Evening star., 1932-07-02
CHICAGO OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

CHICAGO, H., July Franklin D.
RooSevelt's nomination for the presi-
dency by the Democrats represents the
fully expected, Just as Herbert Hoover S
denomination by the Republicans typi-
fed the anticipated and prearranged.
The G. o. P. affair was more of the
cut-and-dried variety, in the nature of
the case, but the Democratic nomina-
ton turns out to have been a program
just as thoroughly assured in advance
Making ample allowance for all the
Roosevelt enthusiasm generated at Chi
cago this week, including the tumultu-
GUS reception that was on. ice for the
Governor this afternoon, history will
record that he becomes the Democratic
standard bearer, not SO much because
he was "the peoples choice" but be-
cause victory was so invincibly organ
lied for him. Roosevelt's nomination
i is as much triumph for James A
Farley, his pre- convention and conven-
tion Warwick, as it is for the Governor
himself. Delegates are what wins nomi-
nations. To Farley was assigned the
supreme task of seeing they were on
hand at Chicago in June, 1892 Once
here, his job was to see that his lines
held like iron against the enemys as
SaultS. How brilliantly he carried out
his assignment events now show. 1t was
an achievement that ranks the husky
young upstate New Yorker as a master
machinist with the giants of the political
past.
Naturally, the Democrats leave their
embattled scene confident that they
have placed winning candidate and
platform in the field That is to say
most of them feel that way about it.
The exception, to judge by their con-
duct in the closing hours of the con-
vention, is the vanquiShed Smith group
1t was only last-ditch block of Smith
States Connecticut Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and New Jersey and
Smith delegates in New York and
Pennsylvania-that refused to the bitter
end to do obeisance to the conqueror.
Tammany's failure to ascend the band
wagon is a circumstance that sets all
Democrats anxiouSly to wondering.
Will the irreconcilables below the Bronx
knife the Governor in November? That
is probably the fly in the ointment for
the Roosevelt supporters at Chicago.
Many expected that Al Smith. following
the lead of those two other discounted
Roosevelt stoppers-Govs. Ritchie and
Byrd-would at least formally bury the
hatchet and show the convention that
the party marches to battle a united
band of brothers. 1t did not come OIL.
Pending future developments, Gov.
Roosevelt takes the field. as Grover
Cleveland did exactly 30 years ago, with
Democratic Manhattan Island appar-
emily and sullenly against him.
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Revenge may be long delayed. but
it is sw enough when it comes.
William 1 ibns McAdoo got his in the
Chicago Stadium last night. To the
chief victim of the Madison Square
Garden convention came the oppor-
tunitv to even scores, eight years later.
With the architect of his ruin on that
occasion. 1t was Al Smith who frus-
trated McAdoo's ambition in 1924.
last night it was McAdoo who di-
rectly and definitely thwarted Smiths
cnawino aspiration to defeat Franklin
r. Roosevelt. The McAdoo-G Garner
Colifornia-Texas combination, once
looked upon as a potent part of the
Roosevelt alliance of favorite sons,
turned the tide in the Governors favor
at the psychological moment. To rub
in the full significance of McAdoo's
victory, he was given the platform at
the decisive moment. There was the
olint of a crowning satisfaction in the
ianky Californian's eye as he broke
the news that the Garner vote had
swung to Roo-evelt and thus Pro
nounced the d. e tie Smith camp.
Ugly runner ,- --.at as to the
ceuse of the enti-- Cos@Veit racket that
raged Throughout MeAdoo's critical an
nouncement and almost prevented his