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public sentiment behind them at home.
This is one convention where there
will not be Smoke-filled room nomi-
nation"
Urge Clean Campaign.
From the outset the Landon group
has felt that the most important
thing before the country was defeat
of the utterly un-American policies
pursued by the present Washington
regime. There has never been
word of criticism or a blow below the
belt at any other candidacy. The
campaign to acquaint the voters of
the Nation with the qualifications and
capacity of Gov. Landon has been
clean and sportsmanlike. We nave
felt that in advancing a candidacy
we took definite responsibility, both
to the party and to the Nation, to do
nothing which might initiate against
the nominee of the party, whomever
he might be. We still feel that re-
sponsibility for that reason. We have
ignored sniping tactics and oftentimes
foolish statements from rival camps
who seemed more concerned with
fighting Republicans than defeating
Mr.. Roosevelt. I feel sure, from my
many talks with the men and women
who have arrived in Cleveland al
ready, that they appreciate this COM
nonsense policy. 1t has made us
votes and the more such tactics are
continued it will only increase the
number of Landon delegates.
1T is unimportant whether Gov.
1andon is nominated on the first bal
lot or an early one. That is in the
hands of the delegates. His nomina-
ton is certain. I am convinced, and
I believe the convention will be con-
WINGED before the week is out, that
with the nomination of Gov. Landon
and the writing of the platform such
as seems to express the hearts of
this convention, Landon is certain to
sweep Roosevelt and the New Deal
out of Washington next November.
Good Show, Says Moses.
Taking up the anti-Landon cause,
Moses said:
1T is my studied opinion, after re-
viewing the events of the past week
and attempting an analysis of what
will happen here next week, that the
Landon convention in Cleveland is
just about over And I must add that
1t has been almost as interesting.
everything considered, as a real con-
vention could be. But for the fact that
less than 10 per cent of the delegates
have been here to take part in it
assuming that the Landon high COM
mand would have permitted them to
take part-outside of the fact that
the great majority of the delegates
have yet to arrive in the convention
city, it has. generally speaking, been
a good show.
THE make-believe has been Just
about complete. A presidential candi-
date has been chosen for the Repub-
hcan party. He was chose on the first
ballot as early as last Sunday, ac-
cording to reports in the Hearst press.
On Monday he was still a first-bal-
lot choice. Tuesday found him elected
on the second-the third ballot at
the outside. On Friday it was the
first or second.
Platform Is CIimaxed.
mot to be outdone by the real con-
vention, which is to come, the Lam
donites did more. They nominated
half dozen vice presidential candi-
dates. One day it was one man, the
next day another. Before they got
through they had relegated all the
Landon rivals to a second place on
the ticket at one time or another.
And then. to cap the climax, they
blossomed forth with platform. This
was he climax on the weeks pro-
gram. 1t made big headlines clear
across the country. 1t was a sensa-
ton, riot. Indeed, it was not so
good, that I believe a repeat perform
ance will be asked before the week
gets fairly under way With a few
important revisions, of course.
so complete have the Landonites
taken care of everything that all that
remains for them to do between now
and convention time is to revise the
personnel of Congress, indicate whom
they will appoint in case of va
cancy in the Supreme Court. and |
draw up plans for remodeling the |
White House.