInnIng b to 10 belIeve bellev bell v that after all h ho he has hu a chine chane ch to be he the D Demo Demo- cr mo- mo I nominee Dicy ore are beginning to beginning to feel eel th that t perhaps after ler all there may not be b so much to 10 the th that It would be un un-nl un Ie e II to n mo me a Roman Romon Catholic for or the th I presidency Th The are oro ar beginning to f el that hat Governor Al AI Smith e fib fib- iral 11 aI I lews Ies s arc are endorsed d rather lib lib-I than ed fea-ed by a goodly part of o the tho th countr country thoI I The I he gO g el continues t to keep hIs hi head steady on hi hie hould r Ht His Hia friends may bo be con I con con- that he has bas a II chance for or the nomination but they h ham he e not con con- con I him a SLI yet and he h will not gIe ghe his cont to 0 camp ilc beIng made In his behalf There Is Ic no doubt that the Iho Democrats D o of th the country hac b somewhat amazed by tho th re result re- re results sult of th the list It few dais 1 a s o of ha the Towing lh of tho the nors gOer gOer- er- er tor tor s e position In la the tho coming con contention con con- and ond they are re beginninG to all of ot these factors In the light of th the s e c ce on convention n which is to b be held e I here here In the tha th home town of Go Smith t f f The Tho Tl Smith adherents figure tiBure that f hll basing Ing made mad an campaign at nIle all l GO Smith has It 1 1 tes fc cs ready tocte to ote for him are as follows follos r cw ork ork 90 0 l 26 2 58 5 Rhode Island t In 11 of ot course coue the Mc- Mc Mc doo doo people claim that tha the voters d a It preference for tor the tho for for- for former mer mtr seer secretary tuy of or the treasury treasur But ButIn ButIn In for tor th the t delegates the they turned down the McAdoo ticket and gIl c Ih the ho delegation Into the hr of 01 George 0 Brennan the state lead lead- leader er d who ho ho is heart and soul coul for tor Gov Got Got- elDor Smith Rhode Demo Demo- Democratic cratic endorsement of Go Smith was as alme t as h here re as a was the thoi th yoting for him In Wisconsin Where here he didn't t know he heas as lunnin 1 lunning It It 1 Is certain non no that there will willbe Le be a n bIg bag demonstration for lor Gov Coy Governor Smith when the cOn meets eels on Juno Jun 2 24 and a II series serl's of thereafter There I also alo no doubt t that Governor GO Al AI Ali III ha hale hae e moro more mor votes vole at the begin begin- I ning thin any other candidate Ith the the possible exception of McAdoo hose friends hae ha e carried his hl cam eam- campain cam n p pain from ono one on end nd of the country Lb to the tho lh So regal dl ss of hat hat 1 ma be the eventual e outcome of the thell g ll ht fot fel f i the gonfalon enough has hIlS happened to demon demon- strate demonstrate thit Governor GO Smith Is a fac tac- tac Jor dor to bo be dealt with at elery e cry stae-c stae of r he e contention com I 4 On the Republican side the news er of for the week k has been b en Ju just t about I I hat wa was expected Senator Hiram Johnson hii h ton gone down I own to defeat detent Sin in the hA nl z 1 a 1 I places s It vae IS consider consider- fd ed d his hi greatest t strength wa was Al- Al though his cause appears hopeless and a few more mor pledged ed vot votes s will cinch the th con convention victory for PreSIdent nt Coolidge the th senator from erom California fr-California CalIfornIa refuses to quit tho the race and i III fight It out to th the end Thu end does doca not seem scent to be ier ery far tar KB B-KB a The Coolidge campaign managers expect e their pre tion troubles trouble to bo b o cr 0 or bi b May 1 Their concern at the tho moment 1 I Is th the theo selectIon election o l of temporary and perma perma- permanent permanent permanent nent chairmen of the th com This Is 10 not r pro prosing ln Ing such an easy tuk Many have been ted but on one b bone b one they ha hale hao I been Into the th discard All sIgns point to a determined I efort fort by the tho th Coolidge backers backer to sidetrack congress congre a as much as p- p In th the coming convention and camp Ign Reports Report corning coming to the th members rs Indicate that the rho support for Coolidge throughout the th country Is largely larKely personal pr onal and that whereas where- where as a In 1920 there ther was wa a II disposItIon to regard retard the party ns as above the theman theman man mane the th be the Ih case this carTe car Te real disturbing clement element to the Coolidge campaigners I Is the continued third party talk tall comes In to from the north north-neit north st Th The iare ore are hopeful that th the personal p popa larity of th the president event eventuAlly ma sen sere T C e as a a 8 wet blanket 01 o 0 the thud d party fir fire but th the tho followers of La Ln rollett are arc sho showing h Ing no dis disposition dIs- dIs dIsposItion position p as yet toward to ard any nn sort ort of The argument that a third party ticket work only f to to the advantage of the tho th Democrats does not at appear to be nn an argument I at alt all with the th LA group for or they have hav 1111 ed In with the Democrats already In both and house hous at Washington sufficIent to how their disregard for tor In the G 0 0 P third party significance at- at attach attached at attached tach d to the tho attempted unx unseatinG at Washington on Thursday of a Democratic representative from ew ew York state tat whose election lon had been contested The RepublIcan regulars mad made a determined d effort to throw out th the Democrat but enough of the La L L roll tte follow follow- followers followers ers rs joined with th the Democrats Democrat to keep him Mm In his place Th The Demo Demo- Democrats Democrats Democrate crate thus hoe hav ho e a n majority o of one In the big New York state dolega- dolega It Ir the election nn Is n Ito Into the I he house homo o of es as aa a result of a third party ticket th tho New York electoral votes sill b be cast cut for th the Democrat It If an Bigom Bloom hid hd been Uns unseated un- un seated s the votes would hae h ha been cast for the R Republican candIdate Toe Importance of the th vote vot there there- toro there Zero foro was paramount And the third party element In the th house hour backed the Democrat |