Manawatu Daily Tines America's Next President

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6834, 15 April 1932, Page 6

Manawatu Daily Tines America's Next President

It would seem that President Hoover is practically certain to receive the Republican nomination for this year’s Presidential election, and that Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Governor of New York State, is the probable Democratic nominee. Mr. Hoover’s re-nomination will of course be no surprise, for since the Civil War only two Presidents have not been re-nominated, and one of them, President Hayes, refused to stand because he believed it wrong in principle for any President to serve two terms. The malcontents in the Republican party could probably keep Mr. Hoover out of the election if they chose;,,but they could win this success only by splitting the Republican organisation and ruining the chances of Avhatever candidate might ultimately be selected. Moreover, the death of Mr. Dwight Morrow and the refusal of General Dawes and Mr. Coolidge to run has left the Republicans with no alternative candidate whose chances are worth considering.

The contest for the Democratic nomination is much more interesting, since the party can review a wealth of possible candidates but has no guiding tradition that favours any one of them. Besides Mr. Roosevelt there are Mr. Newton D. Baker, a former Secretary for War, Mr. A 1 Smith, the previous nominee, Mr. Garner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Owen D. Young, the reparations expert, and at least four other State Governors, each of whom has some chance. In the early stages of the campaign, before Mr. Smith’s candidature was announced, Mr. Roosevelt made such rapid progress that his nomination seemed assured. The entry of Mr. Smith was a severe blow to Democratic hopes, since it brought into a hitherto peaceful campaign the dreaded issues of Prohibition and religion and raised the danger of a deadlock between two powerful candidates. Recent cable news suggests that Mr. Smith’s chances are now negligible; but it would be unwise to infer from this that Mr. Roosevelt, is sure of selection. The rules of the Democratic Convention require a two-thirds majority for. the successful candidate, and such a majority is not easy to get, particularly when there is a possibility of splitting the votes among a large number of candidates. The fact that there ar-e five State Governors in the Democratic list makes such a division of votes easier, because State delegations almost invariably• vote for “native sons.” But whatever may be the result, there can be little doubt that the entry of Mr. Smith has spoilt what chance the Democrats had of going to the polls as a substantially united party. Their consolation will be that Mr. Hoover is definitely less popular than when he took office, and that the greater unity of the Republican party does not conceal the fact that its morale is lower than it has been for many years past.

The prospecting business is booming on the West Coast. Quietly and unobtrusively men who have been searching for gold in the backblocks of the Westport and Buller districts arc making their way to Christchurch again, and buying tools for future work. There is a subdued satisfaction about some of these prospectors, and one prominent Christchurch builder has been heard to remark that he would not now take £2OOO for the quarter-share in a claim that he took up a few weeks ago, and for which he paid £SO.

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The limitation of the broadcasting of Rugby matches to international and interprovincial games was decided upon by the New Zealand Rugby Union at its annual conference yesterday after a brief discussion.

The price of land 70 years ago was not a great deal lower than present slump conditions have made it (states the Northern Advocate). The Southern Cross, of April .18, 1862, contains the report of a “very successful sale” held at the Waste Lands office, at which there was “spirited bidding, and a good attendance of buyers.” Eighteen one-acre allotments in the village of Tamaterau, Whangarei, County of Marsdcn, wero sold for £B9, the upset price being £54. Twelve-acre allotments at Mangapai, Whangarei, were sold for £SS ss, the upset price being £36.