| Show 1 Political Complexities C es Face Republican Part Par y HARDINGS HARDING'S DEATH THROWS POLITICS INTO CONFUSiON New Complexities Expected to o Have Far Reaching Effect On National I Convention W Aug A 3 3 AI W President death s sI sn I I n rY complexities Into Inlo the l within the 1 pirty which undoubtedly 0 will II liar hac far tar reflections In Ih the na- na tlona na-tlona con convention ot oC o next year ear It probably Mill ill turn whit ht j expected to be merah mer mpr lv i 1 Into a conI contest est for lor the Ito Ito- Re publican presidential nomination Hh th tha stalwart e Re- Re Re Republican publican forces force aligned on tho the One oue side bide and the forces by le ders s is s Senators Johnson ot of California of or Idaho and of ot Wisconsin on the Iho theother theother other Six months ago the of o Pr President Harding with without ou out ont any content t seemed LS One ot of the tile men who ho was as regarded as his opponent tor for the nomination had confessed to a colleague and that he ho found round himself without an anssu Issue ssu SITUATION SITU AI U The presidents president s pronouncement for entry of the United States into Inlo the world court however hoer altered the materially and during the last few weeks there s hs come definite Information through the mysterious nJ channels b by which po political captains maintain their In- In In systems that allas all was as as not going to be as cear as ad as had been eJ expected In the Republican national convention con of ot 1924 andI and I that there might be b a contest after acter all There were acre ere da days das s ot or discourage discourage- discouragement discourage ment merit ment In the first 18 1 months month of or Pres Pres- PresIdent Pres- Pres President ident Went Harding of or lie chair and on many oc- oc oc occasions he expressed to close friends his wonderment why hy any any- anybody anybody body wanted anted to be president Ith its trials and nd and the ot or the job In one moment of disgust and President Harding had hd said to a a close clos political friend and who had bad been held ItI In tr sene in itt the tho dark horse hor s list during the contention con ot or 1920 Do sou ou want ant this lob job next time H i you OU do Its It's yours as far as I Iam iam Iam am concerned ill III b be for tor ou But his friends urged him to 10 put aside aM an on Mrs Mr Harding also al- al al always ways as urged him to put ay a thoughts of or stepping do down don n and not being a 0 candidate for tor TIO TIO I But as s It fell tell out and time sore ore oreon on Il like other I I 1 residents decided he w a term In 1 I 23 thel e eI as a 0 a great Ireat deal of speculation as asto asto I to 10 whether hether hether ho he would be a a coul cong con con- contender tender There was as also some mo- mo moM mo momentary l g i M speculation among some 4 leaders leader as to whether her the Party would not b be making a 0 H tal- tal val valuable table strategic mo move moe e It If It selected elected another But mature matur deliberation among the old heads In the regular wing ot of the tIle pirty developed a unanimous unanimous Ion decision that It If the Republican Republican lican party was as as to ask k the Amer Amer- American American ican Jean people to continue It In pO power er for another four tour ers rs It must doso do doo so o 0 othe record ot of the tho harding 0 atlon and therefore ne- ne ne necessarily ask for tor the re-election re or of harding because thy they th reasoned to hll to Mr fr Harding be a failure to endorse the of ot the parts parti Mr Ir harding up to that time had permitted no e e word ord of or his Intentions to 10 get out and a delegation of or the lnders went to the White house to lInd Ind out about them nIS STATE STATI- STATEMENT lET MENT Warren II said Ild ald the spokesman eho ho was a a friend and colleague ot of otman man 3 ears standing ou ye ve got gotto gotto gotto to make some Borne announcement ement or of our ur Intentions These fellows who are opposing your nomination are grooming this one and that one and before wo 0 know It our wing A A o the party wont on oat t hI have hate e an anybody body 1 as a x candidate and well ell II lose po- po po political advantage antage