Show PARTY CHIEFS DROP LOWDEN ALSO HUGHES AS PROSPECTS Look Upon Hoover and Dawes As Good Material l SERIOUS CONFAB CONF All Prediction Made Jade Conven Convention tion t on Will Act As Did Pid National Committee BY D l' l WILLIAM w L I HARD II AR D Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association WASHINGTON Oct 8 Well B.-Well weve we've had a 0 fine little miniature Re Re- Republican Republican publican national convention In Washington th week and If any on- anybody anybody body wants some straight pure poli poll politics polities tics ties uncontaminated by any thought except for the welfare and re-election re of the tile Grand Old Republican party here it Is I They certainly were a hard-boiled hard lot these 12 or so apostles of Re Re- Republicanism Republicanism who In virtue of their membership or r membership ex-membership in the Republican national committee were summoned hither by Chairman Wil Vil William Ham liam Morgan Butler to t consider the tile Republican party's presidential future TOPICS OF 01 INTEREST l lIf If there were a Republican William Wllliam Jennings s Bryan Eran he could have ha taJ d to these gentlemen on the time soul coul c t man and on the mighty issues con con- confronting confronting confronting fronting the republic with the f plo plo- quence of Demosthenes or o St. St Paul Pauland and they would have ha gone to sleep Outside of one issue which presently will be mentioned there were just two things things absolutely absolutely and only two with with which these gentlemen were genuinely concerned One Which presidential candidate could cause the least wreck and havoc among the hardy mariners now holding the offices and standing the i watches and pulling the ropes on the Republican ship Two Which presidential candidate In 1928 runn for the tile highest of office of- of lice flee In the tile gift of the people would have with him such a suction of pop pp- popular ular appeal as to draw after 1 Into offic the largest possible sum ium lumber ber bet of Republican governors Republican lican Hcan state superintendents of education tion tion- Republican Re county commission commissioners n- n nen ers era Republican coroners c and ud Republican lican hears dog do catchers MODEL L OF CONVENTION COS In other words these gentlemen were pretty nearly a perfect of ot what the next Republican national convention of or June of next year is going actually to be We have some 17 states sta s In which from March to May of next year there I will w ill be presidential primaries These primaries vere were Instituted to evoke the will of ot the people Roosevelt Roosevel evoked it in such states in 1912 and acquired it and was licked in the convention Hiram Johnson evoked e 1 It ItIn itIn in such states In 1920 and acquired It and was likewise licked in the con con- conI I There Is no Republican can can- candidate candidate this time who proposed to gather his chances together Into a heap and stake them on the tile outcome of a combat In the tile presidential al primary primary mary states Nor except in a very few Instances indeed can anybody anybody find any In-any such states any vast ast tu tumults tu- tu tumults and amId concourses of citizens gaUl gath gathering ering together to spread to the breeze the banner of the peoples people's choice against the machinations and the black stair and back room deviltries of the tIle politicians POLITICAL L GOOD BOYS EOYS No Nol The delegates in the th next Re Re- Republican Republican publican convention are going to be bethe bethe bethe the political good boys or the political best beat girls of the politicians or the politicians themselves This Is Ls the tile reason renson why our late little r r. Republican conven conven- convention convention tion in ton Wa this tills week Is a asure asure asure sure signal to a lot of what will hap hap- happen happen happen pen Just as soon as the next Republican lican convention In in Cleveland or elsewhere elsewhere come come to order in Its Us hall hail halland halland hailand and retires for its real work wort wor to its hotel rooms The very ery first thing that happened here was an exchange of professional reminiscences regarding the manre- manre man e- e ment of the 1916 in presidential presidential presidential campaign by the candidate Mr Charles Evans Hughes and his cr c aign chairman Mr 1 William Russel Hardly a word was uttered except possibly by Mr Continued on Page rage Two PARTY CHIEFS DROP LOWDEN Continued from Pare One of ot New Ne York regarding Mr Jj services to the republic In convening the naval al arms limitation conference in 