Evening star., 1936-06-13

N.A.).-The delegates nave
packed in their keisters and
- left this Republican Conven-
ton, some Of them richer by the few
bucks they got from selling spare tick
cts back to the local scalp industry.
As soon as the Democrats renominate
President Roosevelt--keep that under
your hat, it's exclusive-we can pro-
ceed with the campaign.
don't know just what sort OF cam
paign the Republicans will wage. be-
cause they don't know themselves.
The party leaders will 90 into huddle
shortly with their new edition Of the
peoples choice, that courageous and
homespun Kansan, that typical Gov
ernor Of q typical Prairie State, that
Coolide Of the plains-excuse me,
got copy Of the wrong speech. 1t
belongs to John Hamilton.
The party leaders will go into a
huddle with Governor Landon and
his supporting cast, Col. Frank Knox,
and then we will know what kind of
campaign the boys are planning on.
Grapevine gossip has it that they will
come right out and oppose the New
Deal.
Mrs. Landon Can Cock.
The Kansas Coolidge is not sup
posed to be much of a speaker, which
is a nice thing in one way and not so
good in another, because how are they
going to get him in touch with the
voters? There is a project on foot
now to bring the voters to Landon, in
groups or chorus units of Is, until
contact Is made with every voter.
This will take time, but they tell
me that Mrs. Landon serves up
mighty good meal and you can take
OF your coat in the parlor.
Another project is to stage the
whole campaign. and maybe the slec-
ton too. in the City of Binghamton,
N. Y. Not long ago the Literary Di-
gest got the idea that Binghamton,
being what is called "a typical city in
q doubtful State" would be a good
place to do some polling. The Digest
Is addicted to this sport and canno:
keep its hands of poll, 1t Is good.
clean fun.
Well, the poll shows Binghamton
to be Republican by three TO two, and
the party leaders are cheered no end.
Gov. Landon is a cinch to be Presi-
dent of Binghamton, If nothing else.
Binghamton is fine city. The Re-
publicanS could do worse than settle
down there and keep the streets free
OF grass.
AS far as issues go. Gov. Landon
seems to be rolling his own. The
platform builders built him a plat
form, all right, but the Governor,
after taking one gander at it, de-
eided that it might be better to come
right out and supper something be-
sides Abraham Lincoln and sunny
weather. So he is supporting gold
and civil service and better hours for
kids.
The Civil Service plank is aimed d.
rectly at Postmaster General Jim
Farley. and I expect that that states
man will be panied and shocked by
its implications It appears that
James makes capital Of his opportun-
ity to deal out licenses to sell stamps.
Selling stamps may not be your idea
Of fun, but many people like it and
feel very grateful to General Farley for
permitting them to peddle the muci-
lage to their neighbors at retail rates.
Landon probably figures that since
all the poSt7lasters will be voting for
James candidate, anyway, 1t will do
no harm to put the skidS under them.
James will handle the problem from
the opposite angle. This campaign is
likely to develop into battle of post
Offices, with Landon stumping for
untrammeled mucilage and General
Farley taking the position that a
little learning is dangerous thing.
Landon bucked his party's platform
with powerful. though expensive,
telegram which took the convention
by storm and moved Senator William
Borah to cuSs warmly when he first
read of it. Party platforms have
been bucked before. notably when Al
Smith went wet and his party went
dry. Al was a little before his time,
but four years later it became evident
that he had gagged the Nations sp-
petite for moisture pretty correctly.
Round-Trip Ticket.
Landon used to be a dry himself.
1t Is the safe and sane thing to be in
Kansas politics. Luckily for him, the
prohibition issue was killed in 1892
and he won't have to worry about it.
He can answer wet-and-dry questions
which might have embarrassed him
a few years back with an easy: "Suit
yourself"
The Landon-Knox ticket (and 1t
looks now like a round-trip ticket is
using "Of the rocks with Landon
and Knox" for a slogan. The cam
paign song is "Three Long Years"
to the tune Of Three Blind Mice"
and "Oh, Susanna" will be heard so
often that Stephen Foster may find
himself elected to the nuisance fra
ternity along with the boys who wrote
Yes, We Have No Bananas" and
'"The Music Goes Round and
Around"
One fine thing about the campaign
Of 1936-it seems certain that baby
kissing is out. President Roosevelt
struck the keynote the other day
when, being accosted by baby In
Texas, he merely said, How are you?"
That's as good a thing to say to a
baby as anything else, and Republi-
cans assure me that Gov. Landon
will pursue the same cordial but dig
nified policy Of hands Of
An unkissed baby is no longer a
lost vote. 1t is just an unkissed baby,
and probably happier one.