The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-12-01
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Washington Considers Posi-
bility of Kansan as Repub-
lican Vice Presidential
Candidate.
To Link East and West
By p. c. POWELL.

washing ton Corresponds mt The Omaha Bee
Washington. Nov. 30.-A persist
ent report in circulation here is that
Senator Arthur Capper Of Kansas has
been chosen by Coolidge adherents
as a running mate in event Coolidge
is nominated by the republican con-
vention.
In short. If it is finally agreed by
the medicine makers in the Coolidge
camp and is agreeable to Capper.
there will be a preeonvention cry OF
Coolidge and Capper.'
Such move would insure the
Kansas delegation for Coolidge at the
convention, and, it Is hoped. would
be the means of further pacifying
the middle west which even the most
sanguine of politicians in beth par
ties are worrying about at this time.
Nor is it expected to be extremely
distasteful to the east as in the list
of so.called radicals from the west
Capper is looked upon as one Of the
tamest.
Has Strong Hold.
Then, too, Capper has become
something more in the last year than
a western farm publisher. He has
ioined the ranks of the eastern pub
fishers and erected a big plant In
Washington in which he is publish
ing an eastern edition of Capper s
Weekly. This edition contains dif-
ferent subject matter and different
editorial matter than his. western pa
per. and is devoted almost exclusive
ly to eastern problems.
AS result Arthur Capper today
receives the biggest personal mail or
any senator in Washington and 1t
compares fayorably in volume with
that received in the White House.
He is compelled to employ a small
army of stenographers and every let
ter is answered by him. L Leans
that one.half of his claimed 100000
subscribers, a majority living on the
farm, have received a personal letter
from United States Senator Capper
and have that personal interest In
Capper and his success that hand
shake or a letter from politician in
vokes.
Would Unite Kansans.
There is another angie, purely local
in Kansas, which apparently appeals
to tho Capper adherents. Capper 3
followers in Kansas in a majority OF
instances are men who favor the NOM
ination OF man like Johnson.
on the other hand his fellow sem
..txor1o- II f-,,vtfo with fotovV-
ing which Is nearly as large IL not
equal TO the Capper following, Is
an administration man, pure and sim
pie. Curtis and the Kansas national
committeeman, David w. Mulvane,
will stand by the Coolidge ship
whether It floats or sinks.
II Capper can be induced to look
with favor upon a Coolidge and Cap
per slate, both Capper and Curtis Will
escape a mean fight in Kansas. The
Capper connections demand a man OF
the johnson oaliber while the Curtis
connections are demanding Coolidge.
Both are known to desire to remain
on friendly terms. politically, as 9th
erwise, one of those upheavals typical
of Kansas politics which leaves as
little of politicians as Kansas cy'
clone does of homes is likely to occur
Democrats Control State.
Capper's term as United States SEN
ator ends next year. That OF Cur
lis ends the next year, and he, too,
is known to be willing to serve Kan
sas again.
Meantime, the democrats In Kan
sas. who with election OF demo-
cratic governor last year have fuli
control Of state patronage, are seeking
victory in the senatorial field and
are known to be desiring to force Cur
tis to come out openly for Coolidge
and Capper for someone else. thus
splitting the republican party In Kan
sas.
Hence, the unanimlty OF feeling be-
tween the Capper and Curtis political
leaders over the proposed capper and
Coolidge program.