Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-11-24

- Mortem. cause th.
corpse will always stay dead till vol
decide on what the cause of his death
was. That's one accommodating thing
about a corpse.
Now let's start from the beginning
What chance did Mr.. Hoover have a,
any time. even before the nominations
Everybody admitted That Ii things
don't pick up a whole lot why Mr.
Hoover hasent got a ghost of a chance
Well things dident pick up. everybody
knew that. So why did they run him,
or mean rather why did he run him.
self. for naturally he would be called
upon to by the party to run. They never
care for the Individual. Its always the
old hooey, For the good of the party
Now II Mr.. Hoover had just said,
Now boys | have done all / can for
the good OF the old Party. | have
struggled with It. fought every type
OF hard luck that was ever Invented.
including some invented by my own
Party. Now | know the tide Is against
me, so why lead me to the slaughter?
Ii people want a change as they evil
IDENTIFY seem too. why maby we could
lead them to accept a change In our
own Party, so just let me drop out.
In fact don't care for another term"
Now you see where he would have
been. Course you will say. Yes VIII.
but this is a second guess You are
making. It's easy to tell after its all
over what might have been DONE"
But Its not a second guess. 1t was
plain to him and all OF EN- all the time.
The whole thing hinged on Things
Picking Up" Well what was to make
I'm pick up? III they hadent picked up
in three years why we're they going to
pick up this Fall? A slight gain
wouldent have meant a thing. 1t would
have had to rained dollars to make
everyone think the real turn had come.
Away before the Convention In Chi
cago, / used to ask well why does
Mr.. Hoover run? You all say that IL the
election was tomorrow that he would
be overwhelmingly defeated. that the
people just want a change. Why don't
he step out and let me nominate some
body else in his place and save that
beatingg"
Well they would always tell me,
well Will, don't you see that would
be admitting that the Party had failed?
And we couldent do that" You see 1t
all gets back to the Party" They
conldent have the Party" admit any
thing. No SIR he must run. whether he
wants too OF not, I'VE must stand for
our principals"
So another good man was sent out
to bite the dust. I'll bet you that Mr..
Coolidge would have ducked EN- Ii he
had been in there under these same
conditions. He would have moi
Choosed" right In their face. He would
have told EN-, 1.-THE running don't look
good, and | am not going In just for
the sake OF running second" The
Good OF the Party could have gone
and jumped In the lake as far as he
would have been concerned. They
Wouldent have made a Roman Holiday
out OF him. He would have said. Boys
throw some other good Republican
Christian to the lions. | see the hand
writing on the wall in electric letters"
You see you could get over some
such resignation as this. 'Citizens, /
am afraid that my administration has
not been entirely to your satisfaction.
and there seems to be a decided ele-
In favor OF a change. | have no
to offer, | have no excuses. |
done my very best. 1t seems that
1t should have been more. So for the
good Of all concerned | decline to be a
candidate for reelection. Yours. Her
bert Hoover"
But the Party wouldent have al
lowed such a sane and sensible course.