Evening star., 1928-03-07

revenge at ST. Joseph" The Davenport
Democrat tDemocraticl suggests. Per
haps the Reed chance is remote and
| desperate, but in the event OF another
deadlock who will say that Reeds case
| IS more hopeless than was that OF Cox.
/ with only part OF his own delegation TO
begin with. or John w. Davis, backed
| only BY West Virginia, or Warren c..
| Harding, about whom the country .n
| 1920 only knew that he had been elected
| a Senator in Ohio after having been
/ defeated for the goyernorShip?"
| The Charleston Evening Pest (inde-
| pendent Democraticl. referring 20 Ser
/ ator Reeds position that the para
mount issue will be honesty and virtue
IN the public administration. which. as
/ ne says truly. have not been very str;s-
| ingly illustrated during the past sever,
/ years" asserts: THAT the country is all
| stirred up about i. as Senator Reed
/ says .t IS, there IS need OF convincing
/ evidence There is pe-cso,tb.a
| 10 the average citizen not 50 much rs
a ripple on the surface OF a coaiplacsct
public, Senator Reed ought 10 tr-
them on prohibition and note the 6;f-
Terence IN reactions
Senator Reed bars prohibition from
Consideration" SAYS the New York
Times independent. because his con-
sistent Wet record IS embarrassing 10
him in dry States whose delegates he
| seeks. Other candidates would ignore
II II they could. n the hope OF attract
/ ing support from both sides. The brief
est survey ot the headlines IN any
| American newspaper publishing general
news diSpoSeS OF al this" Observing
| that Mfr. Reed urges the policy Of "e.,-
| phaSiZ!ng those principles on which
Democrats agree and ignoring. 50 far
| as possible. points OF disagreement" the
Kansas City Times tindependsnO
states; obviously the principle IS ere
which would be subjected to q severe
strain in campaign and might fan
20 stand up. But IL IS an a:,s1ip. 20
deal with a situation tha: actually
exists"
As 20 differences Of o2inioa. the s..
Joseph NswS-PrsSS tirdspendent>
quotes George Brennan .. Illinois ~
The effect that harmony usually Is
found III fullest flower III grayeyardS"
Recalling that Senator Reed has beer
much advertised as IN i;nplacah.e zoe
OF hypocrisy" the New York World ~
dependenp SAYS. re there were TWO
subjects on which Mr.. Reed seemed ~
have made his position perfectly clear
national prohibition act>" That uSpe<
points out thar hs spoke vecsatly ~
praise Of the achievements OF PrcSl-
dent wilson and il adds When q DEM
ocra: - A:;sorlS submitted 3 SCI cs
questions ~ him which by some odd
coinclderce rsaC2SSl ~ S;GeSgSp eveyy
truuoicSoEIe ksNiaI III cclaecti0N WisG
prohibition. Ne made \ statement. Ne
said IL he We're elected he would ap-
point officials and nldseS w,.c would en-
force the V>l$tea3 act 'liStlv ard faith
fully Ii other words, regardless oE
the romantic notions which his ea-
thusiaS;sc followers cherish ahcus h.a.,
Mr. Reed fails back III hcSGu,"
Well, We caat see HIM aS the noG.-
inee." states she Little Rlck Askau-
SaS Democrat ,DemSNcgaticN, and the
Columbia Record tpsGt><ra;lr> adds,
New MEXICAN pSSnccrat$ arc said IL
have appsaGCsc6 the Senator ard 10
have assured HIM thar IL Gov Ssu.tA
DOESN'T rt1sl, they might give Al.G y ASssd
AZ the Houston ccnNc0tiNa. IsrSec tS<>
circumstances Ne Shti,< ghas $ors ~
deal Is the hest that Senator EssG
$hoS,l3 expect yo MAKE" rhe ASSg-
deem Daily Word tRepualtca0N ecH~
cludeS that Reed Is y<scT ,}lSSe ~
the national thought Il re sgoasiNeS
that the people GlSappsove cf CS~c}.Cge
er his conduct cf ;sc Nasi0ss'S affairs"