Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-19
BY ELMER DAVIS.


CHICAGO. June Is NAN.A).-0od-
frey G. Gloom, the visiting Democratic
observer, was encountered by reporter
wandering aimlessly around the Con-
gress H-tel lobby.
Been looking for some Of my friends
among the delegates" the veteran ex-
planned. "but hear that they've all
gone cut on the lake front"
What are they doing on the lake
front?" asked the correspondent.
Sinking their convictions in the in
terest Of harmony" replied Mr.. Gloom.
Il hear some CT 'em even hired motor
boats and went out mile or two so
their convictions could be sunk in deep
water and wouldn't float back ashore
to trouble them"
Puzzled About Prohibition.
What do you think of the Republic
an prohibition plank" the reporter
| asked
up to this time" said Mr.. Gloom,
cautiously, Il don't know what it really
is. True, have read the text or sub
stance of 1t In every paper that's come
to my notice. As far as I can gather,
this subcommittee resolved to keep their
decision so strictly confidential that
they didn't tell anybody but 400 news
paper men. But the stories in the
papers don't all tally, SO I'm inclined to
suspect that lot Of these informative
subccmmitteemen went to sleep while
the plank was being read and only
woke up in time to vote Aye
But anyway, whichever way you
read that plank bet every Republican
will agree it is admirably adapted to its
purpose. Dr. Butler said the other day
that there is no place anywhere today
for the pussyfooter,' and he was almost
exactly right. No place at all but the
White House
And if you think that remark is die
tated by any partisan animosity Of
mine, invite you to take look at the
behavior of the leading candidate for
the Democratic nomination"
What did you think of the early
session." the reporter asked.
Smell Best Keynoter."
why, it wasn't a bad session at all"
said Mr.. Gloom. The galleries were
no more than half empty. so I reckon
some of these forgotten men, who for
got to come the first day had been
drummed up and told they were ex-
pected to show up and look interested.
And as keynoter, much preferred
Mr.. Smell to Senator Dickinson.
This Smell is smart. I Ehall not
pause, he said. to enumerate the full
list of Republican achievements evil
IDENTIFY fearing that if he did so he
might forget and say something about
the abolition of poverty. 1t Is true he
slipped into an occasional defense Of
the party record. but most of the time
he was attacking. not defending, and
that was good sense.
In the first place, there's plenty
to attack in the record of the Democrats
in Congress, and in the second place.
l have an idea that this year anybody
who attacks anybody for any reason
is going to have a lot Of sympathetic
listeners.
Not that Smell was at all remiss
about praising the President. First he
gets his facts says Smell, and then
he acts There's some Of these dele
gates who served on that famous
remark must have called up bitter
memories of how Hoover got the facts
they'd spent year or so collecting and
then threw EN- all in the waste basket"
Training for Real Demonstration.
So Mr.. Gloom continued, I'VE had
pretty good speech and then we had
that impressive outburst of enthusiasm
when President Hoovers name was
mentioned. That alone was worth the
price of admission. For eight minutes
the unbridled passion Of the mob car
ried everything before it, and some were
even seen to wave their handkerchiefs
Yesterdays demonstration lasted two
minutes, so this one was four times
as long.
Il understand word has been passed
around that it has got to be kept up
for 80 minutes when Hoover is nomi-
mated. and at this rate of geometrical
progression the delegates will be at the
peak Of their form then. neither over
trained nor UNDETERMINED, and able to
endure that half-hour demonstration
without collapsing under the strain.
But it was certainly historic mo-
ment at the earlier session when for
the first time in quarter Of . cen
tury the Wisconsin banner was waved
aloft in the grand procession. Texas
was there, too, and it's a great pity
they didn't have Tom Love here to
carry it for them. With Wisconsin and
Texas restored to the fold Of safely
Republican States they got nothing to