The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-06

It is an old court room adage that everything you say will be used against you" but it is much apropos in politics as the Republican nominee. Governor Lantlon, is finding out in the present cam paign. ~8
 Some have wondered at times at the silence of the man from Topeka, they have listened to his running mate Colonel Knox, swinging around the country in two-fisted campaign in which he has pulled no punches. But it must be remembered that the Colonel has not been public office and there fore is not vulnerable Governor Landon The latter is the victim of having said things two and three years ago and they popping up on all sides to slap him in the face
 For example, on December 18, 1883, Governor Lam don in a letter to Secretary Ickes sad
 Under your most capable administration of the code the oil industry, the consuming and the general public have already benefited in most substantial manner and the n- dustry itself is about break-even basis When you took control it was, and for time prior thereto had been sustaining tremendous losses. This letter is sent with those fundamentals very definitely in mind. It is because of my appreciation of these facts and my earnest desire to see your admins tration of the code as successful in the future it has been in the past that I bring these matters to your attention You may depend upon my continued cooperation and sincere support and renew my former profters of any aid that may be able to render
 In March of 1933 Governor Landon made the following comment:
 I desire to acknowledge in tangible way, the appreciation of the people of my state Of the courage with which President Roosevelt has attacked the depression If there is any way in which member of that species thought to be extinct a Republican Governor ot middle western state, aid him in the fight, I enlist for the duration of the war.
 On April r, 1884 the Kansas Chief Executive wrote to President Roosevelt:
 This civil works program is of the soundest most constructive policies of your administration, and cannot urge too strong ly its continuance.
 In a speech at Ellsworth Kans. on September 18, 1884 Governor Landon said again:
 Regardless of party, all interested in seeing the recovery program of the tional administration succeed. In this great emergency the President has been accorded united support from the press and the people generally greater than has been ac- corded any other peace-time President in history. From the very first advocated the granting of unusual powers to the President because of the national emergency
 Governor Landon being an honest man. has said many other things during past two or three years which had definite ring of sincerity He doubtless saw eye to eye with the present admnis- tration on many things Now he finds himself ele- vated to the honor of being the standard bearer the opposition and obliged to go attack the very things with which he in sympathy
 Such are the strange ways of politics. Such is the handicap under which the Governor finds him. self at this time. The Kansan will be a very shrewd and able politician if he is able to around some of his earlier statements and still gain suffic- ent votes for his election.