The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-05-12
NEA Service Writer


 Washington.--One comfort about .olitical writing is that whenever you :,et tired writing about presidential i,olit;cs you can turn to vice presl- Gential politics.
 Hardly any state is so poor vice presidential nomina tlon ana plenty of reasons why it's favor ..e son is the logical choice. Many states have potential presidente too, but nowhere near as many as can prdouce what they term the best men to strengthen Il national ticket. Some states have several such candidates.
 Political writers usually are in deadly earnest when htcy discuss presidential possibilities, but every thing goes when it comes to the vice presidency. For q long time back it ias been common custom in l.re- convenient years for correspondents lto light on some especially good .riend in political life and give him la good boost as likely vice presi- !Gentiul choice.
 Makes Hero" Happy
 lHC CooI LHy hing. It makes Il lot of people happy, especially the hero and his family. It's good trick for dull day when news is lacking. And the writer is always able to argue that the party is pretty sure to do worse when it actually does select the presidential can didate running mate.
 nr-i- ous discussion this year. The sec ond place on the ticket is perhaps getting more attention than usual Ut this stage of the game because there is not quite the usual un- certainty about the presidential nomination. The republicans ex- pect to renominate Hoover. Most democrats are anticipant of or re- | signed to presidential candidate from New York state, which leaves AZ states in which to find the other fellow.
 Republican leaders have has, tened to spread the word that Charles Curtis can have, the vice presidential nomination again if he wants it. Many of them hope he does. Prefers Senate Activity One hears of Charities yearnings to get back in the senate where , he can be more happily active, but conditions happen to be such that if he renounces the vice presidency next year so that he can run for the senate again, altogether too many people would seize on that as d sure sign that Curtis felt the party was likely to be licked mad was nt.alx rotva uf a I1A old war-horse has held public office for AT years and no one thinks he | is going to retire voluntarily.
 Nevertheless there is plenty of vice presidential talk among re- publicans, based on the possibil- ity that Charlie doesn't want it. Mention of Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico, Secre- tary of War Hurley or Hanford MacNider of Iowa, our minister to Canada, seems rather inconse- quential alongside the suggestion of Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. It has been obvious lately that the republican command is worrying about the farmer. Capper is the ad- ministration republican from an Agricultural state who is most con- spicuously identified with agricul- lure. His farm publications circu- late in several states and he appears to have held the esteem of farm CTS without joining the insurgent group.
 In the same election that. re- turned a democratic senator from Kansas last year over Henry J.. Allen. Capper held his seat with a majority of 135,000. Other republi- cans then those mentioned have been suggested to succeed Curtis, but none fseems as logical now as Capper. Baker May Have Chance Outside New York, most of the men suggested for the democratic presidential nomination are really only vice presidential possibilities. if that. If one of them merits serious Consideration at this time 1t would appear to be Newton D. Baker of Ohio. His nomination. barring d chnage in the present situation. pre- supposes a bad jam at the demo- crati cconvention in which forces favoring Governor Roosevelt, owen D. Young and Al Smith would all be
 bafiled. | Nevertheless, Baker, Senator Robert J. Bulkley and Governor George D. Whitehall three of ! iOhiomay distinctly be csnsid-
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