1921 in restricting the number of ot the worlds world's bat b In negotiating our power four Pacific ocean confederation with Japan and France and Britain or in pressing S n into to the senate e Ithe the proposal for American member member- membership membership membership ship in the world court AGAINST AG 1 That last achievement was positively against him Tiso Th sentient the cc emen 1 t was overwhelmingly and drastically anti anti- league and anti anU The cht chr ch an of the committee Mr Butler who started d his service serice on the committee with being quite a neutral on such suchs s. s is now confirmed anti in He lie regards his vote for the world orld court In the senate as having en one of ot the chief chic reasons for his h bi painful troubles In Ira Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts when he was seas vainly trying to defeat Mr David Da Walsh for tor membership in ID the Ute senate No world court resolution and arid no resolution for any other form of organized inter internationalism Internationalism internationalism nationalism unless Mr Coolidge comes back to political life and com corn commands commands mands It It Is going to survive sun a mo mo- moments moment's ments ment's observation of its presence among the office seeking politicians of ot the Republican convention of ot InS 1923 I STORY OF DEFEAT I I But Dut is was not that issue or any other issue that t did the killing of Mr Hughes among the reminiscent committeemen here assembled It was the story about how the Hughesman Hughes Hughes' man of 1916 refused to have bave any any- anything thing to do with certain represents represents- representatives tives of ot the national committee for fear tear of ot coming under obligations to professional politicians and to ma machine machine machine chine politics It was seas the story about how professional leaders of ot the party sat In the ante ente rooms of ot the in Hughes Hughes' Hugh u vain sain l s' s for tr management Interviews f s of and 1916 audiences waiting It was the story of how the Hughes Hughes' management manae ment of ot 1916 disregarded com corn common common cornmon mon counsel and pursued individual fancy tancy It was the the- story stor about ulti ulti- ultimate ultimate mate defeat at the polls It was not Hughes the statesman that was weighed in this Washington pre It was Hughes tile the And d out he went It was stated in this dispatch last week that the cabin cabin- New Yorkers were using Mr Hughes simply as a screen till they could see where they really wanted to co The proceedings pr at Washington this week rubbed that tha screen so thin that it no riO longer pro- pro sides rides the slightest concealment Mr Hughes temporarily Hughes temporarily at nt any rate rate rate-Is Is flatly rejected DAnES DAUES AND HOOVER Mr Leaden Louden was barely considered because his developed strength as yet is only sectional The debate cen cen- centered cen- cen centered finally on Mr Dawes Daves and Mr Hoover and there arose the terrible dilemma which may live to break the brains of or the deep professional think think- thinkers ers rca cf next years year's Republican national gathering Mr Daw though regarded as Coolidge anti and antl Lion has a II grand record as a good friend of ot almost all of the members of ot the whole crew of ot the professional l Republican boat not excluding e the pursers He lie e fulfills the first f t require require- UI merits ments I He will 1111 get gt g t on with the th e I mariners I HOOVER POPULAR Mr Hoover on the other hand while no longer suspected of being on o n bad terms teems with Hh the mariners is a I newer acquaintance and might n be b e I cast overboard In favor of Mr Dawe s were it not for tor the fact that he ex cx exceeds ex- ex exceeds 1 coeds Mr loll Dawes In fulfilling the sec t ond Pod requirement He is able by al at al i most universal admission to put a I bigger wind of ot popular approval into Int o I the sails of ot the boat and thus carry into harbor a larger live cargo of ot o f local state and county Republican of- of of than any other skipper r on the th wharf Before k this cruel choice the per pcr- convention here faltered end and broke brok e and went home to think Barring Barrin g miracles s. s the will meet in I n the sd d in which the pre I ti ti-a t broke up The great issue of o f the next Republican con con- between the great principles principle s of or Mr Mi Daves Dawes and the tile great Crest prin prin- principles of ot Mr Hoover will be Do we w e want to be happier In the harbor or orI o r do we want to ts t be surer that we get t I there be ge |