Evening star., 1936-03-30
THE POLITICAL
MILL
By G. Could Lincoln.

Convention next June are piling up fast.
There are the Borah-for-President group,
who, following their candidate, continue
to insist that the old leadership of the
party be turned out and more liberal
leaders installed. There are the Hoover
Republicans, who insist upon unin-
Structed delegations to the national con-
vention, while the Borah people demand
that delegations be instructed, particu-
larly in the party primaries. There are
the old guard Republicans. who do not
care for either Senator Borah or Mr..
Hoover, but who seem to lean toward the
nomination of Gov. ALT M. Landon of
Kansas Landon, who seems to have
a lead today, however, has the opposition
of both the Borah and the Hoover groups.
Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher is
making his own fight for the presidential
nomination and has a good many friends.
Senator Dickinson of Iowa is being put
forward by his friends as a possible
compromise candidate. And Senator
Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, who
has never ceased to declares that he Is
not a candidate, is constantly kept in
the limelight by Republicans in many
parts of the country.
Vandenberg, who as a member of the
Senate of the United States has had to
face and vote upon many important
issues has record of opposition to most
of the New Deal measures. This COM
mendS him to Mr.. Hoover who is against
the New Deal from alpha to omega.
However, Vandenberg voted for Amer
ican adherence to the World Court when
the protocol for such adherence was be-
fore the Senate, which leave Senator
Borah, ardent foe of American partici-
patton in the court. cold. The Michigan
Senator, who has friends in many of the
States. looks to be in a strategic position
if the convention gets into snarl. But.
up to the present, anything can happen
in Cleveland next June.
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Filing time for the primary election of
delegates to the Democratic and Repub-
lican National Conventions ended last
Wednesday in Massachusetts,, with PreSi-
dent Roosevelt the only candidate for
President giving authority to use his
name in the primaries. 1t is expected
that the Roosevelt slate of delegates in
the Bay State will be successful, probably
all down the line. The Roosevelt list OF
delegate candidates was made by Chair
man Joseph McGrath of the Democratic
State Committee after consultation with
Postmaster General Farley and other
Roosevelt leaders, including Gov. Curley.
There are other delegate candidates who
have filed in the Democratic primary.
For example. in the eleventh district
former Representative INLAND of the
State Legislature has announced him.
self for the nomination of Father Charles
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candidates have said they were for the
nomination of former Gov. Ely, bitter
foe of the Roosevelt administration. In
the end. however. the Roosevelt slate is
said to be sure of victory.
Following the usual custom of spread
ing national convention honors over as
large a group of faithful Democrats as
possible the Democratic list of dele
gates at large, all pledged to Roosevelt,
contains eight candidates. each to have
half a vote. The list is as follows:
United States Senators David I. Walsh
and Marcus A. Coolidge, Gov. James M.
Curley, Representative William j, Gran
field. Joseph McGrath, chairman OF State
Committee: Margaret M. ORiordan,
Elizabeth L. Mcnamara, who represents
on the national committee the Demo-
cratic women of the State; Mrs. Louis
MICH. Howe, wife of President RooseveltS
secretary,
The Republican organization has in
sisted upon sending an uninstructed del
egation to the national convention from
Massachusetts. This is in line with
the practice customary in Republican
Bay State politics. 1t is also in line with
the policy approved by former President
Hoover for this years convention. John
Richardson, Republican national COM
mitteeman and a leader in the State
organization, is a fast friend and sup
porter of the former President. While
he has urged that the delegation be un-
instructed. Richardson has made no
effort to line up delegates for the NOM
ination of Mr.. Hoover, it is said.
Some of the delegate candidates on the
Republican side in Massachusetts have
declared themselves for the nomination
of Gov. Landon. although Landon has
not given permission for his name to
be used formally in the primary. About
ne-third of the prospective delegation,
it is reported, stands ready to vote for
Landon on the first ballot in the con-
vention. For example, GaSpar G. Bacon,
former Lieutenant Governor and candi-
date for Governor against Curley a
couple of years ago, and State Senator
Henry Parkman, jr., who expected to be
elected delegates, have both declared
their preference for the Kansas Gov
ernor.
The Republican candidates for dele
gate at large are only four in number
each with q whole vote. At the head
of the list is Charles Francis Adams,
former Secretary of the Navy. George
F. Booth of Worcester has place on the
list, ard the other two candidates are
veteran members of the House, Repre-
sentative Treadway and Representative
Martin.
The Virginia Republicans will gather
in State convention in Roanoke on
April IL to select delegates to the G. o. p.
National Convention. The convention
will be addressed by Representative
Theodore Christianson of Minnesota,
who is set to take a fall out of the New
Deal. 1t seems likely that the Virginia
delegation, like that of South Carolina,
will be uninStructed, or will support a
"favorite son candidate" which amounts
to the same thing.
The Farmer -Laborites out in Mime
sofa are playing around with the idea
of putting Farmer-Labor national
ticket in the field next November. Un-
like their proQreSSiye brethren in Wis