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Show lTTAL HIE SMITH FIELD SENTINEL. SM1THFIELD. 'Jlrumhd about National Topics Interpreted by William Bruckart Heroes of the Southwest. Washington, D. C. National Praia Building Washington.1 The Republicans and the Democrats lmve their Iresl-dentltickets. The All Set for elephant and the l'lk(r ave lhelr Big Race joclKjra fur the campaign. The tumult and the shouting and the blistering, withering Ore of politics, have begun. It la a long way to the flnlsb line where the checkered flag fulla fur the winner of the race. Hut the big tight la really on and It la Interesting aa well as slgnlOcant to nnte how It baa started. It la always a sure sign that party leaders resiiect and fear their uiio-nent- s when they start a eaniialgn with a declaration thut the enemy la weak ; that Ilia selection resulted from chlrauery or bosalKin, or that the particular candidate selected hua been put np as a aacrlllce. That Is what baa happened already In the current campaign, and you rnn exiect it to continue because It is stating no secret to disclose thut the New I Nailers fear Gov. Alf M. London of Kiinsas, the Itepuldlcan nominee, and that the beneath the leadership, Republican surface, are wishing for a clairvoyant how or crystal gaaer to tell lln-much of a chance they have to Franklin D. beat President-candidat- e Roosevelt. Of course, no astute political observer would dare predict at thin stage of the game who the winner On the other hand, It Is will be. pert of the psychology of the game of politics for politicians to claim everything In sight Yet, I know that each side expects a real battle, a horse race. The November result la pretty likely to be determined by events of the neat two months. At the end of that time; trends will be evident and acme appralanl of the campaign will be possible. In the Interim, clulina and high sounding phrases will be offered by the baaketful and enthusiasm will be promoted. Yet, the end, the result, will not begin to be evident until afterward because this la the season for the tnmult and shouting. I cannot concur In the claims already advanced by Poetmaster General-- Gallup, There will be old-I- I wbo will do as Senator Cojieland of New York haa done; take a walk. Alfred K. Smith Is not going to supiiort the New Dealere noi will a great many of his followers. So, It Is obvious that each party will be subjected to defections of one kind ot warp and woof. ne another. Now, eoneernirg mistakes that hnve been made: Chairman Farley made a bad mistake politically when he said that Alfred M. I.nnilon was Some -- little- - just the known governor of a typical prairie state. That remark has been rising chairman alto haunt the most daily since it eseasd from hie Hjm, and nnleaa I miss my guess he will hear It repented, thrown Into hie teeth, so many times between now and November that the words will give to hlin a stomachache equivalent green apples. The reasons this remark was a serious hi u rider are two. First and foremost Is that every state In the Union rightfully has Justified pride of Its people. Its commerce and Industry and Its future prospects. Every state feels profound resentment when Its capacity to do groat things Is questioned. Consequently, when Sir. Farley catalogued Kansas as a typical prairie atute and lls governor as there wna a surging tidal wave of resentment, and It was not confined to Kansas alone. The second reason why Mr. Farleys remark cut the wrong way was that Sir. Farley Is a New Yorker and a There Is something reTammanylte. pulsive to the millions of enters about Tammany, and a very great many residents of prairie states long have objected to the attempt of certain New Yorkers to rnn things for the whole United States. Another mistake that has been made, really s series of mistakes, la the coercion that has been permitted to go on among those receiving relief. It la not exactly fair to charge Sir. Farley and President Roosevelt with these, yet I am Inclined to believe local they could have prevented Democratic politicians from attempting to force relief clients to vote tho Democratic ticket. That condition hae obtained In as many aa fifteen states. It la one of those things In politics that naturally causes s revulsion of feeling, yet It Is one of those things with which the leaders possibly may have had nothing directly to do. The fact that they might hare prevented It and did not la accepted by the average voter In exactly the same light aa though a written order directing such procedure hod been Issned. The handling of the tax question by the administration In this session of congress has not been of a character warranting too much praise. It has alienated many Influential persona who might otherwise have supported Mr. Roosevelt. Of course, In the end the President enn say that he wanted additional funds In order to start the balancing of the national budget, but I know of n great number of Democrats In congress who have been thoroughly displeased by the White House Insistence for a reform tax law rather than a revenne law. It scorns to me. therefore, that a considerable amount of campaign material will be developed from this fact. And so It goes with Democratic mis- Mutakee Cleveland. 