The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-13
HURLEY CLINCS
TO HOPE HE'LL
Be PRESIDENT
Ex-Secretary of War Still
Ambitious, But He
Hasn't a Chance.
BY RODNEY BUTCHER,
MA Service Writer
Copyright. 1885. MA Service. Inc.


WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. - Few
realized that the trim, dashing
figure OF Pat Hurley. former secre-
tsry of war, standing before the
Black lobby commute and making
a lot Of fuss about the questions,
was that Of an earnest presidential
candidate in whose stout heart hope
never dies.
Mr.. Hurley's protests that he was
being singled out because Of his
Republcanism reflected that inner
ambition.
He IS conspicuous example Of
the way the presidential chigger
burrows under a mans skin. there
TO remain through the hosts last
stages Of decrepitude and senility.
AS in many similar cases, even
his best friends can't persuade at
tractive Pat Hurley that he has no
more chance of being nominated by
the Republicans than has the care
taker on his Virginia estate. Pat
still thinks the lightning may
strike.
Linked With Prize BOner
What makes the idea so startling
is that Mr. Hurley is all loaded
up with political liabilities. He be-
came inextricably associated with
the prize political boner of the CEN
fury when he called out his troops
to drive the bonus army from the
capital before it reached the nerv-
GUS Mr.. Hoover in the White House
Feeling about Mr.. Hurley on that
account was still so strong last fall
in his home state of Oklahoma that
g. o. P. leaders ganged together to
keep Pat from following his an
nounced intention of going down to
campaign for the party ticket.
And, to crown it, here's Pat adj
hitting payments-as a lawyer, of
course. and not as a lobbyist. as
he'd have you know-of 100000
from Associated Gas g. Electric.
with which even the other holding
companies in the power trust"
won't associate.
1t Just goes to show you, though.
how an idea like that will stick in
fellows mind, once it bites him.
Many "Phonies" on List
In fairness. it must be admitted
that Mr.. Hurley landed on the list
OF "a Republican possibilities" Of
fered by "Tanglefoot Bob" Lucas.
former executive director of the
G. o. P. national committee. This
list continues to provide plenty of
amusement here.
You can cross off most of the
possibilities" on the ground that
they are nothing of the sort.
But leave on your list Senator
Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.
Col. Frank Knox of the Chicago
Daily News, Gov. Alfred M. Ian
don of Kansas, Congressman James
w. Wadsworth of New York, and
Senators Charles l.. McNary and
Frederick Steiwer of Oregon.
Senator William Borah, too, if
you insist. though it would take the
kind of Republican party you never
saw before to give such a notorious
independent a look-in.
Some observers would also add
Senator L. j. Dickinson of Iowa, but
many folks are unable to take him
seriously on any count and they just
start laughing when you mention
him as a possible party nominee.
Both Are Through
Mr.. Lucas and Mr.. Hurley, Incl
dentally. have something in COM
mon. They're still remembered here
as two men who very conSpicuously
took the so-called rap for Mr.
Hoover.
Mr.. Hurley's political career was
blasted by the bonus army episode
and his subsequent attempts to de-
fend it. wherein he acted at Mr.
Hoover'S beheSt.
Mr. Lucas was all set to become
Republican national chairman until.
at Mr.. Hoover's wish, he covered
himself with mud by a secret. I'M
demanded attempt to defeat Sena-
tor George Norris in Nebraska.
Probably there will be more
clashes between those two senatorial
candidates for nomination. Mr.
Vandenberg and Mr.. Dickinson
such as followed Mr.. DickinSon's re-