WASHINGTON, March 7.—(®)—
The democratic row precipitated
by Chairman Raskob of the na-
tional committee has led. to a full
flowering of political speculation
concerning 1932,

Not only in the party of Jef-
ferson but in republican ranks the
next presidential race has become
an absorbing topic, and, on one
side, independents are getting to-
gether, disclaiming any _ third
party intentions but bent on mak-
ing their mark through coalescing
on objectives which have been
somewhat scattered,~

Most conspicuous in democratic
ranks was a concerted effort to
smother the Raskeb plan to line
up the party for his “home rule”
state liquor control project but out
of the background a recurrent
presidential boom for the Mary-
land anti-prohibitionist, Governor
Ritchie, had marched forth with
an endorsement by the free state’s
legislature. Rumblings of a spjit
between Alfred E. Smith and Gov-
ernor Roosevelt in New York,
though denied, occupied many poll-
tical speculators with emphasis
on the bearing such an event
would have on Roosevelt's presi-
dential chances.

Hoover's name was being utter-
ed at republican rallies all over
the country in @ not unusual
swing towards renomination of the
 
WASHINGTON, March 17.—The
democratic row precipitated by
Chairman Raskob of the national
committee has led to a full flower-
ing of political speculation concern-
ing 1932.

Not only in the party of Jefferson
but in republican ranks the next
presidential race has become an ab-
sorbing top‘c, and, on one side, in-
dependents are getting together,
disclaiming any third party inten-
ions but bent on making their mark
through coalescing on cbjectives
which have been somewhat scatter-
ed.

Most conspicuous in democratic
ranks was a cencerted effort to
smother the Raskob plan to line up
the party for his “home rule” state
liquor control project but out of the
background a recurrent presidential
boom for the Maryland anti-prohi-
bitionist. Governor Ritchie, had
marched forth with an endorse-
ment by the free state's legislature.
Rumblings of a split between Al-
tred E. Smith and Governor Roose-
velt in New York, though denied,
occupied many political speculators
with emphasis on the bearing such
an event would have on Roosevelt's
presidential chances.

Hoover Endorsed
Hoover’s name was being utterec
at republican rallies all over the

‘jance ‘in Sacsctieys camp.

Several democratic leaders, active
jin trying to head off the Raskot
‘| program, continued the-r assertion:
that embracing such an issue woulc
‘|amount to throwing away the 193%
tchances of the party, though oth-

erwise they appeared excellent.

| Some republicans agreed witr
therh. Out of a Texas meeting of
‘}party leaders came a predictior
that the G. O. P. would have eas}
sailing as a result of the democratic
row. That group yesterday endors-
led without qualification President
.| Hoover's record and called for hi:
.| renomination. So did the state con-

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