Evening star., 1944-06-29
COP Ticket Recalls !
Old Days, Says Writer
New York-Midwestern Balance
Seen in Dewey.B Bricker Choice

New York -Midwestern Balance
Seen in Dewey.Bricker Choice
BY Dapid Laurence
CHICAGO, June 29--Whatever gap
there was between the delegates and
Gov. Dewey before he addressed thera
was bound to be removed by the per-
sonal appearance Of the nominee him
self. For months he has been tho
silent candidate. Today he Is articulatel
The delegates like theiS ticket. Two
Republican Governors from two popu-
lous and pivotal States are the
standard bearers. For the first time in
many years the nominees are from
New York and Ohio It's like the
earlier years Of Republicanism when
to qualify as nominee an aspirant had
to win his spurs in local ofice east of
the Mississippi.
Thus in 1928 when Herbert Hoover
OF California was nominated, he had
never run for public ONCE before. In
1896 when ALI I.andon was named, the
ticket was composed Of Kansas and
Illinois nominees. In 1910, Wendell
Willkie, who had never been elected
to public ONCE, won the nomination.
Return to Custom.
The 1914 ticket is a return to the
custom whereby New York and a Mid
western State balanced the ticket. It
used to be either Ohio or Indiana or
Illinois, plus New York. The bulk Of
the Republican votes are centered in
these States and the return to control
Of the Republicans in the New York
and Midwestern areas is in line with
the trend.
For the average man hardly realizes
the extent to which the Republicans
today control the Northern States.
There are 26 Republican Governors.
which means that out Of the 36 North
ern States, the Republicans have more
than two-thirds. This is going to count
heavily in the campaign because the
Republican Governors have built up
the party strength considerably In their
respective localities and there will be
little chance for doubtful registrations
of migrating voters
The delegates did about what was
expected, except that they did like Gov.
Warren Of California and would surely
have nominated him for Vice President
had he consented. His decision not to
accept the nomination, II offered, was
due to the local situation in California
where there was fear that Gov. War
ren's withdrawal might cause the State
to be turned over again to socialistic ele-
ments In the next election. Also Gov.
Warren just couldn't afford the Vice
Presidents job. He has several chill
dren and didn't think he could educate
them and meet the heavy expenses Of
Washington life.
Bricker Natural Choice.
Gov. Bricker was q natural choice.
The delegates liked him 50 much that
had there been preliminary convention
in January he might today have been
at the top of the ticket. For Mr.. Dewey
doubtless would not have sought the
nomination and would not have particle
pated in any preliminaries.
1t would be novel thing but an effec-
tive addition to the party system If the
presidential candidates were required
to lay their views as to prospective party
ISSUES before the delegates in January
preceding the national convention. The
democrats used to have something like
this when all prospective nominees were
invited to the jackson Day dinners, but
since the Democratic party has become
or1e-man affair the custom has been
suspended
The platform adopted here is, in the
main, progressive. The Republican
party has for the time being welded
together its internationalist and nation
alist wings The common opponent, of
course. is Mr.. Roosevelt and to elimi-
nate him both wings are willing ia
suppress the urge to criticize the plat
form plank on foreign policy.
As for Wendall Willkie, If he expects
to stay in politics and make q bid for
the 194S nomination in the event that
Mr. Dewey is defeated this time, the
chances are he will announce his SUD.
port OF and campaign vigorously for the
Dewey-Bricker ticket If he doesn't
he will have to do his fighting on the
outside and forsake any opportunity
for another Republican nomination,
Those are the rules of the political
game. Mr.. WILKES supporters, many
OF whom have had part in the councils
OF the party, expect him to go along
with the Dewey Bricker ticket.
One thing is certain, the Republicans
have harmonious party strategy. The
nominees and platform will surely hold
the Republican votes, but it remains to
be seen whether the independents and
the Democrats In a sufficient number
will be lured away from the no. change
1n-war argument which Is to be the
whole Roosevelt campaign.
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