Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-15
Politics at Large
By G.. Could Lincoln.

nois. who withdrew his own name from
the balloting for the presidential nomi-
nation after the adoption Of the Re-
publican farm plank, has spoken In
praise of Mr.. Hoover's speech accepting
the nomination. In some quarters Mr..
Lowden's comment Is considered merely
a forerunner of an out-and-out an
nouncement he will support the Re-
publican nominee in the coming cam
paign. Mr.. Lowden has felt very
strongly in favor of the principle of the
equalization fee contained in the vetoed
McNary- Haugen farm bill. 1t Is pos
sible he is awaiting the acceptance
speech of Gov Smith to see how far the
Democratic nominee will go on that
line before he declares himself in re-
gard to the presidential candidates. 1t
Is possible, although some of those who
have known Gov. Lowden well insist he
will not bolt the Republican party.
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Gov. Smith has declared he will have
none of the equalization fee. Neverthe-
less, he has given his approval to the
suggestion that some plan should be
worked out under which the cost OF
meeting the distribution of surplus
crop shall be allocated among the farm
ers who produced that crop. That is
just what the equalization fee has been
intended to do. So far no alternative
plan for carrying out that proposal has
yet been worked out. If Gov. Smith has
such an alternative plan, 1t will be re-
ceived with great interest.
Mr.. LoWden apparently has been
impressed with the frank statement
made by Mr.. Hoover that a real lxob-
lem of first Importance exists in agri-
culture mfr. Hoover's aspirations to
bring the farm population up to eco
nomic equality with other groups have
my heartiest approval" Mr.. Lowden is
quoted as saying. Mr.. LoWden still
clings, however, to the idea that the
cost of handling surplus crops must
be distributed over the commodity in
volved. Mr.. Hoover. on the other hand,
has declared that such cost should be
borne by the Government If necessary.
The farmers must choose between the
concrete proposal of Mr.. Hoover and
the wish of Gov. Smith to evolve a
plan which will carry out the ends
of the equalization fee, without impos-
ing the fee, unless, of course, Gov.
Smith actually produces a workable
plan which meets that idea.
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The Baltimore Evening Sun is anus
Ilk ltSCIA WIFI Wkldb IL 0upS lLIC DUH
ers' League" Once a week it publishes
list of boilers" from the Republican
camp to the Democratic, and vice versa.
1t has chung, so far, to Frank o. Low
den as a possible bolter to the Smith
cause, because of his earlier antagonism
to Hoover on the farm issue Mr.
Lowden Is listed as still warming the
bench" along with Senator Simmons
Of North Carolina. who has retired
from the Democratic national commit
tee in protest against the Smith nomi-
nation and the selection of RaSkob to
head the Democratic national commit
tee. On this doubtful list also the Sun
includes Senator TON" Helm of Ala
bama, Glenn Shaver, former chairman
of the national committee. whose wife
has come out against Smith in vitriolic
style; William Gibbs McAdoo. Mrs
Ruth Bryan Owen, daughter of the
late William Jennings Bryan, and sew
eral others
The boilers listed In the league" are
given as follows:
Republicans for Smith--John ]. Ras-
kob, William II. Woodin. Ed w Howe,
Col Grayson NJ P. Murphy, Richard J.
Baldwin, William p Gallagher, Prof
John Erskine. Richard X. Thigpen,
Pierre S du Pont, Waldo Newcomer
Jonathan K voshell and Mrs. Caspar
Whitney.
Democrats for Hoover-B Bishop James
Cannon, Bishop john W. Moore, Bishop
Edwin Mouzon, BisM,p Horace NJ. Du
Bose, DR.. Arthur j. barton, Mrs. Glenn
Shaver. Robert L. Owen. Mrs. Jesse w.
Nicholson, Vance c. Mccormick. DR..
Robert l.. Flowers. Mrs. Gertrude M.
Pattangall, Judge william r. Pattan-
gall, Richard X. Thigpen and Carl
Vrooman.
The Sun has picked outstanding Re-
publicanS and Democrats who have
lation of earlier party affiliations Mr.
Raskob is the Democratic national
chairman. after having been known for
years as Republican. Before the cam
paign is over the list may be long, in
deed. The boiling seems to revolve
around the issue of prohibition and the
issue of Tammany Hall. The Republic
ans who have gone to Smith have
done so largely because they are OPP
posed to national prohibition. The
Democrats who have gone to Hoover are
drys and anri-Tammany Pierre S. du
Pont is listed as a Republican boiling to
Smith, although Mr.. du Pont has been a
bolter before. when he voted for Wood
row Wilson
Up In Maine the campaign is continu-
ing right merrily, with the State eiec-
ton less than 8 month in the future.
Reports are to the effect there will be
few upsets in the State. with the Re-
publicans winning generally In one
district alone does the Democratic cam
didate appear to have real chance.
and that may not prove so good. That
Is In the second congressional district.
now represented by Wallace H. White,
jr. Mr.. White. who has been In Con-
gresS since the 1916 election, is opposed
by Albert Beliveau, popular. of French
descent, a veteran of the World War.
The second district of Maine was for
merly represented in Congress for a
number of years by Daniel j. McGilli-
cuddy, Democrat 1t Is recognized as
the closest" district III Maine. Mr..
Whites majorities have ranged from
SAT. when he was first elected, to $4,000
in 1920. Two years ago he won by 6,l5i.
Senator Frederick Hale is slated to
win reelection over his Democratic
opponent, Herbert e. Holmes. The
other Republican candidates in Maine
appear to be in good shape for the
election. too. The Democrats, natural
ly, are trying to roll up as large a
vote in this State. where the first cleo
ton is held, as they can In the interest
of Gov. Smith, their presidential can
didate They have high hopes OF doing
we'll in New England this year for vari-
GUS reasons. and 1t will be disappoint-
ment to them II the Republicans roll
up majority as large or larger than
usual in Maine.
william Allen White, Kansas editor.
does not like the attitude OF retrac-
ZIONIST which some OF the New York
newspapers and Democrats have sought
to pin on him since he made his
charges that Tammany ruled Gov,
Smith when he was an AssemblyInan
in Albany. and that Smiths record in
the State Legislature showed him
voting for measures which aided the
safnDn the gambler and the nrnstif1ita