| Show J I Ca Calvin vin Leaves Third Term Controversy In Hands of Fate Lets Others Worry nr DY Br ROBERT T ULL S MALL S-MALL Special lal of ot The Standard Examiner Copyright Consolidated 1926 1 2 Dy By The Thu Consoli- Consoli i dated Press Association 1 W WASHINGTON July 17 17 President Coolidge may never Snake make an official announcement as asto ato to his third Intentions There l Is-l probability that he will just lot let et events take tako their course and l if tint 1926 the tho speak speak- inc Ing through Iho tho th delegates to the Republican national convention want him to run he ho wilt consent to stand for re-el re election re-election This Is the th view of sam som of the most careful and ive consi lv lve po- po O- O po students In Washington to- to o- o today fo day Y y They claim ealm that such uch a course of action aNion would bo be In Ink k keeping with the tho Coolidge e philo philo- philosophy soph sophy ot or life and politics Mr III Coolidge has learned much and gone tar far by keeping silent There is 15 no reason to believe o he will treat the tho third term subject In any other way NOTHING TO 1 DO 0 Mr Coolidge will have ha nothing In particular to do after aeter Mare March 4 1928 and he h may think it just as much to his liking to continue as president as s to retire to his humble little house In Northampton or orto orto orto to go so back ck to the tho farmIn farm farmin In Plymouth Tho The president p dent Is that the tho people should de decide do- do dodde cide his fate tate He Ho will wait alt And see He h-fe has hns pursued this policy Polley with many matters since he en- en entered entered en entered public life and nd especially since he came camo to the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse Hou House e The president has been told so o often orten that he Is a man manof manot manot ot of destiny there is n no doubt he has come to believe It Therefore h will let destiny take its course as to his hi political future with as little Interference or volition from elf as a possible The Country has been passing through a very Pronounced pronounced third term flurry the past week Th There re reIs Is no question but that the people are interested ted In the the- subject t Traveling through the countryside one hears heats but little talk about the complexion of the next con con- congress con gress But Dut as ns to the tho complexion of th the White House there I 1 much conjecture and more curiosity Tho for congress becomes a local affair In each congressional al at district Only 32 states state ore In- In interested In Interested In the election of o seti- seti sen senators The presidency however sets every section to tasking t CU CUMMINGS GS SPEAKS SIF OUT Some Sone of the big bic Republican politicians are arc be beginning to get restive over oer the situation They do donot donot donot not know what to do or what lILt to o osay say until Pt President Coolidge has made up his mind Senator Cum Cum- Cummins Cum Cum- Cummins mins fins of o Iowa did hav have havu the to- to temerity te temerity merity to come out and say this week cek that he did no not believe bellevo the president would run again Seh- Seh Sen ator Cummins could sp speak olk freely lie lIo was defeated recently In the senatorial primaries and probably Is through with active politics for tor all time put put the boys of or the G 0 0 O P who ho are aro still ti it the wheel and want to keep jobs jobs are ar as silent as the tho tomb when It cornel comes cometo to talk of the third term T They cy all have their hunches and their wishes In the matter but exper exper- experience lence has ha taught them that the clam Is a a m much mich bird thai the tho magpie when It comes to d the personal and political 1 affairs of o the lm I silent silent man ot or t White Hou house e aid Paul 1111 It would l be a miracle If it the president In his wanderings In the Adirondacks doCS doell doe not encounter one olle of the presidential booms which are being held In Icah h waiting word fro from Iii him for tor the woods are full Cull of ot them The gen eral erol eral opinion through the th country is 15 that tat virtually every even RepubliCan now flying a kite will rush to cover the moment the president speaks If It If he adheres to his hla present policy of o silence the other for tor e eon lion lion- hon on ors will be up a tree This Is perhaps just where the president wants them his HI H would wo be sitting pretty and the they would be any any- anything anything thing but comfortable LET UIT WORRY I Mr Coolidge probably Is getting considerable dry amusement unu out of oC I the He Ho Ikes to let oth- oth other oth other er people speculate peculate as a to what IS 11 In his hi mind when hen he alone knows The be best t opinion here is that Mr Coolidge gl believes his po political po- po political future to bo In the lap of the gods cods and he ho has tas ha no Intention of disturbing It It or kicking over the tho pall or upsetting the nicely cooked beans bean Mr SIr Coolidge Is not not worrying about about the th third term He ia is letting the other brethren wor worry ICi him Of course there Is the constant ct ct cf Insurgency breaking foith In lii the Republican ranks an 1 overthrowing tho prebl prebi- prebi dent He Is willing however to walt tor for that development as ho he hohas hhas has waited walled for others He lie has hns weathered many ms and a t few w clouds no bigger than a mans man's hand can frighten him Naturally the the- Democrats are not going to rest content and In- In inactive In active While the president main main- maintains maintains silence ant l the tho other Re- Re Re publican fume and fret They like the tho situation They are enjoying the Republican and and in 1125 will wait walt as u usual until after the tho Republicans have havo nominated before they shape their own party affairs as to is issues sues arid and |
