The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-10

again.
Privately, he doesn't want to.
There are too many local head
aches lying around to suit him.
He had all he wanted for one
year when he made his trip across
the country several months ago.
His idea is to have the boys
come to him for Conferences"
That gives them some favorable
publicity and saves him the wear
and tear Of knocking about the
country lodging local hot Goals:
This Is the inside reason why
those Democratic candidates
have been beating trails to the
White House and Hyde Park
during the last few weeks. II
Mohammed won't 60 TO the
mountain then the mountaifi--f
it's running for 0fNce-must 20
TO MOhammed,
But the boys who have been
hiking to the front porch haven't
abandoned their clamor for
Roosevelt to take the stump. In
fact, they have intensified their
undercover pressure, and not alone
on the President personally. They
are also putting tremendous heat
on Jim Farley to get action.
Jim himself needs no persu-
aiding. He has been in favor OF
another Swing around the cir"
cult" for some time. Sim con-
slders New Jersey, Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Michigan, Iowa and
Kansas very doubtful battle
grounds which require strenuous
campaigning.
But last month when he sug-
gested q stamping tour, Roose-
welt waved him aside, saying he
was too preoccupied with the
explosive European situation.
Rooseveh's final decision will
depend largely on the report Of q
confidential scout who Is making
q canvass Of important danger
spots. If he brings word that the
Presidents personal appearance Is
necessary to stave off damaging
Democratic defeats, It's q good
bet Roosevelt will take TO the rails
again. II the scouts findings are
reassuring. there win be no presi-
Dental junket.
Dissenter
New legal phrase, coined by
newsmen covering the Supreme
Court to describe Justice Mercy
nolds' absence from the opening
session, at which Chief Justice
Hughes warmly lauded the late
Justice Cardozo:
Dissent from Eulogy."
NOTE-When Cardozo took the
oath Of ONCE, McReynolds-who
had secretly opposed his appoint
ment - obstentatiously read .
newspaper.
Townsend and Wheeler
Congressman Jerry o'Connell.
who made the front pages last
spring by batting Mayor Frank
CT am the Law Hague, has
Just made the painful discovery
that DR.. Francis Townsend Is
more interested In taking q wallop
at the New Deal than In electing
hackers Of his pension scheme TO
Congress.
No man in Congress has been
more jealous In pushing the
Townsend plan than O'Connell. It
was one Of his major planks In
the 1895 campaign, and through
out the last session he was con-
stantly badgering floor leaders to
allow q vote on the issue. When
Townsend was sentenced TO jail
for contempt Of the House. O'Con-
nell was the first to ask the Presi.
dent for q pardon.
Despite this 100 per cent rec
ord, and . public statement by
Townsend o few months ago
urging O'Connell's ren0mlnatln
and reelection, the aged PEN
sionist h now beating the war
drums for O'Connell's Republic
can opponent.
Behind this Is the secret hand
Of Senator Burton K. Wheeler,
leader Of the anti-administration
Democrats and bitter foe OF
OConnell.
Fearful that reelection TO the
House will mean that O'Connell
will challenge him for his senate
seat in 1910, Wheeler tried to defeat
the young New Dealer In the pri-
mary. The inaneuver was dud;
.O'Connell licked Wheeler's candi.
date hands down. But the setback
did not discourage Wheeler.
He has thrown himself into
the election scrap with redoubl-
ed vigor. stumping O'Connelps
district, lambasting both him and
the President. BY pulling wires
he prevailed ON Townsend, also
rabidly anti-New Deal, 10 desert
O'Connell and plump for the
COP candidate.
NOTE - Administration gener-
alissimos, aroused BY the Wheeler
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