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VOLUME XXXI, No. 311
G. 0. P. NOW HAS 238 SEATS
Electoral Bag
of Davis-Bryan
Remains at 136
NEW YORK.—The republican triumph in Tuesday’*
election assumes an even greater magnitude as the count
ing of the ballots nears completion.
Overnight returns not only boosted the total of elec
toral votes credited to Coo|idge and Dawes but increased
the likelihood that the new administration will have a
dependable majority of its own party in congress.
They likewise lifted to new heights the vast repub
lican majority in several states already counted in the
Coclidge electoral column and gave indications of depos
iting there all of the electoral strength now classified as
dcubtful.
OVER 100 MORE
VOTIS THAN NEEDED.
The latest triumphal processiou are
Montana and Nevada, having between
them seves/votes in the electoral col
lege. That would increase the party
total to 374, or 108 more than needed
to elect. For a time LaFollette had
threatened to capture one or the other
but the figures available Wednesday
appeared to make both safely repub
lican.
The electoral bag of Davis and
Bryan remained meantime at 136, and
apparently the only chance of an in
crease was in New Mexico where the
democratic ticket was holding the
lead by only a scant plurality. Cool
idge was gaining at a ratio which, if
maintained, would add the state’s
three votes also to the republican
total.
LaFollette’s last opportunity to in
crease the electoral vote of 13 given
b in by ‘Wisconsin seemingly hinged
on the returns from the only other
state remaining on the doubtful list —
North Dakota —with five votes. Cool
idge, remained in the lead on the face
of returns from two-thirds of the
state, but his pulrality was dimin
ishing as a mounting BaFollette vote
came in from the country districts.
BriOOKHART AND
JOHNSON DEFEATED.
The congressional returns not only
indicated the defeat of two of the
pillars of the BaFollette senate bloc,
.Senators Brookhart, of lowa, and
. .mson, of Minnesota, but they lift
j the republican majority in the
»:ue to a point where it seemed
. .>..able that the administration
:A be able to out vote there any
..omation of dfrrwerats and LaFol
i gents. lius it appeared
t nie Wisconsin senator had hot
. .... been held to a minimum of elec
,l strength in his fight for the
, ...dency, but also was in jeopardy
. losing the commanding position he
i. .- held for the past two years as
icsdcr of a group holding the balance
oi power in senate and house.
Despite this situation, the leaders
of the LaFollette independent group
were planning Thurseday to keep a
party organization together for future
campaigns at the same time that the
democrats, buried under a second re
publican landslide in four years, are
trying to dig their way out far enough
to take stock of the probable conse
quences to their party.
John W. Davis, the defeated demo
cratic presidential nominee, will take
over part yre-organization plans with
National Chairman Shaver and other
democratic chieftains at a luncheon
here Friday but it was probable that
sometime will elapse before there is
a definite movement to put the party ,
machinery into Running order once j
more.
BUTTE REFUSES TO
CONCEDE ELECTION
OF MRS. FERGUSON
DALLAS, Texas. —Dr. George C."
Butte, republican, Thursday de
clined to concede his defeat by Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson, democrat, in
Tuesday's election for governor of
Texas. Republican headquarters
and one of the tabulating agencies
Thursday had anonunced that ef
forts would be made to obtain com
plete returns.
Mrs. Ferguson was leading him
» hy more than 40,000 votes when the
tabulation was discontinued early
Wednesday by the Texas election
bureau and the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
W. E. Talbot, campaign mana
ger for Dr. Butte, said, however, j
that reports from 15 counties or
more had been received "bearing
evidence that Butte ballots had
been thrown out uncounted" and
that “these reports are sufficient to
warrant an investigation,” which
he indicated would be made.
Mrs. Ferguson in a statement
said:
“In view of the fact that Dr.
Butte is now making groundless
contentions I will appreciate it if
my friends in Texas promptly will
ascertain what the vote for gover
nor was in their respective coun
ties and see'that the full report of
the election is forwarded to the
secretary of state.”
Women Will Have
*Pie Counter' Seats,
States ‘Ma* Ferguson
TEMPLE, Texas. Women will
“have seats at the pie counter" in
Texas when Mrs. Miriam Fergu
son becomes governor, her head
quarters announced here Thurs
day. ... .
