FOLLOWING NEWS AT THE CAPITAL
Mobley, Radford E.
Following News At the Capital Hoover Cant ion sn ess New Faces in Congress Wheeler's a Wet? Reverse Publicity iy RADFORD E. MOBILE? WASHINGTON, D. C—Eight primaries during the past few days...
...His widely publicized enunciation that congress would legislate and he would execute, also gave ground for hope that he would subdue the normal appetite for power of the White House occupant...
...Hoover's pronouncement on appointment of public officials and his statements on the breakneck speed with which prosperity is again bearing down upon us...
...The series provoked an editorial in The Wall Street Journal as well as in the smallest of country dailies...
...WASHINGTON, D. C—Eight primaries during the past few days have served further to emphasize the fact that legislation during the next session of congress will be at the mercy of men who have already seen their constituents' thumbs turned downward...
...The outstanding event of th.j political season to many here is the removal of Sen...
...Wheeler's declaration of his revised view of prohibition, and the implications this has on future control of the Democratic party...
...given the eastern wets in the party an excellent foil in the west...
...But for one thing, however, it is possible Mr...
...Wheeler has unquestionably adopted Gov...
...One of the most prominent controversies of the entire tariff fight was aroused by accusations that the coalition had disturbed business in delaying passage of the bill...
...Wheeler Is regarded as perhaps the ablest organizer, politically, in the party's upper crust...
...There is no question his wetness, piquant in this light, means more to Democratic wets than does that of Roosevelt...
...Although they will not of course constitute, proportionately, more than 15 or 20 per cent of the total, the customary division on controversial bills ¦would require less than that to turn the scale...
...This is painful and unquestionably foolish economics, but at least the new structure is relatively permanent...
...Yet operation of the flexible clause is, in its nature, calculated to be much more disruptive...
...Robert M. La Follette than the appearance of an editorial in the Cosmopolitan, perhaps the most influential and widely read ol thi popular monthlies...
...Byrnes met in a straightforward manner the lynching blather with which Blease has for years seduced the poor-white population of South Carolina...
...Will yen not say one big word for India...
...James F. Byrnes, John Bankhead and Josiah W. Bailey...
...Opposition on this ground furnishes one tangible and far from complimentary clue to the nature of Mr...
...Yet, so far as one correspondent can find, no one has cited this as a factor in the continued depression...
...Blease of South Carolina from the senate...
...Nothing has contributed so much to assure this as the series of articles by Maj...
...During the long months when Sen...
...None of them qualifies as a liberal in the modern sense, but each is able, earnest and has cn one issue or another clearly defined himself from the admittedly -bigoted solon ho succeeds...
...This is the 'same thing that has doomed Muscle Shoals legislation...
...The one thing that forever damns these two bills for the president is the fact that they bear the name of Norris of Nebraska, the senate observers of all shades of belief believe is the mast disinterested man in American public life...
...The conclusion is the same: A heavy burden of proof rests on the defense against these charges...
...While its content stated nothing that is not generally admitted concerning the ability of .the .Wisconsin senator, his persona: charm and the distinctions between hi...
...The flexible clause, on the other hand, is a constant threat not only to consumers and farmers but to every business which is not directly aided...
...Tfi these should be added, perhaps, Sen...
...Norris' resolution lay on the1 Speaker's table and after It was referred to a committee, a twitch of the presidential finger would have sent it through with the support of enough regulars and disinterested Democrats to assure adoption...
...Few presidents, obviously, would voluntarily eliminate one of the mast fruitful sources of power over legislation: but in view of the pre-election figure of Mr...
...nature and that of his famous father it is fm important indication of the stature its subject has attained...
...Primary Results The outcome of the most recent primaries, in themselves, cannot but be gratifying to anyone who hopes for dignity and generosity of spirit in our government...
...This tribute was the load editorial run by the Cosmopolitan every month...
...Simmons of North Carolina and his debacle...
...Hoover as the engineer in government and sociology it was not unreasonable to expect him to urge passage of any reforms of this character...
...and Bailey likewise made, no attempt to sidestep the Simmons blatancy on religion...
...tit'..- is, "Ti-mt's Young Bob...
...The trio who appear likely to replace these men are former Rep...
...Wheeler on Prohibition Significant among the week's developments was Sen...
...Maurice Campbell now being syndicated by The New York World...
...and placed RoosAelt in position to secure western convention delegates he will sorely need...
...Roosevelt of New York as his presidential candidate: in the eyes of many this will mean nomination of the New-York governor if he is again elected governor...
...Nothing the Democratic-Progressive coalition accomplished during the tariff fight was over-looked by administration spokesmen in their effort to place blame for business depression...
...Bankhead is unequivocally taking issue with Hcflin on the mythical "Catholic issue" which has achieved the same thing for Hefiln with the same people...
...Campbell's Articles The prohibition explosions of past sessions of congress will probably seem skyrockets at noon beside the one impending for the short session...
...That's Young Bob" Pew things better illustrate the national quality of Sen...
...The English are flooding us with their ole lying propaganda, as they did of thj Germans—I saber Harrinjtop...
...Progressive senators are not likely to forget them when they return here...
...Once a bill is passed, business almost automatically adjusts itself to the new rates...
...The result was a repetition of the aftermath of Mr...
...In conjunction with the probable exit of Hcflin of Alabama, this event marks the close of an era...
...This situation could have been remedied at any time since a few weeks after President Hoover assumed office, if he had desired to see this step taken toward honesty and efficiency in government...
...Presidential Publicity The unbelievable extent of the publicity which is at the command of a president is now being illustrated—in reverse—by the complete lack of public notice attracted' by the Hoover inability at this writing to select the personnel of the new tariff commission or to state his policy under the flexible clause he made so much of...
...Hoover might have lent at least passive support to the proposal...
...A WOKII FOR INDIA i Jamestown, N, Y. Sept...
...Wheeler's championship of Roosevelt has done three things: Made the Montana senator an excellent prospect for Roosevelt's running-mate if the latter is nominated...
...It is a fact not generally known that Democrats in such states as Virginia two years ago would have been glad to see Wheeler national chairman if Raskob could have been induced to resign...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 42
