The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-11-01
PRESIDENTIAL
BOOMS WILL
BURST IN NY.
Futures of Miller and
Hearst Involved
by MARK SULLIVAN

ing on the next presidency of the
United States.
If the Republican candidate, Nathan
l. Miller, is elected next Tuesday, it
won't be "a hours before all the little
beginnings of a presidential boom In
his behalf will be under way. Little
local politicians In Ohio and Kansas
will be starting MILLER for President"
clubs. and hundreds of forwardIook-
ing patriots will be competing to get
on record as the first man who sug-
gested Miller for President. Especial
ly will this be true If it should turn
out that at the same time Miller is
carrying New York President Hard
ings home state Of Ohio should go
against the Republicans.
Incidentally, If Ohio should go back
on President Harding by electing a
Democratic senator, and at the same
time the neighboring and in ordinary
times, equally doubtful state of India
ma should be saved for the Republicans
by Senator Beverfdge, that combina-
ton of results also would give rise to
some interesting currents looking to-
wards the next Republican presiden-
tial nomination.
Competent Government.
But even in any combination of re-
suits in the various states next Tues
day, one sure thing is that Governor
hl1s to- 49, ~k,l L.
a very tall presidential tree of the
ton remarkably. The field in which
he has made his record, the impress
sion he has made on the people, Is
one of marked su ,ss in reducing
governmental expenses, and by ef-
ficiency and economy making things
q little less desperate for the bedeviI-
ed taxpayer. In this respect Miller is
the most competent governor now In
Office in any state. And this question
of efficiency. economy and lower taxes
is going to be- very much to the
front during the next two years.
Hearst's Ambitions Involved.
It is not only Miller and the Re-
publicans whose fortunes in respect
to the next presidency are effected
by this New York election. In an
equally certain, though rather more
obscure way, Hearst's ambitions for
the next Democratic presidential nom
ination are involved. Hearst tried IL
get this Democratic nomination either
for himself or for his friend Hylan.
He failed because OF the implacable
opposition of the man who hates
Hearst more, and ventures to give
forth right expression of his hate
more spontaneously, than any other
one of the quite considerable number
of enemies Hearst has accumulated
in the course of lifetime rather un
commonly crowded with acrimony.
Hearst was prevented from getting
or controlling this Democratic guber
natorial nomination by Al Smith, in
order TO beat Hearst. Smith had to
take the nomination himself although
he didn't particularly want it Hearst
Il trefore has had to face dilemma
which must be excessively annoying tc
a man as accustomed as the publisher
is to having what he wants and going
his own way, regardless of all consid
Grafton outside his own whimsical
fancy.
Hearst VS.. Smith.
If AL Smith Is elected he will largely
COQITOl the D6uOCIdLiC party III lhS
state, and will be able to prevent
Hearst from getting the delegates Of
this state TO the next Democratic pres
idential convention. If Smith is de
feated. Hearst can then say, Il tolC
you So and be in position to make
another effort to dominate the New
York Democracy. looking to 1924 ant
the presidency.
But if Smiths defeat should come
about through Hearst; if Hears
should attack Smith, the New Yorl
Democrats would never forgive him.
b In this embarrassing complexity o.
, menacing forces. Hearst has decided
to support Smith, in a fashion. HI
has refrained from bolting: he has no
started or threatened to start thirC
party; and in a manner of speaking hi
is supporting Smith. But one observes
that today, less than a week from thC
end of fairly exciting campaign, the
editorial pages of Mr.. Hearst's pape
are devoted to such earnest and up
lifting topics as How TO succeed" ant
"Miscropes and Movies"
Smiths Chances of Winning
AS between Miller and Smith, th,
outcome next Tuesday depends OF
how large vote Smith will roll up il
New York City. If Smith gets wha
might be called a regular Democrati
majority in New York City he vii
win. A regular Democratic majorit.
in New York City would be anywher
from 500, 900 to $4,000.
The Republicans claim that Smitl
will not get this. They talk defec
tions with Tammany and point to tn
lukewarmness of Hearst's support
The present writer, however. canno
see any convincing reason why Smitl
should fail TO get a very large major
ity in New York City. He is immense
ly popular among the rank and file o
the Democratic party workers. On
learns TO judge things by variation
in the psychology and manner of pa1
ty leaders when they talk Of futur
election results; and to the writer l
has seemed that the Democratic lead
= ers, when they talk among themselve
and forecast upward of 100000 70
Smith in New York City have a littl
more the air of sure-footed confidence
of knowing where they stand, than tn
Republican leaders have when the
predict ss.-(Copyright, 1922, by tn
New York Evening Post, Inc.)