The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1932-07-19
IN THE ARENA OF
-POLITICS
Who Will Play the Ace?
C,.E.B.


Who Will Play the Ace?
Democrats of Ohio received an OPP
portunity to laugh at the inconsist-
ency of the Republicans at their state
convention last week.
If press reports are to be relied
upon, it seems that Patrick Hurley,
the War Secretary from Washington,
handed David Sinton Ingalls,, candi
date for Governor, trick card from
the bottom of the deck.
Hurley made good deal of fun of
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's dec
laration that he intended offering the
people "new deal", evidently ignor-
ant of the fact that the "new deal"
stuff was about the principal thing
in ingalls, campaign. In fact the Re-
publican gubernatorial nominee called
attention to the fact that he defeated
Clarence Brown and Myers Y. Cooper
because of his promise to give out a
"new deal"-and he did it from the
same platform, within the same hour
that Hurley branded Roosevelt's "new
deal" declaration as "bosh."
Evidently ingalls, and Hurley didn't
inspect the deck from which they were
dealing very we'll and it is altogether
possible that the Democrats may hold
the "ace" in this falls political game.
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Columbus.-A survey of Ohio news
paper editorial comment on the Demo-
cratic national platform reveals that
editors generally find it commend
able document. Brevity, fortnight
ness and courage are among the quail
tiles which attract approval of ma
iority of the states journalistic COM
mentators. Typical of the editorial
observations picked at random from
the states press are:
WASHINGTON G. H. HERALD:
"The platform is forward step in po-
litical party declarations and may
mark the end of pussyfooting and
lodging by party leaders. 1t may
mean the end of blind voting and be
the beginning of an era in which peo-
pie will know what they are voting for
and perpetuate at least one of the po-
litical parties as an effective instru-
ment which voters Can use to express
their preferences in government"
NORWALK EXPERIMENT: "The
platform adopted by the Democratic
convention is brief but constructive. 1t
meets the needs Of the times in it's
appeal for more intelligent govern
mental administration and is generally
conceded to be an able document"
SANDUSKY JOURNAL: "The pro-
hibition plank of the Democratic party
makes it a militant, crusading force
in the campaign of 1892. The Repub-
ican straddle on the issue becomes
more discreditable, more disgraceful
by reason of Democracy's courage"
GALLIPOLIS TRIBUNE: "Demo-
Gratis have good reason to be satisfied
with and perhaps elated over their ma
tional platform. We particularly
like what it says about extravaganza
and speculations of the farm board;
its thrust at the state department for
encouraging the sale in this country
Of foreign securities of doubtful or
disappearing value; its insistence on
continuous publicity for political con-
tributions and expenditures"
LORAIN HERALD: "All in all, it
is difficult to see how the Democrats
could have done a better job on their
platform. 1t gets to the opposition's
tender points; it is designed for the
mass Of the people and is short
enough to read and clear enough to
understand"
COSHOCTON TRIBUNE: "The
Democratic party's new platform is
possibly the best political pronounce
ment since the one upon which the
fortnight Lincoln stood when the ma
ton faced the ominous threat of civil
war :. And it is fact of good omen
that the really great Republican lead
ers and papers, who without exception
are denouncing their own platform
either in part or in whole, are already
mplimenting the Democrats on their
fine achievement in making a clear,
brief and courageous statement of the
1892 Articles of Faith"
FREMONT MESSENGER: "Repub-
lican wise-heads will wag over the
compact Democratic platform. Cour-
age was shown in document of 1896
words. It's sure sign that times are
changing. Democrats have made a
good job of it."
HILLSBORO GAZETTE: HThe plat
form adopted at the Democratic ma
tional convention is the shortest, clear
est and best advanced by any party in
many years !. Read the platform
once, it takes only few minutes, and
you know what it is all about. 1t