Evening Star
- Coolidge believed nearly convinced he must run again
- Nicaraguan forces seek a truce
- Jardine approves the market site for Commerce offices
The page presents political expectations and negotiated plans before their outcomes are known. Its Coolidge correspondent infers renewed candidacy while acknowledging presidential silence; Jardine argues for coordinated market relocation to make room for federal offices. In Nicaragua, rival commanders offer conditional surrender terms, with a pause in bombardment but no accepted agreement reported.
Translation
Coolidge believed nearly convinced he must run again
WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., September 17.—President Coolidge is today winding up his summer vacation in the Adirondack Mountains, and tomorrow night he will be back at the White House, not only satisfied that his vacation was a great success, but apparently convinced that he must be his party's candidate for President in 192[?].
Mr Coolidge has not yet said anything to suggest that he has made up his mind in this respect, or even that he is considering it. At the same time, from the reports he is receiving from all over the country and from the impressions of numerous callers at the President's camp this summer, he cannot help but be fully aware of the feeling toward him and another term.
Nicaraguan forces seek a truce
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, September 17.—Gen. Jose Marie Moncada, leader of the revolutionists in eastern Nicaragua, has sent to Gen. Gustavo Arguello of the Chamorro government forces a note inviting him to surrender El Bluff. Gen. Arguello in reply requested Moncada to cease his attempts to capture El Bluff, but said that if the revolutionists have been victorious on the Pacific coast, as stated by Moncada, he will surrender El Bluff.
“For the sake of humanity, for the welfare of industry and commerce, now stagnant in Nicaragua,” says Gen. Moncada's note, “I, as the representative of the constitutional government, invite you to surrender El Bluff. I promise to guarantee the lives of all and to provide provisions for all troops at El Bluff and Bluefields until they can return to their homes. I make this proposition in view of my victories on the Atlantic coast and because the revolutionists have triumphed on the Pacific coast.”
To this note Gen. Arguello replied:
“Inspired by the same humanitarian feelings you express, I request you to desist in your useless attempts to capture El Bluff. I propose that an agreement be signed on board the United States cruiser Rochester, in the presence of the American admiral, that if the revolutionists have conquered the Pacific coast I will surrender El Bluff in accordance with your note, but if the revolutionists have not been victorious on the Pacific coast you will surrender and I shall extend similar guarantees to you and your troops.”
Gen. Moncada has not replied, but the bombardment of El Bluff by the revolutionists has been suspended. A government bombing plane left Managua yesterday and arrived in Bluefields in two hours.
Jardine approves the market site for Commerce offices
Erection of the new $[?] Department of Commerce Building on Pennsylvania Avenue between Seventh and Tenth Streets, on the site now occupied by the Center retail market and the wholesale market section, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture, meets with the approval of Dr William M. Jardine, Secretary of Agriculture.
This assurance was given today when Dr Jardine declared himself in favor of relocating the entire market system, including retail, farmers' and wholesale sections, in a new model market center on the midcity site bounded by Sixth Street and New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts Avenues. He stated that he is willing to withdraw from the present market location, as he believes an even better market center, nearer the center of population, can be established in the midcity area, and that the Pennsylvania Avenue site is ideal for any great government department.
As the Fine Arts Commission and the City Planning group have decided that the farmers' and wholesale markets must go now, and the retail market eventually, Dr Jardine says now is the logical time to establish a properly coordinated model market group, which could not be done if the various sections were moved piecemeal. The Public Buildings Commission, the Fine Arts Commission and all those interested in developing a beautiful capital plan to use the triangle south of Pennsylvania Avenue, where the market now operates, for public buildings. With a start already made there on the $50,000,000 program, he believes now is the logical time to vacate such a commanding location, which some great government department should occupy.
Context
Why Coolidge’s intentions mattered to the party
Coolidge had succeeded Harding in 1923 and retained Herbert Hoover as Commerce Secretary. Whether the incumbent would run again shaped the prospects of other Republican leaders. The visitors and reports at his summer camp were therefore part of an early contest over the party’s future, even before a candidacy was announced.
The decision that eventually opened the race
In August 1927 Coolidge announced that he would not run in 1928. Hoover subsequently sought the nomination, resigned as Commerce Secretary in July 1928 and won the presidential election that November. This later sequence explains the stakes of the 1926 speculation: the incumbent’s choice could either close or open the path for a successor.
Surrender tied to news from another coast
Moncada justified his demand with victories on both coasts, while Arguello made the Pacific result a test that could reverse who surrendered. The proposed bargain linked a local position at El Bluff to the wider campaign. Safety and provisions for the losing troops offered a way to end fighting without requiring an unconditional personal submission by either commander.
Why meet aboard an American warship?
Arguello proposed the Rochester as a meeting place and the American admiral as a witness. That setting would place the reciprocal undertaking before a third party already present nearby. The proposal shows how a foreign naval presence could supply a forum for local negotiation, as well as military power, while both Nicaraguan commanders sought guarantees for their men.
