Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
Boiling to Date Foreshadows
Record Shifting of Party Lines

the ST Louis Post Dispatch (inde-
PENDENT asserts. "One thing. 1t seems
to us. is certain; The evasiveness,
hypocrisy and SNUG casuistry With
which the politicians Of both parties
have been lodging this issue must
pass"
such a free ebb and flow of voters
is calculated to render an oldfashioned
political mechanic Seasiek," remarks the
Springfield Daily News independent
Democratic) but it ought to mean more
effective and intelligent government.
The Altoona Mirror independently, be-
ieving that the chances are both parties
will witness an unusual amount OF bolt
ing" assumes that party ties in the
majority of instances have become so
very light and tenuous that they are
seldom visible, except In seasons OF
unusual excitement
ut has already become apparent, IN
the Judgment of the Lynchhurg News
Democratic that there will be more
switching from old political moorlngS
In this presidential election than is
usual but 1t will not be the Topping OF
hea diners which will determine the re-
suit II will be the votes OF the normal
men and women who. individually do
not command much attention. but who
collectively are the most important
factor in American public life,
The support of Mr.. Hoover by Vance
c. Mccormick of Pennsylvania, former
national Democratic chairman Is dis
cussed by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Cin-
DEPENDENT with special reference TO
prohibition, of which MIR Mccormick
makes an issue: Each candidate Is left
So \, dc Lat tn
what position he chooses to take about
changes In the law" says the Eagle
THE difference between the two up to
date is only in the frankness Of Alfred
e. Smith" But the Philadelphia Eve
ming Bulletin independent Republican,
contends: IF the Democratic vote IN
this national campaign is declared by
the presidential candidate and his
spokesman TO be the voice of opposition
to prohibition in a great referendum
dry Democrats have no means Of show
ing their dissent other than by follow
ing the example of Vance Mccormick. "
Il
The Scranton Times (Democratic)
holds that Mr.. Mccormick was under
political obligations to the wet voters
of his party. and concludes as 10 his
attitude. When the convention got
down to brass tackS at Houston it was
revealed that Mccormick and his
group footed up total OF So votes out
OF rs In the Pennsylvania delegation
At this minute they do not mean even
that much and between now and No
vcmber they can be expected To grow
in the manner proverbially aScribed to
COWS tail
The Reno Evening Gazette tinde-
pendent Republican, agrees that occa-
sional OBJECTIONS from the parties come
In every campaign but that paper
maintains, This year their weight Is
decidedly upon the Democratic side,
and their effect viii be seriously to
shake the morale Of the party's organ
i2ation, which was none too solid at
the start"
In view of the shifting lines, the St
Louis Times iRepublicanl states that
THE chief problem of the campaign
will have to do with whether the Demo-
cratic party can stand the shock Of re-
organization on the eve Of an election
The San Francisco Chronicle tinde-
pendcnD advises that mo one need
count on beating Smith by breaking the
solid South" although IL agrees that
the campaign will be a fight and
assumes that Gov Smith will fan as
far short of election as Bryan did III his
crossed gold campaign.