The effect probably will lie that out- i
itanding democratic candidates will
tpen an immediate campaign to secure 1
the vote of the Florida delegation to 1
the national convention, as voters may |
nominate anyone they choose in the t
lune primary. t
i
G O. P. HEAVYWEIGHTS
DENOUNCED IN ADAMS’
PLEA FOR DAUGHERTY
Chairman Terms Critics!
Scandal Mongers
And Blackguards
<U>lt«S Nawt Staff Carraataadant.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.—Sharp
lines of cleavage have beep drawn in
the republican party with Attorney i
General Daugherty as the isaetie.
Chairman Adams, of the republican ■
national comniitte has come to his de-1
fenae with a statement characterising'
those behind the effort to oust him ns !
"political blackguards and scandal mnn-1
gel's." In view of the fact that it was
Senator Lodge, majority leader, and Sen
ator George Wharton Pepper of Penn
sylvania, who went to President Cool
idge and asked for Daugherty's resig
nation, the national committee’s state
ment created a sensation in the capital.
Daugherty is now defended by the
republican committee and by President
Coolidge. Coolidge lias not yet seen fit
to issue a public statement in defense
of Daughterty, but friends of tbe At
torney General are hoping that the
President will break his silence soon
and do what he can to frustrate the
Senate attack on his cabinet officer.
Coolidge Likely To Make Statement
Coolidge is likely to do this in con
nection with the requirement of the
Ohio primary law, wbicb mkaes it neces
sary for the President to sign a "con
sent slip" specifically approving the
Ohio delegates on the Coolidge slate for
the republican national convention.
