The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-11-14
GROWN PRINCE
FOR 1910 IS NOT
PICKED AS YET
so FAR NO ONE APPARENTLY
HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT IN
NEW DEAL MANIPULA.
TIONS
BY ALEXANDER R. GEORGE
(By Associated Press)


President Roosevelt, like four of
the most famous two-term presi-
dents of the United States, "pick"
his successor in the White House?
So far no one apparently has
been singled out in such fashion
as to suggest that Mr.. Roosevelt
was attempting to develop a New
Deal "crown prince" and to build
him up in public opinion for the
1910 Democratic Presidential
nomination. What might happen
in the next four years, however,
promises to be a matter of consid-
cradle speculation.
The two men hailed as the pat
ron saints of the Democratic par
ty, Thomas jefferson and Andrew
Jackson, openly designated their
choice of "heir." Theodore Roose-
welt virtually dictated Republican
selection of William H. Taft.
James Madison, "timid little hus-
band" of the famed Dolly Madi-
son, put on pressure for James
Monroe as his successor.
jefferson Over-Rode Protests
Many members of Jefferson's
Republican-Democratic party were
opposed to Madison. Several Re-
publican congressman joined in is
suing a formal protest against his
selection as the party's standard
bearer, but the prestige of the sage
of Monticello easily prevailed. JEFF
ferson also was said to have an
ranged that Monroe follow Madi-
son in the White House, and it was
understood between the latter two
that the Madison administration
would exert all of it's influence to
perpetuate "the Virginia dynas-
ty,""
Andrew Jackson, idol OF the
"pla:n people," has been rated by
some historians as the most braz-
en- dictator of the White House
succession. Besides naming Mart
in Van Buren, CT New York as his
heir apparent, "Old Hickory" was
reported to have laid down a pro-
gram of succession for "a years
Jackson himself, s years; Van
Bureau, years; and Thomas
Benton, 8 years.
Jackson Dynasty Died
That report was never verified,
however, and the Jackson "dynas-
ty" lasted only II years. Van
Buren, failing of reelection. There
had been considerable opposition
to Van Buren's first nomination
and election, but Jackson's extra
ordinary popularity with the cleo
torate put him over.
The next President to be re-
elected was Abraham Lincoln, as
sassinated less than six weeks aft
er his seond Inauguration. Wheth-
er he would have indicated a pos
sible successor for postwar Re-
publican leadership is unknown.
Sensational revelations of graft
and corruption, involving members
of the cabinet and congressional
leaders, brought disrepute to the
second administration of war hero
Ulysses S. Grant. The Republicans
were split into three groups at the
end of the term, and President
Grant made no overt effort to sig
Nifty his choice for the 1876 nom-
nation.
Panic Upset Cleveland
Grover Cleveland ran into the
1893 b.,siness ianic in his second
term. The Bryan-free silver ele-
ment, dominating the 1896 "cross
of god" convention, repudiated
Cleveland's leadership of the Dem
ocratic INDEPENDENTLY because
of his rigid advocacy of the gold
standard.
William Mckinley, first of the
"front porch" campaigners, was
assassinated six months after his
second Inauguration. He had evil
denced no preference for sue
cessor. To the dismay of Mark
Hanna and other old guardsmen,
Vice President Theodore Roose-
welt stepped up to the Presidency
and was elected to that office in
1904.
AS his second term was draw
ing to a close, the popular Teddy
picked the similarly popular "Bilf'
Taft for the 1908 nomination Sin
a walk" on the first ballot. Their
subsequent estraDsement became
one of the most dramatic chapters
in American political history.