The Western news., 1936-01-02

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By Carter Field y
By Carter Field y

Up In New York state there Is a
good deal OF talk at the moment
about James w. Wadsworth. Jr., for
President Some OF the editorials
from upstate New York papers are
even selecting the Vice Presidential
candidate to run along with Wads-
worth 1t Is Gov. ALI NJ. Landon of
Kansas. So far this -slate' has not
percolated to the Sunfiower state.
All of which Is reminiscent of the
time Calvin Coolidge called In Senator
William e. Borah. and asked him to
| join him on the Republican ticket.
Whereupon Borah Is alleged to have
said. I'm which placer"
But In New York the Wadsworth Idea
is no joke whatever. In the first
place, the New Yorkers appreciate
fully the value of their Al electoral
votes, and the fact that they may be
decisive In the next electoral college
ballot In the second place. they ap-
preeIate a great many things which
are not SO we'll understood outside
New York.
One, for example, Is the old friend
! ship between Alfred e. Smith and
Wadsworth. 1t dates back great
many years. Another Is the way
Wadsworth came to lose out in his last
race for the senate, In 1926. Senator
Robert f. Wagner, former Judge, was
the candidate against him. But Wag-
ner's plurality over Wadsworth was
| less than the number of Independent
Republican dry votes poled by
put up for the express purpose of
beating Wadsworth, who at the time
was regarded as one of the great wet
leaders. Which Is more significant II
one remembers that this was just two
years before the Hoover-A Smith
election, which marked the all time
high water mark Of the dry movement
New Workers friendly to Wadsworth
now promlHent member Of the NIL
nority In the house, point out that 1t
would be very difficult for Tammany
Hall to deliver its full strength at the
polls against WadsWorth and for
Roosevelt, even assuming that some
thing happens between now and elec-
ton day to make Tammany Hall want
| Roosevelt reelected For at the pres
ent moment 1t Is matter of supreme
indifference to Tammany who Is In the
| White House. 1t has not forgotten
that 1t was Roosevelt and Farley--and
Joseph V. McKee-who are RESPONSE
bic for their not having the mayoralty
now. and 1t Is the mayors office, far
more than the White House, that In
terests the Tammay lads. That's
where the milk for the Tiger cubs
comes from.
The Case Of Wadsworth
Those who advocate Wadsworth's
nomination are assuming two things.
neither Of which Is accepted at face
value by outsiders. One Is that the
dry resentment against Wadsworth
has died away-that there Is no mi
nority of angry dry Republicans Will
Ing to cut him regardless Of every
other Issue, and therefore capable os
endangering the electoral vote of the
state.
The other Is that the woman suf-
fragists have entirely forgotten his
strong opposition to the Nineteenth
amendment--and forgotten that his
wife was the outspoken president OF
the woman's organization opposed to
extending the suffrage to the gentles
sex.
The question here Is not whether
either OF these groups comprise q ma
jority OF New York's electorate, nor
whether both together do That Is
not the way political factors work
The significance lies In whether these
two groups will not produce a suffi-
Client total. crossing over party lines.
TO defeat Wadsworth If he were the
nominee
Curously enough most persons agree
mat HEllifil HIS WEI uDT his HHAl~SHl-
frage stand would hurt Wadsworth--
now-in any other state. 1t Is not a
question Of Issues, nor the Importance
Of where he stands on them 1t Is a
question Of old animosities, of d per.
sonal nature.
But no one knows more about them
than the very people who are now
beginning to talk Wadsworth, which,
to say the least. Is interesting.
Reacts Against League
Tremendously Increased appraprla-
tions for the army and navy, particu-
larly on airpanes. tanks heavy guns
and all forms Of war supplies which
require considerable length OF time
for production. will result, curlously
enough, from recent actions by the
League OF N1tions-the mnin object