Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-14
Walsh Boom Seen as McAdOO
Strategy to Keep Out Smith

Notwithstanding generally expressed
admiration for Senator Thomas j.
Walsh OF Montana. large section Of
the press refuses to view his candi-
dacy for the Democratic presidential
nomination as anything except a part
of the strategy Of the forces led by
william @. McAdoo seeking to prevent
the nomination of Al Smith.
Among the newspapers which do see
the possibility of serious swing to the
Montana Senator, the Utica Observer
Dispatch independently holds that If
| he makes a good showing in the Call
fornia primaries and some Of the other
Western States, his record as an OPP
ponent Of political corruption. as well
as his stand for prohibition enforce
ment. may well make a strong appeal
| to the convention and to voters" The
| Charleston Evening Post independent
Democratic) adds. He has appeal TO
| the imagination as well as recommen-
dalton to the confidence Of the public.
and he would make a formidable. and
might be q triumphant. candidate
against a Republican of the conven-
tional type"
1T probably means doom and de-
feat for Mr.. Smith," says the Shreve-
port Journal (Democraticl, and the
Savannah Press tDemocratic) finds
approval in many quarters" The
Adrian Telegram independently. deny
ing that Walsh Is so great a man rs
Smith" sees prospects of "a grand fight
at Houston, with the lines of battle
completely rearranged." The Grand
Rapids Press independently feels that
THE Montana Senator easily will hold
the most enviable position among the
drys who will furnish opposition to
Smith,
In addition to the Senator's sim
certify rs dry, and to his great pres
tige and personal force" according to
the Baltimore Sun independent Demo-
craticl, "he really Is exactly such
man as the honest and conscientious
men among the drys cherish He is at
heart grim, conscience-driven Puri-
tam" The belief that he may furnish
Gov. Smith with some interesting op-
position" Is expressed by the Flint
Daily Journal independently, which
appraises him as "a statesman OF con-
siderable ability. honest. no poSeur or
demagogue," He appears to the
Providence Journal independently to
invite the support of those who believe
that the one great issue of the CAM
paign is. or ought to be. the preServa~
ton of prohibition along existing lines"
To the Richmond News-Leader (inde-
pendent nemocraticl II appears that
some of those who will support him
are not concerned about eleeting
Democratic President: they seek only
to beat AL Smith. at any price" The
New York Times independently also
AYERS that II Is "a candidacy which Ii
obviously intended not 10 succeed ex-
cept IN the sense that 1t may help 10
head Off another man"
HE Is admittedly statesman OF real
callher," says the Oklahoma City Okla
homan independently, land would un-
Questionably reflect real honor ON the
high office To which he Is now aspiring,
But the political ShrewdneSS underlying
the Walsh crusade does not lie In the
recognition OF real craftsmanship and
competency" The Springfield Union
IRepuhlicanl believes that McAd0o
hopes that the Walsh candidacy may
serve 10 divert enough votes from Smith
tn preclude the possibility OF the nemi-
nation going TO the New York gov
ernor"
Walsh appearing As Walsh has a
right to ask any honor the party can
heStow," declares the Milwaukee Jour
nal independently. But Walsh as
head OF the McAdoo contingent Is a
wholly different matter" The Kansas
CITY Journal-Post independently recog-