Evening star., 1936-10-19

Farmers, many Of them, have been
inclined to go along with Roosevelt.
sThis week Senator Capper and Rep
= -resentative Clifford Hope are comb
ing that district. Both are regarded
by the farmers as their friend. And
both are telling the farmers they will
be better off with ALI Landon in the
: White House than with Roosevelt.
They are explaining in detail the ben
: efits that will accrue to them under
the Landon farm program.
{, Gov. Landon, who left here last
g night on a surprise dash to Los An
geles, looked in the best of health
and spirits. He is of on campaign
. trip that will carry him from Cali
{ fornia to New. York He will not re-
turn to Topeka until just before elec-
!. ton day. A hard worker, Gov. Lam
Z don plans to put everything he has
/. into this final drive. He is convinced
: that the campaign this year has many
of the earmarks of the campaign Of
1896. In that earlier year, 80 days
= before election, there was widespread
4 belief that William Jennings Bryan
> would be the next President of the
= United States. When the ballots
: were counted, however, William Nc
, Kinley had trium ohed over his Demo-
> cratic and Popu!ist party opponent.
: Challenges Roosevelt.
In 1895 it was the big States Of the
= cf U,t1
r swung victory to Mckinley. after
3 many Of the Republicans had given
. up hope. That is what Landon is
! counting on now-although he also
2 hopes to carry some of the Western
> States.
: Just before boarding his train for
E the Pacific Coast, Landon issued q
> statement challenging President
. Roosevelt to say what amendments to
: the Constitution he has in mind to
s. validate the now defunct N. R. A. and
: the old A. A. A. The Kansas Gov
: ernor pinned his question to the re-
: port that the Presidents son, James
. Roosevelt, campaigning in Worcester,
s Mass, had said MS father intended to
go before the country and ask for
constitutional amendment to carry on
the principles Of the N. r. A.
7 James Roosevelt issued his own ac-
count of what he said in Worcester
: later. This version did not jibe with
the stenographic report Of his speech
taken by a newspaper. According to
!. young Roosevelt, he said he personally
I, saw no alternative but to ask for
9 constitutional amendment, If it was
proved that the purposes of the
N. r. A. could be obtained in no other
: way.
: without attempting to unravel Mr.
!. James Roosevelt's constitutional the
Z ories as expressed" said Landon, this
: much is clear in both statements:
& Namely, that young Roosevelt under
: stands the President still to intend
7. to make N. r. A. principles live and
operate in our Government by one
: device or another This is precisely
what have charged over and over
q again. The President, must specifically
{. deny that his sons views are his
views. Otherwise the silence of the
father will be the confession that the
son spoke for the President when he
gave us to understand that his father
Z intended to perpetuate the N. r. A.
ewilly-nilly."
g Mrs. Landon Stays Home.
g Gov. Landon goes West-and also
into the East-unaccompanied by
Mrs. Landon. The Governors wife
Us sticking to the ioea that it is Lam
don and not Mrs. Landon whom the
people want to see: Landon and not