The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-01-06
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with the President, and was at the
time governor of the state. ;.
As to Curley
1t is impossible ever to estimate
the extent of the effect of any par
ticular thing in politics. There are
too many complications. But en-
thusiastic Roosevelt fans believe
cur1ey wouid have been elected had
the President supported him with
anything like the ardor that curley
had shown for F. =. r. in 1892, or
since. And naturally, while the Cur
ley following does not go this far,
1t IS extremely bitter over the lin
gratitude /"
Which is very interesting, because
Jimmie brought Curley into his IA
theirs campaign in 1882 1882 sat in with
Curley on Massachusetts patronage
Ito the great indignation of the two
Democratic senator's, David /.
Walsh and Marcus A. Coolidge-and
then is generally suspected of being
the cause, though he had not in
tended to be, of the split For there
are many who think that the prime
reason for bringing Jimmie to Wash
lngton was not to train him up for
the presidency later on, helpful as
this training might be, but to get
him out of the trouble his father
feared he was getting into in Mas
sachusetts. And part of this trouble
was his association with Curley.Itz
was suspected by some of the Presi-
dents advisers that Curley had
made it appear too easy to Jimmie
to capitalize political friendships in
writing insurance. Especially, as
for some reason there is less attempt
to camoufage that sort Of thing in
Massachusetts than in some other
states.
But there is little doubt as to
what is going on right now. The
President is putting more and more
power into Jimmie's bands.
Farley vs.. LaGuardia
Friends of James A. Farley are
telling the big politician that he can
easily be elected governor of New
York in November even IL the Re-
publicans should nominate Fiorello
II. LaGuardia. Incidentally their
arguments are rather interesting in
view of the humping majority that
LaGuardia piled up in the recent
Maui Vnwk GiprfJcra
Time is one of the important ele-
ments. They insist that when the
gubernatorial election is held La
@Guardia will still have three more
years to serve as mayor under the
term to which he was elected last
month. Yet the term he may be
seeking as governor would be for
only two years.
So many of the New York City
voters who thought he made a good
mayor in his last term, and who
voted for him to have four more
years rather than to turn the city
over to the Democratic bosses. will
think 1t would be poor strategy for
tiiGifi w hCip SGllu lllltl W Albany.
It is also contended that scores
of thousands of New Workers who
thought LaGuardia should be con-
tinued as mayor would oppose the
idea of the mayor becoming Presi-
dent of the United States. On this
point the illustration of Alfred L.
Smith is used. Smith was elected |
governor in 1918, was beaten in the
Harding landslide of 1920, came
back in 1922 Weathered the Coolidge
1924 Republican landslide comfort |
ably, and was reelected triumphant
ly in 1926. Yet more than 100, 900
New Workers who had voted for
him for governor at his lowest GIBBS.
and several times that number who
had voted for him in his good
years, refused to vote for him for
President. 1t should be borne in
mind here that in 1922 Smith was
at the flood-tide of his strength.