The producers news., 1927-06-17
IN THE

,orrDcr is crowding Lind
I1. Ii off page one Of our daily
5srs' a-s o-l because Of his trip to
us' sPa31 Hills. Cal evidently fig
uad .D.. !. the anti-third termers by
answer he South Dakota resort
gong ~ ~sfter of fact the spot
b.. buy. 4 has been turned on him so
l-1 tbat where only a few east
Il,-'.'' and rival candidates were at
aa5.5 l. f9- 2 declaration Of hls pO-
15.I s. I'i intentions for 1928, several
T.,n . people are now deOating
El.-.2" .2a- tbev should have four more
eH'."- af fbe little yankee from the
s-ls Vermont. keeping cool with
l--5 lr-.r5ro~ the slogan that was so
e''-.lfl e'.-5ful in 1924, seems to have
s-''' nh of its magic as rival can
ls5, 80 rlan so many ways for max
lll- ., bot Cor Coolidge that he has
a7 ~ " refuge in the cold night
y - of South Dakota. But Cal
g--l5 '5 he clad that he has one man
sIr~ri7o sIo for a Coolidge third term
tbe pprson of H. L. Mencken. The
.-;,ie disDoses of the argument that
Wellington set the precedent
inst 4 third term in the follow
- wav: But what went on in
Wssbinqton's time is surely no safe
,nils 10 what ought to be done to-
5,y Washington was a Wine-bib-
i, and ran a still. Washington,
vben he observed a pretty girl, gave
nrbIie notice of the fact by manipu-
btnq his right eyebrow. Washing
In kent slaves. Washington was
N officer and gentleman. Alive
toiay. he would probably be in Jail.
n iail or not he'd certainly not be
n the White House." So the twen-
fy.ninth President of the United
states has reason to congratulate
himself when Mencken bellows:
"Viye le ROi"
While the third term controversy is
wagng in the republican ranks, Al
Smith seems to have an edge on all
tho rest Of them in the Democratic
Party. The Klan issue killed off his
principal opponent, w. G. McAdOO,
who is now reduced to the level of
ninth rate baclIw0Ods evangelist
bellering about booze. Macs only
hope to prevent al getting a two
thirds vote on the first ballot Of
tie Bourbon Convention would ap-
pear to be to inject Senator Walsh
into the scene. But the daughty
Teapot Dome Senator may not be
able to 90 as a delegate from his
own state to the Democratic COnven-
ton. He and Wheeler viii have the
time Of their lives to get the Jackass
party Of the Treasure State to send
them there. Senator Jim Reed is
the only contender against Smith
who seems to have a ghost of a
show. Reed has the 100000 fee he
received for defending Henry Ford
IN the SaDirO suit to round uD dele.
gates with and money talks in eth
er Of the old parties. But the willy
New Yorker has not been asleep al
the switch. He lined up the sOliC
south under the nose of Mac b.
Promising them fat federal jobs
And the flesh pots of Egypt out
weigh any religious prejudice tha
me Southemers might have for Al
1nances are that he viii hire a few
wizards and Kleagles of the Klan t.
round up the faithful for him o.
election day after he is nominated
Eeed would make the best candi
cate for President that the demo
Gratis could place in nomination bu
,ae International Bankers do no
forget his opposition to Presiden
y. wilson and the League of Nation,
world Court and other Joint enter
Tlses OF England and Wall Stree
Iney will knife Reed and favor tn
more dependable Smith.