“Proper consideration will he
given women in executive patron
age. particularly where they are
peculiarly fit for public office and
♦ re perhaps in a better position to
a,.minister the duties of the office
than men." _
Headquarters of Mrs. Ferguson
have been crowded with job seekers
since the first democratic primary
but no positions were promised
pending the general election and no
consideration has been given ap
plicants since Tuesday's balloting.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
•daily, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
SEN. BROOKHART
TIKES LEID
IN IOWA
DES MOINES, lowa.—A par
tial check of the lowa sena
torial election Thursday show
ed Senator Smith W. Brook
hart leading Daniel F. Steck,
democrat, by more than 700
votes. An error of 300 in one
county was the biggest factor
in changing the standing of the
candidates.
Another error, this one in
Polk county (Des Moines) gave
Brookhart an aditional 200
votes, bringing his lead to 759.
The new totals follows:
Brookhart 447,248; Steck
446,489.
ACADEMY-GORDON
GAME GALLED OFF
| *
Some of Gordon Players 111.
A. R. C. To Play Shamrocks
Announcement was made
Thursday afternoon that the
A. R. C.-Gordon football
game, scheduled for Saturday
afternoon at Academy Park,
has ben called off on ac
count of illness among the*
Gordon players.
It was stated that a game'
betwen the Richmond Acad
emy Varsity squad and the
Shamrock eleven, a local out
fit, would be played instead.
“Show Me” State
Safe for Coolidge
ST. LOUlS—Missouri, listed in
pre-election days by politicians as
a "doubtful” state, Thursday stood
safely in the row of common
wealths whose electoral voters next
year will send President Coolidge to
the White House again.
While incomplete and unofficial
returns left no doubt that Coolidge
has carried the state by a comfor
table margin, the result of the gov
ernor's race still hung in the bal
ance with Saip A. Baker, republi
can, holding an advantage of 8,761
over his democratic opponent, Dr.
Arthur W. Nelson, in 3,752 of the
state’s 4,069 precincts. The vote:
Baker 592,498; Nelson 583,737.
President Coolidge on the face of
returns from 3,760 precincts was
maintaining his overwhelming ma
jority over John W. Davis. The
vote was Coolidge 588,746; Davis
519,780.
Negro is Elected
Judge in Chicago
CHICAGO—For the first time,
so far as known here, a negro, has
been elected a Judge of an Ameri
can court of record. He is Albert
B. George, elected Tuesday to the
municipal court of Chicago.
The first negro ever to sit in the
Illinois state senate also was
elected. He is Adelbert H. Roberts,
who long has ben a court clerk.
"I am impressed with the thought
that the welfare of our group may
be seriously affected either for good
or harm by my conduct," George
said. “I am sensible of the fact
that it will be my duty to be a
good judge in every sense of the
word."
HOOSIER STATE
Gives Coolidge Greatest
• Plurality
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind— President
Coolidge was accorded the greatest
plurality ever given nny candidate
in Indiana at the polls Tuesday.
With 272 precincts still missing
Coolidge had a lead over John W.
Davis of 195,464, which exceeded the
record breaking plurality given
President Harding In 1920 of 185,-
006.
Another fruit of republican vic
tory was the election of Ed Jack
son, gubernatorial candidate, who
was conceded to have klan support,,
hut whose plurality was far lea u
than that given Coolidge. With 207
precincts missing Jackson's plural
ity was 77,269 over Dr. Carlton Mc-
Culloch, democrat.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
Senator Lodge Battling Death
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SAY CHURCHILL TO
BE CHANCELLOR OF
BRITISH EXCHEQUER
LONDON.—Winston Churchill,
an out and out free trader, will be
listed as chancellor of the excheq
uer when Prime Minister Baldwin
submits his conservative cabinet to
the king Thursday, the afternoon
papers predict Thursday.
Mr. Churchill's election as a con
stitutionalist to the house of com
mons in last week’s general election
marked his retlurn to the conserva
tive ranks.
His predicted appointment is con
sidered the greatest sensation of
the new political alignment.
The most important cabinet posts
will be distributed, according to the
newspapers’ forecast, as follows:
Foreign secretary, Austen Cham
berlain.
Secretary for India, Earl of Birk
enhead.
Admiralty, Sir William Joynson-
Hicks.
Health, Neville Chamberlain.
Lord Chancellor, Viscount Cave.
Colonies, Lieutenant Colonel L. C.
M. S. Amery.
Air Ministry, Sir Samuel J. G.
