Evening star., 1937-01-20

term. although the pressure for him TO run
again may be strong. II Roosevelt is out 6
the picture in 1940-the presidential picture
the followers Of La Toilette. Of John L. Lewis
and others may balk ct casting their lot with
the Democrat picked by the party to succeed
the President. Or, II Democrat satisfactory
to La Toilette and Lewis is nominated. then
Democrats like Harrison Of Mississippi, Rob
inson Of Arkansas Glass and Byrd Of Virginia
and very many others may be unwilling to 60
along.
The Republican party, as q result Of the re-
cent elections, has Q tough road ahead Of It, It
was routed all along the Nne-except in Maine
and Vermont, which cast their electoral votes
for Landon and elected Republican members Of
Congress and Republican Governors. 1t is true
that Republican gains were made In Massa-
chusetts. where . Republican Senator. Henry
Cabot Lodge, jr., was elected to succeed Demo-
cratic Senator Marcus A. Coolidge and two
Republicans were chosen to I'LL seats In the
House occupied in the last Congress by Demo-
Gratis. The Republican National Committee
wound up the campaign with q big deficit.
which is now almost million dollars. The
campaign was expensive. for the national con1-sa
mittee spent seven or eight millions Of dollars.
The Democrats had plenty Of money, too, for
the national committee and the other COM
mittees working in the interest of Roosevelt.
although the aggregate was considerably below
that Of the Republicans. The huge spending
Of relief funds by the Democratic administra-
ton was not without its political effect. IN
fact, 1t had to do with the results Of the elec-
tion. It was inevitable that this should be 60.
Campaigning in 1885 began early. Former
President Herbert Hoover never issued q state
ment declaring he would not be Q candidate
for the Republican presidential nomination.
On the other hand. it was generally agreedsl
among Republicans-even among his own
friends-that Mr.. Hoover was not available
The field, therefore, was open. When the FIRST
OF the year rolled around. a group Of Gov Lam
don's friends headed by his classmates at the
University Of Kansas, was already hard at work
building him up for the nomination. There
were others. including Senator William T.
Borah Of Idaho and Col Frank Knox, publisher
of the Chicago Daily News Senator Borah
entered the campaign with the avowed inten-
ton OF hberalizing the Republican party and
eliminating "Old Guard" leadership. The Re
publican voters, he asserted, should have an
opportunity to register q preference for q pro-
gressive candidate. If they desired.
With this In mind the veteran Idaho Senator
entered most Of the presidential preferential
primaries In the States which hold such pri-
nnaries. including Ohio and Illinois Landon
held back His thought was that an active
campaign in these States. If he should win the
nomination at the national convention in june
would leave scars difacult to heal. COL Knox
entered few. including his own State, Illinois
HMM fact, with them against him-Senator
Borah made remarkable run. State after
State elected delegates to the national conven-
ton favorable to Landon. When the conven-
ton finally convened it was pretty clear that
nothing could stop the Kansans nomination.
The delegates from most Of the big Eastern
states were Tor Landon, and also the delegates :,
from many Of the Western States An attempt
TO form . coalition to stop" Landon at Cleve-
land died a-borning. Before the time for plae-
ing candidates in nomination for the presidency
arrived at the national convention there had
been agreement to stem aside Borah asad
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