BOS Bols Bo 8 said ald th thi president I made up m my mIn mind I 1 ex- ex expect exPect ex expect to make mak some Borne speeches In la the est and else elsewhere some time Urn soon oon and ind If It the th reaction Is favorable fa Ill carryon carry on But lInt that assurance failed tailed to sat sat- satI at I lafy fy the committee or c f friends frind and advisers and they continued theIr arguments that Mr Ir Harding should make an announcement A refusal to run tor for a a second term they argued was wras a ot or tall fall fail failure ure The Tue matter ot or hl his nomination they they considered secure by the th pro pro- procesa pro CPS eelS cesa of ot party machine Blaine Idol Idolor Idolo or of the he countr country at his time line they pointed out could not wrest rest the nominatIon lion from lI and Thedore I Hoose elt eit himself is with Ith all allI his hold bold on popular ra favor faor or was as un- un unable Unable un-ablo un able to take the regular nomina nomina- nomination nomination I tion a aa from raft Illet In Ina Ina Ina a Republican con contention because of the tho processor processes or of o I party arty machin machinery cry ery Mr Air harding s u they considered If It ho want ant wanted ed It election they told him bun would or of cou cour roo o be bo affected b by the tho ts e c led ot of the Intervening time 10 C OX All AH right fellows responded Mr l JI with Ith a 0 characteristic 1 10 tase 0 e of or the hand and nd the Intimate ot of friendship that h he ah aha a s used In speak speaking In with old associates 1 I II carryon carry on that s settled Nettled h Ii carryon carry on Tell TeH our fel- fel fellows fel fellow lows low 10 s that A teda few te da dais s later Senator James JamesB I E B Watson of or one or of o the administration spokesmen andI and party whips hip made the announce announcement II ment In the senat senate that If It War War- Warren W ar- ar arren r- r ren herding a tion he lie TI ii going colne to halo ha 0 It and that tat it was tas idle to discuss a pros pros- pro e contest rollo Following Ing that declaration the tho president was as an open and avo cd candidate for tor and lection and within a few rew das day or of othis his from Washington he told a friend In a con In his study at the e e q o that some unexpected del de- de l he lr eJ expected to be b re- re nominated re-nominated nominated and elected Unless unforeseen comes up ut he lr told this friend such such as a disastrous trou busIness panic a or of o great creat depression or ot of o that sort ort I dont don't I see co an thing that will prevent my myren ren and re-election re Just at the same amo time word ord had come to him that one or of o the men who ho was looked upon as s a principal principal principal pal contender had said ald he found himself without an Issue upon which to run and a close friend or of the same prospect e contender sent word ord that ho he would undertake to guarantee that the former would not go co Into Inlo a a single state on the stump a as a candidate seek seek- seekIng Inc feek-Inc lag Ing to the con contention The Themen Themen Th men who ho had been the tho principal financial backers ot or the tho contender referred to had llad be become ome de friends and anol in fact parts of or the tho hardIng administration and the clouds all appeared to be out or of o the sky shy Another western estern senator a aPO PO er In Republican not because lecause of his party regularity nor noris his dhel ence to the Harding pro pro- pro pro-cr-im grm at the time time was as u using all his personal Influence to kemp th foremost prospective e r against Mr Ir Haiding out t r thet thel field and was as telling l all ai l lIs friends much to their that he H ie was as for tor K O IU itt rs I There Thero must be bo no o of 1912 this leader said ald No Demo Demo- Democrat Democrat emo- emo crat must be c elected hoc l 1 nice 0 the Republican Rep part party can not agree We e must take Harding for tor r term terni Then just as even evel thin to be smooth sallIng for tor tho th nomi nomination nation Mr tIr r harding nadu his d declaration for tor entry ot of o th United States In the world court and that s ept over a stage tago which body U- U body thought was finally set