The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-10-04


will be to force the Roosevelt leaders
to realign their strength In some
states. Mr.. Hearst, with the great
power of his string of newspapers be-
hind him, has yet to succeed in Gre
ating potent political group. He at
tempted it when the late Warren Hard
ing Of Ohio was the Republican nom-
inee and James M. Cox of the same
state was put forward by the Demo-
Gratis. 1t was my good fortune to be
assigned as correspondent to the
convention of Mr.. Hearst's new party.
1t was evident then as it later was
proved by the votes that the enthusiast
tic delegates to that convention repre-
scented a following so small as to be
utterly negligible. Even with the as
tute advice of cambridge Colby, little
more will come out of the current
movement.
Then, those who have their eyes on
the facts instead of on the ballyhoO
will promptly discount the talk about
Democratic detection when they stop
to consider some other things that are
taking place. For example, there have
been no more bitter dissents from New
Deal policies than Senator Carter Glass
Of Virginia and Senator Thomas P.
Gore of Oklahoma have voiced. Mr..
Glass lately has engaged in rites of
burying the Ratchet to the extent that
he is not going to run for reelection in
iyso hIIf a nonnarQf
Out in Oklahoma, Senator Gore has
been making speeches that sound
strangely as though he Is almost
friendly with the administration. He
has been telling his audiences that he
has stood with the President on many
votes in the senate, sometimes when
his vote was badly needed. Though 1t
becomes apparent that while neither
Senator Glass nor Senator Gore is en-
thusiastic about New Deal policies,
neither of them is going to desert the
Democratic party.
And, so it is in any number of other
cases. They may not speak glowingly
of President Roosevelt in their own
campaigns for reelection but as can
didates they are not going to fight him
openly.
"Big Jim" Farley, the master New
Deal politician, successfully avoided
an out and out test
Avoids NeW of New Deal issues
DecI Test in Ohio when Gov
ernor Davey of that
state announced recently that there
would be no special election to choose
representative at large to fill va
cancy. The Ohio governor said it
would cost too much money to hold a
special election, his announcement be-
ing made at the White House just aft
err President Roosevelt had agreed to
allot $20,000,0O0 in public works funds
for Ohio use.
But the astute Mr.. Farley is not 60
ing to be able to avoid test on New
Deal issues in Kentucky. The situa-
ton in that state is that Democrat of
President Roosevelts choice and who
Is supporting the New Deal from start
to finish is running for governor
against hard-boiled and conservative
Republican. The election will be the
first week in November and thus
statewide vote can be expected to
measure the Roosevelt strength. Be
cause of this, all of the maneuvers are
being closely watched and the battle
of those ballots obviously will be bitter.
The Kentucky test takes on addition
al significance and Importance because
of something that happened in choos-
ing the Democratic nominee. The Ken
lucky fight is to determine whether
Lieut.. Gov. A. B. Chandler, the Dem
ocrat, or former Representative King
Swope, the Republican, will run the
state.
Governor Laffoon apparently wanted
to have the Democratic nominee select
ed by the old convention method but
the Roosevelt supporters preferred a
primary. Consequently, Senator Bark
ley of Kentucky, devout Roosevelt
follower in the senate, was sent into
his home state to see that the primary
plan was made operative. The Demo-
cratic state committee which was en-
powered to choose the method of Sc
lecting the candidate was determined
to have a convention and it was after
this determination became known that
Mr.. Roosevelt participated in debating
the course the party should follow.
Senator Barley arrived in his home
state bearing letter signed Franklin
D. Roosevelt" urging the primary, and
while Governor Laffoon was out of the
state attempting to convince national
leaders that his candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination was the right one,
Lieutenant Governor Chandler called
a special session of the state legisla-
ture and put through law compelling
the selection Of the candidate by tie
+ primary. Mr.. Chandler won the NOM
nation in the run-off although Thomas
S. Rhea had polled more votes in the
original primary than did Mr.. Chandler.
So it is apparent beyond doubt
that Mr.. Roosevelt recognizes the
necessity for electing Democrat, and