Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
SHOUSE INDICATES
REPEAL VOTE TREND
Democrats to Start Prelim-
mary Work on Platform
This Week.
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between the two parties because AL
Smith came out wet and Mr.. Hoover
was regarded as the champion of the
drys.
The charge has been made here that
the Republican prohibition plank was
put over" in the G. o: P. National
Convention by votes of Democratic
States, the votes of the solid South"
al the insistence of the administration.
1t is quite clear that if the Democrats
adopt a repeal prohibition plank it will
be put over by the votes of delegates
from the Republican States of the
North, East and some of the Middle
West.
The Democrats. whose converts
opens Monday. June 81, are planning 10
get through with as much Of the pre-
liminary work as possible this week
An innovation is a meeting of The
MEMBERS designate Of the Resolutions
Committee Thursday. Usually there
has been no attempt on the part of
this committee to deal with the plat
form until after the convention has met
and the committee has formally been
elected. On Thursday, however. the
committeeman are to start hearings if
the present plans are carried out, and
complete them if possible before the
convention gets under way. 1t is even
planned to do some drafting work on
the platform this week. BY Thursday
it is expected that practically all OF the
States and Territories will have desig
mated their members of the Resolutions
Committee, subject to ratification BY
the national convention when it opens.
Already upward of 40 members have
been designated The list has not been
made public, but it is understood that
A. Mitchell Palmer, former Attorney
General may be the District of Column
bias member of the committee, al
though originally it was reported that
former Representative Charles Carlin
of Virginia would have the post. Sem
ator Buckley of Ohio will, it Is said
represent the Buckeye State on the
Platform Committee. He has been a
strong supporter of repeal of the eight
zenith amendment.
Group Named on Contests.
A subcommittee of the Democratic
National Committee has been appointed
to hear the contests over the delegations
from Minnesota, Porto Rico and Louis
lana, and the hearings will begin Thurs
day. On Friday the Democratic Ma
tional Committee itself is scheduled to
meet here. The Minnesota contest is
brought by the Hennepin County Demo-
Gratis. who are supporting Smith or any
other candidate than Roosevelt, and
charge that there were irregularities i'll
the conduct of the Minnesota Demo
cratic State Convention. They withdrew
and held a rump convention Of their
own and elected contesting deiega-
ton. In Louisiana, it is reported there
are three sets of delegates. But Senator
Huey Long is said to have control of
the Louisiana delegates and to be ready
to cast their votes for Roosevelt.
The Roosevelt forces in the conven-
ticn Will dominate the committees of
the convention, including platform.
credentials, rules and permanent organ
icaticn. The New York Governor has
the delegates instructed or pledged to
him in 80 States and three Territories.
including the District of Columbia. AS
each State and Territory has one men,
Der Of each committee, it is clear that
Roosevelt should have majority in
each of these committees. The. Roose-
Welt people have made special efforts to
see that strong Roosevelt supporters be
chosen for membership in the Creden-
tials and Rules Committees. Under
against the Roosevelt delegates from
Minnesota is not likely to get very far,
even though the National Committee
should recommend the seating of the
anti-Roosevelt delegates. The Creden-
tialS Committee has the say about these
contests after the convention has met,
and finally the convention itself, where
Roosevelt, if reports are correct. will
have a clear majority of the delegates.
All Of the announced Democratic
presidential candidates will have head
quarters here and most of them are eX-
pected to be here in person. AL Smith
is due Wednesday. Gov. Roosevelt has
said he does not expect to attend, but
there is suite of rooms reserved for
him in case he changes his mind Gov.
Richie of Maryland, Gov. White Of
Ohio, Gov Murray of Oklahoma, Sen
ator Lewis of Illinois, former Senator
Reed of Missouri. Gov. Byrd of Virginia
and probably Speaker Garner of Texas
are expected to take places on presi-
dental row.
Richie to Open Headquarters.
Ritchie headquarters are to open to-
morrow. Two great painted signs have
been in evidence for weeks on Michigan
avenue. saying win with Richie. "
There is quite a bit of Ritchie senti-
ment here. where he is regarded as the
wettest of the candidates outside of Al
Smith. Melvin A. Traylor, Chicago
banker potential candidate, also will
be here
One of the late rumors is that Smith
ard his followers are grooming Gov.
Joseph B. Ely of Massachusetts for the
presidential nomination in the event it
is possible to stop" Roosevelt. There
is doubt here. however, that Smith will
be able to dictate to the convention
whom it shall nominate. He has actual
control Of small group of delegates.
Another report is that Mr.. Smith. if
the Roosevelt people go through with
their announced plan to ditch Jouett
Shouse as permanent chairman of the
Democratic National Convention and
substitute Senator Thomas J. Walsh Of
Montana, will take the floor and flay
Roosevelt on the ground that the Office
was promised to Shouse. Such tactics
would be regarded as a final desperate
effort on the part of the anti-RooSevelt
forces to prevent the nomination of the
New York Governor by showing to the
convention how bitter is the feeling
against Roosevelt on the part Of his
foes and that he could not be elected
if he were nominated.
James A. Farley Democratic STATE
chairman CT New York, and Roosevelt
leader. is expected to arrive in Chicago
tcmolrcw. The Roosevelt forces are
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