Show washington news by FRED HOLMES LIMES washington correspondent of the ilie park record washington D C august 8 1 I want nothing in this court but silence screamed the judge and darn little of that and Scot lands famous poet thomas campbell was lead to remark there was silence deep as death and the boldest held his breath for a time just now silence Is causing more perturbation tur bation in political washington than man anything else and the boldest Is 18 holding his bis breath tor for a time of 0 course the present silence ot of the ever silent allent coolidge was discounted long ago that in any ordinary circumstances tho the ex president would joust with herbert hoover tor for the republican presidential nomination next year is inconceivable 1 and doubt doubtless lebs mr coolidge consid ers his position too well known and assured to make necessary any comment whatsoever from him but the name coolidge simply will mill not down the latest pronouncement in connection with the dim and hazy coolidge candidacy comes irom from colonel james P coupal former white house physician and close personal friend of the ex pre aident a source of information not to be lightly considered colonel coupal Is spending a vacation at lake minnetonka Minne tonka in minnesota and the st paul dispatch h quotes his as aa follows mr coolidge will run for president in 1932 it 11 the people of this country evince an unmistakable and unquestionable desire to draft him to pull the country out of this period of depression and he can have the presidency without any political or other ob obligations attached to it with respect to former president coolidge it Is fully recognized that he has a 11 string strong following and that many of his bis admirers would like to see him nominated possibilities of been discussed a great deal in political quarters but while republican political leaders here are interested in the interview of colonel coupal it Is not looked upon as changing the outlook for the next republican national convention the predominating view of these political chiefs was summed up a few days ago by senator george H moses 0 of I 1 new hampshire who said that it was n not ot in the cards tor for anyone to take the nomination tor for president away from air hoover A things stand today mr hoovers strength in next years convention should be very similar to that ot of mr coolidge cooledge in the convention of 1924 when the latter serving as president and seeking nomination for another term received on the first ballot 1065 votes out of a total ot of 1109 here it is not seriously believed that mr coolidge will let his name be used in the presidential primaries but the sphinx ot of northampton and plymouth remains silent another contributor to the harassing uncertainties of silence Is one allred alfred emanuel smith a and nd the same deathlike stillness illness Et pervades whatever neighborhood may ensconce his friend and advisor john J raskob chatir chairman mall of the democratic national committee does AI smith intend to run tor for the presidency again or does he not noton on one hand band it Is contended that he Is engrossed in business that lie he has come to be convinced that he could not win the election even if 11 he received the nomination that he be Is having his own troubles with tammany leaders who would deprive him ot of the new york delegation and that he Is merely awaiting tho the opportune moment to declare himself for governor roosevelt however on the other hand it Is asserted that smith Is convinced that the democratic party owes him another chance that he believes he could beat herbert hoover on account of the tendency ot of voters to blame the adain admin administration I 1 stra for hard times and because of the growth ot of wet sentiment throughout the country that he is biding his time to put governor roosevelt out ot of the running by taking the new york delegation away from him and that the equally mute raskob is for him first last and all the time in a statement made public following his departure for europe bishop james cannon jr of the methodist episcopal church south said that alfred E smith would in all probability be the de demo me cratic presidential nominee next year H he also said that dry democrats would not support either mr air smith or governor roosevelt bishop cannon Is anything but silent prejudiced political prognostics tors rarely are asmith in the meantime is it to be said of smith guld and raskob that silent men like silent ilent waters are deep and dangerous the noise in the star chambers of the publicity bureaus of both ol of the great parties would not disturb the cat nap of a v victim of insomnia of course these ancient enemies are making faces at each other and giving vent to scarcely audible growls over the question of tariff revision but when it comes to such outstanding issues as making political capital out of president hoovers proposal of 2 a wil war r debt payment vacation his suggestion that the farm board sell wheat and cotton to germany on longtime long time credit the uncertainty of the ultimate outcome of these propositions and their effect upon business depre depression aaion and unemployment in this country our foreign relations generally and the seeming procrastination crasti nation in connection with the taking ol of active steps in the direction ol of drought grasshopper and other relief the silence of the proverbial oyster Is outclassed on both sides franklin D roosevelt Koo sevelt has been heard from but not on the subject of his candidacy however in his case it Is taken tor for granted that silence gives consent joseph F r guffey democratic leader in pennsylvania james A parley farley chairman of the new york democratic state committee mayor anthony germak Gerr nak of 01 chicago 6 james 1 walsh former chairman ot of the connecticut democratic state central committee and a leader ot of the old guard in his party and many other partisan non aspirants to executive chieftainship have been exercising their I 1 vocal organs some with the assistance ot of megaphones mega phones but all have so tar far failed to dispel the trepidation ot of an electorate in the present reign ot of silence maybe it Is as the english poet shelly tells us A deep silence like the tearful fearful calm that slumbers in the storms portentous pause |