Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-11
RAPS CONVENTIONS
RULED BY BOSSES
Bcrah Demands Candidates
Bare Stand on Impor-
tant Issues.
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House went ahead with It's considera-
ton OF the radio bill.
Representative Dickinson of Iowa.
strong supporter Of Lowden and an OPP
ponent of Mr.. Hoover. did his best tc
give Mr. Brand the right OF way in the
House Yesterday. The LoWden, Dawes
Curtis and Watson groups are pooling
their strength In Ohio to defeat Mr..
Hoover, If they can. Dickinson is
champion Of the McNary- Haugen farm
relief bill.
May Change Position.
Senator Willis in the past has OPP
posed this bill, but before leaving here
TO speak in Ohio this past week end
Senator Willis let it be known that he
which the President vetoed last year
because of the so-called equalization
fee principle an6 other features. Sen
ator Willis opponents will charge. if
he does shift his position, that he IS
making CLEAR bid for the farm vote
in the rural sections of Ohio. Mr.
Hoover has been against the principles
of the bill Senator Willis called at
| tention to the fact that some of the
features Of the bill TO which the Presi-
dent objected have been removed, and
that the equalization fee is TO be re-
sorted to only rs a last resort.
ccnator Borah, in his address last
night. deplored the fact that many
! men and women eligible to vote, do not
vote In presidential elections.
In late presidential elections" he
said. "as high as 81 per cent Of the
, voters in some States have remained
away from the polls. What is the
remedy?
THE first and primary remedy is for
candidates and parties to speak candid
ly and plainly to the people upon sub
jeets in which the people are interested
The most demoralizing and corrupting
fundamentally in American politics Is
that of great political parties deliberate
~ maneuvering and side-stepping with
reference to questions of great public
interest. The people are not indiffer-
ent to these public questions. They are
baffled and discouraged because they
cannot get them squarely and fairly
presented,
Asks Open Issues.
"A candidate who has no views upon
public questions is unfit. candidate
who has views and is afraid to state
them is unsafe. A voter is entitled to
an opportunity to record his vote in
accordance with his conviction and it
is impossible for him TO do that unless
| the issues are fairly presented. A po-
litical party which is unwilling 10 de-
clare upon questions of general and
public interest Is no longer an instru-
ment Of public good. performing great
service. but is a scheming piece of Of
ganiZed chicanery for the utilization Of
millions of honest votes TO the gather
| ing IN Of patronage and deSpoiiing OF
the public heritage
Senator Borah, apparently referring
to the scandals" growing cut OF the
campaign OF 1920 and which occurred
during the Harding administration, con-
! tinued
Il presume every Republican has of
late suffered a deep sense of humilia-
. ticn. The awful conditions which have
been revealed 10 the voters of the party
are as lndefenSihle as they are intoIer-
able. The modern system of avoiding
issues which would interest the people
and then depending upon organization
and money To work up an artificial
interest. together with manipulated and
managed conventions. have horne fruit
For this condition of affairs. voters OF
the party are In no sense responsible
Inc system OF running the campaign,
permitting men who have business with
the Government at Washington to buy
their way 10 favor by vast coutrih,-
tons; the organization method of fu1-
ming conventions and campaigns. is
-eSponS!ble
Seeks New System.
20 Nwxz
Give the people issues and you Will not
/. need 10 sell your soul for campaign
funds Give the voters policies sQuarely
presented and you viii NOT have 10
mortgage the future action Of the party
20 concession hunters.
There Is some evidence that the
voters are going to insist upcn lust thsse
thngs There Is q feeling that the
delegates ought 10 nominate the next
candidate Of the Republican party
There Is a feeling that the voters ought
TO know what candidate stands for
when they vote for him, Ii is the one
sreat hops for clean politics and clean
government"
Senator Borah has undertaken 20
make all the presidential candidates
declare themselves uneQuivocally anon
the prohieition sssue. with particular
reference To Law enforcement and The
nulslrcatIon of the Eishteenth
Amendment His auessionnaire on
these subjects has been answered ey
scnators Curtis of Kansas. Willis q,
Ohio and Secretary Hoover of Cali
iornia, all candidates for the nrcsi-
Dental nomination. and all standing nv
prohibition, Senator Horah sel.t h.
questionable To Frank O towasn of
Illinois, February -. and received ali
Acknowledgement from Mfr. IoW,senS
secretary under date of February ~
saying that II would be called So Mr..
lowden's attention when he returned
Iowdon was then IN he West 80 far.
the Lowden answer has rot yes reached
Senator Horah,
Senator BorahS address Was mter-
preted here ~ an attack upon the con
vention system. which permits a few
etASseS To laggle With state aaleSstios.S
In order to nominate the man Ct the
bosses choice.
Walsh Men Confident,
supporters og Senator Thomas J,
Walsh oI Montana for Democratic
nomination are vel, pleased, they say,
with the reception which his entry
into the campaign for the presidential
nomination has been accorded III The
West, They say that the ou,:6se< Is
rsaS for Walsh delegation from calf
.ufnla, where William Gibbs MeAe h
leading the night for Senator Walsh.
Although the recent Democratic eon~
venticn III South Dakota resulted in
naming Sscv, Smith of New York rs the
majority Democratic candidate Ia py
Voted FOR III the primary election MAY
~, II was pointed cut last night that
M Ikt sd, ~,
cation to Smith Senator WasSn'S
name viii 81 on the ballot, too, AZ The
minority Democrats candidate The
voters will he given n chance tn aNttn~