Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-08
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

received a greater vote than any of his
predecessors, with Gov. Landon tying
the vote Of Taft in the electoral college
eighth that historic election where the
Bull Moose Roosevelt received SO cleo
toral votes, yet the victory this year does
not equal in one way that of Monroe
ll6 years ago. That fifth President of
the United States received all but one
electoral vote in 1920. Washington beat
that. receiving all the electoral votes at
both elections. Up to this year of Our
Lord, 1886. when Roosevelt received 523
of the 531 electoral votes, the highest
previous record was that of Herbert
Hoover, in 1928. when he received "a.
The highest electoral vote received by
defeated candidate was 254 for Charles
Evans Hughes. Gov. Landon need not
feel too badly about not being able to
carry his home State because there were
two Presidents elected without the cleo
toral vote of their own State-Polk and
Wilson in 1916
Two interesting speculations are being
discussed by the politically minded,
growing out Of the election-one is
whether Roosevelt will have an oppor-
tunity to appoint justices to the United
States Supreme Court who might sup
port him in endeavoring to circumvent
the Constitution. This reminds the
reminiscent that Taft-who, when seek
ing reelection received only eight cleo
toral votes-made more appointments to
the Supreme Court than any other
President since Washington-and Taft
himself was the only President ever
appointed to the Supreme Court, serving
as Chief Justice from 1921 to 1880. The
second speculation is whether Roosevelt,
If he does not try for third term land
he probably will mott, will not insist upon
selecting his successor. This is also a
reminder that three Presidents have in
the past designated" their successors-
Thomas Jefferson selected James Madi-
son, Andrew Jackson selected Martin
Van Buren, and Theodore Roosevelt Sc
lected William Howard Taft, and then
| split the party in personally being a can
didate against him for reelection.
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Franck r. Havenner, the Democrat
Progressive who defeated Mrs. Florence
Kahn in the fourth California district
is coming back home. He is q George
town boy. His father. Rev. Franck Hav-
enner served Dumbarton M. E. Church
| as pastor for about seven years His son.
Franck. being delicate, went to California
as a young man, thinking the climate
would be kinder to his health. He was
an employe and protege of Senator
Hiram johnson, but for more than 20
| years has been q newspaper man. His
sister, Mrs. Busick, lives in Kensington,
Md. Old friends. like DR.. Robert E.
Layton, 3019 o street northwest, and
Louis Hieston, at the Riggs branch,
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, George
town, who knew the new Representative
as a boy attending grade schools in
| Georgetown, say. "Franck was q good
boy. but rather delicate"
Representative Robert Luce, one of the
"hne gentlemen who have graced Con-
gresS," is coming back In his sixty fifth
| year. He is a student, an orator, q
| worker, a courtly gentleman. He Is an
| authority on legislative procedure and
| has given to posterity Q set of five large
volumes on this subject, representing
more than twoscore years of research and
writing, which are authoritative works.
| A native of Maine, q graduate of Har-
ward. a versatile newspaper man and
| owner of one of the worlds largest press
clipping bureaus, a lawyer-he served
Massachusetts, In the State Legislature,
as a leader at the Constitutional Con-
vention and for many years in Congress
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Many in Washington. especially on
| Capitol Hill, regret the defeat of former
Representative Walter H. Newton of
Minnesota In an effort to return to Con-
Rress. He was one Of the best type of
| Representative during his service for
more than decade. Then he was chosen
by President Hoover as his administra-
| tive assistant. During that period he
was contact man for the President with
Congress and in handling the executive
| program of legislation. He was popular
with the members Of Congress and with
the newspaper correspondents at the
Capitol and the White House. It has
never been denied that when Hoover rode
to the Capitol with Franklin d. Roose-
welt on Inauguration day there was only
one request he made Of the new Chief
Executives place for Walter Newton.
He was given q $4,000 post with the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board-for
J one year.