Evening star., 1938-07-10
BARKLEY LOOMS
AS 40 PROSPECT
Presidential Ticket Bid by
New Deal Hinted in
~. Roosevelt Praise.
~ the Associated Press.


Senator Barkley's chances of receiv-
Ing White House favor in 1910 for .
place on = New Deal-sponsored presi-
DENTAL ticket bounded upward In the
political speculation books rs the re-
Suit Of President Roosevelt's invasion
It Kentucky.
The very enthusiasm with which
tlae President stressed his majority
eader's Senate seniority and his long
legislative experience in national af-
fairs invited this Interpretation. It
carried an undertone of suggestion to
Kentucky Democrats that they might
ee picking more than a Senate NOM
tnee or even a Kentucky favorite son
Tor 1910 presidential nomination hon.
ors when they decide August between
Senator Barkley and Gov. Happy"
Chandler.
The Barkley 1910 boom has been q
definite. If seldom mentioned, element
IN the 1898 campaign from the start
His intimat8 in Washington have no
doubt that he hopes for Roosevelt
favor In 1910. either to head a New
Deal ticket or to replace Vice Presi-
dent Garner AS the Roosevelt running
mate in the event that a third-term
drive develops.
Election Would Spur Move.
It goes without saving that his VIC
tory IN the Kentucky primaries would
mean the immediate inception of 4
moro active Barkley boom for 1940
Gov. Chandler. If he were to win,
would be less certain Of being offered
as Kentucky's 1910 Democratic gift to
the Nation.
President Roosevelt is believed to be
still far from a decision as to whether
he will run again in 1910, and also
as to whom he will support for party
leadership If he does not Much polit-
ical water must flow under the bridge
before that decision can be reached.
Yet the President aided the Barkley
boom definitely, and in effect under
took to obtain in Kentucky q New
Deal-dominated delegation to the next
Democratic National Convention.
A good case for second place for
Senator Barkley on a third term
Roosevelt ticket can be made from the
White House point of view. There
have been rumors that Vice President
Garner has told friends he intended
to retire. His name runs through sos-
sip as rallying center for anti
New Deal Democrats of the South
and elsewhere to head up Roosevelt
party opposition two years from now;
but this is not with Mr.. Garner's con-
sent. 20 far as is known. He was
virtually drafted In 1886 to remain in
the field against his will.
Midsectional Advantage.
A Kentucky teammate for Mr..
Roosevelt in 1910. if he runs again,
could bid both for Southern and Mid
die Western support. The close atten-
ton Mr.. Roosevelt is giving to the
South. both in party primary contests
and in long-range planning activities
accents the possibility that border
State man like Senator Barkley will
figure in the New Deals 1910 ticket
making efforts.
Senator Barkley.s defeat for renom-
ination, in the face of the unprece-
dented Endorsement the President has
given him, would be = severe blow to
Roosevelt party prestige. 1t would tip
the party primary scales against him
also because the administration could
feel no certainty of Z New Deal Ken
lucky delegation pledged to its cause.
In 1910. A Ch.Nldler favorite-son role
that year would comphcate the out
look for the President further, and
that outlook is already highly COM
plicated. although less than a third
OF the primaries have been run of.
As students of politics read the
signs. score sheet on what has hap
pened already in Democratic primaries
or by action Of State Democratic
leaders would indicate whole troop
Of 1910 Democratic favorite sons or
Independent State delegations in the
convention. Florida Is about the only
State. among those which lave de-
clared themselves thus far, on which
the New Dealers can count with rea-
sonable certainty.
Third Term View Uncertain.
In the major States which have
made their tickets, like Illinois. Iowa,
Pennsylvania, events have shaped TO
make the attitude Of Democratic
State organization leaders toward =
Roosevelt third term. or toward any
candidate the President might sup
port, highly uncertain. A Mississippi
favorite son declaration for Senate.
Harrison is in prospect. A drive to
win the presidential nomination Cor
Paul v. McNutt, high commissioner to
the Philippines. is getting up steam in
Indiana. Senator Clark of Missouri
will blossom in another favorite-son
role after his expected denomination
In August.
An effort to readjust this balance
Of 1910 portents in Kentucky, Okla
homa. California and elsewhere is in
dicated clearly in President Roose-
velt's present campaign swing His
success or failure in molding party
tickets along the way is apt to have all
important influence on party affairs
In vitality important electoral States
like New York, New Jersey and Others
from coast to coast, where the 1898
campaign preliminaries reach their
peak in late August and September.