The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-30
hin Tho esncs in Con
ftermath Of The Big Show
 At Philadelphia
BY RODNEY BUTCHER DemeeEas Washington
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nr i've dozen candidates for l040.
 ORhand, your correspondent would say that the nomination of Four years hence was . more popu- far topic of conversation ct Phila- dolphin than the party's prospects 0f beating Landon, the platform, or the question as to who would buy the next drink.
 Some of tlis heavy discussion was inspired by the admlnlstra- tiOm's insistence that the party nbr0gRte It's old tw0-thlrds rule. Ht was commonly conceded that Roosevelt would in aII probability be able to name the next party nominee if only . majority were required t0 nominate.
 It was even suggested by some democratic anti-New Dealers here that Roosevelt wanted the rule out of the way 50 that he might more easily encompass his own nomina- ton for third term.
 
 Big Parade of HOpefuIs
 The large preponderance of dem- ocratic governors and senators proved c luxuriant clover field for the presidential bee, although cab- 1net members and other big shot New Dealers were being considered.
 Some of the talk presumably was being promoted by the "possibili- ties" themselves and there were wistfnl hints on the faces of many who mounted the platform for 6 big uioment-especially during the nomination speeches.
 Washington correspondents gasped . bit when the Connecticut boys and girls suddenly yanked out banners ballyhO0ing Attorney General Homer Cummings and describing him as the savior of homo and family and head of the G-Men who had wiped out all those kldnapers and other gang sters.
 Jesse Jones in Forefront
 Chairman Jesse Jones of REC was very much in evidence and looked the perfect picture of would-be 1040 candidate. Certain persons were around sounding out sentiment and planting the Jones 1deA in as many heads as possible.
 Speculation as to the man Roose- velb would like to succeed him, as- sunIng he spends the next four years in the White House, was plentiful but futile. Nobody sus- pected the lucky man would be Jones or Cummings.
 The names of Secretary Henry Wallace, Secretary Harold Ickes, and WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins were mentioned, arous- ing no enthusiasm whatever among practical politicians.
 Gov. George H. Earle of Penn- sylvania led the governors in the 1890 doping. His speech went over well, his personal magnetism and good voice appealing to many delegates.
 One heard a lot about him sim ply because he was in his home grounds. But he is the first demo- cratic governor of Pennsylvania since the Civil War and must be seriously counted in if he manages to- carry the state for Roosevelt this year or, failing that, gets him. self elected to the senate in 1888. McNutt in the Picture
 Handsome, white-haired Gov. Paul McNutt of Indiana acted, dressed, and talked the part of candidate, though his lengthy nom- mating speech seemed no better than a rehash of certain others.
 A former American Legion na- tional commander, McNutt definite ly has his eye on 1940 and even sought the vice presidential nomin- ation this year until Roosevelt made clear his insistence on Garner.
 Gov. Herbert Lehman, of New York, was the darling of the con- ventlOn and usually a New York governor Is automatically g persi- dentiaI possibility. But no major party Is likely to nominate . Jew ish candidate. The same reason- ing applies to Gov. Henry Horner of Illinois.
 Among senatorial possibilities, Bob Wagner of New York, would have stood out conspiculously If he hadn't been born in Germany. Senator Bennett Champ Clark, of Missouri, was widely discussed and Sappealed to many delegates as a man of force and ability.
 BarkIey Gets a Look
 The keynoter is always closely in- Bpected, and Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky stood the inspection well. A former railroad worker, he is vigorous regular, and somewhat liberal.
 Some spoke also of Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio and many looked twice at Senator Joe O'MahOney of Wyoming a keen and effective young fellow who had much to do with framing the platform and whose bill for na- tiOnal corporation license law may be an important issue.
 On the radical fringe of the party you could hear suggestions that Roosevelt would move the New Deal more and more to the left and that in four years such men as Sena- tors Wheeler of Montana and La- Toilette of Wisconsin and President John Lewis of the United Mine Workers might seriously be consid- cred as democratic possibilities. (Copyright 1886, NEA Service, Incl KING EnWAPn