Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-01-23
No Chance of Nye's
Being Nominated
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lot by any really practical politician
;e always has been 4. first rate no.
raj and mDCcrat lCftiStS greatly dP-
Drove Of him. An author OF our OFT
NAL neutrality law (nOW consldef-
IDLY allcrcd) he's extremely pofu'ai
mon. ul;ra-pacilist:c folk. But these
1rollp@, even combined, don't dom
nate national conventions against
.rarticr managers, who want to win
primarily, and are guided according
Y. T,sy may deem ii eXpcdlent To
,gree uu liberal 0r Il pScli!s'
both when the c.. O. .. nic,;s II
aader. but not d liberal or a paciflst
rom Il state like North Dakota. 1t
WCulc. Ee too much axe iidllulig li'
lrize to Rhode Island.
Vice presidcnliaily. Nyc has be-
suggested quite a bit. However, he
.sn't seriously even vice presiden-
tial possibility. After a party con-
;entlon has selected its nominee tol
ir>t place it usually seeks to plug
I'D some doubtful hole with vice
residential offer North Dakota IS
% sucn doubtful hole. 1t isn't doubt
iul al all.
Infant Craftsmanship.
Nevertheless, it's greatly to Sen
tor Nye'S credit that he's talked
about lie last bit. Il implies that he's
very well thought of personally, re-
5ala!css of his geographical avail
ability
Gerald, since his advent in Wash
.ngton, h2j labOred perSlstently UNI
der the handicap Of being classed as
IN infant senator.
Originally he was appointed TO the
upper congressional chamber to fill
/ vacancy IT the age OF 33. There
have been younger senators, but not
more than two or three. Now he's Is.
But it always has been assumed that
he's in the infant category. That
stigma cIngs to him today, and will
continue to do so if he lives to be
100.
For instance, who ever heard TO-
days Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette
referred TO otherwise than as Young
6ob?"-a mere kindergarten product.
Senator Rush D. Holt is in the same
group. NobOdy rates him as anybody
out high school lad, and nobody
ever will, SenatorialIy speaking. It's
related that Henry Clay similarly
was discounted, but that's SO far back
that it's forgotten.
A representative can get in young
and work up. Not d senator. If he's
young to begin with, his fellow SEN
4torS eVerlastngly patronize him as
a junior For the presidency a can
diaate mustn't be too old. A senator
shoulon't be too young, if he's to be
influential. John N. Garner is pretty
old for the White House. Nye isn't too
old, but he was too young. And OF
course his geographys wrong also.
He was born in Wisconsin. He ought
to have gone TO New York, to be-
come a presidential eligible, but he
made the inIantile mistake of locating
in North Dakota.
Champion Investigator.
Nye has been the best investigator
that the senate ever had.
He's been chairman Of half a dozen
important Inquisitions on Capitol
Hill. His last one was into war pro-
fiteering and led to our present neu-
trality law, though ii was somewhat
tinkcred with at the last congress
sional special session. Even as it
stands, though, Gerald was the in
spiration of it.
He doesn't investigate as a lawyer
does. He investigates like news
paperman. He is one He goes after
facts, without much regard for tech
nlcal rules Of evidence. This infur-
lates the investigates. 1t gets re-
suits, however.
There never was more conSis-
tent liberal in congress.
He's an able senator, but at two
score years and eight he hacn't lived
down the fact that he was only 33
when he first arrived in Washington