Hoare. ,
Attorney General. Sir Douglas M.
Hogg.
DEMOCRAT LEADS
For Governor-Elect of Mon
tana
HELENA, Mont—J. E. Erickson,
democrat, of Knllspell, Wednesday
night occupied the place of gover
nor-elect of Montana In the face
of revised unofficial tabulations
from 1,145 of the state's 1,533 pre
cincts. The returns Indicated he
had unseated Governor Joseph M.
Dixon, republican by a plurality of
more than 14,000.
With a plurality beyond the 15,-
000 mark and 140,(100 ballots tabu
lated, Coolidge appeared assured of
Montana's four electoral votes.
In the congressional contests the
returns indicated Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, democrat, had been re
turned to his post at Washington
hy a margin of more than 13,000
over his republican opponent,
Frank B. Llnderman.
Kentucky Shows
Big Coolidge Lead
LOUISVILLE. Ky. With the
latest compilation of unofficial re
turn* showing a lead for Coolidge
over Davis of 23,376 votes and a
majority for Fred Saekctt, republic
can, of 20,213 over A. O. Stanley,
democratic incumbent in the sena
torial race, Judge Samuel M. Wil
son, democratic state chairman,
continued Thursday In his refusal
to admit defeat of his party In
Kentucky In Tuesday's election. I
With 93 precincts missing the
vote stood Coolidge 383.399; Davis,
360,023: LaFollette 33,676.
THREE MEN DROWNED,
WATERTOWN, N. Y - Three men i
were drowned In J,ak<' Ontario, near ]
Cape Vincent early Thursday morn
ing when the ntcamsr Grand Lockie
went ashore on Charity Shoals. J
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 6, 1924
Summary of the News
GENERAL.
Republican* now have 238 aeata in Congre**.
Democrats' electoral votes stand at 136.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is critically ill.
Coolidge begins plans for next four years.
Butte declines to concede election to Mrs. Ferguson.
London press views election at desire for stability.
Madden announces candidacy for speaker of the house.
Terminal bill apparently defeated in North Carolina.
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Four convicts paroled by Governor Walker.
Burke county gives big majority to democrat*.
Mrs. E. B. Rogers dies at Gibson, G*.
Bond issue in South Carolina it defeated.
Jurors drawn for Common Pleat court at Aiken.
SPORTS
A. R. C.-Gordon game called off; Academy to play Shamrock*
Saturday.
Princeton and Harvard prepare for annual clash.
Gibbons to battle Norfolk on December 8.
Carl Prause signed as coach at Citadel.
Fuente is Dempsey's latest challenger.
Notre Dame to play Southern California.
LOCAL
Excursions to be run for fall festival.
Many criminal cases are disposed of here.
Herald to start Crossword Puzzle.
Funeral of E. C. Burwell here Friday.
Police seek to avert firo hazards.
Cooler weathei in forecast for Friday.
Scotch band at Tubman Thursday night.
Augusta Fireman has unusual record.
“I Told You So,”
Sunday Tells
Coolidge
NASHVILLE, Tenn—Hilly Sun
day sent the following telegram to
President Calvin Coolidge from here
Wednesday:
“President Calvin Coolidge,
“Washington, D. C.
"One year ago when I was
preaching in Charleston, R. C., you
honored me with an Invitation to
eat beans and brown bread with
you and Mrs. Coolidge on my way
home.
“I told you then to pick out the
color* with which you would like to
decorate the White House as the
American people would keep you
there four years longer. He said
with a smile ‘do you believe they
will’ and I told you I thought it
was a hundred to one shot.
"They surely made good that
prediction on Tuesday. The fattest
turkey from my Oregon ranch will
be there for your Thanksgiving din
ner. God bless you.
(Signed)
"WILLIAM A. SUNDAY.”
MEXICAN CONSULATES
In British Dominions Are
Ordered Closed
MEXICO CITY. All Mexlcnn
conslutates In Canada and the
other British dominions have been
ordered closed beginning Novem
ber 20. The order was Issued Wed
nesday by the miniates of foreign
affairs In -carrying out the pollov
to se’-er commercial relations with
Great Britain which suspended of
ficial dealings with Mexico nfter
the recent withdrawal at the re
quest of Mexico of H. R. Cunnrd
Cummins, the British charge des
archives here.
