The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-10-26
THEY DIsTRUST ROOSEVELT

From a long editorial in The Charlotte
Observer, which lately declared 1t would
advocate the reelection of President Roose-
Welt, we quote these paragraphs:
at is far better for the country, in the event
of his reelection, that he come back into this eS-
tate of honor and responsibility by majority bare
enough to make impressive and restraining the
strength of the minority opinion of his country
men.
SHOULD Mr. Roosevelt be given overwhelm-
ing endorsement, such he is said to be covetouS
" seeking and. which, We may we'll remark in
passing, ne seems to have absolutely no chance OF
realihng-should ne, however, bury his opponent
and the minority of American voters under cav
alcad6 of pluraties in the States, it would I'M
doubtedly encourage him to feel that all of his
mast policies have thus been endorsed and that he
Is by, this signal given a mandate to go far
he likes.
And in no sense do We concede that such
course would be wise for the country or initiate
10 the constructive wisdom and record of his next
administration.
Mr.. Roosevelt would therefore, in our judg
ment. be luckess and the country more so, were ne
20 be. given an overpowering endorsement by the
electorate and should then interpret such vote
of confidence as final orders for him to take the
situation in his own hands and run off faster into
new fashions than the conservative American peo-
pie are accustomed to travelling"
We wonder what impression is made on
an intelligent and unprecedented reader by
peruSing the foregoing?
What did he Observer say in the para
graphs we have quoted, and in a larger
number which we have omitted for lack of
space?
If we understand the English language
the answer to this question may be summed
up by saying that The Observer is voicing
in impressive words its lack of confidence
in Roosevelt; its belief that he lacks con-
servatism, common sense, mental balance !;
its belief that he is vain and untrustwor-
thy amateur experimenter with the well
fare of his country and its tens of millions
of inhabitants.
The Observer fears that an overwhelm-
ing Roosevelt victory on November 3rd
will be the signal for a pulled up chief
executive to run Wild" as it were, going
farther into radicalism, extravaganza and
dangerous new dealing than he has gone
in the past three years. ,,. s.,-s.
In other words, The Charlotte news
paper exhibits an almost complete lack OF
confidence in Roosevelt and his policies
and prays, in the event of his reelection,
for the restraining influence of victory
at the polls which will impress the chief
experimenter with the vast number and
political strength of those who condemn
his policies. ..... lex . ,w'
All of which reminds The Times-News
that thousands of Democrats in NORTH
Carolina and other Southern States fine
themselves in exactly similar position tt
The Charlotte Observer. - ,,.... =.
They are going to vote for Roosevelt
hut behind fair-appearing front they arr
sbakinO in their shoes and hoping, like Ih'
Charlotte Observer, that if Roosevelt win
il will be by "the skin of his teeth an'
that he will be so disfgured in the oou
that it will act as curb on his policies 10
another four years of new deaiing.
The Times-News recalls in this connec
ton statement made by a leading Demo
crat of Hendersonville, who said that N
supposed he would have to vote for Roose
welt, but hoped he would be defeated, an
if not defeated, would be reelected by
vote that would teach him lesson.
The Times-News no doubt is minus tina
brand of mental acuteness which is che