The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-18

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 narlor, The announcement must have wiped the welcoming smile from the beamlng countennnoe ok Governor I.andon, the fllrtatious coEhe-on from the vlsage of 4onA. tor Vandenberg, and the antioipa- tory grin from the phlR ug Pub liaher Knox. It must also have dMrkened the thunder clouds on the balllgoront brow of Herbert Hoover Co whom Senator 8oEAh h an Anything-Else Not that Mfr. Hoover has personal de- signs on the republican ilomina- ton, Whatever his deficiencies the ex-president is too politlcal- ly rlngwise Co lead with his chin all over again, But he would iiko. and will probably have. Q say.so in drafting the platform on which the republican candidate will gun, walk, or fall, and Q voice in see loctlng the runner, walker, or fall- CT. The thought of Senator Borah doing anything but fleeing from . platform on which Mir. Hoover laid a plank or in which ho drove Q nall is almost as fantastic as MT. Hoover furnishing anything for Senator Borah'a convenience OK. oept o barn door Co carry him out into complete political oblivion. However, when all is said and done . lifeslSed hurray is coming to Bill. At least he knows what he wants and makes no bones about telling Che country he is going to get it.
 Wall Flowers.
 Tho trouble. to date, among Che aspirants for the z. Q, D. nominas ton is that they have been acting like c lot Of wall flowers ct a Fire- mems ball. They have been sitting back for tho party to ask them to lead the grand march in Novein- Dor, Governor f.andon fiirts the budget-halancing fan of the state of Kansas ct the republican lead. CTS apparently unaware Of the fAct that rude democratic hands have already pulled 0 flstful of pluIhes out Of that instrument cf coquetry. Republican ringmasters have been securing the nation for aia hon- est-to-goodnoss budget balaneer to serve as mahout for grand, old elephant. They thought they nad him in the person of "emiiing Alf" until it developed that dov- ernor Landon has aa much t0 do with balancing tho Kansas budget as the Akhoond Of Swat. The ex- penditures of the Sunfiower state arc regulated by c legal stablliner which works SO perfectly that the chief executive cannot throw the budget out of balance if he did lls best, Senator 'Vandenberg casts hopeful glances at tho Eastern bosses of hts party despite the fact that his get-up of sackeloth ana ashes, recently donned for string inn along with President Roose- volt In tho past, seriously impairs in their estimation my prosiden- t!al sex-appeal he might have had. Publisher Knox rolls banjo eyes ell over the ball room and coyly admits that while he has his dancing pumps on and is !ust dying for Q whirl, he would just as soon Hook on" provided tho grand march is led by someone who will not turn 1t Into the "shag." Only Bill .Borah stands in the middle Of the ballroom floor and declares himself. He is not waiting on anyone to invite him to dance. He hes invited himself, he is his own partner, and the wallflowers might just as well
 make up their minds to the in- evitable now as later.
 Who's Irregular?
 Moreover the senior senator from Idaho has made 1t clear that he Is not going to listen to any Fast cracks from the wallfiowers or the republican bosses about his personal history as c regular without making Q come.back.
 "What are they yapping
 about?" says BilL i've always
 been . republican and . deg
 gone good one # you ask me.
 Haven't ! been the duly elected
 republican senator from my
 state since Alfalfa was . single
 blade of grass? Didn't ! follow
 Hoover In the grand march os