Evening star., 1932-09-29
The Political Mill
By C.. Could Lincoln.

Every State west of the Mississippi"
| will cast its electoral votes for Roose-
welt, according to James A. Farley, the
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee This sounds little mild
, for Mr.. Farley, who has been in the
habit Of declaring he would not con-
cede President Hoover any one of the
48 States Of the Union. However. Mr..
Farley is just back from the West,
stopping long enough in Chicago to
make his prediction about the prairie
and mountain States. He has been
travelling with the Roosevelt party on
the Democratic presidential candidates
long swing and came back ahead OF
time to iron things out for the Demo-
Gratis in their coming New York State
convention. October and 4.
Gov. Roosevelt has drawn big crowds
on his Western tour. He has chucked
at least two Western Republican Pro-
gressive Senators under the chin and
made them smile-Hiram johnson of
| California and Bronson Cutting OF New
Mexico. But he is not the first presi-
Dental candidate to draw big crowds.
A presidential candidate, after all, is
curiosity, drawing card. No one, not
even Mr. Roosevelt, has drawn bigger
crowds or more enthusiastic than did
Alfred E. Smith in 1923, or William
! Jennings Bryan in 1896 and thereafter.
cratic candidate to seek the favor OF
Republican Progressive Senators.
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! Hiram johnson is credited with hav-
| ing lost California to Charles Evans
Hughes, the Republican presidential can
didate in 1916, because he believed Mr..
| Hughes snubbed him when he visited
| California that year Senator John
sons dislike for Mr.. Hughes is or was
| at that time mild thing compared to
his hate for President Hoover. But in
1915 Senator johnson was in the zenith
of his power. He was Governor of the
State. His power today is not SO great
nor is his following. Furthermore, Mr..
Hughes was son of New York and
Herbert Hoover Is son Of California.
But if johnson really becomes active
for Roosevelt and against Hoover in
this campaign, 1t is to the disadvantage
of the G. o. P. national ticket There
is no other way of looking at it. Just
how far Mr. johnson can transfer his
personal grudge against Mr. Hoover to
the Republican voters of California is a
| question. In the first place, the Re-
| publican voters know and understand
| that 1t is personal matter with Mr.
Johnson, and after all, that is not a
very good reason for some one else to
vote against presidential candidate.
| Senator Cutting, whom Gov. Roose-
velt called to his side during a stop in
New Mexico, has been a severe critic of
the Hoover administration on many oc-
casions, and one of the progressive
group on the Republican side. The
New Mexico Senator is credited with
owning more or less both the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties in his
State. His friendship for a Democratic
candidate for President therefore need
not be surprising. In addition. Senator
! Cutting was not always of the Far West
He Is an Easterner and a graduate of
Harvard, just as is Gov. Roosevelt If
Cutting goes for Roosevelt in New
Mexico that State is far more likely to
be Democratic on election day than is
California. for Cutting is the big frog
in the political pond Of that State.
How much the entry of Senator
Brookhart of Iowa into the senatorial
race in that State as progressive"
Independent candidate will help the
Democratic cause is a moot question.
presumably Mr.. Brookhart is more in
tent at present on helping himself than
he is on helping Gov Roosevelt. His
entry may make it more difficult for
! Louis Murphy, the Democratic nominee
Tor the Senate, for it will split the op-
! position to Henry Field, the Republican
nominee. He is likely to draw as MANY
votes which would otherwise have been
cast for Murphy as he would Repub-
Lean votes from Field. This may cut
down the Roosevelt vote for President
IN Iowa, the Brookhart supporters fail
Ing to vote straight Democratic ticket
One thing seems likely, and that is the
election OF Henry Field to the Senate.
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| The Iowa Republicans and the Re-
publicans Of the Middle West and West
generally are counting on President
Hoover's speech in Des Moines next
Tuesday to help them out in the cam
paign. They consider his coming west
a very good move and many of them
wish he would make other speeches in
/ the West. Mr.. Hoover's speech accept
ing the presidential nomination did
! him a lot of good out in the Middle
West. 1t gave the Republicans courage
when they had none. But that speech
was made in August and the Repub-
licans in this section bSeve the time
has come for the President to strike
again and to strike hard In Michigan
| the speech of acceptance restored to
the President the support of a lot of
Republicans, many of them men of
wealth and contributors to past cam
paigns. who were ready to flop over to
the Democrats on the prohibition issue
alone.
Gov. Roosevelt. according to reports
from his special train. is to cut out his
presumptive speaking engagement in
Chicago Saturday night. During his
stay in Chicago, however, lie will at
tend the World Series base ball game
between the Cubs and the Yankees and
confer with lot Of Democratic leaders.
Illinois presents peculiar political sit
uation. The charge has been made that
Len Small, the Republican candidate for
Governor, is willing to throw votes to
Roosevelt provided the Democrats will
help elect him Governor. Small has
many Republican enemies in the State
VINO are quite prepared to vote fer his
Democratic opponent. But if Roosevelt
is not to speak in Chicago the people
in Detroit are looking eagerly to his
visit here and speech from him on
Sunday. Plans are being made for
him to address $4,000 persons at the
Detroit Naval Reserve Armory. Only
5000 can get inside the armory. but
there is a park nearby where 10000
more may hear the speech by means
Of an amplifying system.
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It isn't often that the opportunity of
hitting back at a political opponent
comes as quickly and as easily as did
that which came to Jouett Shouse. new
president of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment, to strike at
William Gibbs McAdoo. Mr. McAdoo
cut the ground from under the feet of
the opposition to the nomination of
Roosevelt for President at the Chicago
convention when he arose and an
nounced that the California and Texas
delegations, pledged to Garner, would
vote for Roosevelt. Mr.. Shouse had be-
come the target Of the Roosevelt fac