Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-16
PROCESSES TO PRODUCE
C.. O. p. NOMINEE START
Coalition With Conservative Democrats
Unlikely, but Republicans Have
Much Timber, Sullivan Says.

! nominee Of either party. That uuess
ton Is just now accumulated. The
issue in the coming campaign Is apt
to be associated with the decisions the
Supreme Court recently handed down
invalidating actions and policies OF
Mr.. Roosevelt. With a campaign upon
such an issue, and with Mr.. Roosevelt
himself candidate for reelection, IL
might be Just little too dramatic to
draft justice from the court to be
his opponent.
Question Of Propriety Looms.
Or would it? One school OF thought
says that in a conflict about inter-
probation of the Constitution the place
for justices of the Supreme Court Is
on the bench. The Supreme Court in
terprets the Constitution. 1t is often
said the court defends the Constitu-
ton. Interpret is the more accurate
word. The Supreme Court takes the
Constitution as it is and interpretS it
as it is. Since the court has this re-
lation to the Constitution, a question
of propriety might be raised If a
justice of the court should resign to
be a candidate for President in a
campaign in which the issue may be a
proposal to amend the Constitution.
The court Is not supposed to object
to amendment and, of course, does
not.
There Is, on the other hand. n
school OF thought which says that
since Mr.. Roosevelt has set himself I'D
In criticism of the courts decision, q
good way to make the issue of the
campaign vivid to the people would be
for the Republicans to nominate one
OF the justices.
II the justices Of the Supreme Court
be ruled out. there remain in the
group, who for various reasons occupy
the first rank of Republican presi-
Dental possibilities, Ex-President Hoo
yer and Ex-Secretary of the Treasury
ogden Mills. To discuss adequately
the arguments and conditions which
comprise the existing state of facts
ABOUT these two possibilities. at a time
a year In advance Of the nomination.
would consume more space than the
present article affords.
Second Rank Large.
The second rank Of possibilities for
the Republican presidential nominal
ton next year is large. There are so
many that any attempt to list all of
them might give rise to a disturbing
possibility; some one a little over
a year from now might recall the list
OF possibilities now written down
and might find that it did not contain
the name Of the actual nominee. an
outcome which would be detrimental
to the reputation of the commentator
on politics who is writing this article.
To mention Just a few 70 illustrate
the second rank OF Republican posi-
bilities, there are Senator VandenberR
OF Michigan. Senator Dickinson OF
Iowa, Gov. Hoffman Of New jersey.
Gov. Landon of Kansas and Publisher
Frank Knox of Chicago. For each
OF these, and for some others, there is
already some ferment of support For
two of them, there is semi-organized
action looking to the election of dele
gates favorable to them.
The sum of all of which is that the
ferment which will produce a Repub-
lican nominee for the presidency is
already at work. Partly it is ferment
in the public mind. partly 1t Ia the
actions Of political leaders intent upon
pushing forward the fortunes Of one
| possibility or another.