Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-04

No set OF Democrats is happier over
the nomination of AL Smith than the
Woodrow Wilson old guard. Its men,
| bers feel that Gov Smiths election to
the presidency would bring the United
! States nearer to cooperation with the
| League Of Nations than anything which
has happened since the Senate refused
| to ratify the treaty of Versailles. The
reasoning Is that Smith Is the first
Democratic presidential nominee since
the war, who.lhas behind him the united
support Of American citizens OF Irish
extraction. It is these who have been
the stubbornest opponents of American
entry into the League. Even the ad-
hesion OF the Irish Free State to the
Geneva organization has not reconciled
Irish Americans TO the international
ideals OF Woodrow Wilson. AL Smith
| Is a confirmed pro-Leaguer. He Is also
heart and soul for the World Court.
| Smith insisted upon World Court
| plank In his last gubernatorial plat
form. Wilsonians read the Wilsonian
| touch In Smiths message to the Hous-
ton convention when he said that 1.-The
| divine command to love they neighbor
was intended to apply as between
nations"
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This. Is necessarily story without
name attachable to It, There's a
| certain politician who adorns one of
the great parties and who at one time
| year of Hoover and Smith. A brother
statesman, just returned from the
scene Of hostilities In the Southwest.
was asked why hadn't let his
name be put forward for the presi-
| Dental nomination. oh" was the re-
ply. hes paraphrased Henry Clay and
says he'd rather be tight than be
President"
! With an all-Western ticket and Its
| two chief campaign managers taken
from the Western side OF the Missis-
| sippi the q. o. p. gives many students
OF politics the impression that 1t is
going to concentrate the bulk of its
fire In States beyond the Aileghenies.
Hoover, Curtis. Work and Good all
have their political roots In the open
spaces, with relatively few contacts in
the East. There will, Of course be an
Eastern campaign, with seasoned lead
ers like Senator Moses OF New Hamp-
shire In charge. but all the signs point
TO the West as the region in which
the Republicans will expend their
| greatest effort The Democrats will
be found training their heaviest guns
on the East and South, although
they're talking of hopping up 30 or IS
electoral votes In four or Ave corn
belt States like South Dakota. Wis
consin Is the Middle Western common
wealth OF which Democrats are think
ing confidently.
Both parties this year are going to
make special effort 10 get out the
indian vote In the half-dozen or more
States In which there are reservations
or large Indian communities, II there's
men, the Republican ticket ought TO be
the main beneficiary. and Charley"
Curtis Is the man principally respon-
sible for II. In the year 1924 bill
passed the House of Representatives
whereby citizenship would be conferred
uuon any Indian who applied for It,
When the bin reached the Senate, Cur
It's of Kansas brought about an amend
ment which automatically bestowed
citizenship upon Indians. The Kaw
statesman won the undying gratitude
OF oil the people Of his blood Out
In Oklahoma, which has a large In
dian population, they're already say
ing that Democratic hopes OF carry
ing that doubtful border State have
gone glimmering because of the deter
rnination OF the Indians To get behind
1.-The Red Man running for Vice prcsi-
dent on the Hoover ticket. The League
of Women Voters expects TO resume It's
campaign OF political education among
Indian women this Summer and Fall,
4 u
Senator Jim" Reed will not wait for
the presidential campaign to open later
In the season. but Is about TO roll up
his sleeves and take the warpath In
Missouri without delay There Is a
hot Democratic senatorial primary there