The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-04-27

oen. DonAney one of the easiest
avenues to being a real contender
for the White House that has pre-
scented itself for a generation.
Let's look at the picture. We have
President Roosevelt himself, who
may be candidate for a third
term, though polls indicate he would
not be a strong candidate against
a united Republican party. We have
Vice President Garner and Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull, either of
whom would be almost ideal if they
were little younger-and Garner
just may win despite his 70 years.
Then we have a flock of candi-
dates including Postmaster General
James A. Farley. Sen Champ Ben
nett Clark of Missouri, and Paul v.
McNutt, the Indiana strong man.
Farley is Catholic, Clark is from
state which is generally counted
as safely Democratic anyhow, and
McNutt, though able and aggressive,
has lots of enemies in important
Democratic delegate gathering cir
cIes.
But Donahey is from Ohio! Its
rs electoral votes are vital to Dem
ocratic success. Far from being in
the bag, it went Overwhelmingly Re-
publican last fall, electing Robert
A. Taft as senator, John w. Bricker
AS governor and is Republicans as
against 8 Democrats to the house.
Donahey Hins Vofes in Ohio
As No One Else Ever Has
Actually Donahey has demonstrate
ed that he can win votes in Ohio
as no other Democrat or Republic
an ever has. 1t is not too strong a
statement to claim that his runs
have never been exceeded, for that
matter, in any state in the Union,
not even barring the amazing runs
of Alfred f. Smith in New York, if
one figures proportionately.
Donahey carried Ohio in 1924 by
more than 10000, running on the
Democratic ticket. On the same
day Calvin Coolidge carried Ohio
by more than 100000 Again, all
the power of the Roosevelt admin
istration was not able to nominate
Charles West against Donahey for
senator in 1894.
Owing nothing to Roosevelt, he re-
fused Jim Farley's demand, made in
the presence of half dozen wit
nesses, that he second Roosevelt's
nomination at Philadelphia in 1886.
Farley just would not stop trying, SO
Vic finally walked out of the hall.
And on top Of all that, as chair
man of the IVA investigating COM
mittee, Donahey signed an innocu-
GUS report by the majority, which is
generally regarded as mere white
wash.
Suppose for moment that Dona-
hey had made minority report of
his own, not agreeing with the three
Republican critics on the commit
Tee, but insisting that the yard
stick" was joke. Suppose he had
quoted in it what David E. Lilien-
thai had said about the "advan-
tages' the government enjoyed in
producing cheap electricity-low in
terest, ability to charge off much
of the capital cost to navigation.
flood control, etc, less cost for
taxes, etc.
1t would have made front page
stories in every newspaper, espe
cially as these statements by Lilien-
thai never received much attention
and were not remembered. Dona-
hey would still be in the limelight.
See Blom to New Deal in
Chicago Mayoralty Election
The blow to the New Deal in the
Chicago mayoralty election, and its
significance with regard to 1910, has
not been fully appreciated outside
Illinois 1t is important not only as
indicating the sharp Republican
gains that the G. 0. P. leaders have
been claiming, but as giving the
conservative Democrat group con-
siderably more strength.
AS far as Republican gains are
concerned, 1t is only necessary To