WORLD FLIERS
Leave Fort Bliss For San
Antonio
EL PAHO, Tex.—Headed by
Lieutenant Lowell H. Hmlth, the
trio of world fliers left Fort Bliss
and winged toward the southeast
Thucpijay at 7:30 p. m. The air
men had a strong wipd at their
hack* and expected to make Han
Antonio within seven hours.
WORLD'S SUGAR CROP
Is Estimated at 21,689,000
Tons
NEW YORK—The world'* 1924
sugar crop In entlmated nt 21,689,-
000 tons, an Increase of about 90
per cent over the year before,
which trade believes could easily
bo absorbed with continued pros
perous condition*.
HAGEN—SARAZEN
Will Meet Mitchell and
Duncan Dec. 14
NEW YORK—Walter Hagen and
Gene Harnzen, ranking profession
al golfers of the United Htates. will
meet Abe Mitchell and George Dun
can, two of England's foremost
player* In a 36 hole match at Rt.
Augustine, Fla., on December 14
Thi British players are expected to'
•irrlv# here November 29.
LINDSEY RE-ELECTED
DENVER, Colo.—Ren B. Lind
sey, founder of Denver's Juvenile
court and occupant of Its bench for
23 years, was re-elected hy a ma
jority of 207 votes over his op
ponent, Royal It. Graham, accord
ing to complete unofficial returns
tabulated Thursday.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
SUFFERS STROKE
AND IS STIFF
UNCONSCIOUS
IN HOSPITAL
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The
condition of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge who suffered a
stroke Wednesday at the
Charleston Hospital here was
declared, in a bulletin issued at
the hospital shortly after noon,
to be “unchanged” Senator
Lodge was still unconscious at
the time the bulletin was is
sued, having remained in that
condition since he was stricken
24 hours before. The brief
statement was signed by Doe
tars John H. Cunningham and
Frederick H. Winslow who
have been in constant atten
dance on Senator Lodge since
Wednesday.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Sena
tor Henry Cebot Lodge who
suffered a stroke Wednesday
at a hospital where he has
been convalescing from an
operation was still Unconscious
early Thursday.
Dr. John H. Cunningham,
said that tha senator'a condi
tion “must be considered cri
tical.”
Dr. Cunningham's statement re
viewed the history of Renalor
Lodge's case since July 27 when
he submitted to an emergeney
operation from which lie made good
recovery. On October 20, a second
operation was performed.
"The senator's convalescence was
surprisingly good,” Dr. Cunning
ham snld. “Hp was out of lied on
the third day and sat up dally
thereafter, reading and dictating
letters, nnd the Indications were
that he would leave the hospital
next week with every assurance of
being better in health than ho had
been for some time previous to the
operation. There was every Indi
cation that he would be present at
the opasiU.K of , «v*«r«BM Dec vn-
Wr 1, T ... s
“Vesterday at noon he was sud
denly seized with a stroke nnd be
came unconscious. He has re
mained unconscious since and his
condition must be considered criti
cal.”
MADDEN ANNOUNCES
AS CANDIDATE FOR
SPEAKER DF HOUSE
WASHlNGTON.—Representative
Martin B. Madden, republican, of
Illinois, announced Thursday ho
would lie a candidate for speaker of
the house to succeed Frederick H.
Gillett, who has been elected to the
senate In Massnchusatts.
Mr. Madden is chairmnn of the
house appropriation committee and
has been a member of congress for
twenty years. He was placed in
nomination as a candidate for
speaker Inst session hut declined to
conduct an active campaign against
Speaker Gillett. *
Friends of Representative Niche
olas I.ongworth, of Ohio, republican
floor leader, have expressed the be
lief that ho also would enter the
race, hut thero has been on state
ment fr#m him on the subject and
no other member of the house has
announced his candidacy.
LONDON PRESS
Views U. S. Election as De
sire for Stability
LONDON. The outstanding
point of the majority of London
newspapers comments on the Am
erican election Is that it emphasizes
the prevailing desire of the demo
cracies of the world for a period
of quiet, stable government and
that the people of America are no
more than those of Great Britain
in a mood for the experiments of
progression.
The conservative Dally Tele
graph regards the outcome “as a
much more amazing triumph than
that of the conservative party in
Great Britain.” The general de
sire for continuity and stability In
national administration, It adds,
has been more than comomniy
strong.
