Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-29
Politics at Large
BY e.. Could Lincoln.

| FofS LAM, Me- August 1o.-f1eT-
! bert Hoover, product of the soil, versus
AL Smith, product of the sidewalks of
New York, is the picture. which the Re
publicans are aaSiduously seeking to
draw of the present campaign in the
farm States of the West Apparently
they are meeting with some success, for
despite the detection of George NJ
| Peek. apostle of the McNary Haugen
| farm bill, most of the farm leaders are
lining up for Mr. Hoover. Among the
latest to adopt the Hoover colors Is
Gov. Adam McMullen of Nebraska. Gov.
McMullen was a strong supporter of the
nomination of former Gov. Frank o.
| LoWden of Illinois. or of Vice President
/ Dawes, or some candidate who favored
the principle of the equalization fee In
| the McNary-Haugen bill But, like the
Governor of Iowa, Mr. McMullen has
come around to the viewpoint that Mr..
| Hoover is not after all the enemy OF the
| farmer which he has been painted. Mr..
Hoover's sympathetic statement regard
ing the farmer and the farm problem
in his speech Of acceptance helped him
greatly in the West
I And along comes Bert Martin of Den
yer. who has resigned as secretary
treasurer Of the Farmer Labor party and
statement that it is natural for Gov,
Smith and Tammany Hall TO wish the
city jewellers of New York to pay as
little as possible for their foodstuffs.
Control of the Government by TAM
many" he says presents rather q
gloomy picture for the men and women
who raise this food and ship 1t TO the
markets"
Mr.. Martin apparently has reached
the same conclusion as that reached
long ago by Judge William S. Kenyon
former Senator from Iowa. who has
believed that the interests of the farmer
and the industrial worker simply do
not lie along the same lines, but that
the best which can be obtained Is a
compromise permitting each to live IN
comfort. His contention has been that
the city man pays as little as he can
for food and the farmer as little as he
can for the products of the factory.
including clothes, farm implements and
automobiles A Farmer-Labor political
party. under such circumstances. is an
anomaly and the recent statement IS
sued by Mr. Martin seems TO bear TINS
out.
The dry Democrats now supporting
| Gov. Smith in the presidential race
have adopted a formula all their own.
Senator Swanson of Virginia is one of
| the latest to enunciate 1t. declaring his
allegiance to the Smith-Robinson ticket.
This formula declares for Smith, but
against Smiths wet policy. 1t says that
Smith must be elected President. but
| that his plan to bring about local OPP
ton permitting those States to go wet
which wish to do so must be defeated.
| These Democrats may satisfy them
selves with this stand but it seems
that Gov. Smith has adopted the holder
and the franker course. In politics a
! leader must be one thing or the other.
and the politician who seeks to carry
water on both shoulders is likely to take
/ a tumble.
The interest in the presidential cam
paigh this year is far greater than it
has been for a decade or more in
similar campaigns. The people are
talking about it. They are discussing
| the candidates and the issues. In the
East there Is one issue which predom-
| inates--the wet and dry. Prohibition
has been a fruitful topic of converse
ton in all kinds of gatherings ever
since 1t was adopted, and If not prohi-
bition, home brew and bootlegging
Can Smith modify the dry laws? Will
ne enforce the prohibition laws If he
is elected? These are the questions
| which are today furnishing topics for
hours of conversation and argument. 1t
may be that the tariff and the farm
problem, economy and taxation, will be
gwen more consideration later, but to-
day the question Is liquor.
The sudden death of Representative
Louis A, rockingham of the fourteenth
| Massachusetts congressional district
has removed from the campaign in the
Bay State powerful Republican figure
In that district At present his district
is faced with the problem of picking Mr.
Frothinghams successor. He would
nave been renominated and reelected
without a doubt. A movement was
started in the district TO send to Con-
gfeSS MS widow, Mrs Mary Anes
rockingham. But Mrs Frothingham
has put her foot down on 1t, declaring
! that she does not wish to be considered
FOR the place. Massachusetts has one
| woman member of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers
I widow of Representative John ia
cob Rogers. to whose seat she was
! elected after her husbands death. Mrs.
Rogers selection to carry on the work
Tor her husbands district has proved
a signal success. No more hard work
ing and efficient member OF the House
| Is now on its rolls Doubtless the sue
cess which has attended the election OF
! Mrs. Rogers to fill the vacancy created
! by Mr.. Rogers death led in part to the
! suggestion that Mrs. rockingham also
/ DC sent to Washington to represent a
! Massachusetts congressional district. 1t
Is said that Mrs. rockingham was al
| Ways closely identified with her huS-
| bands public career and has displayed
| keen interest III public affairs.
| With Mrs rockingham out of the
! race, a. number of other candidates for
! The congressional seat have been Sug-
| gested. among them Allen Lawson of
Bralntree, formerly member of the
state Legislature; Gen. Clarence r..
/ Edwards. who commanded the Yankee
| division at one time in the World War
| Richard B. WiggleSworth, former star
| Harvard foot ball player, and Judge
| Thomas r. McAnarney. The short
| term. ending March 1, 1929. and the
| long term beginning Immediately there
| after must both be filled
! \ y u ~
! The announcement that Iamotte
/ du Pont, president OF E. l.. du Pont
de Nemours & Co. will support Herbert
( Hoover against Gov. Smith In the presi-
! dental race is of no small interest. par
| ticularly in view Of the declaration by
| his brother, Samuel Pierre du Port head
of the board of the same company. that
| he would vote for Smith. The du pont
! following In Delaware. which is consid-
| cradle, will be split. Lamotte du Pont
regrets the stand taken by MIR. Hoover
against the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment, but puts business stability
| III this country above prohibition AS an
| issue. and declares that business needs
a Republican national administration
| There Is good reason to believe that, AS
| the campaign progresses. the Republi-