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T The Tho Literary Digest ol of o October OctoberS October'S o tober S 'S S Is an Ogden edition en- en en- en lire Ure pages with cartoons by b four tour ot ot t the tho leading cartoonists ot of the country are arc given slen over oyer to the meeting of at western estern Democrats held In Ogden on September 23 and 21 24 The Literary Digest In order to gauge the tho extent to which the Ogden meeting reflected Demo Derner Democratic Democratic I cratic sentiment s In the west tele tele- telegraphed telegraphed i graphed to the Democratic dailies dallies ot or the Rocky Mountain and and Pa Pa- states I I The Tho Th Digest says as a's I While somo of Journals I I apparently not yet ready to define define their attitude altitude the tho replies rep es of ot the others were ere Interesting and j illuminating In California the tho Santa Barbara Dally Daily News declares that the gathering of ot hand picked Tammany supporters at Ogden I should not be taken too lY and that its endorsement of at Smith SmithIs SmithIs Is not of at the tho slightest Import Import- ance anee But to balance against this ire ice have haye tho the following telegram l from irom the Californian The significance of at ho he endorse- endorse endorsement ment of ot Governor Smith by the I Ogden conference rests upon whether hether or not the action represents the sentiment ot of the western states In so far as California is 13 concerned a rather painstaking In In- investigation among representative Democrats discloses that Governor Smith Is unquestionably the th strong candidate for tho the party nomina Ion tion In I Oregon the Albany Demo Demo- Democrat crat Herald crat-Herald points out that the Og Og- Ogden Ogden Og- Og Ogden den endorsement may may mean a whole or a cry very little because there Is Ls a wide chasm sometimes between the convictions of the rank and file and the tho opportunism of at the tho politicians who are more concerned with the tho th division ot of the loaves loa and fishes than they are aro with principle In the tho third Pa Pa- Pacific Pacific coast state stale the he Hillyard In In- Inland Inland land Empire News Is is of at the tho opinion opinion ion fon that the Ogden conferees spoke for themselves rather than for the majority of ot their party in the west wes From Reno The Tho Nevada Ne State Journal wires that i Nevada ivada Nevada vada can be counted a d Smith S state and a d the Elko Independent in tho the same state says The Ogden endorsement Is a useful foothold for tor Smiths Smith's eastern supporters Most Important of at all developments growing out of at it ft is tho tho fact that the chairman of tho the Nevada Democratic central com corn millee telegraphed the meeting that Nevada Is safely for Smith Although the conference did little littleto to bind other s states ates in the tho west this declaration from the Nevada leader doubtless based upon fairly completo knowledge of ot the tho situa- situa situation tion here Indicates this states state's Delegation will be b be for for the the New NewYork NewYork York ork governor In the neighboring state of Idaho tho the Wallace WaIlace Press Times la is con c n. n that the he Smith pro pro pro- Smith resolution resolution resolution tion ot of the Ogden meeting represents tho choice of tho the democracy of at all the western far states those not Dot represented as well as those represented at the meeting We read further It is difficult at this distance to I account for the south Governor Smith has been popular with the the western democracy for many man years and and tho the action of o its represent representatives times tives at Ogden Is In our judgment only onlY- an expression of at the strong swell ground which exists for him himas himas himas as a candidate throughout the na Lion tion We do not pretend to account for it But nut ot of its persistence pen and Towing growing strength there can be he no doubt Another Idaho paper the Twin Falls Times however howo er finds it dif difficult dif dif- difficult to picture as the we west's wety t choice for tor president a man who o Is wet in his sympathies and who ho is representative ot of all that Is east east- eastern eastern ern ere far removed from the great agricultural question which Is grip rIp gripping rIpping ping at the tho throat of o the west la In Colorado tho Grand Junction Dally Daily Sentinel remarks It must bo be remembered that Colorado Utah and several L other of at these states were among the tho strongest advocates of at state state- statewide statewide Statewide wide and national prohibition and it Is hard to believe any candidate considered wet can get delegates from this part of at tho the west Gover Governor Governor nor Smith has a considerable fol tol following following lowing and Tho The Sentinel could support him enthusiastically if nominated although its editor as delegate large delegate at large from Colorado to the New York convention in 1924 1921 supported McAdoo and Davis Tho The significance of at the Ogden meeting Is overestimated in the cast |