Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-04-19

Idaho and for Senator Dickinson of
Iowa.
The two States in the Middle West
which have shown most strongly Re-
publican in the last two years are
Michigan and Kansas. Michigan not
only reelected Senator Vandenberg
last Fall but it elected q Republican
Governor and increased the Republic
can delegation in the House. Indeed.
it changed the political complexion Of
the House delegation SO that it now
stands II Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. After the 1882 election, 1t
stood IL Democrats and Republicans,
and Michigan cast its electoral votes
for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
It was well understood that II Sem
ator Vandenberg should weather the
Democratic attack of 1884. he would
be more and more in the limelight.
While Senator Vandenberg has gone
along with some Of the New Deal. he
has not hesitated to criticize what he
considered Instantaneous and i'm
practical in the New Deal legislation
and administration. What has i'm
pressed Republicans elsewhere Is that
he was able to demonstrate an ability
to win popular approval in a year when
the Democrats were spending a vast
amount Of public funds in his State, as
elsewhere.
Landon Little Known.
Al the same time Michigan was re.
electing Senator Vandenberg, Kansas
was giving Gov. Landon a second term,
despite Democratic efforts to win
there. Gov. Landon has made good
record as CHIEF executive of his State
II he enters the presidential contest.
he undoubtedly will have the support
of the Kansas delegation for the
nomination at the Republican ma
tional convention. Even his friends,
however. admit that he Is not as wide
ly known as is the Michigan Senator.
Col. Knox was prominently men
toned as a possible selection for
chairman of the Republican National
Committee when change was made
in that organization last Summer. It
is said that he could have been elected
easily had he been willing to accept.
In Illinois the situation of the Repub-
hcan party is not at all enviable to-
day. The State has a Democratic
Governor. two Democratic Senators
ard 81 Democratic members of the
House to six Republicans. Illinois is
regarded as a pivotal State. If Col.
Knox can turn the political tide in
Illinois toward the G. o. P. he will
have accomplished great deal.
Progressive Tendencies.
Col. Knox was born in Boston in
1874. He went to college in Alma,
Mich. and into the newspaper bust
ness in that State. becoming a re-
porter and later city editor on the
Grand Rapids Herald, a newspaper
now published by Senator Vanden-
berg. Later Col. Knox published in
New Hampshire and in Boston. He
was one OF the Rough Riders In
the Spanish American War and served
in the World War. He has been
looked upon as a progressive since
the days of the Bull Moose.
In the party's search for a standard
oCoiCA LII 1900 tIleEc Is always the
possibility that former President
Hoover may be called upon to lead
the G. o. p. again. The East, too.
Is likely to put forward candidates for
the nomination. The newly elected
Governor Of New Jersey, Harold G.
Hoffman, has his ambitions along that
line. He won in a year when the
Democrats were running wild in such
Republican strongholds as Pennsyl-
vania. New York has former Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Ogden Mills,
Representative James w. wadsworth
and Col. Theodore Roosevelt on its
list Of possibilities.
Others Must Decide.
So far as the former President is
concerned, the question as to whether
he Is to be a candidate is largely out
OF his hands. If there is a real de-
mand for him, he will necessarily
respond.
Many of his admirers, however, who