Evening star., 1935-10-15
LAND0N POPULAR
ON PACIFIC COAST
COP. Leaders Base Favor
on Fiscal Policies as
Kansas Governor.
BY JAY G. HAYDEN.

PORTLAND, Oreg., October Is On.
ANA).-The growing boom for Gov.
Landon Of Kansas is by far the most
interesting feature OF Republican
presidential gossip in the Pacific Coast
States.
OF all the Republican politicians in
terviewed, and the list included ma
tional and State committeeman and
officeholders, leading newspaper men
and scattering of citizens OF all types
and classes, not one spoke otherwise
than favorably of Landon, and there
was no other aspirant whose name was
received with anything like an equal
favor.
This unanimity of sentiment Is the
more remarkable because few II any
of the persons interviewed were per-
sonally acquainted with the Kansas
Governor. The answer Of one ma
tional committeeman, very highly
placed in the Republican councils, was
typical:
"I like This Kansas fellow-what's
his name, Langdon or Landon?"
This man went on to explain that,
of all the candidates mentioned, Lam
don was the only one who seemed to
him to personify the issues as the Re-
publicans should present them in the
1895 campaign. Landon had dem
onstrated his vote-getting power in
the farm belt, which the Republicans
must carry in order to win; ne had
not directly opposed the A. A. A. and
was in position to offer modification
Of this as the Republican agricultural
plan: he was for sound money, and,
above all, had balanced his budget and
reduced taxes in Kansas.
Mulyane Also Had Power.
eff Landon will just hang picture
of Dave Mulvane at the front Of his
bed and begin every day by saying
Good morning, Dave he's mighty
likely to be nominated" he said.
David Mulvane, it should be ex-
planned, is the late veteran Republican
national committeeman from Kansas
a standpat Republican, who managed
to hold his place for many years
in spite of the recurring waves OF
populism, free silverism Bull Moose
ism and wisconsin which swept his
State.
Mulvane's predominant characters
tics were an uncanny political astute-
ness and silence. He had kindly
smile for everybody. but rarely spoke
above whisper, and never spoke in
public at all 1t was Mulvane's
silence that this Pacific Coast booster
thought Landon should emulate.
THE best thing he can do" he
said, "is to keep on balancing the
budget down at Topeka, not forgetting
to commune with Dave Mulvane'S S
spirit every day."
Summing up Republican Pacific
Coast opinion. it is, first. that the
candidate should come from the Mid
die West, and that he should be as
far removed as possible from Herbert
Hoover and the other men who domi-
mated the party in its recent past.
The only other Middle Westerners
discussed hereaboutS are Frank Knox,
Chicago publisher, and Senator Van
denberg of Michigan. Knox hurt his
chances in California and Oregon
when he came to visit Hoover. Justly.
or otherwise, he is being branded here
as Hoover's second choice" this on
the assumption that Hoover's first
choice" is himself.
Vandenberg Is Inactive.
Vandenberg has suffered from the
fact that he has refused to sanction
any organized movement looking to
his nomination AS the friends of
other candidates have become increas-
ingly busy, Vandenberg for the time
at least, has been crowded out Of
the picture.
In both California and Oregon, Sen
ator Borah has a large following.
Most Republicans will tell you that
Borah would carry greater popular
appeal in this section than any other
man the Republicans could nominate.
But, with this, Is a settled conviction
that the East never will accept Borah,
and the candidate finally to be nomi-
mated must be in the nature of a COM
promise between East and West. Lam
don is seen at the moment as the man
who all but monopolize this Repub-
1ican middle ground.
Oregon would like very much to put
forward candidate of its own, in the
person of Senator McNary, Republican
floor leader of the Senate. The
States delegation to the nominating