The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-19

City of scrapple and Pepper-pot. The distinguished medico.radio health adviser.legislator'S refusal to pin on his delegates badge and sit out the nomination proceed- ings with the rest of the boys and girls has been described as Q boy- colt by the Republican press and hailed as only the beginning of . stay-at-home movement which can mean nothing less than dis- aster for tho Democratic party in November. Just what effect pr. Copelands ote-rnan strike is go- ing to have 1t is impossible to pre- dict ct this writing. I would not be surprised if the convention were to be called of altogether or postponed until such time as the Doc's peeve at the administra- ton subsidies. Maybe President Roosevelt will refuse to run again now that he realizes the Senator is not going to be present to join in the re-flomination cheering.
 Doping It Out
 Mark Sullivan, whose ever- hopeful eye can spot Democratic disaffection wherever some one tells him 1t exists, figures in his Herald Tribune column that the Docs boycott of the convention means the loss of one Democratic vote out of every ten for MT. Roosevelt. Just what system of handicapplng Mir. Sullivan used in doping out his conclusion I do not presume to imagine but he says "there Is reason" for the es- titnate. Adding up Al Smith, Jim Reed of Missouri, ex.0overnor Ely of Massachusetts, Jouett shouse, John J. Raskob, and the duPont quintuplets, makes on even ten but what Mir. Sullivan is going to use for the other "ifn- portant" Democrats whom he counts as sure to be against Pres- tdent Roosevelt is c mystery. Un- known to me however, he may be figuring in another important" national figure, Mir. Bernarr Mac. F'adden, but whether Bernarr can be reckoned as c Democrat is arl- other question. I know he achieved fame and fortune as Q chest-and. bust developer but about his poe litical affiliations I am obliged to plead ignorance.
 Not Together
 Senator Doctor Copeland in an. nouncing his inomentous decision to listen to doctors read papers next week rather than hear con. vention delegates crate did not disclose oil his plans for the fu- ture. He did not say how he was going to vote on election day nor whether he was going to make any speeches for President Roose- welt during the campaign. The Doc has Q kind heart and I gup- pose did not want to toss too big . scare into the party ranks by declaring himself c Republican and of tho Democratic stump. These declarations would have consequences 50 deadly to MT. Roosevelt's chances that physi. clan whose job Is to cure and not to kill could not make them. All Senator Copeland is going to do Is stay away from tho convention, which is frightful information for all the other delegates who will have no doctor In the hall to come to their aid should they be taken sick. But the Senator did make 1t clear that his action was not to be construed as joining any hik- ing party in company with Messrs Smith, Reed, Ely and the duPont quints. Nobody loves him 50 he is going out in the garden all by himself and cat worms.
 Motivation
 MT. Sullivan finds himself url- able to explain what complex mo. tiveg inspires the Doc and when MT. Sullivan cannot unravel tho complexity of any important" Democrats motives they must be pretty deeply concealed. However, he ought to be able to make Q good guess where Senator Cope land is concerned. It may be that the New Yorker is c sincere oppo- nent of the New Deal and for that reason does not want to 90 to the
 Rv Ed Reed