National Affairs: Candidates' Row

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All he did was describe Candidate Smith, talk about Tolerance and "hope for the best at Houston." Mobile, Ala., threatened to waylay the Walker train if he did not stop there. Other eager cities were Winston-Salem, Montgomery, Birmingham. In New York, Candidate Smith pursued his policy of prayerful silence, hoping that Northern Negroes would understand why none of their race can be taken to Houston as delegates; hoping that the South will not mind if National Democratic Chair-man Clem L. Shaver should be ousted and replaced by Mayor Frank Hague of Jer sey City; hoping people noticed, last week, that John William Davis said: "Al Smith ... is highly acceptable to me;" hoping that it was wise to have let word go out, and it did go last week, that Candidate Smith will withdraw from the convention if not nominated by the tenth ballot; hoping that his refusal to fly with Col. Lindbergh ("No flying for me," he said) would not make him less popular.

Mr. Reed. To Dallas, Tex., rival of Houston, went Candidate Reed, rival of Smith. Frowning like a sulky Ulysses, he began a stumping tour with stumps at Tulsa, Kansas City, Denver (Feb. 23),* Albuquerque (Feb. 24), Phoenix (Feb. 26), Los Angeles (Feb. 27), San Francisco (March i), Reno (March 3), perhaps Salt Lake City, perhaps Omaha.