Evening star., 1938-09-16
9y the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
The slip which President Roosevelt
gave Southern conservatives" has re-
verberated far beyond the boundaries
OF the States involved in the primaries
A tour Of the South disclosed wide
spread interest In the denomination
campaigns of Senators George Of Geor-
eia, Tydings of Maryland and Smith
OF South Carolina, all of whom the
President opposed.
In South Carolina, storekeeper at
. crossroads 10 days ago told a man
with Maryland license plate on his
car:
you'd better hurry back to Mary
land to vote for Tydings."
On the edge of the Mississippi Delta,
. passer-by hurried into a filling sta
ton to ask:
did you come across Georgia?
They're going to re-elect George over
there, aren't they? How about Tyd-
ings in Maryland? Is he safe?"
Highly Unusual Situation.
Maryland is almost 1000 miles from
Mississippi. and politically is a border
State rather than one of the Solid
South. Yet the interest shown by
men In Alabama and Mississippi in
the Maryland senatorial contest be-
tokened highly unusual situation.
In spite Of the recent gestures that
high Republican party officials have
made toward the South, however, the
heated primary contests in South Caro-
lima and Georgia could not be taken
as meaning that those States are ready
easily to relinquish their allegiance
to the Democratic party.
Not since reconstruction days have
they cast their electoral votes for any
save Democratic presidential candi-
date. There is not an effective nucleus
of Republican party in either State
though Georgia, with its wide stretch
of upland and mountain counties, has
many more Republicans than does
South Carolina.
Tolbert Is Perplexed.
White supremacy, as an issue, played
little effective part in the primaries.
But 1t was talked about on many a
stump in South Carolina and Georgia
And there was the somewhat puzzled
expression from tieless Joe Tolbert
Of Ninety-Six, S. c.:
Il can't quite figure it out. The
Democrats are taking our Northern
Negroes away from us. Still they can't
vote in the South"
Mr.. Tolbert is the Republican ma
tional committeeman for South Car
olina and probably has handled more
colored delegates at Republican con-
venltons than any other man.
In the Georgia campaign, there were
frequent references to the funds being
spent in the State by the Federal Gov
ernment for relief and public works.
Some voters expressed concern that
these would be cut of If the State
failed to follow the wishes of President
Roosevelt and instead renominated
Senator George.
Whether the fiat rejection Of the
Presidents wishes by three States
might affect administration policies
In the South was a question asked
freely IN those Estates. And whether
Democratic conservatives will stand as
q bloc against administration objec-
tives in the Senate has been asked
often since the primaries. Neither
finds q prompt reply.
Question Is Raised.
Only one other Of the four lawmakers
whom the President put down on his
list Of men with un-liberal views re-
mains to be voted on. He is Repre-
sentative OConnor Of New York,
chairman Of the House Rules Com
mittee. He will get his reply from
the voters next Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the defeat Of the Roose-
velt-favored candidates had raised this
question in the minds of many poll
ticians:
Have these setbacks tended to
crystalline in the Presidents mind
decision as to whether he should seek
a third-term nomination himself in
1910 to keep the party liberal?"
Speculation over that possibility was
even more widespread than talk of the
probable effect of the recent balloting
on New York's congressional primaries
next week. The issue of "conserv-
atism" was raised by Mr.. Roosevelt
against Representative O'Connor in
New York City's 10th congressional
district, just as it was against the sue
cessful senatorial candidates. Repre-
sentative O'Connor has countered by
running for both Democratic and Re-
publican nominations