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Last week, virtually certain of the Democratic nomination to be President of the U. S., Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York became 54 years old and, with family & friends about him, stood up at his dinner table to carve a 100-lb., electric-lighted replica of the White House, fashioned in cake for the occasion by Ryoochi Hida, his chef...
Five days later, without for a moment stepping out of his role as Governor, Alfred Emanuel Smith addressed the U. S. electorate. Formally, he was addressing only the New York Legislature. But he well knew others were listening. He called his speech "the eighth and last annual message I shall present to your Honorable , Bodies." He made it a history of government in New York State since he first governed there...
Four years ago, Democrats searched high and searched low for candidates. This year a candidate confronts the Democrats-Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York. But is he high or is he low?-that has been the vexing question. If and when Governor Smith is nominated, astute hindcasters may point back to last week as a turning point. For of all "high" Democrats none is higher than Newton Diehl Baker, Wilsonian War Secretary. And last week Mr. Baker said, not only that he admired Governor Smith, but that he knew the nomination would be "an entirely creditable...
...Baumes grading of punishments for repeated felonies, topped off by life imprisonment for a fourth conviction regardless of degree, has been the model for tightened laws in many a state. The theory underlying the Baumes code is that crime is disease, that habitual criminals are chronic patients. Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith of New York appeared before the Baumes commission a fortnight ago and elaborated its theory of crime still further. He made suggestions which, if adopted, will constitute a departure almost as notable in criminology as was the substitution of vaccine for leeches in the treatment of smallpox. Governor Smith...
Odds. Wall Street began laying bets on the Republican nomination. Last week's odds against: Hoover, 8 to 5; Lowden, 5 to 2; Dawes, 5 to 2; Butler, 7 to 1; Willis, 10 to 1; Longworth, 10 to 1. Against Democratic Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith's election, odds were quoted...