Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
V|CE, PRESIDENTIAL
CHOICE WIDE OPEN
johnson, Hull and Reed
Prominently Mentioned as
Running Mate.
By WILL p. KENNEDY.
Staff Correspondent of The Star

coming into the convention here with o
much stronger lead than Hoover had
g. Kansas City. thus making the quad
rennial get-together here even a more
dc.isively one-man affair than was the
Republican Quaker meeting" there is
Just as wide-open field for vice presi-
Dental candidates as there was at
Kansas City up to the day of nomination
and with the prospect that the out
come may be practically a duplication
of what the elder brother party did.
Hotel lobby gossip tonight indicates
that Senator joe Robinson OF Arkan-
sas may be the party choice, which is
neculiar coincidence in view OF the TACT
That the Republicans took the majority
party leader in the Senate for their
Vice presidential candidate, and the
Democrats are now looking favorably
uoon the minority leader of the Senate
for like honorS.
However. Representative Cordell Hull
OF Tennessee, who for years has been
the partys outstanding authority ana
leader on the fundamental tariff policy,
which distinctly differentiated De-
mocracy from Republican principles, Is
still accorded the best chance for the
vice presidential nomination by many.
If not a majority, of the party leaders.
Reed May Accept.
There is also quite a bit of gossip that
Senator Reed although stiil leading the
opposition 10 Smith sees the hand
writing on the wall and might be per-
suaded as easily as Senator Curtis was
at Kansas City to accept second place,
If he can't get first place. 1t Is a
rather open secret that the Smith man
ayers would welcome such climax to
The pre-oonvention campaign. The
rather conciliatory statement made by
Senator Reed in his conference with
the Washington correspondents was
interpreted as lending strength to this
hope for party unity.
OF course, the tall grass of the wide
open prairies of Texas and the great
West is full of vice presidential candi-
dates. There is Senator Pat Harrison
Of Mississippi keynoter of four years
ago, who has been the clcar-lleaded
counselor who has kept the coterie OF
unbridled President makers" here from
making too many fool statements, with
the succinct and repeated and re-
iterated advice-"say nothing His
harmony statements and genial fellow
ship have contributed largely to the pre-
convention good nature @. the tiresome
milling about in hotel Hobbies.
There is also Evan Woolen of Indi-
ana, who ran for the Senate: George
l.. Berry of Tennessee. Senator Kendrick
of Wyoming. Senator Barley of Ken
lucky, Shallenberger of Nebraska and
Josephus Daniels of North Carolina
who was Secretary of the Navy in Will
sons cabinet--to mention very few.
Present d. c. Vote Plank.
The Democratic national committee
was notified today that plank for ma
tional representation for the District OF
Columbia to be placed In the party plat
form will be presented, and that a
strong delegation desires to be heard
on the proposition Just as soon as the
resolutions committee is organized Tues
day afternoon.
The actual wording of the plank was
postponed until after the two District
delegations, both of which are instruct
ed to support the national representa-
ton plea. have reached Houston. The
present indications are that Senator
Key Pittman of Nevada will probably
be chairman of the resolutions commit
tee.
John r, Costello. national committee
man, and Mrs. Florence j. Hartman.
national committeewoman. will probably
present the plank, which is expected to
be a duplicate Of the one offered at the
Kansas City convention, I'VE favor
national representation for the District
of Columbia
A District delegate. probably John B.
Colpoys, chairman of the State central
committee for the District of Columbia,
who spoke as the representative on
organized labor heartily indorsing ma
ttonal representation at the hearing
before the House judiciary committee,
will be selected as the Districts rep
resentative on the resolutions committee
to lead the fight for adoption Of this
plank.
Tydings Is Slated.
Senator Willard E. Tydings of Mary
land is also expected to be member OF
the resolutions committee and has let
1t be known that he will support the
plank for national representation for
the District of Columbia.
John H. Kirby, president of the Ma
tional Council of State Legislators, will
also appear with the delegation asking
that the national representation plank
is included in the party platform. His
organization has formally Endorsed the
proposition and Kirby is an ardent adj
vocate of the reform, saying, as an au-
thority on the Constitution, that 1t was
never intended by the founding fathers
that the residents of the National Capt.
tai should be disenfranchied.
Representative George H. Combs OF
Missouri, a delegate. who is a MEM
her of the House District committee,
will also speak for the plank and is
authorized by the chairman OF the Dis
trict committee to also speak in his
behalf urging that national representa-
ton Is a bipartisan reform. Repre-
sentative Milton j. Romiue OF Missouri
also a delegate, formerly member OF
the House District committee, VIII be
with the delegation.
Robert N. Harper has been specially
commissioned by the citizens JOINT com
mittee to urge adoption OF this plank
Frederic william VILE will also speai
in behalf Of the citizens Joint commit.
tee. which includes all OF the mos
important civic, professional, patriotit
and progressive organizations In wash
William Nick. Clayton will speak as
representative of the Al smith lot ftes-
ident Club of Washington.
More than score of other prominent
party leaders are ready 10 join the DIS
trict delegation In presenting this plank