The independent Daily Mall sees
In the result “yet another sign
that socialism, far from being a
rising tide, Is a spent, wave. x x
x x The utter rout which has over
taken LaFollette speaks «s well for
the soundness of the people of the
United Htates ns the complete de
feat of the socialists here does for
the political health of Great Bri
tain.”
The conservtalvc Post says:
’The American people dearly are
in no mood for revolutionary eco
nomic chsnges. The United Htates
Is one of the great bulwarks which
has withstood the bolshevik.
The paper declares that America
and Great Britain through the
voices of their electorates “have
f sent a message of good cheer to
Europe and a warning to Moscow,
which must sound to Its conspira
tors a note like the trump of
doom.”
The Independent Express re
marking on President Coolidgn’s
cold and lot partial attitude towards
the political problems of the out
side world" adds:
‘lt remains to he seen whether he
will not find himself forced by the
pressure of circumstance to relax
his austere Indifference towards
European difficulties.”
18 CENTS A WEEK,
Congress Ruling
Hinges on Vote
in Three States
WASHINGTON.—AbiIity of the republican organ
ization to control the new congress elected Tuesday ap
peared Thursday to hinge on the outcome of senatorial
contests in three states—Minnesota, New’Mexico and Wy
oming. There was little doubt that it would have at least
a bare working majority in the house over democrats and
LaFollette insurgents.
If the republican candidates for the senate in two of
the three states still in doubt are victorious, and the va
cancy in Connecticut is filled by a republican, a coalition
of democrats and consistent supporters of Senator LaFol
lette would fall two short of a majority.
COOLIDGE TOONS
ATTENTION TO
LEGISLATIVE
PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, D. C—With the
evidence of his popular endorsement
steadily Increasing; as election returns
continued to come In, resident Cool
idge turned his thoughts Wednesday
to plans for the next four years, in
cluding the setting up of his own ad
ministration and the framing of a
legislative program to be presented to
congress.
In the latter connection Interest at
the White House centered Thursday
on the reslilts of the congressional
contests. The present congress,
though nominally In control of the
republicans has been dominated by
the balance of power held by the I-.a-
Follette group In both branches. He
of this, It is expected, few
nieaare* except the usupi appropria
tion bill* and possibly farm relief l*g-
I L Isinttw* will ne presented by the Pres
ident to the PmA «*««fon of the iJrty
edghth Congress which mgln# In De
cember.
THE PROBLEM OF
SELECTING CABINET.
While Mr. Coolidge ha# declared
for further tax reduction and “tax
reform” it Is the opinion of those
close to Secretary Melien of the treas
ury department and to the President
that such legislation will not be press
ed by the administration at the short
session. Nor will an extra session
ho called after March 4 for this pur
pose alone, It Is believed, unless clear
working majorities In each branch of
congress are assured and other
emergency legislation Is deemed nec
essary. Meanwhile Mr. Coolidge will
be confronted with the problem of se
lecting a cabinet. It is thought like
ly that several of the present mem
bers will retire for personal reasons
to private life and It is understood
also that the President has In mind
some changes in the alignment though
no wholesale transferring of depart
ment heads Is expected. No outstand
ing changes, however, are looked for
prior to the Inauguration.
As on Tuesday, it was business as
(Continued on page 2)
Dawes Will Assume Office
He Originally Didn’t Seek
CHICAGO.—Chrflos O. Dawes
on next March 4 will assume an of
fice which ho originally did not seek
and which If offerred him six
months ago, tie almost certainly
would have declined.
This statement was made Thurs
day by some of those closest to the
vice-president-elect and by those
who know the Inside story of how
the banker, soldier, business man,
philanthropist and economist has
come to the place where after next
March 4 he will be second only to
the president of the United Stutes.
WANTED TO RETURN
TO PRIVATE LIFE.
Six months ago Mr, Dawes re
turned from Kurope after serving
as head of the experts committee of
the reparation commission which
had worked out a plan for the eco
nomic rehabilitation of Kurope. It
was his third period of public ser
vice after having been comptroller
of the currency under President
McKinley and director of the bud
get under President Harding.
Mr. Dawes accordingly set about
arranging his affairs so as to spend
the rest of Ids life as a private cit
izen, devoting his time to his busi
ness and banking interest, the life
of a wealthy man who likes music,
art and books and whose name Is
connected with a number of chari
table or near charitable enter
prises.
