Evening star., 1932-07-15

that Won" in the judgment Of the Du-
luth Herald independent Republican,,
nobody ever had. And he must, too,
! have been conscious. perhaps painfully
so, of these temptations. Yet he is
bigger man today however disappoint-
ing his stand may be to Republicans.
because he has chosen to play the game
as he always has played it-as smiling
winner and a smiling loser and as an
always loyal member of the party that
has honored him so often" Charging
that the Roosevelt managers cam
paigned against Smith months before
any delegates had been chosen the
Minneapolis Journal independent Re-
publican) declares: That Roosevelt
should have done this to the man who
made him Governor, to the man who
originally made 1t possible for him to
run for President. naturally rankles in
the breasts Of Al Smith Democrats
throughout the land. Al Smith himself
has formal obligations that require him
to swallow harmony dose of nauseat-
ing size. No such obligations bind the
rank and file of his millions of ad-
mirers."
There is criticism of Mr.. Smiths fall
ure to put enthusiasm into his state
ment Of party loyalty, and especially his
silence on the nominees of the conven-
ton. The Newark Evening News tin-
dependenD says: Roosevelt is not men,
toned at all in the statement That is
too small an action for a man as big
as Smith is The Nashville Banner dn-
dependent) states: Mr.. Smith SEEM
ingly has forgotten 1928; the country
has not" The Hartford Times Cnde-
pendent Democraticl AYERS: las a for
mer nominee, Mr.. Smith is not yet TAX
ing the position toward the party he
should. AS a beneficiary of great 10y
atty from Gov. Roosevelt, he diSappoints
many admirers" The New York Times
independently and the Cleveland News
Republican, feel his restraint is mot
like Al Smith" The San Francisco
Chronicle independent Republican, Of
fers the comment: Mr. Smith is rightly
conscious of the fact that on the one
question which dominated this years
Democratic convention and swung the
Democracy into new. and aggressive
policy, he was four years ahead of his
party. Having blazed the way in
the bitterness of foregone defeat, Mr..
Smith would be less than human if he
were not chagrined to see the banner
OF leadership passed to other hands now
that the perhaps with un-
founded optimism-believe they have a
chance Of winning and have embraced
the very issue on which they repudi-
ated him four years ago"
Southern Democrats that voted
against Smith four years ago long since
realized their mistake and will not be
misled again into committing such a
blunder." in the opinion of the Texar-
kama Gazette tDemocratic). The Phil
adelphia Evening Bulletin independent
Republican, declares: He is a Demo-
crat, and that implies the support of
the party ticket and the platform, part
of which is much to his liking and more
in line with his openly avowed position
and determination than with anything
Gov. Roosevelt ever had said previous
to his speech Of acceptance, notably the
repeal plank" q
Roosevelt welcomes" according to
the New York Sun independently, "the
crumb thrown to his cause in Mr..
Smiths statement. Smith will support
the ticket. That may win back to the
Democratic ticket thousands of votes
which would follow AL Smith wherever
he went. But it will not appease all the
Smith followers. Their anger is too
great to be Modified by their heros
regularity"