Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

Herbert Hoover Is inundated with
campaign advice from we!l-wishers with
guaranteed methods of victory. The
counsel that reaches the Republican
nominee with the most persistence
nowadays is to conduct the same kind
of up-and -et-'em fight that Gov. Smith
is waging. It cmanates from tinid souls
who think the Democratic candidate S
western tour is burning up the prairles
and that the time has come when
Hoover must combat fire with fire. The
Californian's callers find him consist
emily deaf to such appeals. While
Hoover is constitutionally sensitive 10
personal attack, he cannot be budged
from his determination to ignore 1t. as
far as the campaign Is concerned. The
G. o. P. standard bearer is not addict
ed to swagger, and registers none In
these critical days Of the presidential
contest. But he wears the smile that
doesn't come of, reveals no outward
trace of strain, and conveys the impress
sion that his political fortunes are pros
pering. Hoover and Coolidge hold their
press conferences on the same days
Tuesdays and Fridays-and have ar
ranged non conflicting hours for them.
The confabs arc much Of the same type,
especially in unproductiveness. Like the
President, the nominee may not De
quoted without special permission. I'M
like Coolidge. Hoover doesn't require
written questions in sdvance.
Gov. Smiths big crowds and enthu-
siastic receptions in the West are now
b.ing compared with the rabble-rousing
william Jennings Bryan unfailingly
achieved during his perennial contests
The comparison comforts Republlcan
leaders. They recall that the Nebras-
kan's campaign mobs had an invaf1aoie
habit of melting away on election day.
Things are considerably different In
Smiths case. Bryan never cut so dcep-
Nv into regular Republican strength, es-
pecially among G.. o. P. leaders. as the
New Yorker is doing in various direc
tons this year. With many innuentlai
Republicans like Senators Norris oil Nc
braska and Blaine of wisconsin STUB
bornly withholding their, support from
the ticket, and with The normally Re
publican Western farm vote spit "4oc
omen. Gov. Smith is fortified as Bryan
,,ever was in any of his barren bids for
the presidency.
If George Moses. Republican, OF New
HAMPSHIRE, end Pat Harrison, Demo-
crat. of Mississippi. ss reported from New
York. are to mix it up in joint 1873
campaign debate, the fur will fly. They
are beyond all doubt the keenest rough
and tumble scrappers on their ieSpec-
| five sides of the Senate aisle. Each Is
q master of irony in invective, HARRISON
has the advantage of more sonoro,ls
voice and knows how to turn it loose IN
f1ashy fashion when failing the oppo-
sjtion. Moses has a genius for cynlclsm
and for crushing, sometimes with merely
a phrase. the strongest argument OF an
antagonist. If the two SOlons co gel
! together in a modern version OF the
Lincoln and Douglas duel they'll ex-
perjcnce a mutual difficulty, namely, to
| get mad" at each other. Oh-stage
they are bosom friends. like so many
opponents on Capitol Hill.
| y X X n
Borah is the radio star Of the cam
! pa!gn. Hoover is perSuasiveiy informa-
! tive. Smith Is interestingly force
full. But big Bill" really measures
I'D to the average mans idea OF what
| a presidential campaigner ought to be
! The Idahoan has done relatively little
broadcasting. He is now in the midst
of his first comprehensive experience
before the microphone, and is demon
strating that he has radio 1T" Borah's
voice booms over the wave lengths
with all the eloquent punch that char
acterizes his oratory lin person" on
the Senate floor. He's one OF the few
public speakers who trust themselves
| to extempore broadcasting. and UNI
doubtedly that has much to do with
his effectiveness At Tulsa. Okla, this
week Borah brought one of his heckleri
onto the air by reading aloud a query
sent to his hotel just before the meet
lne. Why are you regular this year.