The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-02-05
THE HIGH COMMAND SAYS LANDoN.

If reports emanating from the east material ze at the Cleveland convention, Gov. Alfred M Lam don of will be the Republican standard this year with Congressman James w. Wadsworth of New York his running mate for the vice presi- dency. It would appear that the eastern Repub- ncan leaders convinced at last that dyed the wool reactionary cannot carry the banner and win have agreed that if nothing better offers the gentle man from Kansas has possibilities.
 There are several reasons why they might reacn this conclusion In the first instance he comes from the geographical heart of the country and has made quite reputation public money Gov. Landon will be recalled as the who balanced the Kansas State budget with the aid of S3O0OOOOO in Federal funds during 1884 Whether it a markable achievement only those in Kansas probably know. It depends one would imagine, the condi- ton of the states finances before the government poured $3OOOOo0O into Kansas coffers The sumption could be that they rather low for 2 lot of budget can be balanced for thirty million
 But MT. Landons economy was not alone in bal ancng the budget his history reveals Before budget balancing became Republican campaign talk the Kansan cut government costs in his home state by twenty-five per cent and successful in getting laws through the Legislature which put tax limit fin effect throughout the This obviously, made hit with the taxpayers with the result that Cover made outstanding local reputation. Whether it will stand up under national scrutiny is another matter. t-.
 Again the fact that MT. Landon comes from the heart of the farm belt may have had considerable to do with swaying the eastern Republicans The farm vote is something to consider in a serious way along about election time And then, the Kansas Governor has not been entirely unriendly to President Roose velts policies He favored the agriculture act the famous AAA He is very much opposed to child welfare Lol;o, program. He not particularly unfrendly to the Wagner labor bill the Guffey coal bill and he does not share the worry of MT. Hoover the status of the dollar He is veteran Legonnaire and shreWd enough politician to take a stand on the bonus which would indicate he may have real political possibilities
 These leanngs to liberal thinking may have had great deal do with getting the Governor into the inner circles of Republicansm It could be nar- ally expected he would draw from MT Roosevelt and, of course, it is the President the Grand Old Party is attempting to defeat
 On the other hand Gov Landon is a Republican of long standing He formerly served Republican State Chairman and has been active politics in his state for years His Americanism like MT Roosevelts is unqueStioned and he might be termed a modern con- servative Altogether it would appear that the Re- publcans might do much for candidate. If he can swing reactonary eastern delegates the Ceve- land convention his chances to against the Demo- cratic nominee appear fairly bright
 
 Congressman Wadsworth is probably what the eastern Republicans demanded for lending their sup port to Gov. Landon He is reported as a stewed- in- the-doctrine Republican of the reactonary type who sits up nights worrying about the country under the New Deal Now member of the House of Represen- tatves from New York he formerly member of the Senate, and has never been particularly active in either Most of his efforts directed toward viewing the Roosevelt policies with alarm
 He sounded the political drum so loud last summer about dictatorship in Washington that of his friends attempted to boom him for presidential timber but the endeavor short-ved. As running mate for Landon his main purpose probably would be to humor those ole line Republicans who might look askance at some of the Landon phoSophY.