Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-10
When a Moses Is Not Moses.

A Noses in New Hampshire Is NOT
necessarily a Moses to lead the Repub-
ncans out Of the wilderness in Massa-
chusetts. Charles L. Burill of Boston,
candidate for nomination for lieutenant
governor on the Republican ticket is
ere Of The old Bay State Republicans
who is having a hard time stomaching
Senator George Moses. Mr.. Moses has
been various.y dubbed Eastern manager
for the Hoover campaign ana contact
man between Chairman Work of the
Republican national committee and the
Eastern and New England leaders. The
sum and substance of the criticism OF
Mr.. Moses by Mr.. Burill is that SEN
ator Moses has three times predicted
defeat for the Republican senatorial
candidate, when he is nominated, in
Massachusetts,; that he has sought to
select the Republican nominee for the
Senate instead of leaving that task to
the Republican voters of the State, and
that he IS opposed to the Volstead act.
he has finally taken his pen in hand
ana written to Mr.. Hoover, the Repub-
lcan nominee for President. asking
that Mr.. Moses be compelled to confine
his activities for the rest of the cam
paign 20 New Hampshire where. he
says. his idiosyncracies are enjoyed
and understood There are other Re-
publicans in the Bay State who feel
much as does Mr.. BurriIl. They do not
relish The idea that New Hampshire
shall dabble in Massachusetts, politics
10 the extent that Senator Moses has
undertaken to do. Massachusetts is
Jealous Of her own prerogatives and
one Of them is the selection Of her own
candidates. right or wrong, for Office.
Senator Moses has been an ardent
Hoover man from the start of the pre-
convention campaign more than year
ago. He, along with millions of other
Republicans, is anxious to bring about
the election Of Mr.. Hoover to the presi-
dency. He is in California now, chair
man of the committee appointed by the
Republican national convention to no.
ttfy Mr.. Hoover that he is the party's
choice for President, and tomorrow
night win deliver an address Of notifi-
cation TO the candidate. 1t does not
appear unreasonable to ask Mr.. Moses,
however. not to stir up trouble among
the Republicans Of Massachusetts, and
other New England States. In New
England the fight for political suprem-
acy this year is bitter and win be hard
fought, and Senator Moses may well
take leaf from the book Of another
distinguished New Highlander and keep
silent on subjects that are calculated
TO stir up trouble when discussed.
Senator Moses is a capable cam
paigner, hard hitter in debate and
on the stump. He carried the fight to
Smith is his address to the Republican
national convention. declaring that
Smith must stand on his Tammany
record. The New York governor has
been on the defensive ever since. In
his first address, delivered on July 4
after his nomination al Houston, Gov.
Smith undertook TO defend Tammany,
and the probabilities are that he will be
found on the defensive, so far as Tam
many is concerned, up to the close OF
the campaign. But Senator Moses as
q campaign manager is not shining TO
date. He has been in the lilnelight as
a disturbing element in the national
organization. Perhaps Mr.. Hoover viii
BE- able 70 convince Mr.. Moses that
teamwork Is, after all, the principal
degideratum in any campaign.