Evening star., 1934-08-02
The Political Mill
By C. Ce.ld Lincoln.

The Democrats are staging q pretty
row IN Massachusetts these Summer
DAYS. And back OF II all il the Ques-
ton whether the pre- Roosevelt party
leaders and party organization are 10
remain in the saddle or the Demo-
Gratis who are frst last and all time
for the President are TO take over the
control. The scrap eenters around
the candidacy Of former Mayor James
NJ. Curley Of Boston for the suberna-
torial nomination. Gen Charles n.
Cole OF Yankee Division fame. Is the
selection OF the pre- Roosevelt party
leaders for the nomination. Gen.
Cole received the Endorsement OF the
Democratic State Convention weeks
ago. which. under the new plan In
this State, makes the party "choice"
for the nomination OF Governor. and
the party voters are expected under
this system TO nominate the selee-
ton OF the convention In the pri-
mary in September.
In the party convention Curley was
not strong enough. He was showed
under and Cole picked. But Curley
did not curl up. He announced that
he would 90 into the primary any
way. Ard now he is campaigning
the Slate and making IT uncomfort-
able for Cole and all the organiza-
tions leaders who have opposed Cur
ley in the past. In 1s32-tndeed. IN
the Summer OF l93l-CuTley leaped
aboard the Roosevelt for President
bandvagon. He was q leader In the
effort to elect and send to the Chi
cago national convention q delega-
ton instructed for Roosevelt This
was too much for the organization
leaders. especially when there was a
chance that the idol of the Massachu-
sets democracy, Al Smith, might
still be candidate. The upshot was
that Curley was beaten IN his effort
to elect a Roosevelt delegation to the
convention, but his man won the
presidential nomination and later
became President
Mr. Curley Is as shrewd as they come
He thinks fast and he has a knack
of putting his opponents in embarrass-
ing POSITIONS One of his latest moves
in his present campaign was to seize
on q speech made by Gov. Ely. one Of
the Roosevelt Democratic leaders
in Massachusetts,, in which Ely spoke
diSparsgingly, to say the least. of the
new deal and particularly of the N.
r. A. Mr.. Curley has demanded that
Gen. Cole say whether he stands with
Gov. Ely in his estimate OF the Roose-
velt new deal. This Is the way Curley
puts it.
In his address the Governor said
he did not believe in the Roosevelt
recovery program as contained in the
N. r. A, He also assailed the Presi-
dent for what he termed paternalism
He asked where We we're heading. He
asked several other questions, all Of
the same general tenor and all
couched in the language of severe
criticism" Mr.. Curley took up the
points one by one and asked If Gov.
Ely would prefer TO 60 back to the
days of 1880 In preference to the pres
ent time.
i am prepared TO spread the gos-
pei of Roosevelt in every city and
town in the Commonwealth" ne con-
tinued. ITO my mind Roosevelt has
saved America from revolution. He
has brought hope again to the hearts
of our people"
r
OF course, Gen. Cole has no desire
to run as an anti-Roosevelt candidate
for the gubernatorial nomination. Yet
at the same time he must rely for sup
port on the Democratic leaders who
were for Smith. ike Gov. Ely. in his
fight against Curley. As a matter Of