2 President attending the Republican National convention In 3 RepresentntIve of representatives. house the of funeral of the lute Joseph W. Byrns, speaker Alabama, newly elected speaker of the house. - 1.Delegates NEW GOLF CHAMPION two-gu- n Primitive Fishing Sport Is Revived little-know- Destructive Pests. THOUGH It weren't bad enough ASalready with a Presidential campaign on this year, grasshoppers have threatened growing things In tbe mid-west- Midwest. True to their advance notices, the locusts are popping out along the eastern seaboard. In Ontario a plague of caterpillars covered the railroad tracks so thickly trains could not run on schedule. There's no word yet from our Uttle southern friend, the boll weevil, but news Is expected. Maybe he's waiting for the return of the cotton crops that we used to plant for the export trade when we had an export cotton trade Golf Tony Manero, with the National Tho pine borer la reported on the open winner's cup, shown after he won Job In the north woods. To date, out the United States open championship . bow and arrow, mss here; wo. have only the regular resiwith n score of 282, which set s new Going back to the primitive sport of fishing with dent peqts. Including the white tertitle Mary Todd la pictured fishing for bass at Sants Monica, Calif. A steel worlds record for a major mite, the red ant and the mother who with a long cord to retrieve tbe fish la used. tournament can prove her child Is another Shirley Temple,. If somebody would only listen. Of the we already DR. TOLLEY HEADS AAA Succeeds hare upwards of 80,000 and more arriving every day.. Still, we cannot hope to escape Presently the party who goes around taking straw votes on the election win start multiplying rapidly.- - And then professional California spellbinder! will be binding; and at any moment Upton Sinclair la liable to start running for something. ar Parley tbat the election la In the bag for II r. Roosevelt any more than I can believe that Chairman John Hamilton of the Republicans is equipped with special foresight enabling him to say tbat Governor London la a sura winner. I said above that the campaign has all of the appearance of a horse race and a close one To that extent It la a condition much more favorable to the Republicans than obtained three montha ago when, as I recall, I suggested that If the election were held at that time, llr. Roosevelt had a 0 advantage over anybody the Republicans could name To any now, therefore that the race probably will be close necessarily Indicates two things : unification of Republican atrength, and some mistakes by the Democratic leadership (one may properly Inquire what has brought about the unification of the Republicans). The answer seems rather obvious. It la that the Republican party hns been reorganised from tip to toe. The reorganisation has been more sweeping and more effective anil the result much more satisfactory to the country than most political observers had any reason to expect I say satisfactory to the country because the Republican party Is a major political unit and, though at present a minority party, will come takes. back to power some time. The Democrats have been a minority party, and On the other aide of the picture, the the course of human events has witHoward R. Tolley, whom M. L. can make mistakes yet, nessed It restored to power. So the Republicans assistant secretary of agriculture; of them. plenty In a stake either party, people have On the announced would siieeeed Chester CL hnve an ad- They MnJ. Ira C. Eaker, U. S. A, left, and MaJ. William E. and whichever one proceeds to ImKcpner, U. S. A, Davis as administrator of the the OtherHand vantage overIn one prove Its political structure is giving pictured at Union air tennlqnl, Burbank, Calif., Just after the former com- lie has been acting administrator AAA. Democrats since Mind flight, the latter flying another something of vital value to the counpleted tbe first army Mr. Davis left more than two montha regard: they have not been charged alngle-aeateIn formation with Major Eaker. flew try as a whole. ago on an ngrlcnltural Inspection tour. with the rosjioiisibllity ot government f year, The Democratic attack on the Re- for the last three and to answer for tlic last sixteen years and therefore will not have publicans In administration. It mistakes for ' hns been coucenC.O. P. trated to a large ex- - lies lu the hands of tothe Republican prevent pomalingers, therefore, Cleaiu Houte ,,nt on the charge litical mistakes between now and eleca that the Republic-anare capable of so doing. were Chairman tion If they hnve started out with un offenThey on hua that continually Farley harped sive campaign and have an opportualleged condition. When the Repubto continue It, whereas the Demnity licans did tlielr house cleaning job at enn conduit an offensive camocrats Cleveland, they took away an lmNr-tan- t so ns they can avoid Issue from the Democrats, lint paign onlyinto long a defense of Roosevelt entering even so some of the Democrats and some Independents, like Senator George New lval policies. I understand flint the leniocrntlc