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, Mar. 7 (~The
‘Democratic row precipitated by
Chairman Raskob of the national
committee, has led to a full flowering
of political speculation concerning
1932

Not only in the party of Jeffer-
con, but in Republican ranks as well,
the next presidential race has become
an absorbing topic for public utter-
ance, Independents also are getting
tovether, disclaiming any third party
‘intentions but bent on making their
mark through coalescing on objec-
tives which have been somewhat
scattered,

Most conspicuous in Democratic
ranks was a concerted effort to
smother the Raskob plan to line up
the party for his “home rule,” state
liquer control project. But out of the
background a recurrent presidential
hoom for the Maryland anti-prohibi-
tionist, Governor Ritchie had march-
ed forth with an endorsement by the
free state’s legislative. Rumblings of
a split between Alfred E. Smith and
Governor Roosevelt in New York,
though denied, occupied many polit-
ical apeculators with emphasis on the
bearing such an event would have on
Roosevelt's presidential chances,
| Mentioned in Rallies.

Hoover's name was being uttered
at Republican rallies all over the
country in a not unusual swing to-
wards renomination of the incum-
‘bent, but heartened by the disturb-
ance in Democracy’s camp,

An utterance, interesting because
of its source, was attributed to Sen-

 

dry platform was a foregone con-
cluasion.
He said again that he saw no im-
mediate upwelling of public senti-
‘ment to justify a third party move-
ment. Of the Progressive meeting
called to meet here March 11 and 12,
he said:

“We will formulate plans to force
q@ur economic program on the at-
 