Prediction No

Prediction No

With all the predictions a-print and a-float through the air, each one can join in the fun.

Prediction from this corner is that we shall have the cage-iest group of voters for November elections yet seen in the history of the nation..

The Old-Guard Republicans took a beating; the radical young Democrats got their ears pinned back. ■Conservative Democrats don t like the platform; anti-Trumanites are not keen on the President’s nod toward the nominee; the Republican nominee has been a success in the military, but our records show that as a rule most folks take a dim view of putting too much military in a democratic government, and also, generals m the past haven’t covered themselves with glory as presidents. Most Americans are rejoicing on one conut: Both candidates are gentlemen. There may be dirty politics, but neither of the candidates will likely be a party to such tactics.

There will probably be a record of voters who will keep their mouths shut and vote their own convictions come November. •

That’* What We Knew

Virginians are accustomed to men of integrity and honesty. That Governor Battle proved to he a man of honor was no surprise. We knew it all the time; we would have been extremely shocked to find his actions indicative of anything else. What has surprised us most is that some people seemed surprised.

Perhaps we may excuse the attention paid to Governor Battle’s display of high qualities in somewhat the same manner that too much comment on Stevenson’s handling of the King’s English would be ill-appointed. Comparisons are often odious. Some of the behavior on the floor of the convention made Governor Battle’s conduct more outstanding than it should have been. We would like to think that good manners were the rule rather than the exception. Perhaps Stevenson’s speech was over-rated because of comparison with that which preceded it.

It wouldn’t hurt so much to become angry, except that for some reason anger makes your mouth work faster than your mind.