The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-11-10
Will POINT
AIMS FOR
FUTURE
BY GEORGE Il. HOLMES
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1O.-The ms
morable campaign of 1928 has ended.
but the forward looking leaders OF
the Democratic party, including Gov.
ernor Alfred F. Smith himself are
already looking toward 1882.
Not that Governor Smith intends
or would consent to again be can-
didate T1eeaaid he never again would
stand for public office Governor
Smith IS very determined man, once
he makes up his mind, as was proved
on innumerable occasions during the
campaign His friends know that he
meant it when he said he was
through with running for public Of
flee.
Still TituIaP Leader
But Governor Smith is titular lead
er of the party, and will remain 50
until he voluntarily relinquishes that
leadership, OF until the party in con.
vention assembled chooses his sue.
tcessOr. which wont be until 1882.
1t IL as leader Of his party. there
fore. that the defeated Governor viii
address an appeal to the Democrats
of the Nation next Tuesday night to
forget the bitterness and recrimina-
ton Of the election just ended and
join together in forward looking, con-
structive party endeavor. He viii
speak over national radio hookup.
While the subject Of Governor
Smiths address has not been an
nounced it is understood by his
friends that, general lys speaking, Il "a
to be al Smiths swan song
politically.
Big Vote Cheers
More than 15,00O,000 Of voters
cast their ballots for him last Tues
day. That is an all-tirne record for
defeated candidate. There Is real
gratitude in Governor Smiths heart
for that vote, and he intends to
speak OF ii next Tuesday night.
At the same time, he viii adj
monish his party to look forward
to new and constructive endeavor,
and not backward at the bitter
controversy of the campaign just
ended. TO look backward, .he con.
tends, can lead to nothing except
more bitterness and further defeat.
Governor Smith is expected to re-
assure those Democrats who have
been fearful of the party's future
in the face of the most crushing
defeat it has ever suffered, by
pointing to the enormous popular
vote it polled this week. No politi-
cal party, he will contend, that
can enlist the support of more than
15,000,000 American voters can be
said to be dead, or even dying.
Four Men In Fight
Already some Of the party leaders
are beginning to scan the horizon
for new timber for 1892. At the
moment there are four men whose
names figure prominently in tl1iR
futuristic speculation.
Here in New York there is Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, who was elected to
the governors chair. despite
Hoover's capturing the electoral
vote of the State. However, Roose-
welt must stand for reelection in
1880 before he can be seriously fig
ured as a possibility. A defeat two
years from now, after one term as
governor, might well eliminate him.
There is also the question of his
health to be considered.
Further down the Atlantic sea.
board is Governor Albert G. Richie,
the four. time governor of Maryland,
whose admiration for Governor
Smith led him to eliminate himself
in this years race. Richie is South.
ern-born, is wet, but also Protestant.
His candidacy might throw some in
teresting light on the question OF
whether the South bolted AL Smith
because of his wetness or because Of
his Catholicism.
George Of Georgia
Still further South there is Senator
Walter F. George of Georgia. ex-
jurist, dry, and also Protestant. The
Georgia Senator has come to be re-
garded as. one of the real leaders OF
Southern political thought. Prob,
ably more than any other single in
dividual, he kept Georgia in Zine for
Smith in the campaign just ended.
The spread of the Republican
sweep on Tuesday removed lot of
Democratic Senators, Representa-
tives and governors whose names
might have figured in the specula'
ton but for their defeat.
One of those who was not elm
mated, and who probably will be
heard of frequently, is the aggres-
sive young governor of Texas, Dan
Moody. Since the abdication of Will
liam G.. McAdoo as leader Of the
dry ring Of the party, Moody has
as his probable successor.
1t was only the inevitability of
Governor Smiths nomination ait
Houston and Governor Moody's own
youth that kept his friends from
starting the ball rolling for him this
year.
Others in Offing
These four BY no means comprise
the list of 1882 possibilities. The
number might be extended indefi-
nitely. But in the .post.nortenns
that have been so common with
Democratic leaders since Tuesday
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