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...wilderness. Mr. McAdoo, back on the Pacific, is already reported to be lining up his forces for a new attack in 1928-the first step of which, it is said, will be an attempt to remove Clem L. Shaver as Democratic National Chairman. In the East, Governor Al Smith has a claim because he rewon his state by 100,000 votes and ran some 900,000 ahead of Davis. In the Middle West, Governor A. Victor Donahey of Ohio became a hero by a similar feat. But can either of the last two gentlemen nationalize themselves...
...strong men of the states?they whose currents of popularity are stronger than the tide of public sentiment in a national election?are few and far between. In this election, they were two, with 500 miles between? Governor Al Smith in New York and Governor Vic Donahey in Ohio...
...Al Smith, having contributed to a two weeks' Democratic deadlock last June, is perhaps the larger figure in the public eye. In the election just past, although Coolidge carried New York by more than 800,000 votes, and the Republicans captured practically all the state offices, Al, the idol of Manhattan sidewalks, saved himself with a majority of 100,000 votes. He ran 900,000 votes ahead of Davis. His fame increased...
...voting party tickets provided by the political leaders. They are beginning to think for themselves, and are voting for the man best qualified for the office, regardless of his party affiliation. The fact that Coolidge carried New York State by 1,000,000 votes on the presidential ticket, while Al Smith was victor in the gubernatorial race by over 100,000 votes, shows that the people of that State are casting their ballots for men and not for parties...
...Coolidge was in a lighter mood. He smiled and smiled at Miss Charlotte Greenwood. He laughed and laughed at Messrs. Ed Wynn and Raymond Hitchcock, the latter of whom talked incessantly. He permitted himself to be mildly convulsed with all the rest at a story of Mr. Al Jolson's about two frogs and a turtle...