Evening star., 1936-06-13

young editors generally
politics:
Oscar sun Of the Arkansas city Traveller Ray olyner Of the
Hutchinson News Se Ottawa Herald the chanus % Tribune. nd r
nrnkerhon of the psou Headlight Bob 1su6engaar Of the sala
Journal Charles F.: scott Of the Iowa Register.
of the s Ssp Sn' times they called IN Senator Arthur 0'DeF
Topeka Correspondent of City
ct0stOn had Landon presidential candidate
@ ' o casually Saa @ and g S o osn Lam
Democratic landslide looked available Landon
spread.
at Landon Reporters began from the metropolitan daies
giving the Kansas Governor the cO sy eye and going away pleased
.S % S @ yus ing % b Roy G
picked three thousand dollars
from in the G v m from from ando Lar
relating to the % able handle
home towns to o. the ONCE Saa Vic ''1'
year saufer in charge He hired
enosrsph
1 sax e @ s an esefd @ o s' 'o spent ''oF "
In the meantime reporters and visiting statesmen began
papers wired and asked for an which was granted West Of
Block told Hears. where he W going took chance ON inviting Hearst
w.a 6 e s oss M ss T.s. n Sfn m n neq Hb s M
Kansas knew that her beginning be somebody
About this time John Hamilton Republican committeeman
who was helping Henry Fletcher Republican national chairman TOOK an
d ans e E eB m parry S sno @ ~
picked little muhand the Lsndon
to assume national proportions
prominently picture He wide going where
Winter Of 1895 TO pick up scattering Republican Convention delegates
the Far West He was the contact man of the Roberts organization was
independent operators and they
fashion ''l'O '''' gay '' more or less '0'0
young grown up together
@ % e .n n @ ns m ds ene h WAS h a o. h e m Gu @ am @ 1 n
hundred dollars of thousand dollars
in the
higher realms Of Washington politics. in and out of the higher income
Landon in Topeka began to find his outer Office
in the guberndtorial suite Topeka TANNED NTH rather
ton peope-euery day it pa festival and Mrs Landon had
@ mpany pa p ann pe ey aga @ ' @ ana" AND 'e and and 1e
hilarious and haphadd all eountytown stuTRoary
The oce at the Muehbh occupied good part Of floor there
John Hamilton catching dftwod
have spent about sloooooss than Lovden Wood
The LandOn boom which certainly
p e @ @ oa' m oe = n n, sUs By had
Two weeks the boys cleaned their office Nuach
Perhaps strategy Roberts whom
night cteybody busy everybody taking
orders with ROY Swapping app his directions dozen or 20 young soldiers
orders half dozen young Joined the handled
he sent his emiars around first then troops
get convention the young mems
In the meantime during May, seeing that the
platform gathered together
Henry j. Allen The National Republican Committee
salared economists Young Charles Taft Cincinnati
President volunteered
Landons guidance.
When the opened platform
had been taken around to various politicians and business leaders by
Allen it had their approval Committee Resolutions
appointed the Missouri
Committee indicating Landon
who at that time was looming as an inevitable presidential nominee
In the meantime Senator shaking
threatening delegate
Borah An armce declaredmer
Borahs friend empowered Committee Resolutions
Borahs He offered pnks the platform them
did touching
Borahs participation
the Landon platform which
Resolutions looking like the Wreck the Hperus"
mtee explained carefully and that Ldndon
had widespread
fiat declaration for gold promise
amendment the Federal Constitution guarantee
dndchHdren, amendment
a decision
inucttdatino the New York minimum law.
three the committee rejected
the policy a
declaration on these subjects
platform grew. finished 1880 Thursday evening
afternoon that the pank had
definitely and finally rejected
Platform Committee
headquarters The member Of the
committee adjournment the
platform would please Gov IAndon did far as went
adjourned member the
found
delegation amending the platform
putting the three plank which the builders of the platform
nothing do about It, The Resolutions Com
adjourned convention assembling John Hamilton
named the Governor and before the voting began.