| Show NATION TENSE WITH POLITICS Frequent Skirmishes as Guns Are Aimed At G GOP 0 O P DY KOBERT T R LL Standard Examiner Special Conw- Conw Copyright 1924 1 34 by bv The Th dated Press NEW N W YORK Aur Aug Political cat 2 Political skirmishes nr growing more mor fre- fre frequent tr quent as OJ the th time timo tim for tor the th red real clash of o the th forces force approaches In little more mor than 10 das da now the battle batti lines linea will be b drawn The Democrats Democrat will have hav launch launch- launched ed their main attack upon the Republicans and aid the th latter will have countered with ft their biggest bl guns gUM Th The Democratic shock hock troops troop will Kill be b led by John W ls Do Dos Is ho ho already Is I mobilizing the rhetorical reserves reserve he h will throw at t the th enemy nomy on August AuKUst 11 at his hl old limo home town of ot holding tho the gov- gov Washington ton trenches at nt Washing Washing- ton will ill stand tat fact and true tru to CalvIn Coolidge whose who e counter assault assault as- as sault will bo be b delivered In the th cap- cap Itol capItol on August Au u t 14 U The Th third party already are ar out In no mans man's man land ready to fraternIze with the th sol sol- soldiers ol- ol diers of ot both old parties and to welcome welcom all the deserters to theIr standard PROGRESSIVES TO rIGHT FIGHT The Progressives might be called the th sappers apper and miners of of the th present campaIgn In fact they figure they already have bave done poets done so o Senator LaFollette LaFollett cx- cx ex x- x to furnish the th country with nt at least one on sensation a week and hIs blows blow will a all 11 be he directed at special Interests which he h claims claim are r r really lIy the th generals In com coin command mand of ot both Republican and Democratic armies Senator Le- Le L ollette Jollette promised to fight both sides aides Indiscriminately but persons persona who ho ho havo have talked with him reo re- reCently re recently have hav ret received ed tho th s- s stop slon lon that his guns KUns run are ar to bo be b aImed princIpally at the Republicans Having dwelt more mor or less leas lc s In the Republican household the senior senator from Wisconsin ho he kno knows knos s the weak eak eak spots pots ot or the G 0 o 0 P a 0 little better than he be does the Democrats Democrat DEMOCRATS RALLY The Th Democrats Democrat are ar rapidly per per- perfecting per their campaIgn machine Clem Shaver Is I functioning as n ni chairman although he h vl will not officially be b elevated to that posItion to the national committee meets at the tho th Davis notification ceremonIes There Is I to be b a better organization than the Dem Dem- Democrats Dem- Dem Democrats oct ta had bad In 12 long years vars Many of the th men who were w r strongest In support of William Gibbs Mc- Mc McAdoo McAdoo Mc-Adoo Mc Adoo for tor the th nomination have forgotten n convention differences and are ar to ha hav hase e an active part partIn partin partIn In the th Davis Darl campaign Pour Four years ago aco when Mr failed to get the th nomination his frIends largely hold held aloof There Is a dif dif- different dIfferent dif different ferent spirit this year despite the fact that the tho th contest in an Madison Square Garden was nas S far more mor bIt bIt- bItter bitter bit bitter ter than the th one on at t San Francisco I In 1920 1120 All the th warrIng elements element of the Democracy appear to be g getting together and the th Republicans Republicans a aie e eno no longer loneer light of the attack they ha have e got tot to make mal mak o In inthe the Bryan Davis BUTLER DUTLER BUSY DUSY Chairman Butler r of the Republican Republican Republican lican committee Is proving an In in- in In worker lIe II Is flit flit- flitting flitting ting about the th country with Ith al- al almost al almost most mort the same speed peed and dexter ter dexterity ity that Will was showing four sears veara ears ago to Mr Butler hImself himself him- him self has hos said ald that he be h does not expect to do much sitting down bot between een now and the th first t Tues Thee Tuesday day In November Xe I-Xe H mak makes s over over- overnight overnIght over night jumps by the fastest trains between New Nw York and Chicago Washington and Chicago and Bee Bo- Boton Beeton ton Boi-ton ton and ChIcago and he h expects that to constitute the main por per portion portion tion of his hi Itinerary throughout the campaign Mr Butler has haa ha been teen through much the th same am task that con con- confronted confronted con confronted fronted Clem Shaver r of the th Dem Dam Democrats Democrats The Th Republican national organization Was wa virtually made over at Cleveland and new hands handa have had to be b brok broken n In all along the th line Of fine tin organizing ability Chairman Butler has ha at- at attacked attacked at attacked tacked hi work with evident rel- rel relIsh r l-ish l Ish and has ha found time tim between Jobs to lose level el a number cumber of broad broad- broadsides broadsides broad aides sides at M the th Democrats and Pro Pro- Progressives Pro gr The followers of Mr are having the th time tim of ot theIr lives They feel they th y have hav thrown a real scare car Into both of the old parties and have hav them quarrelling as a to which side ld Js Is I to lose los the th greater number of votes vote to the th ers s r Th The Independents independent thus thu thur are arc r wax waz- I Ing ine fat tat upon the th publicity the th old party leaders leader are ar giving them th When an astute politician like Senator Jim Watson of Indiana opines that the tho th progressives may carry eight or nine nin states tates It Is pretty good tood e that the tho th storm torm Is going colne to be b more mor severe than the th old line IIno managers were w upon A |
