Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-12
THE POLITICAL
MILL
By G.. Could Lincoln.

mixing in politics, calls secretly on the
President at Hyde Park. Father Cough
Inns visit is said to have been merely
social" 1t will not be surprising, how
ever if the priest politician is found sup
porting Roosevelt in the campaign next
year.
AS the time for the opening of the
national campaign draws nearer, chances
for a real substantial third party threat
to the Democrats seems less and less
bright. More and more it appears that
the battle which is to come will be be-
tween the two old-line parties. Talk
of a coalition between anti-RooSevelt
Democrats and the Republicans is on
the wane SO far as national ticket is
concerned. That does not mean, how
ever, that if the Republicans put up a
ticket that meets their approval a lot
OF these anti-Roosevelt Democrats may
not vote for 1t.
In a straight out fight between the
Democrats and Republicans, the former,
on the face of things. look to be out
in front still. The President still has
his $4,000 100000 work relief fund, or
most of it, to spread around the coun-
try right up to the time of election. The
farmers are getting Government checks
for not growing crops, and the American
Federation of Labor and the United
Mine Workers-certainly so far as their
leaders are concerned-are for RooSe-
welt and his New Deal. In addition,
business is picking up in many parts of
the country.
The Republicans have with them in
20 prnG
most of the business people of the coun-
try. They have with them the people
who still object to the socializing New
Deal measures which put the Federal
Government in control of the activities
of the citizens and build up huge
bureaucracies. The Republicans doubt
less will be able to raise ample campaign
funds for the coming fray. Indeed, many
people in this country have reached the
conclusion that the time has come for
a firm stand against the far-reaching
changes in the American system of gov
eminent and life proposed by the New
Dealers.
However the funds which may be
raised for the Republican campaign are,
of course, infiniteSimal as compared to
the fund which the Roosevelt admins
tration has to put forth in the name OF
relief The big guns and the ammuni-
ton still appear TO be on the side OF
the Roosevelt Democrats.
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The Democrats and the Republicans
are adjusting themselves to the new
situation which has been created by the
death of Huey Long. None of them
believed that Long had a chance to be
nj fa,r Of 1ltr ho-
lieved that Long would head a third,
independent party next year. The Re-
publicanS however counted heavily on
Long as a critic of the New Deal and
of President Roosevelt personally. The
Louisiana Senator was vitriolic. He hit
anywhere his fancy chose He made
charges whenever he wanted to. He
was real disturber OF Democratic peace.
His value to the Republicans was as a
nuisance TO the Roosevelt Democrats.
With Postmaster General Farley run
ming the Presidents campaign next year,
Long would have been on the warpath,
for Farley was his pet aversion. Longs
death. therefore. can only be reckoned
a gain to the Roosevelt cause, in po-
litical terms.
AlISduN Jllt DclIlOGId IS dlS UtSllllllIS
to cast around for the city in which TO
hold their next national convention.
Postmaster General Farley says that.
politically, it really does not matter where
the convention is held However, the
city which gets the national convention
is expected to put up check OF at least
100000. and the size OF the bids made
by the various contenders for the con-
vention is likely to make difference.
The Democratic National Committee still
has deficit of $400 900, most of it coming
over from the Smith campaign in 1928
The Republicans. on the other hand, are
$4,000 ahead of their expenditures. Why
the Democrats do not pay of their debts
is not quite clear.
There is good deal of sentiment grow
ing for Atlantic City, N. j.. for the Demo-
cratic National Convention next year
Those who urge that the Democrats go
to the New Jersey city insist that it
would be better politics to hold the ma
tional gathering in section OF the
country which is supposed to be less
pro-Roosevelt than the South and the
West If not in Atlantic City, then in
Boston or Philadelphia, or even New
York. The supporters OF the Atlantic
City idea, however, say that in no other
place are the convention facilities so good.
They point to the Auditorium which is
capable of seating $4,000 persons, which
has wonderful acoustics and to the hotel
accommodations. The Atlantic Ocean
itself is put forward as great attraction
for the delegates, particularly in the last
part of the month of June.
Roosevelt lineS-or rather Democratic
lines-seem to be stiffening with the ap-
proach of the campaign. The recent
publication OF an editorial in the Win
chester, Va, newspaper owned by Sem
ator Harry Byrd, declaring for RooSe-
velts denomination is expected to help
bring about Observation-Disclosures dele
cation to the national convention from
the Old Dominion. The opposition in
Virginia to many of the New Deal meas
ures and to policies of the President has
been strong. The two Virginia Senators,
Carter Glass and Harry Byrd, have both
been critics of the Presidents program.
Yet both apparently are going to be
entirely regular" when the campaign
opens next year. In North Carolina
Senator Bailey. another critic of the
New Dealers, is expected to run for
reelection as a Roosevelt supporter,
certainly not as an anti-RooSevelt
Democrat. And so it goes through the
country.
Frank Murphy. former mayor of De-
nd Of