Evening star., 1935-04-25
HAMILTON TO HELP
G. P. SET-UP HERE
Kansas Committeeman to
Come to Capital to
Push Campaign.
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National Committeeman from Iowa,
chairman Of the Committee on Ar
rangements for the conference. to
complete the preliminaries. When
that work is done and he has closed
some law cases in which he Is engaged
Hamilton will come to Washington, it
was said today.
There Is still considerable mystery
as to when and where the Midwest
conference is to be held. Originally
1t was proposed for Kansas City In
May. It may still be held there. But
the suggestion has been made in some
quarters that perhaps it might be as
well not to have the conference SO
near the home of Gov ALI M. Landon
of Kansas, who has been mentioned
as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for President.
This seems an entirely inadequate
reason for not holding the conference
in Kansas City. If it went to Chi
cago there would be Col Frank Knox,
publisher of the Chicago Daily News,
whose friends are putting him for
ward. Should the conference by any
chance be held in Detroit or near
that city, then there would be objec-
tions about the fact that Senator
Vandenberg is from Michigan and his
name has been more prominently
mentioned than any other for the
presidential nomination of the G. o. P.
Candidates Are Stunned.
The promoters of the Midwest re-
gional conference and Of conferences
in other sections of the country hold
up their hands in horror at the sug-
gestion that presidential candidates.
might be mentioned or that one Of
these conferences might give publicity
to one of the presidential "possibili-
ties" 1t is entirely unlikely that any
one of the potential candidates will
be brought forward publicly at one
of these regional conferences. But 1t
is idle to believe that candidates. Will
not be discussed by the delegates to
the conferences when they are held.
To hear some of them talk today,
the next Republican National Conven-
ton should be composed Of unin-
structed and unpledged delegates.
That, however, would put the bosses
in position to name any one they
desired.
Early in 1895, the first Of the presi-
Dental preferential primaries will be
held. Candidates for the nomination
will go into these primaries. and a
considerable number Of delegates will
be elected to the Republican National
Convention pledged to one or the
other of the candidates. The stronger
the candidate can be built up in the
meantime, the better it will be for
the party when it goes into the ma
tional campaign year from next Fall.
Roosevelt Nomination Sure.
It seems quite clear that the man
the Republicans select will be op-
posed by President Roosevelt on the
Democratic ticket. And it is just as
clear that the issues in the campaign
will be the Roosevelt administration
and all its implications.
The announcement by Chairman
Fletcher of the determination to add
MIR. Hamilton to the headquarters
staff is believed to be just fore
runner of other moves to rebuild the
working organization of the party.
It was skeletonized after the Con-
gressional elections last Fall. The
Republicans have been engaged in
paying of their debt, wiping out the
deficit, which they have done very
successfully. considering all things.
They are now making plans to go
ahead with more vigor in their op-
POSITION to the administration and In
the development Of their organiza-
ton in all parts Of the country.
Mr.. Hamilton is identified closely
with the young Republican movement
and, of course. with the Republican,
canism of the Middlewest. The party
looks upon the winning Of the West
as a sine qua non to success next