and tumbled i thine into confusion I 1 he friends among amonI the stalwarts tal l arts who ho had urged Mr Ir Ha Ung to declare de- de another ii term told clare dare himself elf for tor him him rt tc had made a Gle gies t Ithe those who ho had won on lor br cs the sobriquet ot or because ot of their opposition to any I II I participation by y the States Statts In the attain Europe sent Bent to tir Ir I Harding a 0 declaration or of orar o war ar and andI the contender who ho had bad ad once told Mr Hardings Harding's friends and sup sup- supporters sup supporters porters that he feared he I found himself without an on to fight the president for lor the nomination sought out the same nun men and told them that hIs pr lous bus lous declaration to them was all off orr and that ho he ed ed he had found the Issue ls u that he be was wa as out for the Republican llean nomination If It a 0 little further r Ih- Ih In convinced him he e bat bata ha l 1 Ia a 0 chance to get got It anI that lie he probably ourt enter cry c e cry state ha hating haIng Ing a 0 a presidential 1 J primary seeking delegates delegat's Naturally that upset the tho Hardin friends and ad an and how much If It at all alt It upset the tho pre pre-I- president dents dent's dent plans Is not Imo known Imon n In Vash Ington because ho was as In Alasca Alas a when the development de came caine c me about but word ord ordIns was Ins sent to him inform inform- jg 1111 him fullY IL FL NS THROWN A AWRY WHY All Alt these thes developments threw v political plans plan aw a ar awry r an ani 1 now the th sad Bad ad and sudden udden death ot or the thu pre pres- pres president pres president ident tl c them another twist t Vice President Coolidge becomes presIdent whether ho he wilt will ask a 0 nomination nomination at the hind of or the coming convention contention as did Theodore Roosevelt after arter the tho death d ath of or Mc Ic- Ic Kinley remains for tor tho the future Whether the tho party parly chieftains cl will h to ubo uia their a a ory ory Or to achieve his nomination Is I yetto to ho bo b decided the tho of ct the next tow few months while Mr loll Cool Cool- Cool the tho presidential their mil may tako t ko out ot o tho hAnd ot of o the politicians The lela leia or le-ia-or ers Oi-B still feel feet they In must Wit eo go b the tho country with Ith w ith an endors ment or of the thO th of the lh herding administration u The Th but feel that they will most likely choose to do It with some Bomo Bomon n mb T or of o that administration some Homo ono one on who had stood tood clo to and anel for tor or the th Harding sm m-sm Ul Dl The Tho Th late lato lat Tom l Platt att made mado Theo Theo- Theo Theo-dor doro HOMe elt alt elt a v pr loo-pr ice Ico sl ent with the til th openly announced purpose pur- pur pose po of or putting him hiro out ot of o the way politically lie his H made mailo him hl i president and anil ono one on d of cH Americas America's no- no national nn heroes roes Th Tho ca case o ot or Cool Cool- Idre Coul-Idre ll is not analogous but ut It 11 Is 1 I bunt ar lap Corning Coining to the con convention or of 20 with delegates pledged to his lq nomination for tor the tho presidency Mr Mv Coolidge polled noll d no hIgh bleh ballot and WI soon oon lost sight leht of ot In the 11 Governor Low Lo den U n Wood When the leaders 1 tI that lbs rue ra ae collapsed and nd Harding trop the th field yield shot hot through u a a win win- win win-n nor r Coolidge was sUI still till I lost loit sight or of imone the th leaders leader but not m mr Iho th delegates The Th party j J placed In n to or the vice sice Ice presidency pre ld ncy Senator Benator Len Ien root root of o Wisconsin expecting him to go KO over But flut lh the del re- re remembered rein d Coolidge and na forced LIt ii nomInations They Thoy recalled r caH d his hiu rec- rec record rec record ord as s o of ot Massachusetts Ma l lanol and anol the th fate toito of or that moment In a steaming hot convention hall ball on a 0 July day has ha made mallo mad hili ht presIdent id nt Th event tracked Bide tr ld-tr a oung oung jawed quare sandy haired senator from Wisconsin Wl con in ln on nn avowed enemy of L 7 kept him bins Om f from attaining the most powerful office In th T |
