Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13

With the presidential campaign Just
beginning. there has been to date
enough formal boiling Of prominent
figures from one major party TO an
other to inspire predictions that inc
1928 shiftings Of party allegiance Will
establish record for modern American
politics.
Never. except in the breakup Of the
old Fndcralist- Democratic lines. and III
the disintegration Of the Whig party
with the coming of the Republicans,
saws the Wichita Beacon tindepenoent
Republican,. has a campaign been SO
chaotic These should be interesting
times these next three months While
observing that $50 far there has been
fair amount of boiling, the Ne"
York Sun independently feels, now
ever that there is mot so much as the
country will see in years TO come as
Stunning that the two major parties con-
tinue to write platforms so nearly IKE
each other"
Democratic leaders in the South may
be somewhat concerned about the I'M
usual amount of boiling which Is being
done this year" states the Roanoke
World News independent Democratic)
But let them remember that the coun-
try today is normally Republican. by a
big majority: AL Smiths only chance
for victory lies in this little game OF
boiling Smith will lose a good many
boilers in the South. and this won't
affect the result. in the North, he will
gain as many. or more. and this may
play havoc with the usual Republican
ma iority in the electoral college
y X
The Springfield Union tRepublican>
however holds the view that Gov,
Smith would have to go farther in his
own state and in Massachusetts than
Hoover would have to go in States like
North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennes-
see But there is one important differ
ence to be considered" continues the
Union. In these Southern and border
States the Democratic vote Is much
more rigid than the Republican vote in
some of the Eastern States that Gov
Smith hopes TO win
A new situation is emphasized BY the
Kansas City Post independently with
the statement: MANY persons who
: faithfully 60 To the polls on election
dsy are heard to say that they will not
vote In November On the other hand
a host OF citizens who play golf on cleo
ton dav are planning TO register ms
wear IT is impossible to guess whether
| the 1923 presidential vote will be UNI
| usually heavy or unusually light. That
| is what makes the campaign interest
| ing" And the Haverhill Gazette tn-
! DEPENDENT believes that II nominees
campaign lis that of q winning candi-
! date differences Of opinion on ISSUES
will be forgotten In eagerness to be WIN
winner"
The criss crossing Of party lines TINS
| veaf," according to the Miami DAILY
| News tDemocratic). will probably be
more extensive than in any NATIONAL
campaign since 1896 Some leave their
| par ties because Of personal grievances
! More go because their parties happenec
| 10 go against some idea To which they
| are most senSitively attached. u mere
were not such changes. there would De
no use In holding elections. one eiec-
| ton. If nobody changed his nina
would do for all time"
The Santa Barbara dairy News
| tDemocratic), commenting Oh an appeal
| to break party lines in favor o. GOV
Smith, remarks, Party lines will be
badly disarranged. but the breaks will
not all be in places favorable To Tam"
many and its candidate. On the con
trary. the revolt Of the women in al
least half dozen States will be sur
ficient to turn the balance against
| Smith"
There Is a stirring under the poIiti'
cal terrain tho strata are shifting a.
never before in tWo-party race, &c
clares the New York Times tlndepend'
ent), adding When men OF the Me
Cormick or the Raskob type make pub
| lie proclamation OF their change 81
party allegiance 1t can he taken AS as-
Nlred that there are many hundreds oI
the same mind who do not speak out
This election should reveal curious dc
viations from form. and II Is rash
prophet who will predict The result
Referring 10 the prohibition question
and 70 the possible action BY Lhe vets