Evening star., 1950-04-06
The Political Mil !
Kansas 6. O. P. Seen 7
United for Eisenhower

OutNCO WI 1tSSttIlVWCI
Belief Is Strong Thot 6enerol
Will Submit TO a 'Droft
By Gould Lincoln
Kansas Republicans are united In sup
port Of = presidential nomination for
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1852
and the belief is strong among them
that the general will submit to q
draft" That he would enter . cam
paign for = nomination. or conduct such
campaign. is another matter. They
doubt he would do 80,
Gen. Eisenhower remains the whise
hope Of . lot Of Republicans throughout
the country-despite his disavowal Of
politics. At the same time. some of
these Eisenhower boosters are quick 70
admit that should Senator Taft OF Ohio
~in reelection next November by a wide
margin, the Ohio Senator and his FRIENDS
would be in there fighting for a Taft
nomination for President and his
chances would be exceedingly good.
As one Of them put 1t: IF Taft can
win in big way in Ohio. against the
tremendous influence Of the White
will be lined up against him-then he
could be expected to win in many other
States and move into the White House
Ohio has big industrial population as
well as rural. The one argument that has
oeen used against Senator Taft--by
Republicans-as presidential candidate
has been that he could not win. Should
he demonstrate great vote getting ahil-
tiles in the November election. this arsu-
ment will fall to the ground. and Taft
because OF his great abilities and char
acter will be the choice of a very large
number of Republicans"
State Nomination Fight
Kansas Republicans at present-no
matter how well they are united for
Eisenhower whom they look on as one
OF their own-are locked in a brisk bat
tie over gubernatorial and senatorial
nominations. At bottom 1t is a fight by
former Gov. ALI Landon. the Republican
presidential nominee in 1895, to regain
a large measure OF control in party mat
ters. The Landon ticket is Harry
Colmery for the Senate nomination and
Willard Mayberry for Governor OPP
posing this ticket. with the backing of
Senator Harry Darby. Republican ma
tional committeeman. are Gov. Frank
Carlson. candidate for Senator. and Ed
Arm. candidate for Governor.
Mr.. Colmery is Topeka attorney and
former National Commander Of the
American Legion. He has never been
elected to public office. Mr.. Mayberry
OF Elkhart-in the western end OF Kan
sas-was years ago secretary to
Gov. Landon. There Is third candidate
%4r
Gov. Carlson was member of the
House and before he was elected Cover
nor. and as q member of the Ways and
Means Committee was instrumental in
bringing about the pay-as-you-go sys-
tenn OF income tax paying (the withhold
ing tax -so-called. Gov. Carlson Ii
regarded as strong as horse radish
throughout the State and Is expected
to win. In the race for the gubernatorial
nomination, Judge Arm who was twice
elected attorney general and more re-
Gently was appointed to the State SUI
preme Court by Gov. Carlson, is given
the edge. He is q veteran of the second
World War. II It. Gov. Hagaman with-
draws from the contest. as he may do,
Judge Arm Is expected to defeat MIR.
Mayberry.
The factional feud. between Messrs.
Landon and Darby. is not new. The
most serious break between the two
occurred two years ago. when Mr.. Lam
don declared for the denomination Of
the veteran Senator Capper. and Mr..
Darby backed Senator Schoeppel. Mr..
Capper eventually withdrew. and Mr..
Schoeppel was elected. A fight over the
Kansas delegation to the COP national
convention-which elects the national
ommitteeman-ensued. Mr.. Darby was
supported by Of the IL delegates and
was reelected national committeeman.
Kansas Democrats believe they may
have a chance next fall because OF the
Republican row. The Sunflower State
is 80 strongly Republican-the COP
holds about IS per cent Of State and
county ofices-that q Democrat has 4
chance in q Statewide fight only when
the Republicans fall out. There has been
4 suggestion that the Democrats will
nominate Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark.
Treasurer Of the United States, for Sena-
tor, but 1t is said Mrs. Clark IL not
likely to run. She Is q woman OF charm
ing personality and IL widely known in
the State-and she might make . more
formidable candidate than Carl v. Rice.
Democratic national committeeman. or
Assistant Postmaster General Paul
Aiken, both Of whom are candidates.
Kenneth Anderson Of Emporia has been
announced for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Governor.