The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 9, 1932, Page 1

North Dakota’s Oldest Newspaper “py + Sl THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE The Weather Unsettled tonight probably and 3 little fi, Se ESTABLISHED 1873 BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1932 PRICE FIVE CENTS DePu Hoover Promises Aid to Successor In Night Message Democratic Tornado Whipping Across United States Assures New Yorker of Big Electoral College Vote and Distinctly Friendly Congress PROHIBITION CHANGE LOOMS FOLLOWING LANDSLIDE WIN Genial Jim Watson, George Moses and Reed Smoot, Republican Leaders in Senate For Years, Repudiated By Voters in Show-Down Election m (By The Associated Press) _. _A mighty Democratic tornado whipped across the country in Tuesday's voting. It tore relentlessly into every section of , the nation, elected Franklin D. Roosevelt to the presidency, as- sured him a strongly Democratic congress and brought success to a multitude of his party’s state and local office-seekers. ,__in the hands of the Republicans it left a scant handful of New England and eastern states and upon New York’s gover- nor it conferred an electoral vote that, from all indications, will surpass the record of 444 established when Herbert Hoover was elevated to the nation’s highest office four years ago. The whole was an emphatic reversal of the 1928 landslide. ROOSEVELT CONFIDENT OF ORDERLY RECOVERY New York, Nov. 9.—(?)—In an address to the nation Wednesday President-Elect Roosevelt expressed the opinion that the vote given him indicates “that the masses of the people of this nation firmly believe that there is great and actual possibility in an orderly recovery, through @ well-conceived and actively-directed plan of action. areca iain North, East, South and West, the triumphant Democrats glee- fully added to their total the electoral votes of state after state which heretofore had been regarded as traditionally and un- shakeably Republican. From the time the first scattered returns began trickling in, the trend was unmistakeable. By midnight the Roosevelt lead had grown to such commanding proportions that President Hoover, awaiting the result in the seclusion of his Palo Alto home, conceded defeat and wired the New York governor his congratulations. Democratic Majorities in Congress Strong Meanwhile, the Democratic surge was electing a strong majority in both houses of congress. Although returns were incomplete early Wednesday, PRESIDENT HOOVER'S MESSAGE “TO SUCCESSOR” “I congratulate you on the opportunity that has come to you to be of service to the country and I wish for you a most successful adminis- tration. In the common purpose of all of us I shall dedicate myself to every possible effort.” more than a score of Democrats and only a few Republicans had been placed in the 32 senate seats involved in this year's contests. In the contests for the 435 house seats nearly 200 Democrats had won when Republican win- ners numbered less than 50. These contests saw the downfall of many a familiar figure of Capitol Hill. The genial Jim Watson. for years senator from Indiana and since 1929 Republican floor leader, lost to Frederick Van Nuys, a Democrat. Sena- tor George Moses of New Hampshire, famed for his allusion to western in- surgents as “sons of the wild jackass,” went down to defeat. 80, too, did Smoot of Utah, veteran chairman of the senate finance committee whose tame is borne by the current and much-discussed tariff law. House upsets swept from office alike the patrician Ruth Pratt of New York and the fiery Fiorello LaGuardia, staunch friend of labor. BEATEN: GAIN WINS house Republican floor leader, went Democratic, with Francis T. Maloney Two Senators From Barnes Overwhelmed; Dickinson defeating Republican T. A. D. Jones Veteran Bare Victor the famous former Yale football coach. Prohibition Is Involved Dormant but by no means forgot- ten while candidates discussed eco- nomic issues through the campaign, Prohibition, and its future, was very (Continued on Page Seven) Latest Figures On Vote in N. D. 614 precincts out of 2240—Hoover 29,145, Roosevelt 55,652. U. 8. Senator—366 precincts, Lan- ier 13,232, Nye 33,807. Governor—693 precincts, 47,658, Langer 44,068. 