Evening star., 1932-06-25
BY ELMER DAVIS.

Special Dispatch to The Star,
CHICAGO, June 25 (N.ANA).-
Godfrey G.. Gloom, the old-fashioned
JefferSonian Democrat from Amity,
Ind, was discovered by a reporter try
ing to keep his balance in the pushing
crowd in the Congress Hotel corridors.
Amt this something like old tirnes?"
asked the veteran enthusiastically.
Headquarters opened for lot of can
didates, and people going around wear
ing buttons and acting as II they was
for somebody instead of just takin' a
dose of medicine.
Beware Of Ides of November.
why, I see more people in Harry
Byrd's headquarters than was around
here the whole Republican Convention, Z"
went on Mr.. Gloom. Whats more,
they dress the part. I've seen many
Prince Albert coat and string tie to-
day. Shut your eyes, and you would
think we was here to nominate Grover
Cleveland, and 1 wish it was true, with
all this crowd in town, somebody said,
it don't look as if there was any de-
preston. But we Democrats seldom
take our depression as early as June
we generally wait till November
You think prospects are bad for the
Democrats?" the reporter asked.
Well, you never can tell,' replied
Mr.. Gloom, cautiously. Before 1 left
home my wife says to me, Godfrey,
she says, why do you want to go up
there to Chicago just to see the Demo-
cratic party commit suicide?' Well, I
says to her, I've attended the funeral
of the Democratic party several times,
but somehow it always manages to
wriggle out of the coffin. The blame
thing may never be much more than
half alive, but it's pretty hard to kill
it entirely
Hoover Doing Democratic Thinking.
"At the same time" Mr.. Gloom pur-
sued, I'm sorry to see they've started
acting democratical already-this idea
of Mr.. Farley about doin' away with
the two-thirds rule. That two thirds
rule was good enough for Woodrow Will
son and Jack Sharkey to win under it,
and I don't see why Farley needs to
be afraid of it for Roosevelt. And then
this hint of Mayor Hague that Smith
might withdraw if Roosevelt would
withdraw too. Seems to me that's car
ryin' cooperation with the White House
entirely too far"
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do you figure that out?"
Why" said the old-timer, impa-
tiently, Its just the same idea Hoover
had last week. Hoover, he says, Wen
give up a lot Of ships and soldiers we
haven't got If Europe and Japan will
give up lot of ships and soldiers they
have got Hague says Smith will give
up chance he hasn't got if Roosevelt
will give up a chance he has got. Eu-
rope and Japan seemed bit cold to the
idea and no wonder Roosevelt was cold
to it, too. I'm glad Smith also turned
1t down. Time we Democrats stopped
lettin Hoover do our thinking for US
and started up few thoughts of our
own"
Republicans Fight Fans.
Then you are disturbed" asked the
reporter, "over the prospect of Repub-
lican influence in this convention?"
I'm not the only one." said Mr..
Gloom. II hear one of these local DEM
ocratic leaders has written the commit
tee very stiff letter about the sale of
seats. Not that he objects to 1t in prin-
ciple; nobody objects in principle to
selling anything this year for which you
can find a customer But his objection
Is that the seats are going to what he
calls society leaders and outsiders in
stead of the good Democratic boys that
do the work here in Chicago