Show THE democratic STANDARD BEARER VT T CHICAGO the democratic party lias has just nominated a candidate nho mho according to the conventional convention claims nm be the next president of tile lie united states whether that prediction will be fulfilled depends on whether gov franklin I 1 D roosevelt E locsei elt to have as wide an appeal for the ifor bhole nation as lie developed in his is own party the demand for ills nomination in was as uniquely national in fit scope lie he went to chicago with delegates from thirty nine of the forty eight states and five of the six territories not only to geographical sections but to Il lerse strata ot of the personnel of ills his I 1 libity a ty mr elt pro probed ed extraordinarily acceptable conservatives and radicals radical bouthern aristocrats northern farmers fan ners petern drys drs and eastern wets mets all mem j 1 c in ia the roosevelt ranks only the mai chias of the big cities blood out in op 17 atlon no doubt part ot of this unusual of democratic unanimity was mas cne ri ic to a keen desire to avoid a dis c irous deadlock and in fit part to fabric r e roosevelt organization woven by an all voluminous correspondence vili party leaders all over the country r it A most of all probably it resulted aloin the remarkable r emar kable appeal the boier 1 or of new york makes to the rank find and tle strange bond which seems to exist elst instinctively between this man of wealthy cultured and aristocratic back grou ground ad and the poverty stricken unc ct ut ul li it and plebeian forgotten man Is 1 rot not really explained by the career of roosevelt first noticed as a crusading but eminently respectable editor of the crimson at harvard then as a young laxier jumping into the alic new york state senate through it a surprising victory in a staunch republican dt district young oung roosevelt continued to attract attention by a successful revolt against tammany which blocked the election of blue eyed billy sheehan Slie elian to I 1 tile the united states senate then he worked vigorously and effectively fictively for woodrow wilson arilson and won mon tor for himself the assistant of the navy naval affairs having been I 1 a hobby front from boyhood in ill that post lie was mas energetic and popular and in 1920 was ivas nominated for vice president de feared and stricken suddenly m alth ith a form of paralysis lie nith dren from politics for a time and began a long struggle for physical freedom gullich Is now nearing nearl ng success lie ile came buck back to champion AI smith in fix 1224 1924 and 1928 and paradoxically enough ills chief rhal for the nomination this year was the man he had himself put for feniard viard in three pre previous ilous coni ent lons and he stepped over the happy warriors lead head from the eminence of I 1 a governorship which lie originally soll sought ailt only at the urgent pleading of oti mr smith aiho to felt the roosevelt can 1 dudacy in new york would help him I 1 carry the state in ill ills his own oun race for the I 1 presidency then roosevelt proceeded to surpass the smith popularity sweeping the state in 1930 by an unheard of ma bority and becoming the first imbt democrat to carry upstate up state yew new york As governor mr air roosevelt lad had pro ranted stricter control of pul public alic utilities prison reform efforts for unemployment I 1 relict and measures for economy and ef clency fl 11 in state administration with a largo large degree of success particularly in face of a hostile legislature lie he has bar dis many by ills his failure to break dt finitely bilth tammany and denounce co ln new doik city but he has fills on oil occasion assisted itt sted lie iury fmc astl gatlon gallon and removed an proven unfit for office lie ile may now remove mayor walter sot ot brilliant brilant not petta cular not to so t o de ceclie clIe as ninny many of his supporters MAI mr Roos roosebelt eielt in ills rally eally career snowed that lie does possess pes courage and can champion an unpopular cause ile he lias has not been yen very clear cut in announcement of policies except on tariffs and power even ills his humanitarian purpose to help the underdog has not produced a 8 lery cry definite program it may be that this tague lague but real sympathy Is enough to min him tile the vote lote of discontent hut but it if lie he Is to obtain a more constructive support and li Is to achieve anything useful for the nation lie he m hlll ill need to put forward a more adequate personal platform it Is to bo be hoped lie he will do so christian science monitor july 2 1932 |