Evening star., 1937-11-07
G. G.O.P.EYES DEWEY
AS HOPE FOR 1910
New York's RaCkets Buster
Might Head Ticket If
Governor in 1888.
BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

CHICAGO. Nov. 6.-Thomas E.
Dewey, racket buster and smasher of
political machine rule, is a star of
hope in the eyes of large majority
of the members of the Republican
National Committee, in session here
Friday and today.
They see in the newly elected dis
trict attorney of New York County
a Moses to lead the G. o. P. out
OF the wilderness. At the same time
they qualify their optimism with a
reflection that he must advance q step
further up the ladder Of political fame
before he can aspire to the topfnost
rung.
IF he is elected Governor of New
York in 1888" said Representative
Joe" Martin OF Massachusetts, chair
man of the Republican Congressional
Committee, nothing can keep Mr..
Dewey out Of realm of serious con-
sideration for the presidential nomina-
ton in 1910"
There you have it. II Dewey makes
good in his present job and Republic
ans nominate him and elect him
Governor-whether it be in 1888 or in
l940-the Republicans believe he
would have good chance for the
presidency-in 1910 or 1914.
Man of Great Appeal.
AS between three New Yorkers.
elected in the municipal contests last
Tuesday, Mayor La Guardia, Dewey
and Representative-elect Bruce Bar
ton, the members of the national COM
mittee pick Dewey as the man with
the greatest appeal He is young.
He is virile. He has captured the
imagination of the rank and file of
the voters far outside of New York
City. If he does not stub his toe.
the committee men-and women-be-
lieve he will have something to offer
to the people.
They think of Mr.. Dewey as a liberal
and not too radical Republican, who
has continued to stress his Republic
anism, despite the fact that he ran
on a Fusion ticket in New York City.
They visualize him as a smasher of
the political organization In Man.
haitian, where the machine has been
dominant. They believe the voters
will be glad to see him tackle the
machine which has been erected ma
tionally under the guiding hand of
Jim" Farley, chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
How about Mayor La Guardia for
Governor of New York and then Pres
ident on the Republican ticket" men,
bers OF the national committee were
asked.
The immediate reaction and answer
OF the committeeman was What's the
matter with Dewey?"
La Guardia's Views Questioned.
Despite the fact that William Allen
White, the sage of Emporia," has
more or less pinned the Republican
nomination on Mr.. La Guardia. the
Republicans here don't take much
stock in him as Republican standard
bearer. They feel that as an open
Roosevelt New Dealer he used the
Republicans of New York to become
mayor a second time and that the
Republicans of New York used him
TO smash not only old Tammany but
also the newly developed Roosevelt
Farey machine In the greater city.
II Mr.. La Guardia Is to be q presi-
Dental candidate the Republicans see
him as leading a new labor party or
some other more radical third party.
fhe Republican National COMMITTEES
woman from Kansas, Mrs. Ralph A.
Harris, did not take 4, shine to the
William Allen White suggestion about
Mr.. La Guardia, nor did Z lot of
other Republicans from the Western
States. But Mrs. Harris is one of
those who is giving lot of thought to
Mr.. Dewey as possibility.
Col. r. B. Creager OF Texas, before
he left here today, speaking of Mr..
Dewey, said "Mr. Dewey seems to be
the most promising possibility for 1910.
OF course, he will have to develop
more strength and should be elected
Governor of New York to make him =
more national figure"
Dewey appears to be . suitable
candidate" commented Daniel E.
Pomeroy Of New Jersey. "He is young,
vigorous and outstanding in his Re-
publicanism.'
Henry P. Fletcher Of Pennsylvania
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