Evening star., 1935-08-18
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER
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Lucas List Probably Contains Name OF
Man Who Will Oppose Roosevelt,
Mark Sullivan Says.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
REPUBLICAN of vigorous

4 Il those who are likely to man
the party in the future, and expert
enced in party management-he was
formerly acting head of the National
Committees Robert H. Lucas of
Kentucky and Washington. Lately
Mr.. Lucas made up a list of Is men
whom he regards as possibilities for
the Republican presidential election
next year. Mr. Lucas Is, alpha
betically set down. are: James M.
Beck, Pennsylvania; William E. Borah,
Idaho: Charles Curtis, Kansas; L. j.
Dickinson, Iowa; Hamilton Fish, New
York: Daniel O. Hastings, Delaware;
Herbert Hoover. California; Harold G.
Hoffman. New Jersey; Patrick j. Hur-
ley, Oklahoma: Arthur M. Hyde. Mis-
souri,; Frank Knox, Illinois; Alfred M.
Landon, Kansas; Arthur w. Little,
New York; Frank o. Lowden, Illinois;
Charles L. McNary, Oregon; Ogden L.
Mills, New York; Harry w. Nice,
Maryland; Gerald P. Nye, North Da-
kota; Arthur R. Robinson, Indiana;
Theodore Roosevelt, New York; Ber-
tram H. Smell, New York; Frederick
Steiwer, Oregon; Arthur H. Vanden-
berg, Michigan: James W. Wadsworth,
New York; James E. Watson, Indiana.
That seems a comprehensive list.
Possibly it would be safe to say that
somewhere among those Is Is the
man who will run for President
against Franklin Roosevelt next year.
But this is time when it is danger
Gus to prophesy. One man frequently
mentioned, Comptroller General j. r.
McCarl of Nebraska, is not on the list.
There may be others. Also, there is
still some faint possibility that the
Republicans may enter into a coalition
party which, if it comes about, would
give its presidential nomination to
Democrat. That possibility, however,
tends to become less and less likely.
Lindbergh Below Age.
One omission from this list is I'M
doubtedly intentional. Col. Charles
Lindberg is frequently mentioned as
possible Republican nominee, but
Col. Lindbergh will be slightly below
the constitutional age limit when the
next presidential term begins.
edly intentional. Mr.. Lucas does not
include the two justices of the Su-
preme Court who are occasionally
mentioned in this connection, Justices
Harlan F. Stone and Owen J. Roberts.
In omitting these Mr.. Lucas reflects
the best thought of the country and
Of the Republican party leaders. 1t
can be taken as probable that the Re-
publicans will not turn to any one on
the Supreme Court to be their presi-
dental nominee. At all times, it is
little dubious to do that. In the
present circumstances, the particular
objection is that in next years cam
paign the Supreme Court, and the
Constitution, which the court inter-
prets, is likely to be the main issue
In that situation, the sanctity of the
court will be better served if the Re-
publicans refrain from even talking
about the justices in any such active
and partisan political connection as
presidential candidacy would be.
Let us try to reduce Mr. Lucas
list Of Is to more manageable pro-
portions. Some of the names no
doubt are included merely in order to
give opportunity for the widest pos
slble expression OF choice. But, on
grounds of age and otherwise, we
can eliminate former Vice President
Charles Curtis of Kansas, former Sen
ator James E. Watson of Indiana,
former Gov. Lowden of Illinois and
former Pennsylvania Representative
James M. Beck. These belong to the
older generation; they have been i'm
portant for 80, 40 and so years. They
are not now in public life, and in the
public mind they are identified with
older issues and older conditions. It
is quite certain, and natural, that the
Republican presidential nominee next
year will probably be younger man;
certainly he will be one identified with
newer issues.
Little's Inclusion Puzzling.
This brings the list down to 81.
One We can omit, because of the
slight public knowledge of him. The
inclusion in Mr.. Lucas list of Arthur
w. Little, New York publisher, must
have been a little puzzling to most
of the local Republican leaders
throughout the country, except, per-
haps, those in New York. We now
have our list down to 90.
One think we can omit on the
ground that he is too strongly identi-
fled with the exclusively and extremely
so-called progressive edge of the party.
There is little likelihood of the Re-
publicans nominating Senator Gerald
p. Nye of North Dakota; if the party
Is going in that direction at all 1t
will stop with Senator Borah of Idaho,
who while belonging to the progressive |
wing of the party, is not so extreme
as Senator Nye and has much better
standing in all respects.
We now have our list down to 10,
and it isn't prudent to make any
further arbitrary eliminations In the
race for the Republican presidential
nomination next year the field may
be large.
Five men on the list of Is Repub-
lican possibilities we can treat, in
one narrow sense, as a group. The
five are all Senators-L. j. Dickinson
Of Iowa, Daniel o. Hastings of Della
ware, Charles L. McNary of Oregon,
Frederick Steiwer of Oregon and
Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan.
1t is quite possible that within this
group may be the place where the
lightning will strike. Yet just because
these Senators are Senators they are
under slight handicap. They have
been in the Senate during the whole
period that the New Deal has been
with us. Consequently they have been
obliged to take definite stands, and
vote on, every one of the New Deal
measures, and on every other measure
that has been before. Congress. That
is a slight handicap. By some of
their votes or others, all these Senators
must have offended one group or
another Of the voters.
They Must Makes Speeches.
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