Little Boy Blue

Wisecracks have played an important role in the career of New Hampshire's George Higgins Moses. The day in 1929 he called his Progressive Republican Senate colleagues "sons of the wild jackass," he made political enmities that have yet to cool. Last June, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Roy Roberts remarked that a fine Democratic song would be "Landon-Bridges Falling Down."

This wisecrack is credited with depriving New Hampshire's Governor Henry Styles Bridges of any chance to be nominated for Vice President. Thus Republican Bridges became a solid obstacle between Republican Moses and the latter's return to the Senate, from which he was swept in the Democratic landslide of 1932.

For weeks New Hampshire's Governor and ex-Senator campaigned for the Republican nomination to the seat from which 73-year-old Senator Henry Keyes announced he would retire. Henry Bridges, a handsome man of 39, an agricultural expert who got into politics because he happened to be a friend of ex-Governor Robert Bass, never ran for office until he was elected Governor two years ago. A good speaker, he traveled and talked often during the primary campaign. Only obvious flaw in his political make-up was that he dressed exceedingly well, wore a different suit each day with harmonizing shirts, socks and neckties, setting off his handsome blue eyes. Oldster Moses referred to him acidly as "Little Boy Blue." Governor Bridges retorted that if Mr. Moses liked he would blow his horn but would not be found sleeping under any haystacks.

Last week when the votes were counted Shepherd Moses counted only 32,000 electoral sheep. Little Boy Blue carried 45,000 tails behind him.

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