Evening star., 1932-10-28

me. Hoover was the cultured man. I
was the product Of the sidewalk That
WAS what William Allen White meant.
Described - Acrobat.
But wait until show you the double
back -somersault that he took With
everything else I introduced him as,
he is an acrobat, and how he got away
from Barnum is more than can un-
derstand. In 1882 he has an entirely
different story to tell In 1882 he says
Frank Roosevelt is overcultured. He
went TO too many schools. He writes
an article In which he says he was ut
the exclusive boys. school at Groton
and returned to Hyde Park to take the
place Of his father as the country
squire. In 1882 Prank has too much
education.
But what about Hoover? Oh, now
for that pathetic passage, that SORROW
full part Of American life, where we
were born In . little school house, in
a one horse town in Iowa. where his
father was the poor blacksmith and
his relatives were all farmers. Now let
me anaiyze the whole thing In 1928
Hoover was the cultured man, and I
was the fish peddler. In 1882 Frank
Roosevelt is the cultured man. and Door
Herbert is the little boy around his
fathers blacksmith shop.
Attacks Moses.
Now we have got one more character
to deal with. and We will do the best
We can with it. He is the President
pro tenn of the Senate, the Senator
from New Hampshire. If were pick
ing part for him in this drama. my
mind would 60 back to the old-time
play Of Ticket Of Leave Men,. and !
would give him the part of Hawkshaw,
the detective. know that the younger
folks In the audience do not remember
that old time play, but / can see some
Of the old gray heads like mine that
smile, and must understand the Ticket
Of Leeve Men" Hawkshaw was al
ways In, disguise. and the part Of the
play thAt took the boys in the gallery
was when he rushed In and said, II
have the papers. Who will take
them?7 . And the old fellow said, Il
will. ,s'And you? Who are you?' And
he said "Hawkshaw, the detective"
You know, am not q suspicious per-
son by nature-not born that way. I
have the kindliest feeling for every
living being. But am q little bit sus-
picious when Senator Moses gets SO
terribly excited and wrought up and
speaks with a sob in his voice because
1 was not nominated-what . terrible
thing 1t was!
And when I see the Senator in
Southampton, Long Island. in the month
of September, when there are no politi
cal meets. and certainly not at a water
resort. where great ma jority of the
people do not 60, but where I have q
great many friends, both Democrats
and Republicans, and he comes up on
the platform to tell what a terrible thing
was done to me in Chicago, am little
bit suspicious.
Dissatisfied With Convention.
Now. I said We were home tonight.
And that compels some pretty frank
speech from me- because We are around
the table and am talking to you. And
this is what I emphatically say to you.
was not satisfied with the Chicago
convention. And know that you were
not satisfied with it. But. listen. we will
settle these troubles in our party. We
don't want any advice, and above every
thing else we want no sympathy from
Senator Moses, or from his Republican
cohorts.
I spoke in Newark last Monday night
and there was fare up in every Re-
publican paper in the country Why?
Because I told them something that
they did not like to hear.
went down to Jersey to do two things:
First, to try and convince the people OF
this country that the Republican party
is absolutely not on the level on the