Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-11-12
Curtis VIII Be Candidate

Another senatorial hat has landed in the 1928
presidential ring-the black sombrero Of Charles Curtis
Of Kansas, republican leader Of the senate, who has q
large and influential following throughout the West as
we'll as in his home state.
The announcement that Senator Curtis would be a
candidate has aroused considerable interest throughout
the East, republican leaders Of that section having re-
~peatedly expressed the opinion that Secretary Hoover
would carry the state BY an overwhelming majority.
The entry or Curtis into the political arena. compli-
Gates the situation, and leading Kansas republicans as
sert he will not only have the delegation from his own
state but will also receive the support Of practically
the entire Middle west.
There is probably no man in the United States
senate more popular among his colleagues. He is a man
Of few words, and members Of the senate assert that if
all the speeches he makes in the course Of a session
were printed in a single document the printing would
not cost more than S. He occasionally makes a mo-
ton, and answers questions put to him by his col
leagues, but he permits others TO do the talking, which
may in a measure account for his popularity. For
years a close personal friend Of Senator Joe" Robin
son, democratic senate leader, he has succeeded in
eliminating partisanship On many occasions when ma
tional interest demanded that partisanship be eliminat-
ed. Few teams have ever pulled together more sue
cssfulIy than Curtis and Robinson
Sixty years ago Charles Curtis was a small boy
in a camp Of Kaw Indians about sixty miles west Of
Topeka. Kansas. His playmases were for the most part
fulI-blooded Kaws. Curtis had only n strain Of In
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a Caucasian and so was his father, and he is therefore
only about one-third Indian. His grandmother, a full
blood Indian, was the inspiration Of Curtis boyhood,
and il was upon her advice that he cast his lot with
the white men. to toll hard and study industriously to
advance himself. His early life was replete with hard
ships. but 10 obtain an education he overcame all OBJ
stacIes, and the success which crowned his efforts is
the result Of his own industry, energy and persever-
ance.
The American people admire a man Of the Curtis
type. He had his training in the school OF experience.
He probably knows the characteristics and ideals Of
the average American better than any man in the
United States senate. He has been in close contact
with men in every plane Of life, and the experience he
has gained In his active years has given him a
broad view Of life and an intimate knowledge Of the
problems Of the American people, both as individuals
and as a nation.
It is doubtful if the republican party could select
from its list Of presidential possibilities a man more
eminently fitted for the position Of chief executive.
Any man, who through sheer power Of his own perse-
verance and initiative, could overcome such handicaps
and rise to the high position Senator Curtis now occu-
pies is fully qualified to guide the destinies Of this or
any otheS nation.
Republican leaders are fully cognizant OF the fact
that Senator Curtis will prove a power in the next ma
tional convention, and II ii not improbable that he may
bo accepted as a compromise candidate in whom both
the East and West will have implicit confidence.