Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-30
e.. p. VICE PRESIDENTIAL
TIMBER NOW SCARCE
Believed Curtis Will Not Be Candidate
in '32-HoOver Certain TO
Head Ticket


be successfully impeached today II
President HooFer. for that or any ether
CT the constitutional reasons, were out
OF next years picturc. who then, would
the Republicans nominate fer Presi-
dent? They would nominate. OF course,
their very best man. on one Of their
very best Whoever they would noTni-
nate for President in that event is the
man they ought to nominate for Vice
President IN all events Since the chief
function of a Vice President is to take
office on the removal, death. resigna-
ticn. or inability" of a President. it fol-
lows that the Republicans. If they are
wise and prudent, will Nominate for
Vice President next year precisely the
man whom they would nominate for
President If Mr.. Hoover should become
constituticnally unavailable today
Coolidge Held Next Best Choice.
Now, who is that man? Who is the
very best man the Republicans have
available If Mr. Hoover were not? How
many very best" men do the Repub-
licans have available? On this point
there Is room for legitimate specuia-
ton. and there will be much of.it
Search OF the Republican field for
available presidential potentiaffties,
other than MIR. Hoover, reveals a star
Ting fact. The Republicans have very
few such men Let the reader ask him.
self-qulckly so as to get his own re-
action-just who the Republicans would
nominate for President II they didn't
have Mr.. Hoover, What names are
at this instant in the minds of the
reader of this article? Mr.. Coolidge, I
suspect. is one And the fact is that
in such an imagined emergency as the
removal, death, resignation or inabil-
ity' OF Mr. Hoover a multitude OF
minds would turn to Mr.. Coolidge as a
remembered rock. But obviously the
Republicans aren't going to nominate
MIR. Coolidge for Vice President tai
though in a well managed party and a
well directed country there is no con-
vincing reason why theys shouldnt).
Next to Mr. Coolidge what very
best" men do the Republicans have to
nominate for Vice President on the as
sumption they are going to nominate
their best? Senator Dwight Morrow OF
New jersey is clearly one, ably and
amply equipped to be one of the best
of Presidents
Now the fact is, beyond Mr. Coolidge
and Mr.. Morrow, there aren't many
very best" men in the Republican
ranks. And since Mr.. Coolidge Is un-
likely for obvious reasons, It would
seem that Mr.. Morrow should be a
pretty likely bet for the Republican
vice presidential nomination, assuming.
of course. the Republicans are going to
name their best.
Have any names other than Mr..
Coolidge and Mr.. Morrow come to the
mind of the reader as Republicans
who are in the very best" category
and otherwise available Some NAV
have thought Of Ambassador Charles
G. Dawes. but it would be odd for Mr..
Dawes to have served as Vice President
once, then remained out four years,
and then serve again. Moreover. Mr..
Dawes in years is not az young as in
spirit: he was an important person in
politics during the administration of
William Mckinley. and must now pay
the price of that early distinction BY
being Sc years old.
There are others. of course Many
have been mentioned for the Repub-
lican vice presidential nomination and
more will be. This paragraph does not
aim to BE- complete catalogue OF those
who will figure in the newspapers as
being considered" 1t seems fair to
estimate that none OF the others has
quite the stature in all respects OF
Dwight Morrow
(Sone readers, Of course, viii have
thought OF some Of the irregular Re-
publicans, such as Gov Pinchot. but
obviously the Republicans are not going
to nominate an irregular.
@. o. p. Has Only Hoover.
This brings us to an interesting fact:
The Republicans really have, aside
from Mr. Hoover, very little presidential
timber-which is the same as saying
they have very little vice presidential
timber, If the vice presidential nominee
is chosen on the basis he should be-
the basis of only the best.
The Democrats, on the contrary, have
quantities of presidential timber. Any
reader of this article can name Of
hand from ) to Is Democrats COM
pletely available for the presidential
nomination, sufficiently known to the
public. in all respects equipped. Begin
ming with Gov. Roosevelt of New York,
ex-Gov. Alfred E Smith, Newton d.
Baksr, Owen d. Young, Gov. Richie
of Maryland, ex-Gov Cox of Ohio, ex-
Gov. Byrd of Virginia. Senator Robin
son of Arkansas. Senator Buckley of
Ohio, Senator Hull of Tennessee and
yet more
The Republicans don't have as large
a list as that. They have good men,
like Senator David Reed of Pennsyl-
vania-but Republicans don't nominate
either their Presidents or Vice Presidents
from States such as PENNSYLVANIA,
which are sure to go Republican any
how
The number of Republicans available
in the all-round sense. and lacking any
kind of impeachment, is really quite
small.