Evening star., 1935-09-15

might pick to run as Vice President.
Furthermore, the Republicans are
striving in the coming campaign to
win back to the party fold the large
number of Republicans who voted for
Roosevelt in 1882. They figure that
if they can get back most of these
Republican votes, they can win.
The second place on the national
ticket is not matter to be taken
lightly the Republican leaders hold.
Within a few months the presidential
preference primaries and State con-
ventions to name delegates to the Re-
publican National Committee and to
the Democratic national convention
will begin. Fourteen or Is States have
the presidential preferential primaries,
and many of the other States elect
in primaries their delegates to the con-
ventions. New Hampshire is to lead
off the preferential primaries on the
second Tuesday in March. North Da-
kota. Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois, Ne
brasks. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,,
Maryland, California, South Dakota.
Ohio, West Virginia, New Jersey and
Oregon follow in order, with preferen-
tial primaries during March. April
and May.
Trend Will Be Decisive.
BY the time these primaries have
been held, it is likely that sentiment
for presidential candidates on the Re-
publican side will have begun to crys-
talize. Many of the States may pre-
fer to send "uninstructed' delegations,
provided they have no "favorite-son"
candidates to offer.
But candidates who enter the pri-
maries in the big pivotal States Of
Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio for
example, and make good showing, will
be reckoned off to good start in the
preconvention campaign. For ex-
ample, should Senator Borah of Idaho
permit his name to go before the
voters of Ohio and should he win the
primary by a big margin, his stock
will soar.
Some of the presidential candidates
may be unwilling to accept second
place on the national ticket. 1t has
been so in the past. And, also, several
aspirants for presidential honors have
failed to reach their goal because of
their declination of the second place.
However, there will be plenty of Re-
publicans ready to accept the vice
presidential nomination and combina-
tionS have already begun to be sug-
gested. Among them are: Borah of
Idaho for President and Landon of
Kansas for Vice President, Vanden-
berg of Michigan for President and
Landon of Kansas for Vice President,
Knox of Illinois for President and
Landon Of Kansas for Vice President,
and other combinations of these same
men. Probably none of them today
would admit that they would take the
second place on the ticket. To do so
would be bad psychology. But it is
essential that a man of ability be
named. .
While Mr.. Hamilton did not men
ton the more practical and "eff1ca-
cious" methods of making use of the
anti-New Deal Democrats, rather than
nominating one Of them for Vice Pres
ident, it has been suggested that the
Republican nominee for President, if
he be elected, name number of anti
New Deal Democrats to places in his
Cabinet. This would be an effective
way of bringing about something in
the nature of a coalition administra-
ton, 1t is said.
If a Republican President is elected
next year he will have to face a
strongly Democratic Senate. Only
one-third Of the membership of the
Senate Is up for reelection next year.
With 10 out Of the So Senators Demo-
Gratis today. and only 10 of the DEM
ocrats up for reelection, it is matfe-
matically impossible for the Republic
cans to regain control Of the Senate.