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0ean AlIange.
Those who take this position In
sist that had the President an
nounced at the close of the conven-
ton he would vote for Mr.. Bennett
and had he gone to work on the
leaders Of the labor party. no candi-
date would have been placed in the
field by the Laborites.
If Mr.. Bennett is defeated, as
now seems entirely probable, there
will be left a controversy over who
was to blame. The New Dealers
undoubtedly will attempt to place
the responsibility on Mr.. Farley
and on Mr.. Bennett, pointing out
that had they been willing to step
aside and permit the nomination
of the Presidents choice, Senator
Mead, or q compromise candidate,
the Democrats and the Lahorites
could have gone along together.
OF course, should Mr.. Dewey win
the race with q clear majority of
the vote cast, this reasoning would
fall to the ground. But if that is
not the case, the. supporters of Mr..
Farley and MIR. Bennett will reply
to the New Dealers that the Presi-
dent could have obviated the whole
difnculty by giving his support to
Mr.. Bennett from the start of the
preconvention campaign.
Is0lati0nist Label Fails.
They point out that if the Presi-
dent is now for Mr.. Bennett, there
was no good reason why he should
not have been for him months ago.
They say, too, that the Laborkes
Undoubtedly would have gone along
with Mr.. Bennett had the Presi-
dent been for him from the start.
There are no major issues in the
campaign, none that compel great
attention. The Democrats have at
tempted to make Mr.. Dewey out
an isolationist. but have failed on
the record. They have been unable
to attack him because of his youth
las they did when he ran four
years ago against Gov. Lehman.
Mr.. Dewey is now in his 41st year.
Time has cured that defect, if it
was one.
Since he ran for Governor in 1898
and lost to Gov. Lehman by the
narrow margin of $1,000 votes, he
has completed his term of Office
rs District Attorney of New York
County, during which he made his
reputation as a gang buster and
prosecutor of corrupt politicians.
He has been a candidate for the
presidential nomination and he has
taken a prominent part in public
affairs.
Dry Claims Enlivens Campaign.
The Democrats in recent days
have attempted to hook Mr.. Dewey
up with the "drys." The Rev. O.
r. Miller, prohibitionist, circulated
leaflets asserting that the drys had
more hope in electing Mr.. Dewey
rs Governor than If Mr.. Bennett
should become chief executive. The
Democrats seized on the incident.
They thought they saw in it an
other such affair as the DR.. Bur-
chard remark which turned the ia
bles for Grover Cleveland in New
York so many years ago. DR.. Bur-
chard, declaring his support of
James G.. Blaine for President at
that time, said the people must
stand against rum, Romanism and
rebellion"
Mr.. Dewey was quick to repudi-
ate Mr.. Miller's support. Charging
that Mr.. Bennett had sought to
create a fake prohibition issue, Mr..
Dewey said: HE has raised to
prominence a cheap professional
higot who calls himself the Rev. o.
r. Miller. I do not know this man,
but Mr.. Bennett should know him.,
He has been a lobbyist for years
undisturbed by the Attorney Cen
eral (Mr. Bennett) in his IL years
IN office.
"Mr Bennett is talking malignant
nonsense. am not and never have
been any more of prohibitionist
than Mr.. Bennett. I know the evils
Of the prohibition era because had
to clean up the gigantic system of
organized crime which Mr.. Bennett,
as Attorney General, and the cor
rupt machines which nominated
him. allowed to subdue the great
est city in America.
Farley Predicts 100000 Victory.
! Mr.. Dewey also pointed out that
the same Mr.. Miller had issued
pamphlets attacking the Catholics.
Il denounce and despise this person
and all his works. 1t would be de-
cent of Mr.. Bennett to join me in
that stand"
The Democrats are clutching at
straws, however, and they persist in
this effort to link Mr.. Dewey with
the drys. Up to date, it has not
created ripple.
, What the vote on the guberna-
torial race will be remains to be
seen. Chairman Farley is still
claiming that Mr.. Bennett will win
by 100000. He figures that Mr..
Dewey will not have more than a
250,000 lead In upstate New York
and that Mr.. Bennett will beat Mr..
Dewey in New York City by $4,000
votes.
The Republicans ridicule these
figures. They point out that the
registration in New York City is
about II per cent lower than it was
in 1898, the last year of guberna-
torial contest, and that upstate
the registration is only about S per
cent of. Upstate is Republican
territory.
Republican State Chairman Ed
win F. Jackie is claiming that Mr.
Dewey will receive big upstate
plurality comparable to the $4,000
figure of 1898. With light vote
in the of11ng due to many causes
Mr.. Dewey's lead upstate cannot
reach such proportions, in all prob
ability But If the vote is light up
State 1t probably will be light else
where.
Polls Place Dewey Ahead.
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