Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-15
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Hull, Garner, Wheeler
Now Loom Most
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Wheeler has formidable liberal fol-
lowing. Some of the anti-NcW Deal
ers also speak qualiliedly well Of him,
because of his senatorial opposition to
various Rooseveltian policies. Still,
that's offset by New Deal opposition
to him, for the same reason. All the
same, he has mighty long record
as a ncar-radical. He certainly
wouldn't class as compromise. Es-
sentially he's leftist, unquestionably
though I'm bound to say that he's a
surprisingly developing candidate.
Paul V. McNutt strikes me as fiz-
cling. It isn't so much that there's
any violent opposition to him, but
there doesn't appear to be any en-
thusiasm either.
Nobody hollers at all loudly for
Postmaster General James A. Farley,
except perhaps vice presldentlally.
rur one rnIna, he had the bad luck
TO have been chairman of New York's.
boxing commission. There's d wide
spread sentiment that anybody who
ever was identified with Inc puglEtlc
game would be an und!gn!fied White
34ouSe nominee.
The rest of the bunch can be
brushed aside rather unceremoni-
ously. Wallace, icIles, ct cetera- evil
denty aren't to be taken seriously.
Hull? Garner? Wheeler?
Well, then. 1t SINNERS down, &C
cording 10 my reckoning, 10 Hull,
Garner and Wheeler, in that order
always eliminating Roosevelt
draft.
The chance of a dark horse like
wise is TO be taken into account, but
no such critter looms on the horizon
at present. l surely figure McNutt,
Farley and others as also rams" at
present. And l draw my conclusion
from the dope of plenty of extremely
Crazy politicians.
Hulps liberal conservative. 1t
would be desperately violent rad
ical who could vote against him as d
reactonary, or a ferocous conser-
tive who turned thumbs down on him
as a lcltist. In short, he's d rational.
He likewise is 4 great statesman.
The only count against him is that
he's too old--nearing 70. at that, he's
younger than Vice President Garner.
He probably is older than any cam
didate the Republicans will put up
against him, but he's healthy: he
ought to last out four years in the
White HouSe-if he's elected to it.
Geography?
From Tennessee, his geography
isn't much good.
lie himself once told me that he
didn't believe d southerner would be
elected, in his time, to the executive
mansion. 1t would be funny if his
own experience disproved his pre-
oiction.
Anyhow, he isn't as southern as
Garner, in Texas.
Nor is his geography worse than
Wheeler's, in Montana. Montana is
one of those western states, that
hasn't enough electoral votes to
signify.
National conventions, picking pres
idential candidates, like TO choose
EN- from doubtful, populous states
like New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois or Indiana. On that ground
Hull at least breaks even with Texas
or Montana. Texas isn't doubtful;
Montana isn't populous.
, The Republicans will concentrate
I on the populous, doubtful states
Dewey, New York; Taft, Ohio;
Vandenberg, Michigan. And so forth.
Tennessee is off the political map
Il. ~f
sion.
It's kinda curious, though.
Two southerners (Secretary Hull
| and Vice President Garner) are RI
walls.