Evening star., 1955-01-15
The Political Mil
The Political Mil
Presidents Usually Pick
Their Running Mates
And Eisenhower Indicates
He Is Purtiui TO Nixon

And Eisenhower indicates
He Is Purtiui TO Nixon
BY Gould Lincoln
The recent series Of attacks on Vice
President Nixon are calculated to raiS6
the question Of his availability for re.
nomination to run with President
Eisenhower In 1856. The President was
elected In 1852 with aid of many Demos
cratic and independent votes. II he is
to be reelected next year. he must
again have many of these Democrats
and independent votes. A running mate
who has become as irritating to Demos
Gratis as red rag to bull. it is sugA
gested, win not be an asset to the
Republican national ticket. So say
friends Of Mr.. Nixon. the Democrats
are attempting to pour 1t on: to makB
the Vice President symbol Of Demos
cratic hate. =
II the Democrats are counting on the
sidetracking of Dick Nixon. however,
they are dancing on mighty thin air.
Vice presidential candidates are named
either by Presidents or nominees for
the presidency. Since that is the ease.
Mr.. Nixon appears to be safe. II Mrs
Eisenhower is a candidate to succeed
himself. The President has come
staunchly to the defense Of the Vics
President, expressing his confidence in
the loyalty and patriotism OF Mr.. Nixons
He said he. himself. considers DenoS
Gratis and Republicans equally loyal
to the country and that Mr.. Nixon had
assured him he, Mr.. Nixon, took tho
same view. What Mr.. Nixon has dones
during the campaign. was to discuss
mistaken softness of Democratic leaders
toward the Reds. He had not called
Democrats either traitors or disloyals
This is borne out even by the so-caled
chamber of Smears," set up by the
Democratic National Committee, with
many quotations from Mr.. Nixon's cams
paign speeches Mr.. Nixon is described
in these Democratic exhibits as the
all-American boy demagogue."
Approved by Eisenhower.
Mr.. Nixon was picked for the vice
presidential nomination in 1852, after
Mr.. Eisenhower had been. nominated.
with the approval of Mr.. Eisenhower,
His nomination placed on the Repub-
lican national ticket Republican Sem
ator from a key State. California. HAf
had been overwhelmingly elected t0s
the Senate in 1850. In that year he
ran against fellow member Of theE
House Of Representatives, Mrs. Heleiy
Gahagan Douglas. In the 1856 CAM
paign California will again be q key
State. Mr. Nixon has been given inf-s
portant jobs to do by the President
among them a good win tour which
took him to many countries of the East.
He is about to start another such trip
to Central America and the island re-
publics in the Caribbean Sea. And
during the 1854 congressional camae
paign Mr.. Nixon spent weeks on the.
stump and was heartily congratulated
by the President for his work.
Since the days Of Grover Cleveland
vice presidential candidates in both po-
litical parties have been the choices.
Of the presidential nominees with few
exceptions. One of the exceptions was
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, nom-f
mated to run with Warren G. HardingS
at the Republican National Conventions
OF 1920. The Republican leaders who
had picked Harding for President-rillr
selected the late Senator Lenroot off,
Wisconsin for Vice President. The con-
vention revolted, however, and putt
Coolidge then Governor of Massachuss
sets, in second place on the q. 0. p
ticket. ID
The late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt got Speaker John N. Garnets
of Texas as running mate as the resi
suit of deal which turned Gamers
Texas and California delegates over to
Roosevelt for the presidential nominal,
tion. After that, however Garner was,
Roosevelt's choice for Vice President in
1886. When Roosevelt decided to run
for third term. Garner would not go.
along with him. Roosevelt's choice for.
Vice President was his Secretary OF Ag-
riculture Henry A. Wallace-and WAL,
lace got 1t. Four years later, Roosevelt
ditched Wallace and took Senator
Harry s. Truman. Roosevelt had been.
told that Wallaces nomination would
lose him votes. d.
Three Died in Office. ~
From the days Of Cleveland to the
present, three Vice Presidents have died.
in Office. They included ClevelandH
first Vice President. Thomas A. Hem
bricks Mr.. Cleveland had as his second
Vice President Adlai e. Stevenson,
grandfather of the present Adlai. Gar-
ret A. Hobart, Vice President with Me-,
Kinley died short time after his
election. and when Mckinley ran again
his running mate was Theodore Rooset'
welt. William Howard Taft's Vice Presi-
dent, James S. Sherman Of New York.
was renominated with Taft in 1912.
but Sherman died October 80, short
time before the election. The Republi-
can National Committee substituted
the late Nicholas Murray Butler. presi-
dent Of Columbia University. Woodrow
Wilson had Thomas r.. Marshall as
running mate in 1912 and again In 1915.
Herbert Hoover's Vice President was
Charles Curtis, elected in 1928. He was
Hooyer,s running mate in 1882
It seems. therefore, in the cards that
Mr.. Nixon will be the choice for tho
vice presidential nominee II Mr.. Eisens
hover runs In 1856. The President u
loyal to his friends Further, II Mr.
Nixon were side tracked there would
be real struggle Of ambitious per.
sonalities on the Republican side. Also
II viii be remembered that the people
60 to the polls TO elect, first Of ALL q
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