The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-28
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

HNAS0 oCIVSCe VIttcC
Washington.-Two of the ablest
men IN the Democratic party are
fighting it out for the permanent
craftsmanship of the national conven-
ton at Chicago.
Both have served their party with
0Atlnction and deserve we'll Of 1t. So
1t seems too bad that one Of them
must lose out In the hot clash which
Will come when the forces Of Govern
or Roosevelt attempt to elect Senator
Thomas j. Walsh of Montana over
the choice of the anti-Roosevelt
forces. Chairman Jouett Shouse of the
Democratic national executive COM
mittee.
If Walsh loses he will stay on in
the Senate place from which he car
ried on his memorable investigation
of the Teapot Dome scandals and
where his record has qualified him
as statesman.
But while there is seldom any SEN
timent in politics, anyone who in
stinctively admires the man who does
a swell Job could not note without a
tinge of regret the dissolution Of the
able, shrewd firm of Raskob, Shouse
and Nicholson which would be a GER
tain result in case of a Roosevelt vic
tory.
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SHOUSE'S WORK
Shouse Is the man Raskob put in
charge of the party's fortunes after
its overwhelming defeat in 1928. Plan
ming and executing hot campaign Of
Democratic attack, popping up Demo-
Gratis over the country and strength
ening the party organization at all
points, he has been by all odds the
most impressive and effective poll
tician who has bossed party's ma
tional headquarters in many years of
memory.
Tall handsome, bespectacled and
in his early fifties, Shouse is Ken
tuckian by birth who became a sue
cessful lawyer in Kansas City. He
served two terms as a Democratic
congressman from Kansas and was an
assistant secretary Of the treasury un-
der Wilson.
He had a lot to do with getting the
Republican convention to Kansas City
in 1923. Once he was newspaper
man in Louisville. He is a sportsman
who has raised stock. is enthusiastic
over horse racing and smokes a pipe.
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RASKOB's IDEA
Raskob, in 1929, had the idea that
as national chairman of the party he
should maintain an active, fighting
headquarters which would prepare the
party for victory in 1880 and 1892. He
was convinced that Shouse would be
the ideal man to handle the job and
persuaded him to take 1t.
They got Charlie Nicholson, veteran
newspaperman, and began an unprec-
edented barrage of political prOpa-
ganda against the administration. Be-
tween effective publicity, Shouse's Or
ganization work and an anti-Repub-
lican swing, they achieved the big
Democratic congressional victory OF
1880.
Now Shouse, who has done more
than any other Democrat to grease the
alley for Democratic presidential
victory this year, finds himself slated
for the buns rush by Roosevelt. the
gent who expects to come along and
scoop off the cream.
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CLAIMS BAD FAITH
Shouse says Roosevelt agreed to his
selection as permanent chairman
when Shouse's friends agreed to Sc
lection Of Senator Barley of Ken
lucky as temporary chairman and
keynoter. so he now accuses Roosevelt
Of bad faith. The Roosevelt crowd
accuses Shouse Of working with Ras-
kob, AL Smith and others to block the
governors nomination.
This may be true, although the
nearest Shouse has come to 1t pub
licly has been in urging selection Of
uninstructed delegations to the con-
vention.
Roosevelt leaders, forcing the issue
to bring a showdown of strength at
the outset, have nevertheless shown
surprising-for them-sagacity in
picking Tom Walsh to oppose Shouse.
Walsh has the esteem of nearly every
body.
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BULLDOG" TOM WALSH
Seventy-three years old this month
but still in fine trim, he has been
senator since 1913, when the Montana
legislature elected him unanimously.
He is best known as the Bulldog
Tom" Walsh who started digging on
the oil scandals, pressed his investi-
cation to a finish, saw Fall, Sinclair,
Doheny and others exposed to the
world and the nations naval oil re-
serves returned. But he has also made
an important single-handed investi-