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...Lowden. The former Governor of Illinois, Frank 0. Lowden, quietly , nursed his boom, which may get him the Republican nomination if the other aspirants lock horns. At New Orleans he encountered Governor Parker of Louisiana. A reporter approached Mr. Lowden and asked about his candidacy. The gentleman from Illinois shoved out his hat. " See this," he demanded, " right in my hand?that's where my hat is?and it's going to stay there...
...known that the President wanted a Westerner for the post. Former Governor Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois (TIME, Oct. 15) was first sounded out but declined to consider the offer. Then Mr. Kellogg was chosen, and, although official announcement of the choice is still lacking, it is understood that only assurance from Great Britain that Mr. Kellogg will be acceptable is awaited before the announcement is made. The late President Harding is said to have had Mr. Kellogg in mind for the post. This rumor may well be taken with a grain of salt; for the same is said...
...Administration's plans to help the wheat farmers proceeded on two fronts. Eugene Meyer, Jr., and former Congressman Frank W. Mondell, Director of the War Finance Corporation, set out for the Northwest to assist the farmers in forming cooperative marketing associations. Former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois was elected chairman of a committee to aid them in this effort...
...became a member of the Republican National Committee in 1912, and Ambassador to Japan in 1921. He resigned from that post last Spring and during the Summer conducted (with John Barton Payne) the negotiations for the recognition of Mexico. His diplomatic record, although brief, is considered able. Frank O. Lowden of Oregon, Ill., former Governor of his state (1917-1921) and an outstanding candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1920. From a law practice in Chicago he branched into society and politics. He married Florence Pullman, daughter of George M. Pullman (sleeping cars). McKinley offered to make him Assistant...
...interest which attaches to the possible appointment of Mr. Lowden to Great Britain is that he is looked upon as possible candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination next year. To become Ambassador he must sacrifice the other possibility. He can hope for the Presidential nomination only in the case of an open fight, in which his sound but not reactionary record would make him readily available as a compromise candidate. He is not the kind of a man to make a spectacular fight for the nomination. From the standpoint of President Coolidge, the appointment of Mr. Lowden would remove...