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perfectly silent about his campaign
for the nomination.
Outwardly he did nothing to en-.
courage 1t. and at least two of hi.
closest friends told this correspond
ent he even refused to discuss II
with them.
Apparently he never took the
boom very seriously, at least in its
early and middle stages.
In the meantime. he had the house
ON his hands, and with the small
and shalSy Democratic majority he
was in precarious position.
Licked in Sales Tax
But under persuasion of the
Hoover administration, and unmis-
taxable demands of the country for
some relief legislation, the house
functioned smoothly for a while
Garner was praised widely.
Then was born the revenue bill
Of 1882, which proposal to levy a
general manufacturers sales tax OF
2.25 per cent on all consumers. But
not before friends went to the
Speaker and pleaded with him to
have some other form of taxation
substituted for the sales levy He
declined
The house licked Garner and the
sales tax twice by overwhelming
Votes.
This beclouded the rising Garner
star, although some of its brilliance
was restored when he went on the
house floor with dramatic and
sensational personal appeal for pas
sage Of some sort of tax bill that
would balance the budget.
Gamers forces disintegrated
again when the economy bill was
rewritten on the house floor.
McAdOO Helps in Campaign
During the course of this fight
Garner exchanged heated mani
fcstos with members of the Hoover
cabinet, and some thought he came
of second best
Gamers course in the house
reached another turning point
when he personally brought forth
bill for unemployment relief, and
cluttered it with innumerabIe small
postoffice buildings and other pub
lie works, naming them specifically
The measure Immediately was con-
demned as a pork barrel bill.
In the meantime, William Gibbs
McAdoo, leading dry, had cam
paigned for Garner in California,
and, with the help of the Hearst
papers there, succeeded in having
that states delegation instructed for
the Texan.
Thus, when the two delegations
came to the Democratic convention.
the original enthusiasm for Garner
had been dimmed somewhat.
And some of the Speakers friends
say he realized he would not get
the nomination, except as the re-
suit Of some such protracted dead
lock as gripped the convention
eight years ago at New York.
But Garner had-and bas-nine-
ty votes.
Delegation Likes n. Y. Governor
The Texas delegation gladly &C
cepted the instructions for Garner
as matter of hope, optimism, pride
and courtesy. But the delegation
was strong for Roosevelt.
Under the unit rule, if Garner re-
leases them, the Texans might vote
for Roosevelt. The Roosevelt forces
seem to believe this. They know,
also, that Gamers ninety votes
probably would put over the New
York Governor.
Thus two of the three questions
are answered.
Now, will Garner take the vice
presidency?
1t is complicated question, in
which the speakers personal ambi-
ton, his age and other factors enter.
Since he entered congress under
Uncle Joe Cannon, Garner has
wanted to be Speaker. He has
achieved that.
What's the Next Step?
Now what's the next step? Fail
ing the presidency there is but one
logical upward step, and that is
the presidency.
But, they argue, the speakership
is more powerful than the vice
presidency, particularly under a
Democratic administration.
In answer to these facts appear:
Garner is aging; the vice presidency
is an easier job there always is a
chance that the Vice-President may
become President; the Speaker re-
Gently has suffered a severe attack
OF bronchitis that kept him from
The chair for days.
Finally, throughout the reports
concerning Garner and the vice
presidential nomination, his manag-
ers here-several of them very close
friendS-have declared time and
time again that Garner would not
take the second place on the ticket.