Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-08-03 | Page 4 | President Coolidge's Announcement

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S ANNOUNCEMENT A N N 0 U N CEMENT No Ko more Important news has been be n received in months than tian the he announcement carried carried ia t Standard St nd Tuesday that Pi si ent COde C would not U be bea h b ba bt a ft candidate t for f i re election r ill in The r po of ot tho president aspiring a to iO another term tins hns been b en under discussion slon for more mora than 9 year rear and nd after aft r one one of th the dose close cl se friends of ot Jb pre had bad toured the country and nd reported a a pro pro- pronounced pronounced pronounced demand dand d mand for or Mr 11 Coolidge as the of the Republican party In ho 12 1 It was yas generally y ac accepted that the president is would be a candidate Tuesday with tor orcas o what that was coming the president lr ld nt called in the 25 5 newspaper mon mn who have hae followed followed- him to South Jtb Dakota and handed one each each one a slip of paper on which was typewritten ten I r 1 do not choose choos to o run for president dent dent in 1927 1921 That and nothing inore more more- Since Since then tl l 1 asi been stirred with speculation as to what effect the the- announcement will wiH have 3 on the political situation and lu to Wall street the news was as lS dis disturbing as though a bombshell had bad been exploded Thero There are Indica Indira- Indications that the president will be la ha- labored bored with to get him to recall his declaration It may be the great body of the Republican party will call on Mr Coolidge to ors n-ors nor norbe be the banner bearer and nd nom nominate n n. n mate him even eTen In the face of 01 his announcement The president hay Ing stepped aside and then been drafted dratted might overcome whatever prejudice exists as to a third term It If Secretary Se Hoover were to en enter enter enter ter the race now tow that the president president dent has eliminated himself it would be notice to the country that hat the secretary had the tho conn confidence dence ence of the president and It would mean bean that the retirement notice was lc-as beyond recall President Cool Cool- Coolidge CoolIdge idge has made a remarkable rec rec- ord He has haston won ton the confidence ot of the great mass nass of people Even those who have not Dot with lith him In some ot of the big policies for which he has stood have acknowledged edged his sincerity and recognized the ot of his character Ha will go down in history as all one of the great presidents ot of the tha United States ates