Evening star., 1934-10-31

As both parties look upon the 1884
congressional campaign as curtain
raiser for 1886. speculation is un-
ceaSing as to what personalities next
weeks elections may bring forth for
future national consideration. That,
barring unforeseen contingencies,
President Roosevelt will be renom-
mated is, of course, a foregone con-
clusion. There might be less GER
tainty about the denomination OF Vice
President Garner If elected Senator
from Ohio on November 6, Honest
Vic" Donahey would become vice
presidential timber. Gov. Brann Of
Maine already ranks as a second
place eligible. Some politicians think
President Roosevelt might make a
bid for Democratic Progressive
coalition in 1886 by choosing Bob
La Toilette (if reelected Senator from
wisconsin, or some other Western
left -winger as his running mate. 1t
would not, in any event, be Upton
Sinclair That can be put down as
certainty.
At this long range the next Repub-
lican presidential nomination is not
particularly alluring, but if Senators
David A. Reed of Pennsylvania and
Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan
are reelected. they will automatically
prance into the logical class, with
Senator Arthur r. Robinson of In
diana and Senator Bronson Cutting
of New MeXico-if they also are re-
elected-as possibilities" of remoter
hue. Always to be taken into
G. o. P. consideration are Ogden l..
Mills, Representatives James w.
Wadsworth and Bertrand H. Smell
all three from New York-and SEN
ator Charles L. McNary of Oregon.
Events in Congress may develop Re
publican presidential material not
now visible or conspicuous, just as
the progress of recovery and condi-
tions generally between now and 1886
will determine the fate of President
Roosevelt, the New Deal and the
Democratic party.
| Strife between the Great Atlantic
& Pacific Tea Co. and organized
labor may churn up resumption of
| congressional agitation for chain
store legislation. There have been
| frequent threats of laws to curb the
chain system. but they never reached
the stage of action. Representative
Harold McGugin, Republican, of
Kansas, is an ardent opponent of
chain stores, and in past contests for
the House his platform included pro-
posals for their drastic supervision.
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Eleventh-hour warnings come down
| from Vermont to look out for sensa-
tional election results even in that
Republican stronghold. The Brandon
Union, respected mid-State weekly,
says that Vermont is winding up the
hottest fight it has experienced in
generations. The union points out
| that while the Republican majority
| for more than 80 years has generally
run above to / over the Democrats,
| it has been steadily sinking, except
when it ran to l in 1924 for Ver-
mont's own son, Calvin Coolidge. In
1882 Fred c. Martin, Democrat, now
opposing Republican Senator Warren
r. Austin, ran ahead of Roosevelt in
Martins contest with the late Senator
Dale. The latter's majority was less
than $4,000 and the proportion over
the Democrats only little more than
Z to 6. Incredible as 1t may seem,
Vermont may 60 Democratic next
week. Federal relief money is talking
there, as elsewhere, in the Democrats
| favor.
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In a recent newspaper debate on
the 30-hour week, President William
Green Of the American Federation OF