| Show FORGOTTEN N MAN president elect roosevelt did not have john narce car garner in mind when he injected the forgotten man into the campaign but though he may not have known it that is the role mr garner probably 5 destined to fill alvic as vice president of the united states because of the character of the office few vice pre presidents escape comparative oblivion during their term 0 of f office j f they area are a sor sort t of pinch b hitter i t ter who is is never hever called into alje game gaine his election did not re represents presenta promotion for mr garner it relegates him to a lower position in every respect save that of social ere cre than he ha held for many years As speaker of the house he wielded power second only to that of the president preside nf even as minority leader of the house before the democrats won control of that body a year ago he had long been a more imp important dutant political personage than he will be as vice president vi vice cepres ce pres presidents dents are forgotten men their names are not readily recalled while they are in office and are soon forgotten after they leave office though they preside i ove over r the senate they wield little power and decide nothing except in t the he e event v ent of a tie vote od on some measure seldom has the office proved a stepping stone to the presidency except in the event of the death odthe of the president Dres ident j originally the residential candidate receiving the second largest number of votes became vice president john adams and thomas jefferson rase rose from the vice ciresi denev to the presidency under that system but it was abol i dished when jefferson and burr received an emual number of elen abrial votes since then van buren who owed I 1 his alls ele elevation to jsckson jackson has been the president to rise rise higher without owing his advancement to the death of the president |
