Evening star., 1932-11-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

do us the favor Of naming Gov. Roose-
velt" Actually, silly as it sounds now,
there was a time when Republicans did
think the Governor would be Hoovers
easiest meat Those were the days
when they expected confidently to be
able to paint him red radical and
sell" the country the idea that
Roosevelt administration, as Mr.. Hoo
yer suggested in New York last Mon
day night, would cause the grass to
grow in the streets of a hundred Amerl-
can cities
Our political history will probably be
searched in vain for an example Of a
prospective presidential winner who
aroused so little genuine enthusiasm as
Gov. Roosevelt Everywhere. of course,
the Democratic candidate has drawn
big crowds and loud cheers. But they
would have been obtained by any ma
tional nominee. The Governor unqueS-
tionably has been the beneficiary Of the
countryS anti-Hoover crouch rather
than of the country's fervent admira
ton Of himself This is not to say that
F. D. RS smile and winning personality
have not made him thousands Of friends
But the annals of the 1882 duel will
record. If they are faithful chronicles.
peoples liking Roosevelt more, but
Hoover less,
Except for the plaudits showered upon
President Hoover after the acceptance
and Des Moines speeches, it's doubtful
If any utterance of the campaign
brought to its author such deluge of
kilograms and letters as have been de-
livered this week at the office of SEN
ator Carter Glass. The Virginia Demo-
crat has simply been inundated by
them. Mail arrived by the sackful It's
understood that at least a third of the
letters originated in Pennsylvania and
that 80 per cent Of them came from
persons who signed themselves Life
long Republicans" Senator Glass sat
in the Columbia broadcasting studio in
Washington while Secretary Mills was
answering him on the air Eye wit
nesses testify that now and then while
Mills was talking, Glass was in explo-
sive mood.
Miss Ann Shankey, who has been
President Hoover's confidential stem
ographer since Department of Com
merce days. ought to have pull with
Roosevelt administration, too, if such
there is to be. She halls from Haver-
straw, N Y, which is Democratic Ma
tional Chairman Jim Farleys home
town. They attended the same school,
Haverstraw High, though not quite at
the same time, and their families have
been acquainted all through the inter-
vening years.
Like President Hoover. his running
mate. Vice President Curtis, is winding
up the campaign in his own home
State. Kansas. Mr.. Curtis will speak
in Wichita on Monday night, almost
at the same hour that Mr. Hoover is
singing his 1882 swan song at Palo
Alto. Dolly Gam, the Vice Presidents
sister and chief booster, spoke at
Wichita this week Up-to-the- minute
advices are to the effect that Kansas
vote will be close. with most author
tiles predicting that Hoover will get
from So to 54 per cent of the ballots
cast In 1928 he carried Kansas by
100000
This is hot off the griddle from Wall
Street. It comes from a broker who is
Hoover man. He says money in
quantities can be found at three to one
on Roosevelt to win the presidency and
at eight to five on his carrying New
York. There has not been much Hoo
yer money around, though there was an
oner to put up fair amount at one
to five, without a taker thus far. Brok-
ers in close touch with such betting as
there is reflect the general feeling on
the Stock Exchange that Gov. Roose-
welt will carry most States outside of
New England.
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