A monumental capital displaced a working market
The Public Buildings Act of May 1926 authorized a major federal construction programme. The market-site debate formed part of the transformation of the Federal Triangle. Plans changed: Center Market was ultimately demolished in 1931 for the National Archives site. Jardine’s proposal captures an earlier stage, when federal office needs and the city’s food-distribution infrastructure still had to be reconciled.
Why move the market departments together?
Retailers, farmers and wholesalers served different stages of the same trading system. Jardine argued that moving them separately would lose the chance to design a coordinated center. His preferred site also addressed access for the city’s population. The proposal therefore sought both a prestigious federal building site and a reorganization of everyday commerce, rather than a simple exchange of one building for another.
Original
COOLIDGE BELIEVED NEARLY CONVINCED HEIST RUN AGAIN
WHITE PINK 'AMI’, X. V., Sep*
temher 17. President Coolidge is to
day winding: up his Summer vacation
in the Adirondack Mountains and to
morrow night he will he hack at thp
White House, not only satisfied that
his vacation was a great success, hut
apparently convinced that he must he
his party's candidate for President in
192 R.
Mr. tloolidge has not vet said any
thing to suggest that he has made up
his mind in this respect, or even that
he is considering it. At the same time,
from the reports he is receiving from
all over the country and from the ini-
pression# of numerous callers at the j
President’s camp this Summer he j
cannot help hut be fully aware of the
feeling toward him and another term.
TRUCE IS SOUGHT I BY NICARAGUANS
j MAXAGUA, Xicaragua, September
-j 7* Gen. Jose Marie Moncada, leader
•of the revolutionists in Eastern
j Xicaragua, has sent to Gen. Gustavo
Arguello of the Chamorro govern
ment forces a note inviting him to
surrender El Bluff. Gen. Arguello
j i„ reply requested Moncada to cease
his attempts to capture El Bluff, but
i saying that if the revolutionists have
I been victorious on the Pacific coast,
as stated by Moncada. he will sur
j render El Bluff.
“For the sake of humanity, for the
I welfare of industry and commerce,
now stagnant in Xicaragua, says
j Gen Moncada's note. ‘‘l. as the repre-
I tentative of the constitutional govern
ment. invite you to surrender El Bluff.
I .promise to guarantee the lives of
all and to provide provisions for all
troops at El Bluff and Biueflelds until
they can return to their homes. 1
make this proposition in view of my
voctories on the Atlantic coast and
because the revolutionists have tri
umphed on the Pacific coast."
To this note Gen. Arguello replied:
"Inspired hv the same humanitarian
I feelings vou express. I request you to
1 desist in vour useless attempts to
capture El Bluff. I propose that an
(agreement be signed on board the
I Cnited States cruiser Rochester, in
j the presence of the American admiral,
i that it' the revolutionists have eon-
I quered the Pacific coast I will sut
render El Bluff in accordance with
your note, but if the revolutionists
have not been victorious on the
Pacific coast you will surrender and
I shall extend similar guarantees to
i you and your troops.”
Gen. Moncada has not replied, hut
the bombardment of El Bluff by the
I revolutionists has been suspended. A j
government bombing plane left Man
agua yesterday and arrived in Blue
fields in two hours.
JARDINE APPROVES MARKET SITE FOR COMMERCE OFFICE
Erection of the new Sio ftoe.imo De
partment of Commerce Building on
Pennsylvania aventtp between Seventh
and Tenth streets, which site is now
occupied by the Center t iota it» Mat
ket and the wholesale market sec
fion, and comiYig under the jurisdic
tion of the Department of Agricul
ture. meets with the approval of Dr.
William M. Jardine. Secretary of Ag
riculture.
This assurance was given today
when Dr. Jardine declared himself in
favor of a relocation of the entire
market system, including retail,
farmers' and wholesale sections, in a
new model market center on the mid
citv site bounded by Sixth street. N*".\
York. New Jersey and .Massachusetts
avenues. He stated he is willing to
withdraw from the present market
location, as ho believes an even b
ter market renter, nearer the .enter
of population, can be established m
the mideity area, and that the on n
svlvania avenue site is an ideal on
for any great Government depart
mAs the Fine Arts Commission and
the City Planning group have decide,i
that the farmers’ market and tin
wholesale market must go now. and
the retail market eventually. Di. J 'i
dine savs that now is the logical time
to establish a model market prou j
nronerly co-ordinated, which («uild
not be done if the various sections
are moved piecemeal. As the plan
..f the Public Buildings t ommisston
and the Fine Arts Commission and
all those who are interested m T it
velopment of a beautitul a pita«
is to use the triangle south of Penn
svlvania avenue, in which the mnk' t
is now operating, for public building.
and a start has been made there on
the $50,000,000 program, n*
lieves that now is the logical time to
vacate such a commanding lo an n
which some great department of Gov
ernment should occupy.
Source: Holding institution