Evening star., 1932-01-11

| With the tumult and the shouting
over, the Democratic captains and
kings depart, enthusiastically confident
| that the victory campaign" Of 1882
| has been auspiciously launched. The
National Committee steered successfully
around the rock of discord. Prohibi-
ton, instead of provoking hullabaloo,
provided an opportunity for harmony
with wet Chairman Raskob and dry
| Gov. Byrd of Virginia agreeing on reso-
| lutions which pass the booze buck 10
| the Resolutions Committee at the con-
vention. In the choice OF Chicago for
| their party conclave in June, Democrats
see vet another omen of the rising sun
1t was in the year Of 1884 that both
| parties last chose the Midwestern
METROPOLIS for their ouadrennial con-
| claves, and five months later Grover
| Cleveland beat James G. Blaine for the
| presidency. 1t was in the famed Wig
wan at Chicago in 1892 that the Demo-
Gratis again nominated Cleveland who
| in the succeeding November over
whelmed Republican President, Ben
| iamin Harrison, seeking to perpetuate
| himself, even as Herbert Hoover now
does. History every Democratic man
and woman worthy of the name is con-
vinced, is about to repeat itself, with
the Chicago tradition running true 10
form.
Roosevelt sentiment was omnipresent
during the Democrats two-day love
feast in the Capital, but not over
whelmingly predominant. There was
fairly general agreement even among
| the partisans CT other presidential can
didates that while the New York Gov
ernor may not be the most pre-emi-
nently fitted man in the party, he Is
| the most available, from purely po-
| litical standpoint And the heshpots of
/ victory are what the party is mostly
| thinking about That lmpresSively mon
umental majority by which he carried
New York State in 1880 is the Roose-
welt peoples strongest talking point,
and it carries weight. With the filing
| OF the Governors name in the North
Dakota primary, his pre-convention
campaign will get into full stride. Only
superoptimistic Rooseveltians expect to
enter the convention with a tWo-thirds
majority already in the bag. Ritchie
Baker--and particularly Al Smith-are
going to have good deal to say about
that.
| Two class A ambassadorships-a colo
nial governor generalship and the
miniStership to Greece-are a pretty
useful cluster of patronage plums for
an administration to command on the
eve of a presidential campaign. The
Athens post, just vacated by the trans
fer of Minister Skinner to Riga, will
probably go to a foreign service career
man. The embassies at London and
Toxic, soon to be available through the
designations, respectively, of Gen. Dawes
and Mr. Forbes, and the Governors
| Ia q fny1 otota INIy
| Col. Theodore Roosevelt, are sure to be
handed over to deserving Republicans.
Although all three jobs would have only
q year and a quarter to run, II the
enemy occupies the White House in
March, 1888, therell be no lack of
G. o. P. Barkises willin' to enact the
roles of Sacriticial lambs.
President Hoover will have to pick
men with tough hides for the London
and Toxic ambassadorships If they are
to enjoy the posts Yankee stock in
neither Great Britain nor Japan Is any,
thing to write home about at the pres
! ent moment. Our attitude on war debts
has not enhanced the popularity of the
| United States in John Bulls islands,
| while the StlmSon note on Manchuria
has set no Nipponese to shrieking Ban
zai!' in Uncle Sans honor. Henry
| P. Fletcher, late chairman of the United
States Tariff Commission, long has rank
ed as potential envoy to the Court of
st. James. Senator Dave Reed was sup
posed to be casting rowing eye in the
same direction, but the speech he's just
delivered about the money Britain owes
us takes him definitely out of the pic
ture. The gossip about London includes
the names OF Undersecretary of State
Castle, former Ambassador Alanson B.
Houghton and former G. Q. P. National
Chairman William M. Butler. 1t also
credits Walter e. Edge with a longing to
cross the channel from Paris, while
Dwight F. Davis has always figured In
the possibilities that would arise II Gen.