Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12
w Washington
Letter
Nv CHARLES Z. STEWART

By CHARLES II. STEWART
WASHINGTON, June l2.-How the
democratic managers can have over
looked Congressman George huddle-
ston OF Alabama as a presidential
availability beats me.
AS a non-partisan onlooker, but
\ lover or good sport, | tried TO
start A boom for George months ago
Ii didn't take. / can't see why.
True, George ~ pretty far south.
Still. Alahama's no nearer the Arctic
circle than Texas. In fact. at Bir-
mincham. Georges ATTITUDES a de-
gree or two farther this side Of the
equator than Jesse H. Jones, at
Houston.
George Huddleston.-no national
Show me Congressman Ayres' ma
tional rcputationi-Ayres OF Kansas
Or ex-Congressman George Whites
of Ohio. Or ex-senator Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock'si-of Nebraska Why. !
used to work for Gilberts Omaha
World-Herald myself.
For that matter, show me Jesse
| Jones' national reputationl-Hntil ne
landed the democratic convention for
Houston. and. hastily consulting
-Who's Who the average voter dis
covered re was the democratic ma
tional committees financial director
IA prominent man, all right-but q
national character-pooh!
They're all presidential possibill-
ties" in good standing.
HuddIcston's got enough Of a ma
| tional reputation to be referred 70 as
the best debater in the house OF rep
resentatives-t0 he known on Capitol
Hill as "the little giant from the
! south~-to make every other con-
gresham hunt his hole. il he thinks
Res III danger Of being panned by
1 George. when the latter arises 70
make "a few remarks.
Among other things. George II q
bone dry-who opposed the Eight
eenth amendment and the Volstead
Lava dry whom the strictcst prohI-
lhitionist could vote for ,onscisn-
| tiously-but whom Cant. W. n. Stay
ton could supper. consistently.
III sounds impossible-but his rec
NJ dirt farmer could kick on his
principles; he fought the McNary-
Haugen bill.
Hc's the only man ] know Of in
puhlic life who dares to declare for
| absolute free trade-and Birmingham
the industrial center Of the south
MS protactfonistic Is New England
1 sends him 70 congress again and
again.
Real democrats are 70 scarce IN
this generations that ] was having
| trouble one day 10 think az a sur
I vivor-and Huddlcston occurred "a
mo-and / asked Col. Tilson. repuh-
lican leader in the house Of represen-
t~atives who has watched politics fol
three decades. if he believed George
filled the bill.
"rIl bet.~ said the colonel, "you've
named the only one And hs
meant IL.
George II ~ conservative NJ
| Grover Cleveland, but
"Huddleston!" exclaims Congress-
man Berger, Milwaukee socialist
There's a man who knows what
! democracy actually means"
The following, ! admit, strains
credulity
Yet / swear-as an open-minded
agnostic-no more religious preiu-
dice than n rabbit-brought up !
Mcthodist-for many years. through
marriage. a good friend Of the
Church Of Rome swear it's So
Huddleston can translate Tom Hell
Inns philosophy into language thai
wouldn't offend the Vatican.
You'd think a character like thai
would re pusillanimously innoc.
nous. wouldn't you?
Well, George is as aggressive as al
git-out.
What 7 claim .is-though it's NJ
funeral Of minc-that its 4 pity q
waste a chance like that. when hunt
inr a rnmnrnmisn candidate.