| Show The Week in Politics By BYRON PRICE TRICE WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V March 25 P- P WhIle the pol political headlines busily record ecord the steady growth of delegate delegate dele dele- gate support behind Herbert Hoover and Franklin D D. Roosevelt events elsewhere also are writing important history in both political parties For and particularly for or the presidential aspirations of Speaker John Garner the tax battle In n the house has taken on political aspects of extraordinary significance Among the Republicans a major undersurface undersurface undersurface un- un agitation centers about new demands from both sides with respect to prohibition Garners Garner's supporters have presented the he record of his house leadership as outstanding proof of his availability for or the presidency Now his espousal of or the sales tax has been accompanied by at least temporary loss of control and by political reverberations far exceeding expectations What will be the ultimate effect on his lis chances among the voters The speakers speaker's friends declare he will not suffer greatly in the long longrun longrun longrun run although they plainly are concerned concerned concerned con con- at the embarrassments that have clustered about him just at this stage of the campaign The making of a tax bill is a long process It stills still is s possible the Garner leadership may regain by some sudden stroke much of the prestige it unquestionably has lost during the past week a 9 Georgias Georgia's sweeping Indorsement of Roosevelt at Wednesdays Wednesday's primary is isa isa isa a barometer of disputed reliability in his lis coming test of strength with Garner Garner Gar Gar- ner ncr who was brought into the picture picture pic plc- ture by those convinced he was best qualified to head off the fast moving Roosevelt boom In Georgia Garner was entered only by proxy and by bya a proxy without popularity popularity popularity larity in the state stale The result was about what both sides expected e A clear ar cut test test and and more probably probably probably proba proba- bly the first will first will be furnished by bythe bythe the Nebraska primary on April 12 in which Roosevelt Garner and Alfalfa Alfalfa Al ItAI falfa Bill Murray l all are entered Of course from Roosevelt's vIewpoint viewpoint viewpoint view vIew- point Georgia is important The prImary primary primary mary demonstrated in a southern state the same vote getting ability New Yorks York's governor already has hs shown in n North Dakota and New Hampshire To that degree it In Increased increased in in- creased Roosevelt's prestige at a critical critical cal time and its effect was VIas accentuated accentuated when another southern state Kentucky virtually was promised the Roosevelt managers by Senator Alben Barkley Earkley Q a t 9 Roosevelt now has definitely recorded recorded re re- re corded pledges of ot 85 delegates out of the and odd he needs He Is sure to pick up a great many more during the coming month and most estimates estimates esti esti- mates of his first ballot strength range from upward Then it will willbe willbe willbe be a question of ot the staying qualities of the smaller groups supporting the 15 or more candidates against him a. a President Hoover virtually alone in the Republican race picked up the Iowa delegation of 25 during the week and now has 91 01 delegates in instructed in- in pledged or claimed for him Few dispute that by the end of April enough to nominate will be in the bag o 0 The Republican troubles relate rather to the platform platform and and to some I t degree to the vice i presidency i Two I months ago it was conceded generally generally generally gener gener- ally that the ticket again would be Hoover and Curt Curtis s. s Now some party leaders are arc urging that second place be given to the eastern seaboard and to an art opponent of the dry laws i Vice President Curtis has many many- friends and the tho movement against him has not yet et clearly developed It may work itself out along with the problem of what to do about prohibition tion tion-a tion a problem about which nothing definite can be said because the head of the party President Hoover is saying nothing definite |
