Evening star., 1934-10-01
Political Mill
By C.. Could Lincoln.

OFCI ILlC IdUlO WILL NC uScO, LII OIL
probability, as a campaign document.
In 1t the President retreated no whit
from the New Deal policies. In it
he expressed his sympathy with the
aspirations Of labor. But he also
sought to ally some Of the fears of
business. He spoke again Of fair
profits and declared that he counted
in the future on the driving power of
individual initiative, as he had in the
past, to bring the country aid.
The new note which the President
wove into the speech was his de-
termination to bring to an end the
industrial strife that has caused much
suffering and loss during the last
| year. He is going, he said, to try,
through conferences and agreements
with labor and employers, to arrange
for truce, probably a specified time
during which trial could be made of
peaceful methods Of settling differ
ences through the agencies which the
| Government has set up. This plan of
the President today Immediately
brought praise. If he can work it out
within the next month, he will have
accomplished a great deal, and it will
have been a popular move, indeed.
Out in Maryland the political talk
centers about the apparent effort of
Harry w. Nice, the Republican nomi-
nee for Governor, to out-new deal the
Democrats under Gov. Albert c.
Ritchie's leadership. Mr.. Nice seems
to be counting on three things to
bring him victory in November. They
| are all anti-Ritchie. The first is the
| dislike of many of the Democrats to
flfth-term Governor. The second
is the opposition Of the Eastern Shore
| to reelection of Gov. Ritchie because
| of his efforts in the lynching case
| there year ago. The third is the
| fact that Ritchie has not in the past
| been identified with the New Deal or
with President Roosevelt, but has been
considered one of the conservative
Democratic leaders. Nice is out to get
| the disgruntled vote. Friends of Gov.
Ritchie fear that many Of the thou
sands Of Democrats who voted against
Ritchie and for DR.. Charles H. Con-
ley in the Democratic gubernatorial
primary last month will vote against |
Ritchie in November. They see Nice
making it as easy as possible for them !
| to swing to him, with the so-called |
! New Deal plank in the Republican |
State platform.
While Nice nlay have the support
| OF lot Of Democrats, who for one
reason or another are against Gov
| Ritchie. the Governor. on the other
hand, may receive very substantial
Republican vote. There Is Galen L.
TAFT following among the Republicans
| or the men and women who think
with Mr.. TAFT along the line OF public
questions. Mr.. TAFT has been ousted
from the Republican State chairman
| ship after 20 years in that Office.
Mr.. TAFT has promptly repudiated.
so far as he Is concerned, the New
Deal plank OF the Republican party
! platform. 1t does not seem probable
that this plank will find favor with
q number Of the Republicans. This
Is year. however, when the radicals
seem to be in the majority.
Mr.. Nice is regarded by the Demo-
cratic friends of Ritchie as a formi-
dable contender in the coming cleo
ton, and for that reason they will
fight all the harder to bring about a
victory for the Governor. What has
| frightened the most. however, was
the big vote rolled up by DR.. Conley.
1 &c fIary ord a
vote for Conley as vote against
Richie.
The Democrats and Republicans In
the Empire State are at last squared
away for the campaign which Is to end
five weeks hence. The Republican old
guard leaders, now in complete charge
of party affairs, will undo many of the
things which w. Kingsland Macy did
during his tenure Of the Republican
State chairmanship. Mr.. Macy did a
great deal to stir up dissention in the
Republican ranks in his effort to wrest
the control Of the party from the old
guard. 1t was too great task for
him. however; certainly with the tac-
tics which he employed Robert Moses,
the'new Republican nominee for Gov
ernor, has a tough job ahead Of him
to be elected. In fact, most Of the
politicians and observers in New York
believe that the task is practically i'm
possible, unless the Republicans get
the benefit of break that is not yet
in sight. The Democrats, on the whole,
are more harmonious than at any time
in recent years. And while the New
| ;c hof f..I ;y, Iyo1
/ in Wall Street are comparatively few
when considered in connection with
the vote Of the State or the vote of
New York City.
There Is q quiet and energetic gen.
tleman out in Kansas who may loom
large on the Republican horizon when
1t comes time to talk Of presidential
candidates.. That is Senator Arthur
Capper. Senator Capper is firm Re-
publican. He has been leader of
the farm bloc in the Congress in the
past. He has voted for progressive
measures whenever they came before
the Senate. He has supported some
parts of the Roosevelt New Deal. But
take 1t all in ALL Senator Capper's
Republicanism has been very regular.
Senator Capper won his way to the
governorship of the Sunhower State
years ago. He was regarded as the
most popular chief executive the State
had had in many day. He was elect
ed second time Governor. And
then in 1918 he was elected to the
Senate. He has twice been reelected
Senator. His popularity in his State
has not waned with the passing years.
Some of the Republicans are arguing
that If he is popular among the peo-
pie of his own State, Capper could
easily become popular among the
people of the country.
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