Show k Democratic or Republican Victory in Rarely Has It Been bo t Difficult to Forecast Politics of 2 Recent Polls Indicate Roosevelt i Still Most Only by Small Margin It was recently pointed out thai this is one of the extremely few general election years since the war in which the public hasn't had a pretty sound idea of who the presidential candidates would Generally the country has known long in advance who was u going to be battling for the White 1 House the nominations of Franklin Al were practically i j dead certainties I months before the conventions were called to Single recent exception to this rule was when dark horses Cox and Harding opposed each The rumor always goes around about this time that some and immensely powerful political j bosses have the key to the and will put their candidates i with case and dispatch when tho I j time But if that is jery political observer in the try has been Both parties are divided within themselves to an abnormal And the ranks of both are alive with self start favorite sons and others who I are simply itching to lake the i oath of office from Chief Justice Hughes next Split I 1 Starting out with the parly in everything hinges on what the president will If he wants the it is hard to he can be kept from getting despite the growing disaffection of many prominent Democrats in I public Working on the which many that the president does not plan to run and is keeping silent only because he wants to keep his party under the outlook for tin Democrats producing a solidly backed candidate is not The McNutt candidacy seems to have blown Garner could cany the solid south and would get considerable conservative but he is not warmly regarded by the strong New There was considerable talk about the possibility of running Robert Jackson some time but he does not seem to have attracted any considerable Frank Murphy who used to be talked about is on the supreme court and out of active Secretary Hull would probably have the best chance of cementing together the warring wings of the due to his he had nothing to do with domestic questions for eight and his stand many big issues of the day is not At the Hull and I Garner seem to have the inside j Republican Material On the Republican Tom Dewey has started his campaign in It has long been said of him that no one knows much about his views save in the of criminal law and he is offering this by making a series of major speeches covering our principal Strongly in his favor is his voice and radic Against him is the fact that men in councils would prefer some one and with a longer and varied record in public So the political experts say nc lias been no whirlwind in whipping up general enthusiasm for the of the but he has done better than anyone is out for the he has the advantage of a long and capable record in the plus an established But like Senator lacks which in this day ol the radio has become one of the most important political At the these three men are in the with the other prospects far behind in the as in the case of the anything can There is an off chance that a deadlock might result in the Republican convention and lead to the nomination of some extremely dark Polls Favor Roosevelt The recent polls indicate that the Democrats still have the edge in popular They also indicate that the president is still the most popular But they do not give him any overwhelming majority if he did the polls it would be by a comparatively tight Rarely has it been so difficult to forecast whether the next administration will be Republican or |