Then the republican national con
vention came ulong and got Itself
Into a snarl over the selection of a
running mate for President Cool
ldge. Mr. Dawes was down at Ma
rietta. 0., attending a reunion of
bis college class and little Interest
ed In the events at Cleveland. Con
ferences among party leaders at the
convention having produced no
unanimity of opinion as to the vice
presidential nominee, the conven
tion took things In Its own hands
and nominated Former Governor
Lowden, of Illinois. Mr. Lowden
promptly declined the honor and
the name of Dawes, already men
tioned, and before the convention
with the support of New Jersey and
Nebraska was brought forward.
Some doubt ♦xlstsed as to whether
Mr. Dawes would take the nomina
tion and some opposition arose to
hla selection, lie was told of the
HOME
leditioh
WEATHER
Augusta and vicinity: Partly cloudy
tonight; Friday rain and cooler.
REPUBLICANS 238;
DEMOCRATS, 177
In Minnesota and Wyoming tha
republican nominees are leading
on the face of incomplete returns
as received Thursday but in New
Mexico Senator Bursum was
trailing his democratic opponent,
Sam G. Bratton.
With the result in sixteen con
gressional districts still in doubt
the line of the new house, based on
unofficial returns, was republi
cans 238; democrats 177; scattered
four.
Of the missing districts, nine
now are democratic and seven are
republican, but even should all of
these seats be captured by the de
mocrats, the republican organiza
tion still would have a majority of
nineteen with which to offset de
fections in the LaFollette bloc.
DEMOCRATS LOSE
PENNSYLVANIA SEATS
This majority is a result of in
roads the republicans made on the
democratic eide. They recaptured
twenty-three seats while the demo
crats took only three placet from
them. With the last doubtful dis
trict in Pennsylvania finally twing
ing into the republican cnlurnff.
the democrats will be without re
presentation In the delegation from
that atate, having IgA the six tests
they now hold. ’
Uncertainty as to the future
uomplex’on of the senate was inten.
sified Thursday by the see-sawing
fight in lowa betwen Senator
Brookhart, a LaFollette supporter
and Daniel F. Steck, a democrat.
This contest did not have effeot
on the calculations as to a repub
lican majority in the next senate as
tha organization had nothing to
gain, irrespective of the final out
come.
FIGHT FOR CONTROL
IS CLOSE ONE
NEW YORK—The fight for a
working control of congresi con
tinues to be close one.
But it holds out the prospect that
President Coolidge may have a
manageable majority, though small,
over the La Follette insurgent bal
ance of power which during the
present congress has hampered and
thwarted many administration
measures and policies. Early
Thursday more than 30 districts
atill were missing from the final
Continued on Page 2
move that was taking form of the
opposition and Indicated he would
accept. The convention thereupon
over the opposition of some of Its
leaders turned to Dawes.
OPPOSITION CAUSED
HIM TO CONSENT.
Those close'to him In Chicago de
clare It was this opposition that
caused him to consent to serious
use of his name and add that the
prospect of a fight made him want
the nomination.
It Is the opinion of these friends
that promise of a fight always has
been and always will be Mr. Dawes’
chief incentive. 110 liked the work
as director of the budget, they say,
because aside from the constructive
nature of the undertaking it in
volved a fight. He entered upon
the campaign with zest, they add.
because lie saw In it a fight be
tween what he liked to term the
progressive conservatism of Presi
dent Coolidge and the extreme radi
calism of Robert M. La Collette.
The vice-presidency doesn’t offer
much In the way of a fight and that
is why that office, his friends aa
j sert, did not and does not appeal
directly to him as an official posi
tion. if the four years succeeding
next March produce some sort of
fight Involving the vice-presidency.
Mr. Dawes' friends declare he will
like it. His future life—he was 59
years old last August—mapped out
along the plan he worked out after
returning from Kurope. Mr. Dawes
does not disguise his reluctance to
depart from the plan. Wednesday
he went down to his bank to attend
a meeting of the Institution's exec
utive committee and as his nuto
rnoblle turned Into La Salle street,
Chicago’s financial center, he was
heard to remark:
"Here's where I started In 23
yonrs ago this summer with my
bank. I rathej.regret to leave It."
If Mr. Daweb has given any
thought to what he will do after
his four year term ns vice-presi
dent, he hasn’t disclosed It to his
Intimate associates. Several times
during his campaign tour the presi
dential nomination In 1928 was men
tioned In his presence, but always
he pretended not to have heard or
said nothing und maintained an
.unchanged expression.