BORAH FOR PRESIDENT
TO SEEK NOMINATION
FIRST IN THE FIELD
WASHINGTON, February 4.
Senator Borah today became the first definite aspirant for the office now held by President Roosevelt, when he announced that he would actively contest for the Republican Presidential nomination and would seek a convention of delegates pledged to him in the Ohio primaries as the first step towards nomination.
So far Senator Borah's principal opposition appears to be from Governor Landon (Kansas) and Colonel Knox, proprietor of the Chicago "Daily News." Neither has definitely announced himself as a candidate, but both indicated that they would contest nomination. Eastern Conservatives are forming strong support for Governor Landon, even though he is a western man, and it appears likely now, according to political observers, that a bitter inter-party fight between Conservatives and Progressives will result, with the former backing Governor Landon and the latter Senator Borah. Support for Colonel Knox has not yet crystallised.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360206.2.113
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 13
Word Count
155BORAH FOR PRESIDENT Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 31, 6 February 1936, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in