Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-02

Smith fail to win his way to the White
House, there are those who believe that
Roosevelt would loom as Democratic
nominee for President in 1882.
Attorney General Ottinger is no nov
ice in New York politics He was the
sole Republican to be elected to a ma
jor State Office in the Democratic land
slide two years ago. He is popular and
he has made good record in the Office
of attorney general. He is generally
credited with driving out stock swim
dlers and thereby saving many millions
of dollars to New Workers.
In New York there is a huge Jewish
vote. In the section of the city where
they are strongest, all the talk is that
they will support Ottinger for governor
and Lehman. also Jew and the Demo-
cratic candidate for lieutenant COVER
nor If Ottinger gets the solid Jewish
vote plus the Republican strength up
State, he is very likely to be elected.
There is danger. however, that he may
be cut by some fthe upstate Republ-
cans and by some of the silk stocking"
crowd in New York. City who are
friendly to Roosevelt If Ottinger is
elected he will be the first Jew ever
to be chief executive of the Empire
State.
Bank on HOughton.
The Republicans in New York are
seeking to reclaim this year one of the
States two senatorShips, both OF which
are now held by Democrats.
They have nominated Alanson B.
Houghton, former United States AM
bassador to Great Britain and before
that Ambassador to Germany. He was
the first American Ambassador to Ger
many after the World War and he was
extremely popular in that country. Mr..
Houghton is opposing Senator Royal S.
COPELAND. Democrat.
Mr. Houghton is largely a name to
most Of the New York voters. They
have heard of him as American AM
bassador. They do not know him per-
sonally. He was a member of the
House before he was appointed to the
diplomatic service, but he was little
known outside of his own State. Sena-
tor Copeland. on the other hand, was
health commissioner of New York City
before he was elected Senator. He has
been IN this country while Mr.. Hough-
ton has been out of it for the last six
wears. Besides. Senator Copeland came
ont strongly for Gov. Smith for the
presidency and followed him into the
wet camp.
The Democratic Senator has been
campaigning aSsidouSly for months.
Mr.. Houghton did not return to this
country and get into the campaign I'M
til after he had been nominated for
Senator at the Republican State con-
vention the last of September. And even
now he has only just returned to New
York to take part in his own campaign
from the Middle West. where he went
in the interest of the Hoover candidacy.
It is no secret that in Missouri. Wis
Nebraska and other States
MANY rman-Americans have been
hostile to Mr. Hoover, on the theory
that his work as food administrator
during the war had something to do
with their discomfort in this country
The anti-Hoover propaganda was spread
widely among the German-American
by the Democrats. Mr. Hougton went
into the Midwest to tell the German
Americans that Mr.. Hoover had done
humane and great piece of work feed
ing the starving Germans after the
armistice was signed. He made sew
nral speeches while there, and if rumor
be correct, has persuaded Charles Nagle,
former Secretary of Commerce in the
Taft administration, to come out for
Mr.. Hoover. Mr. Nagle is one of the
most highly respected and influential
German Americans in the country His
word is expected to have much influ-
ence in st. Louis. where he lives, once
he has made an announcement for the
presidential candidate.
Quite naturally, the fortunes of the
candidates for governor and Senator are
bound up to a great degree with the