Evening star., 1933-07-02
c. D. P. PREPARING |
FOR 1884 ISSUES.
Tariff, Money, NationaIism
! and Treatment of Vet
Grams Cited.
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with seeking to break down the efforts
of the administration to bring the
country back to better business and en-
ployment. They viii give the admin
istration all the rope 1t wants.
The Republicans, and they admit 1t,
are as anxious to have business recov-
cry in the United States as any Demo-
crat. In a measure this desire, and
a knowledge that the country would
tolerate no other position, is crampng
the style of the Republicans somewhat
up to date in getting ready for the
coming campaign.
But the G. o. P, Senator McNary
pointed out yesterday, has always been
the party of the business man, the
1aborer and the farmer. 1t is the job
of the Republican leadership to unite
again under the Republican banner the
West, the Middle West and the East.
He looks to the tariff as real issue
in the coming campaign, and also to
sound money, the treatment OF the
veterans by the administration under
the economy act and to the national
ism" of the Republican party for which
1t has had reputation for many years.
The view of many Republican lead
ers Is that the party cannot afford to
and will not be reactionary. On the
other hand, the Democrats have gone
SO far in certain directions, looking to
the management of business, agricul-
ture and labor, they say, the Repub-
licans look for some swing back of
sentiment away from the Democrats
after these new laws have been in
operation.
Despite the fact that the presiden-
tial race is so far in the future, the
talk of presidential possibilities crops
out a6nong the Republicans now and
then. The opinion expressed by Re-
publicans who were very friendly to
former President Hoover as well as by
some who were not friendly at all, is
that Mr.. Hoover is not likely to figure
in the picture. Furthermore, some of
his friends insist that he himself has
no idea of becoming a candidate for
denomination. But that is something
that time and conditions and the people
themselves will determine finally.
Mills Likewise Out.
If Mr.. Hoover is out of the presi-
dental picture, then, it is argued,
many of the men who were most close
ly identified with his administration
are likely also to be out Of the running,
including Ogden Mills of New York,
former Secretary of the Treasury, and
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Secretary Of War. While Representa-
tive James w. Wadsworth of New
York, former Senator, has many friends
and supporters, the same people who
reckon Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Mills out
of the running are inclined to be-
lieve that Mr.. Wadsworth Is not to
be a real contender for the nomi-
nation in 1886. Mr.. Wadsworth
was prominently identified for years
with the anti-prohibition cause. His
early pronouncement against the re-
tention of the eighteenth amendment
was the cause of his defeat for re-elec-
tion to the Senate in 1925, for the Re-
publican ultra-drys in New York would
not stand for him.
The expectation of the Republicans
Is that national prohibition as an issue
will be eliminated before the congress
sional campaign begins, and that 1t will
be out of the way long before the presi-
Dental race comes on. They are not
sorry that this is likely to be the situa-
ton. Prohibition played havoc with the
number of States, notably in the big in
dustrial States of the East. and in Illi-
nois. While there were wet and dry
Democrats, the great mass of Demo-
cratic voters outside the solid South"
were wet, and except in the year 1928,
the Democrats in the South have always
remained in the party fold, no matter
whether the candidate for President was
wet or dry.
The Republicans may look to the
Middle West or to the West for their
next standard bearer. Indeed, it would
be rather a logical thing for the noni-
nation to so to one of the States of the
Middle Western tier which includes In
diana, illinois, Ohio and Michigan,
States that have been almost invariably
in the Republican column, but which all
went Democratic in the last election.
Without these States, plus the Coast
States, California, Washington and Ore
gon, in combination with the Eastern
and Northern States, the Republicans
can scarcely win national elections.
Vandenberg Mentioned.
The congressional campaign may
bring forth new Republican standard
bearer for 1886, or give added g1amor
to a Republican already in office. The
Republican leader of the Senate, NC
Nary, is a potential presidential posi-
bility. Among the younger men IN the
chamber is Senator Arthur H. Vanden-
berg. Vandenberg was strong spon-
sor of the immediate guaranty OF bank
deposits up to limit of $4,000. His
PROPOSAL. in a modified form, was writ
ten into the new banking BILL and be-
comes effective January /, unless sooner
ordered by the President. II this bank
deposit proposal proves successful IN
operation, Vandenberg's name will come
more and more prominently into the
picture.
Most of the old Republican war
horses were victims of the Democratic
victory last year Watson of Indiana,
Curtis of Kansas, Smoot of Utah, Moses
of New Hampshire, and literally scores
of others were relegated to private life.
The Republican leaders in the Senate
and the House during the special ses-
sion of the Congress now closed, NC
Nary on the Senate side and Smell OF
New York on the House side, were raced
with the job of welding their forces
together when some Of the Republicans
had openly supported President Roose-
velt in the last campaign. Generally
speaking the leaders have done a pretty
good job. And only recently such
ardent Progressive Republicans as Sen
ator La Toilette of Wisconsin and Sen
ator Nye of North Dakota have begun
to talk in private about the need OF
rebuilding the Republican party into a
strong and dominant organization. La
Toilette was one of those who followed
Roosevelt in 1882 The Republican
Progressives to a man broke with the
President in the dispute over veterans
compensation at the wind-up Of the
session of Congress. How much longer
the President will be able to count on
the support of La Toilette, johnson OF
California. Cutting of New Mexico and
Norris of Nebraska remains to be seen.
Norris, who sponsored the Roosevelt
hoorn in the early dayS of 1881 Is likely
to cling to the administration longer
than the -est The very fact, however,
that men like La Toilette and Nye are
talking about reviving the G. o. P. is
particularly significant.
The Republican National Committee,
under the leadership of Everett Sanders
of Indiana is heginninQ to function