Evening star., 1932-09-13
Debate ON Party Positions
Based on Roosevelt Talks

! sue at Washington If he is elected TO
the presidency
"f Gov. Roosevelt, through his gift
of simple expression and honest facing
! OF the facts according to the Asbury
Park Press independent Democratic).
has shown honest prohibitionists and
honest prohibitionists the way to
cooperative endeavot to end the .un-
bearable conditions now existing. he
has done a public service OF inesti-
| Times independent Democratic) offers
! the judgment: The Democratic can
didate was mild in his denunciation of
the way Republicans have played poll
tics with the prohibition issue. He did
well to be mild. for the issue is laden
with politics for both parties"
/ 1T is doubtless true" AYERS the San
Francisco Chronicle independent Re-
publican), that both parties want both
wet and dry votes this year There is,
in fact. no reason why at least the Re
publican party should not get both sorts.
and it Is certain that the Democratic
party will do so If. as is probable. it
carries both New Jersey and Georgia
But the reason is not that any party
is on both sides of this question. It is
that the election Of November 1882,
will have no effect on it. either way.
The people may talk about prohibition
this year, but no vote that they can
now cast will do anything about it.
The votes to do that were cast in May,
1882, and will be cast in November.
1888. The election in November. 1892,
will have Just exactly nothing to do with
the case"
In the event Of his election as Presi-
= a..
independently Mr.. Roosevelt could not
be sure of united Democratic support
In Congress for his position any more
than President Hoover could be sure OF
united Republican support for his. The
country is called on to take all these
facts into the account and then to
determine which party Is the more
likely to give the sort Of liquor control
that 1t wants"
"The fact of the matter Is" accord
ing to the Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin Gndepedent Republican,. that now
sion Of the question Of repeal to the
States for action, which Is the only way
repeal can be accomplished. Both
parties are against the return of the
saloon, TO be accomplished by what
There IS substantially no issue of prohi-
bition as between parties. and compara-
lively little as between the personal at
tttude OF the two presidential candi-
dates. Prohibition is not the para
mount issue in this presidential cleo
ton"
"A good time is promised" says the
Fort Worth Star Telegram (independ
ent Democratic). Ito all who attend
the presidential election party this year.
Four years ago it was a whispering
party. This year it will be a spoken
aloud belittling party. The Demo-
cratic speakers are reciting with appro-
pirate personal interpretations the plans
and specifications of an abstract de-
mocracy of government as it is provided
by the platform Of the Democratic
party. The Republican platform would
make a nice Tower Of Babel II there
were dialect for each ambiguity. The
Democratic nominee for President has
made speeches on his platform. The
belittlers are working on them very
much as a covey of woodpeckers would
run true to form on an inviting tree.
In the meantime a continuity
Of Roosevelt speeches on Democratic
platform planks will keep the Repub-
can beiittlers most Interestingly jittery
until November"