Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-15
Politics at Large
By G. Could Lincoln.

| Every comet mas It's taA. "AenO~"
any disparagement Of the vice presi-
Dental Office, it may be said with
equal truth that every presidential
ticket has it's vice presidential noml'
nee. The people and even the poll
| ticians, as a rule, take the vice presi-
Dental nomination with too little
| seriousness, when 1t is remembered
that seven Vice Presidents have en-
tered the White House through the
death Of seven Presidents. Generally
speaking, the effort of the major politl'
cal parties has been to balance thelr
national tickets by naming Tor wee
President men who ere the geographl.
| cal opposites of the presidential
nominee, and even men who may hold
slightly different views on important
issues. This balancing process may
seem ridiculous. but it appeals to the
political mind, which likes to catch
them coming and going
y y y 4
If President Coolidge is to be the
nominee, of the Republican party for
President, which now seems measur'
ably sure, who will be his running
mate? Dawes, of course, say many
of the Republicans. Others suggest
that possibly the Vice President would
not consent to hold that office again.
Still others point to recent speeches.
made bv Vice President Dawes which
attack features of the Coolidge adj
ministration, more particularly ms
address in st. Louis cr1ticizing the
conduct of foreign relations: Iney
point. too, to the fact that the vice
| president split with Mr.. Coolidge over
the McNary- Haugen farm reneL Oll,'
a.
- president Coolidge is the nominee
for President Gen. Dawes can nave
tho nomination for Vice President,
,rovided he will take it. The admin
istration is not worried over attacks
,,ada rnon it by the Vice President
50 far. nor does sponsoring the prln'
oirlas Of the McNary-Haugen bill dis
t,I,h them. Indeed. there are some
who consider that the nominatlon Oh
cen. Dawes next year for wee rIesi
dent. along with President Coohose,
would balance" the ticket. Dawes
halls from Illinois and Coologe aroin
one side of the farm problem and the
Vice President on the other'
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Should Vice President Dawes decide
that he no longer desired 10 occupy
the Office of Vice President anu ue
cline to run, the Republicans as at tIie
Cleveland convention three years ago.
would have to pick running nate ton
President Coolidge. FROM inc 20,
| West comes a. suggestion that senator
McNarv of oregon would fill the Dill
nerfectly. Geographically McNary
would balance the ticket, and In the
matter of farm relief. would help out
from the Republican point or view.
AS a. matter of fact, the oregon sen
ator. who is chairman OF the senate
| a agriculture committee, is working TINS
| Summer on a new farm reller Dill
which NAV satisfy both the President
and those who have been clamorlns
for the old McNary.Haugen bill. II
he succeeds, the day OF miracles IS not
past. 1t is said. too. that senator
McNary would not be ayerse 10 the
nomination for Vice President.
| The Republicans got themselves into
A. real stew in Cleveland over the
nomination Of Vice President. With
the idea of balancing the ticket, some
of the leaders wanted Senator Borah
of Idaho, but at the eleventh hour
the Idaho Senator convinced them ne
would not take it. Judge Kenyon or
Iowa, former Senator. was trotted out,
but some of the Eastern leaders would
not stand for him. Then former Govs
Frank o. Lowden was actually noml-
mated, but politely declined. I0wden
is now a candidate for the presidential
nomination next year. In the END
| the party settled on Gen. Dawes
and the nomination "took." Senator
Curtis of Kansas. the Republican
leader Of the Senate, may be consid-
cred for the vice presidential place, If
there Is a real contest in the conven-
ton over that nomination.
! On the Democratic side, 50 much at
tention has been given to the prospec'
| tive head of the 1923 national ticket
that little has been said of the vice
presidential nomination. But a num-
Der of combinations have been dis
cussed acknowledgements of New
York and Reed Of Missouri, for exam
pie, and even Reed and Smith. Some
Democrats are anxious to hook up
dry Democrat from the South, Repre-
sentative Cordell Hull, with Gov. AL
| Smith, to balance" the ticket. Smith
and Meredith of Iowa. Smith and
| Donahey Donahey and Walsh of
Montana and Walsh of Montana and
Donahey are other proposals. Walsh
being a dry Catholic. In desperate
| the Democrats selected the then Gov.
Charlie Bryan of Nebraska to run with
John w, Davis of West Virginia and
| New York. Instead of helping the
| ticket, this balancing process had
| the reverse effect. It is not astonish-
| ing that it should. For the Demo
Gratis to nominate wet candidate Tor
| President and a dry candidate for
| Vice President would seem pretty
| foolish, but that is what some are
| talking Of.
The Congress Of the United States
was formally represented at the wei
come here of Col. Charles A. Lind.
| hergh, the Lone Eagle" Senate and
| House both had committees in Wash
inrton to help receive him. The Sem
ate committee was headed by the vet
eran chairman of the appropriations
committee, Senator Warren OF Wyo-
ming, The other members were Sena'
tors Curtis Of Kansas, Swanson OF
Virginia, COPELAND of New York. Ship
stead and Schall of Minnesota, Harris
of Georgia. Hale of Maine, Reed of
Missouri, Oddie of Nevada and Ed
wards Of New Jersey. They all showed
their interest by being present. That
Congress will take formal notice OF
the record-making fight OF Col. LIND.
| bergh Is expected. Doubtless 1t will
vote some special honor to the man
who first demonstrated the possibility
of a nonstop flight from New York to
Paris. But certainly it appears that
It will be FASTENED to legislation look
ing both to the further development or
air travel and military defense from
the air.
X
The governors of two States OF the
Middle West have announced their
,orafararoa fou Frank q. 1IOW0en OF