The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-25
Candidates Calore-But?

Apparently on the eve of the great democratic national convention scheduled to open out in Chicago on Monday. the bat tle-scarred sons of Thomas Jefferson, ever as yore. are prepared to settle down into what looks like "hght-it-out-on-t this line-all sumner campaign if necessary. That there is no dearth of candidates. dark horses and favorite sons ready to step into the breach at the psychological moment IS openly conceded. And that there will be at least a half dozen we'll -up-in-front names tossed to the four winds of the Windy City when the nominating begins is not doubted.
 The big fight, Al Smiths Stop Roose- welt supreme effort goes merrily on with the chances of the stopping being aceomp- lshed getting better hourly. To this evil denee of political strategy or, what have you. the Waterbury Democrat does not heartily concur. "Ar' Smith, to our way of thinking, is still the big outstanding man of the democratic party. both as politician and statesman. yet, there seems to be too much of the former in the present bitter controversy for even the heretofore staunch- est supporters of Mir Smith to swallow. Franklin D. Roosevelts bid for the nomin- ation has been fair and square one and to our way of thinking should receive such treatment at the convention until conditions otherwise dictate that it should be different.
 The injection of Tammany into this bit- ter fight will scarcely abet the cause of those trying to throw a monkey wrench into .Roosevet's campaign. The fact that this out-and-out metropolitan New York or- ganization has apparently selected upon the name of Newton D. Baker as the man to do the trick can scarcely add to the former seeretary of wars popularity on election day. Agreed that Tammany may be pow erfu enough to dominate the convention and stop Roosevelt, will it be strong enough to elect him in November We scarcely think so. Newton D. Baker is an out standing candidate among the many strong candidates seeking the nomination. but un- less he secures his nomination next week out in Chicago by fair means he can't make the grade. No one man is greater than the whole in any organization or clique for that matter. So unless the democratic party unites upon some one candidate with the free and untrammeled choice of the delegates at large there IS little hope of success later
 What the republican party. at the lowest ebb it has been in many years, IS hoping to have happen next week in Chicago IS just such a fasco as the Stop Roosevelt group is planning at this minute in smoke-hlled hotel rooms in Chicago. An impasse of this nature they know would be deadly to what nearly everyone, republican and democrat alike. thinks is all but foregone eonelu- sion this year. namely democratic land- slide in November Republicans see no other way out and watch with renewed hopes the growing bitterness in the demo- cratic camp Give Roosevelt his chance IS the Waterbury Democrats advice and if he can't come through let the next best man be named. but let it be decided openly and above board on the convention floor by the delegates and not in advance by 1ammany or any other group seeking to dominate the convention for personal prestige rather than party success We say this in all sincerity in the hope of seeing some strong. guiding hand sent down to Washington in this hour of distress, when if ever the nation needed one it woefully does to-day. The democrat ic party has this great opportunity in its hands; let's hope it will not be wasted.