Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-15
The Political Mill
By C. Could Lincoln.

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Now that the Democats, generally
speaking, have pretty well made UP
their minds that Gov. Franklin d.
Roosevelt of New York Is TO be their
party standard bearer, the interest In
the Selection of q vice presidential can
didate grows. It Is true that some
thing may happen between now and
Of Roosevelt for President. But even
Democrats who do not look with any
great degree Of favor on the selection
of the New York Governor are saying
now they see no chance Of stopping"
him at the national convention. When
1t comes to picking running mate
for Roosevelt a lot Of potential candi-
dates are at hand.
The Democrats, II they nominate
Roosevelt. must determine whether their
second place man Is to be o dry or
wet; whether he Is to come from the
West, the South or one of the border
States. It does net seem probable that
he would be selected from one of the
States, since Roosevelt Is
from that section of the country. The
man most discussed today as the
StTONSS0t COlUctlocI IOT Tie pECSlQcIlLldl
against Roosevelt is Newton
of War under Wilson. II he could be
persuaded to take the vice presidential
in the event Roosevelt Is
for President, Democrats are
convinced they would have a strong
ticket, perhaps their strongest. But no
one knows whether MIR. Baker would
agree to any such proposal. Indeed. up
to the present he has discouraged the
idea that he become an active candi-
date for the presidential nomination,
although the Cleveland Plain Dealer
and other Ohio publications have urged
him to cast his hat In the ring. Baker
is for repeal of the eighteenth amend.
ment. But the drys are less hostile to
him than to many ether vets.
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Then there is Gov. Albert c. Richie
Of Maryland. He comes from the East
which is considered more Southern
han Northern. He is the apotheosis
Of the wet cause and anathema to the
drys. However, he has wide follow
ng in many of the States and Ger
,ainly would help to carry the national
ticket to victory in his own, where he
mas shown himself unbeatable for years.
Gov. Richie. 1t Is suggested, might not
De willing to take second place after
being q prominent candidate for the
presidential nomination. However, the
Democrats regard their chances of sue
cess in the next national campaign as
bright indeed, and an opportunity to
become Vice President of the United
States is not TO be sneezed at under
The circumstances. Furthermore, Gov.
~ k1ie
State for more than dozen years, and
1t the conclusion of his present term
IF ONCE, in January, 1885, he may
scarcely expect another election as
Governor. unless the place is to 60 to
him for life. He may prefer, it is true.
10 run for the Senate in 1884. when
Senator Goldsborough. Republican. must
come up for reelection. The present
Governor Of Maryland would grace the
Senate.
The Democrats nominated Senator
Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas for
Vice President in 1928. They could GO
far and do worse by repeating this per-
Torrance next year. Arkansas, through
It's House Of Representatives. has al
ready gone on record as favoring the
OF Gov. Roosevelt for Presi-
dent. This is considered particularly
significant. for the Arkansas delegation
to the last two Democratic national
has been instructed for
Senator Robin on. 1t looks as though
he had determ ned not to be a favorite-
son candidate r-xt year. Senator Rob-
inson is from tie Southwest and Is a
dry. He is q forcsful csmpaigner and
could be relied upon to make an active
for the national ticket
the country.
Baker and Richie and Robinson,
however, do not by any means exhaust
the list of vice presidential possibilities
Senator Thomas j. Walsh Of Montana,
q dry and a Catholic, a national figure
and regarded as one Of the most able
of the Senators, it Is said, would not
look amiss upon the vice presidential
He halls from the great
West, section OF the country to which
the Democrats are anxious to cater.
And he is strongly favorable to the
of Gov. Roosevelt. Then
there is Senator Clarence G. Dill OF
an ardent Roosevelt sup
porter and one Of the frst.
A couple of Governors, good Demo-
Gratis, also loom as vice presidential
possibilities-George White OF ONO,
who ran as dry in the 1880 campalsn
and was elected chief executive OF the
State, perhaps pivotal State
next year, and Joseph R. Ely OF MasSa :
chusetts. Ely is wet from wet State
which has been steaoilv growing more
and more Democratic in recent years.
He comes from the Northeast, which
would perhaps bar him from consider
alton as a running mate for Roosevelt.
Massachusetts, not so long
ago provided the Republican party with
a vice presidential candidate In most
fashion after the party had
selected Harding of Ohio to head its
national ticket.
Going farther South, there is Senator
Cordell Hull Of Tennessee, wheel horse
Of the Democratic party for many years
and a man of great ability. He. too,
has been a favorite-son candidate for
the presidential nomination in the past.
And Senator Pat Harrison of Missis-
sippi, one of the keenest minds in the
party and widely known and popular.
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The Republican nomination for Vice
next year Is still waiting the
statement Of his political plans prob
ably will be made by the Vice Presi-
dent no later than November. He has
been urged by many of his friends in
Kansas to run for Senator there next
year. The Vice President for years
had been a member of the Senate be-
fore ever he was nominated for Vice
President in 1928. He likes the sena-
torial life On the other hand, some
Of the members of the Republican Ma
tional Committee have been urging
him not to make the jump from the
ticket next year to that for
They do not like the possible
effect OF an announce
ment by Mr.. Curtis that he would not
be a candidate for Vice President next
year. A few weeks ago all the talk
was that the Vice President was pre-