Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-23
NEW YORK WAG|NG
FIERCE CAMPAIGN
Both Parties Discussing Ma
tionaI Issues, With Prohibi-
ton a Prominent Factor.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

NEW YORK, october 22.-As usual,
New York State contains more factors
Of national interest in politics than all
the other States put together.
Here. for instance, presidential can
didate of one of the major parties,
namely former Gov. Al Smith. is active
in the campaign, while Gov. Roosevelt,
who is up for reelection, may or may
not become the standard-bearer of the
Democratic party in 1892, depending
upon how he fares on November 4.
Here, too, the Republican party is
dals, and here. also, the issue Of pro-
hibition has cut deeply into party lines
VETS Prefer G. o. p. Candidate.
So far as the Vets are concerned, they
rather prefer the Republican candidate,
Charles H. Tuttle, who is supposed to
be somewhat wetter than Gov. Roose-
welt. But the issue has been to large
extent neutraliZed because both can
didates want the eighteenth amendment
repealed. Thus 1t resolves itself into
stand-off, with the wet Republicans vot-
ing for Mr.. Tuttle while the wet Demo-
Gratis will prefer Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t is significant to observe that the
national administration at Washington
has scrupulously refrained from par
ticipating In the New York campaign,
even to the extent of keeping speakers
Of prominence from going into the State.
With the exception Of Assistant Secre-
tary Trubee Dawson of the War De-
49, NAnrn -fnvz
from the Hoover administration on the
stump In the Empire State, though they
are making speeches in other States.
Principal Reason Assigned.
The reason usually given is that the
Hooverites do not wish to embarrass
the President by coming out in support
of Republican candidate for Governor
who is urging the repeal Of the eight
zenith amendment, and there Is no way
to come into the State and help the
members OF Congress without being
drawn into a discussion of the guber-
material race.
Tammany is in one Of the most awk-
ward positions it has ever experienced.
It doesn't like Gov. Roosevelt because
he has maintained a more or less in
dependent attitude and has done what
he thought was his duty with respect
10 the lnVeStlgaLlOnS OF aIleBeu COTIup-
ton in the appointment Of magistrates
in New York City.
But Tammany knows also that If
it doesn't support Gov. Roosevelt and
help elect him, Mr.. Tuttle in the. Gov
ernor's chair will not handle Tanimany
with kid gloves, but with crowbar. So,
reluctantly, Tammany faces the task
Of making sure that Franklin d. Roose-
welt Is reelected Governor.
ROOsevelt's Aggressive Attitude.
Mr.. Roosevelt has been much more
aggressive in the past six months as
Governor of the State than he was the
first year and he has the united sup
port Of his party. He has perhaps not
retained as many Republican votes as
were cast for him in 1928, but the Re-
publicans on the other hand are divided
because OF the prohibition issue. The
extreme drys are likely to subtract q
couple hundred thousand votes from
Mr.. Tuttle, giving them to the third
candidate, Prof. Carroll, who was put
into the field by the dry organizations
Gov. Roosevelt appears to have the
better Of the race so far.
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