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...Utah's Republican Smoot is no higher protectionist than he. He ardently advocates Philippine independence to put that possession's sugar crop outside the tariff wall. He voted for coal, oil and copper tariffs in the 1932 Revenue Act. Because of his passion for Republican tariffs most Democratic leaders eye him with political distrust. To the press gallery he is a Democrat in name only and his vote can generally be anticipated. His proudest political feat was inducing Republicans to agree to legislation naming a new Washington street after his State...
Impartial Senate observers rate him thus: a friendless high-tariff Democrat who has long occupied himself with legislative trifles; a conservative, not over-diligent Senator whose only influence upon national matters is his own vote. His term expires March...
California. Either lean, leathery William Gibbs McAdoo or chubby, boyish Tallant Tubbs will be California's next Senator. Democrat McAdoo, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of the Treasury and son-in-law, beat Justus Wardell, longtime friend of Governor Roosevelt, by a 2-to-1 vote for the nomination. Two irreconcilable supporters of Alfred Emanuel Smith were also-rans. To Nominee McAdoo, who gave him his presidential nomination at the Chicago convention, Governor Roosevelt wired: "Congratulations and confident good wishes for a clean Democratic sweep this fall." Slightly less than half the State's 1,027,000 registered...
Whoever is nominated by the Republicans will almost certainly be up against Democrat Herbert Henry Lehman, the State's present Lieutenant-Governor. Governor Roosevelt has made Colonel Lehman his political heir, will try to force his nomination at the Democratic State convention. Force may be necessary because of the hostile attitude of Tammany Hall, not toward Colonel Lehman personally but toward his sponsor. To head off the Lehman candidacy and embarrass Governor Roosevelt, Tammany bosses have threatened to put James John ("Jimmy") Walker into the contest, if he is removed as New York's Mayor. An outside Democratic candidate...
Candidate Lehman has the tacit support of Alfred Emanuel Smith. Wall Street has a kindly feeling toward him because his family controls the old banking firm of Lehman Bros. Republicans admit that he would be the hardest Democrat to beat...