Evening star., 1928-03-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC gILLl4N EILE.

Within four months both Republican
and Democratic nominees for President
WILL be In the field but at this writing
excitement and enthusiasm are CON-
Spicuous by their absence. Even Wash
ington, where politics is the breath Of
life, is apattetic. Perhaps it'll be pos
Slble to whoop things up after March
l3. when New Hampshire holds the first
primary election Of convention dele
gates Psychology has It's value III pol
itcS, as III everything else, IL Senator
George H. Moses can swing the Granite
State into line for Hoover. the Com
meyce chiefs band wagon Will ee oi. u
running start. North Dakota elects
convention delegates ON March "a. and
on April > Michigan declares State
choice for President, With Senator
James CouTnS and Henry Ford, both
out for Hoover, the Wolverine deiega-
t,on should be we'll within his grasp.
The advent Of Spring may awaken The
country Ia the iact that l9-S Is
presidential year.
pppllar diaintrrestcdueSS Is Uudeuht-
edly ,i,ic, in large degree. IL lack ~ Aa
issue that sharply divides the parties.
IT'S dltiiCuit NOW IL conceive ~ one
cap,ble OF generating rcd-oIorded par
ti>anShip. The Republicans and the
Democrats afe each spht uo1Tn WAYS
on prohibstton The tarld may nave
been a rip-Suoftius bone cf contention
30 wears as,. but men and Women Won |
rixnt about II nowadays The League
Of Nations ana the World Court woA'H
have To be re~lamls'd into new hic nS
main force OH and corruption We're
rrd-hot issues III 1894 but kut tue
Democrats nowhete. With every nnut
that masses. the certainty increases tnat
men NOT matters, viii he the Vtos>
over which the parties WilI realty "S,'S
and wage their warfare thlS th'", ~
Smith. of course. VIII Nc iNat1"" w
himself, II he emergeS It,Nn the fsN.Ss',"
hustiltties aS the DenHttatiS S'""us'"
hsarrr No matter what manner OF
MARTY prlnelptrS smith Mefe ASKED W
rSpousr the campaign for aud against
him would center. IL thc e\rMShH' "'
ali else. on the ,uan Smithi'eS h'St ie
battle cn that issue,
Washlnstcn politicians " All Mics a'V
immensely Interested III the na@e-"r
,f the TatuuianV delegation Whi'h WI
trprrStnt New Work. t'tN> - 'WsN"
>tnnal districts at tiHuston, All tAT
classes ATE Comprised IN Ii. NJ com"
vvutl,u &pakcan,ru we'e ever NoN'NS"
with 81 srrupuln,,s saIr the NN'pN@S
Ia tn paye the way f,H Snsha a> Iat IN
p,,Ss,hlr siouthernetS, tHf T>a'nps''
have been inat an the delegation MN
Charles Dana Ulhs,,n, who Mas lans"
h,tne vt Ntretnta NotWan II iA\is,
f,rmer ttdersetretaiN W state, whe
halls fsum Iennessee, Ntatsr NVHdtM
Hattie, a Nasth Catosiutau, AMI iNS~
t,itt Attorney laah II. hanson native
'r.>au A Protestant Eptstopal ettsN~
man. Rev Raiph ler,ts Walker, r"StV
nt St Slue,,us. will sit rm ue dS,tsas
ton alongside Arthur !, baldwin a
pgnminent Methodist aud MaA,u, Sena'
tats Copeland aud WaSnes. iamtnAnN~
ties hoth, werv lett on the ManhAtian
,teleEate slate >sssttsc ~ tive sentN
saenatn'S ttiendS think his ciniashu h
a sign that ttnv, si,mth has ,ert,ttd t.
retire the dnrtat ~etatSAnau wmNs tan-
gteasianal term explrca iu 1890,
Wallace Il tau.nstan gt',eynuT Vt
Hawaii, Mho - maAing hss >em, annual