Evening star., 1932-05-17


effectually tied to Roosevelt as long as
Roosevelt has a chance Of obtaining
the presidential nomination. While
the Kansas convention was instructlng
for Roosevelt and electing Shouse a
delegate at large. Mr.. Shouse was in
Connecticut where he delivered the
keynote speech at the Democratic State
Convention yesterday. Connecticut has
been regarded as Smith stronghold,
and the Roosevelt opposition has de-
pledged to Alfred E. Smith. However,
the Roosevelt opposition in Connecti-
cut apparently has agreed to permit the
naming of Homer S. Cummings and
several other Roosevelt supporters as
members Of the States delegation. To
shave done otherwise would have merely
intensified the row among the Demo-
1crats in the Nutmeg State.
Out In New Mexico the Democrats in
State convention are expected today to
instruct their delegation with six votes
fer Roosevelt.
Although in his letter to John Crow
ley, publisher of the Little Falls. N. Y,
: kTimes, declaring he could not accept q
-Snomination for President, Mr.. Young
went into no detailed statement OF his
freasons, friends Of Mr. Young have in
tterpreted it as meaning that he would
snot accept because of Mrs. Young's i'll
4ness. Mrs. Young is reported to be suf-
5fering from heart trouble and has never
sbeen well since their son, John, was
Ekilled while saving dog from an ap-
proaching railroad train.
:. The anti Roosevelt Democrats are
Gounting on having more than one-third
Sof the l54 delegates in the Democratic
National Convention opposed to Roose-
fyelt thereby making his nomination
7for President impossible under the two
Athirds rule, which has prevailed for a
Hundred years in Democratic national
~ conventions.
They are counting on these delegates
/ tsemaining firm for favorite son candi-
sdates-like Gov. White Of Ohio, Sena-
gtor Lewis of Illinois, former Senator
Reed Of Missouri and several others.
lit is no more possible for these oppo-
Snents Of Roosevelt to say just how long
these delegates will stick by favcrite
son candidates than it is possible for
sthe Roosevelt Supporters to say just how
3long all the Roosevelt delegates will
!stick by their candidate. However, II
Roosevelt has majority Of the dele
gates in the convention and looks 10
be q winner, 1t is not difdcult TO ngure
that the urge will be toward him rather
than away from him.
Would Like Single Candidate.
The opposirfon to Roosevelt would
like TO center on q single candidate II
1t was able to do so. There are Smith,
ERitchie Of Maryland and Garner oi
Texas to whom they might tie. The
difficulty, however, lies in bringing the
delegates from Ohio and Illinois, for
example, in anything like complete
rurnbers to support Smith or Garner
! or to bring the delegation from Cali
,sornia. instructed now for Garner, to
support Ritchie. The Smith candidacy
has been regarded In Democratic circles
generally as a stop Roosevelt movement
and without any real chance OF nonl-
mating Alfred z. Smith again. Gov
Eitchie's candidacy Is frankly IN the
open. He may have the Smith strength
AIfrown TO him. but that would not o.
enough 10 nominate him.
Speaker Gamers presidential Doom
has not gathered much headway. II wal
tnought at one time that many Demo.
cratic members Of the House would be
out fighting for his nomination. Bu'
such a movement among the HOUSE
members has not naterialized. Garner
won in California because the wet vott
was split between Roosevelt and Smitf
and the big dry vote In Los Angelo:
County went for him He had q plu'
yality OF more than $4,000 votes In tina
II county. Outside Of that county Roose'
! fslt hs& q plurality Of $4,000 vossk