Norris of Nebraska, refused to accommittee Is loaded to G.e national as genuine. cept the purging with material for attack, dashboard Senator Norris disclosed his attiftoni this stage of the battle It tude very detlnltely the oilier day but quite appnrcnt thut they are when he broadcast a radio speech, lie seems to need plans for defense as going the employed allegation and they will not have well as offense, that the Cleveland convention was support from sonic spots dominated by special Interests, and enthusiastic own army. that the platform adopted there was In theirIVmncrats are prepared to atThe plainly reactionary." on the theory London Governor tack Senator Norris has not supported a the country ennnot feel sure of that 12 alcandidate for years, Republican anil policies; that lie has six years Ills plans though he ran for to enable the country to done nothing lie believes In ago as a Republican, him and that there Is no asMr. Roosevelt and Insists that Jlr. appraise In event of Ids election, that Roosevelt alone rnn stive the country. surance, Is a enough won for the Job he big It Is to be assumed also that Mr. Chief Executive, (in the other Roosevelt will have tho support of the of hand, the Republicans enn counter-attacRob GovSenator and I.nKiillcltcs, by using the lnngttnge of Senator ernor lbll. In Wisconsin. These men, New York Democrat, who topeluiul. however, have lnhelcR themselves as declared that no man nor party disand not have rnrrlcd the Progressives, regarding Its pledges was to lie trustparty label of cither the lVniocrats ed. mid right there Is where the New or Republicans. must liegln to defend. Dealers ' ' -View of the sorting room of the District of Columbia There will be otliere of the same post otllce where worker, ..... , . ( Wr.lrrn XiniKN Cl ot, trlbutlon of tho soldiers' bonus under wsy. Among the ,n Wiling the spectators Is Iostimuicr vinmTf dls Burke (white suit) Chairman 00-4- ls Army Flyer one-hal- What Makes Newt. SOME gentleman wbo must work at postoffice because, seemingly, stamps don't mean a thing In the world to him, keeps taking Issue with me for saying the reason why success-fu- l newspapers feature sen- sations above news of art and science and literature Is not through any desire to pander to morbid or vulgar tastes, but because the average publisher, being a smart merchandiser, puls such wares In his shop window, wlflch Is his front pnge, as nre calculated to catch tbe eye and win the trade of the general public. My correspondent demands an answer. AH right, let's mnke It a par- able: ' Suppose, mister, that tomorrow, throngh the town where yon live. passes a train hearing a distinguished savant who hns made some great discovery any, the cause and cure of botts and on another train there Is n d lady who, after a spectacular murder trial, has Just been triumphantly acquitted on the ground of for shooting n genllemas friend eight er nine times In the hack. Which one of these two travelers will draw the biggest crowd down to the station? And, brother, which train will you meet? j ! Bonus Bonds Are Distributed to War Veterans taffy-haire- self-defen- Favorite 6on Keynoter. home the folks are all puff up with pride. Our own Albin " Barkley keynoted for the Democratic convention until the rafters wnred. Reside being a grand person and a senator, he's one of the last of the real southern the kind Hint can make a song syllable and turn any reasonably long word into an anthem. And does he come from the plw where the true faith prevails? Tin1 ul we Jorlly stabilised Just as anon as to quit voting got a lot of for Jeff Duvts. We weaned them W. J. Bryan, dura Is probably I lie only congressional district In tho Union lh never has gone Republican, uHhanga. when Al Rnilth ran, it had a cninpac tlvely close coll from going HaplM-Le- t the creatures of entrenched M greed bewnre. As goes I'ndin'tih, goes I'ndncab. ACK n rT ' last-name- in Blind Flight WU-no- time-wor- n. m. Through of vanished yesterdays weve just traveled the high ranges of the earlier pistoleers Pat Garrett of the itchy trigger finger; and John Wesley Hardin, the Texas preachers boy turned scorpion; and Doc Holliday, Ing dentist with his nervous manner-buof shooting people; snd that babyish king of all the killers, little sawed-of- f Billy the Kid, who smiled .bis diffident b u c smile even aa he blasted out a life for every one of the twenty-on- e years of his life; not countas he himself ing, would say, Mexicans snd Injuns." Ws. viewed the his William Bankhead of toric bullet, pocks and their personal burying grounds, and we discovered Just one survivor of those ancient clans rancid octogenarian, wearing the look nlxnit hlin of a venerable, shamefaced sheep where he sat with a gingham apron draping the withered flanlu which once had supported his artillery, snd he shelling pens by the kitchen door of his prea-ewifes boarding house. As somebody prematurely remarked, before I thought It up myself, the old Southwest la gone But you never saw nobbier service stations than we passed, nor nhlnler beauty parlors, and tbe curb service was excellent. hard-workin- g sllver-lnngno- d old-time- .; WNU I IRVIN 8. COBB. Scrvlc. |