The Democrats of the United States in their Convention at
Houston have proved that if the Republicans can choose a Presidential candidate at the first ballot so can they. Mr. Hoover, the Republican, and Mr. Al. Smith, the Democrat, now face one another as first ballot choices. Of course at Houston the usual form was gone through of bringing forward the " favourite sons " of various States, but it was a foregone conclusion that Mr. Smith would be hailed as the only man. He is a great character ; he has overhauled the whole civic administration of New York, even though the framework of Tammany remains ; he is incorruptible and genial, and has a mother-wit which conquers the crowd. If he cannot perform the difficult task of turning the tide against the Republicans in Presidential elections nobody can.
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