Evening star., 1932-07-03
CHICAGO ROYALTY
GREETS ROOSEVELT
Reception Is Without Trace
of Attitude Displayed
Previous Night.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

Special Dispatch to The star
CHICAGO, July 2-The closing
phase was dramatic in the extreme.
Gov. Roosevelts doing away with that
ancient institution, the notification
Ceremony, his coming TO the conVen-
ton hall. and particularly his coming
in an airplane-all that had the effect
of creating intense interest in him..
Chicago's reception Of him was fully
equal to the reception it would give to
any presidential candidate under the
same circumstances. The city showed
no faintest sign of the attitude which,
the night before in the convention
hall. had expressed itself in booing
when the galleries realized that the
fight was over and Roosevelt's friends
had dominated the convention. That
scene was as unprecedented in American
political history as RooseVelt's own
swift overturnlng of tradition. NO
doubt the accounts of the boolng sent
out hurriedly to the country at the IN
slant it was occurring may nave misin-
terpreted it to RooSevelts detrlment
It is extremely doubtful II any part OF
the hostile demonstration was directed
toward Roosevelt personally. The crowd
was expressing itself, not about the
victory of Roosevelt, but the defeat OF
Smith. Much of the crowds anger was
directed straight at William G. McAdoo,
who at the moment was making the an
nouncement about California'S switch
which meant RooSevelt's victory, ana
meant for Smith not merely defeat, but
elimination from any important IN
fuence in the Democratic party IN
national sense.
Crowd Sensed Situation.
It was uncanny how the crowd
erasped the mechanics or the intricate
political situation They -sensed" that
it was McAdoo who had had major
hand in bringing about the breaking
of the beginning deadlock in just the
way it ended. Because OF that they
were very angry at McAdoo indeed.
In the chorused booing one heard fire.
ouently a shouted question, What
price, McAdoo?" 1t was fact, Of course,
that there had been a political bargain.
At that time. however, nobody knew
about it, and it was remarkable that the
crowd should have been vocally Sus-
picious 1t is quite according to politl-
cal morals and convention precedentS
that California and Texas should re-
ceive a political price Tor cutting the
opposition to Roosevelt and by gong
over to him, give him the prize. One
wonders, however. if that sort of thing
NAV not be out of date. One wonders
if the country is in a mood to be pa
tient with convention strategy played
as a game that takes account OF per-
sonal prizes, personal emotions, personal
feuds. There was some of the same
sort of thing in the Republican Ma
tional Convention in which the vice
presidential nomination was awarded
to Curtis on the grounds Of partys
gratitude for past loyal services.
In the negotiations here last FRIDAY
Texas and California led, respectively,
by Garner and McAdoo, decided to
throw victory to Roosevelt. At first the
notion was discussed by giving the vice
presidential nomination to McAdoo.
That was rejected partly on the ground
that McAdoo on the ticket, being SO
conspicuously dry, would undo much
of the effect that had been gained by
adopting the wettest possible platform.
1t was decided to give the vice presl-
Dental prize to Garner. There has
been an immense buzz Of curiosity as TO
WHY Garner would want the vice presi-
dency. The speakership is In every
estimation, and in the formal ranking
of Government officers, by far the better
post and the more important one. In
evitably it was surmised that Garner
must have been disappointed with his
brief career in the Speakers office. 1t
is a fact that some of the more i'm
portant Democrats in the House have
been less than contented with Garner s
management of the speakership, and
will be pleased with the opportunity to
give the post to another. The vice pres
idency is an infinitely less burdensome
Office to administer. The Democrats
feel they have solved a situation which
was likely to become problem to them.
AS for McAdoo, he is equipped to go
back to California with the satisfied
grin, not of the cat who ate the canary,
but Of the man who ate the tiger. Nc
Adoos revenge upon Smith is complete
and then some. The 10-year feud ends
with each having kept the other from
the presidency, but with McAdoo alone
tasting the sweets of having the last
blow and the concluding one in the
feud.
Satisfies Own Feud.
McAdoo should have had the presi-
dental nomination in 1924. Smith
stopped him. Now McAdoo has not only
satisfied his own feud with Smith, but
has also defeated Smith in Smiths later
controversy against Franklin Roosevelt.
One feels like wondering again, whether
in this age Of the world, and in this
crisis, politics in either party can con-
tinue to be to so great a degree a thing
having to DO with the clash of person.
alities.
Most Of this will quickly evaporate in
the coming campaign. Roosevelt is not
personally touched by it, He can fairly
expect the public will measure him by
his own qualities and the impression
he makes on the country. The only
trace of the conventions angry emo
tions about which there can be any
apprehension centerS around Smith As
Smith disappeared from the picture
there was universal speculation about
whether he will voluntarily make his
disappearance more complete to the
detriment Of Roosevelt. 1t will make a
decided difference to Roosevelt whether
Smith supports the ticket and at what
point between silence and outright op-
position Smith will take his stand.
However, the worst that Smith can do
has been discounted by the Roosevelt
forces. They have laid out their course
upon the assumption that they can win
the presidency without carrying those
Eastern States where Smiths presum-
ably digpleased following is strong.
One feels like saying, as a last i'm
preston Of the convention that there
was nothing in that room SO genuine
and appealing as the affection felt for
Smith by those vino follow him. In
time OF many fallen idols and many sad
Establishments. the affection Of the
Smith following for their hero remains
like an untouched monument among
crumbled ruins Of faith.
CCcpyrIaht, 1922
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