112 precincts gave: Secretary of State, Byrne 6112, Cue 3347, cece: State Auditor, Baker 18,133, Hoopes 8,917. State Treasurer, Dale 16,585, Schantz 10,212. Attorney General, (107 precincts) Gronna 5704, Cameron 3365. Insurance loner, Olsness 16,941, Benner 9,989. Agriculture Commissioner, Husby 15,169, Magill 10,238. Railroad Commissioner, Larkin 13,- q 281; Chapman 8,304. - 5, 215 precincts gave: Permitting crop ‘9 Mortgages, Yes 11,446, No 11,562. Paid Newspapers, Fargo, Nov. 9.—()—Two independ- ent state senators were beaten in Barnes county, and one independent senator was elected in Stark county on the face of returns available at: noon Wednesday. Likewise, Senator William Watt of Cass county's 11th district, bitterly opposed, had a lead of about 300 with returns from 29 of the district's 37 Precincts and seemed assured of election. ‘The Barnes county avalanche re- moved Senator Frank Ployhar, long- time legislator, in favor of John Mi- kelthun, who led by about 300, and Fred Aandahl was defeated by C. J. Olson in a recall election. James Cain is the Stark county Leniatce who has weathered the st Ramsey county, where two inde- pendents were on the ballot, Mack Traynor as the Republican nominee and Drew as the Democrat, returned Drew for the place. A hot fight in the llth district, Cass county, against William Watt had failed as returns, nearly com- Plete, showed Watt about 3,000 to the With holdover DePuy ndent sena- Red Salaries, Pes, 12,876, No 4,034. ; Reducing Salaries of State Officials, | there Yes 12,212, No 4,544. Abolishing Tax Supervisors, Yes 4,- 621; No 2,094. 112 precincts gave: Reducing Dis- trict Judges’ Salaries, Yes 5,403, No 1,951. { 215 precincts gave: Superintendent of Public Instruction, Palmer 9,887, a a of the referendum. Thompson 10,741. Cass county, ninth district, in- cluding Fargo, A. W. Fowler, inde- } Burleigh to Retain County Agent Work Burleigh county decided to retain the services of its county agent in the election Tuesday. Early reports from rural districts were slightly favorable to with the work but a heavy city vote favoring continuance swung the tide. ‘The count, in 42 out of 63 precincts, was 4,196 in favor of the work to 2,- ‘ 549 against & y Clings to Roosevelt Leads Democrats in Landslide Next President’s Smile FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT Dry Law Change Looms As Wet Candidates Win Whether Modification or Repeal Will Be Demand Cannot Be Ascertained Washington, Nov. 9—(7)—A new congress with substantial wet gains was indicated early Wednesday. Anti- prohibition measures also were rolling up big majorities in nine states. With a large membership in both houses of congress still to be classi- fied as to their present attitude on the 12-year-old prohibition laws, final returns must be recorded before the battling wet and dry organiza- tions can say whether majorities will turn up for modification of the Vol- stead act or whether the required two-thirds will submit a repeal or revision amendment of the constitu- tion. 11 of 22 for Repeal On the basis of replies to question- naires by wet organizations (the drys having made no parallel pre-election survey) the returns early Wednesday showed out of the 22 senators elected, 17, all Democrats, favor repeal, two Democrats are for prohibition, one Republican for submission, and two Republicans hold views which have not been ascertained. The same wet organizations class- ify senate holdovers as: Democrats favoring repeal, 10; Re- publicans, 4; Democrats favoring submission, 4; Republicans, 6; Demo- erats favoring prohibition, 3; Repub- licans, 3; for modification of the Vol- stead act, Republican, 1; Democrat views unknown, 14; Republicans, 16; Farmer-Labor, 1. Of the house members elect, Dem- ocrats favoring repcal, 118; Repub- licans, 28; Democrats favoring sub- mission, 10; Republicans, 8; Demo- crats favoring prohibition, 4; Repub- licans, 10; views unknow, 40, all Democrats. Connecticut Drips Connecticut adopted by a T-to-1 margin a proposal to petition con- gress to submit a repeal amendment to the states. Michigan carried by more than two to one a measure eliminating the bone-dry clause from the state con- stitution. Louisiana approved overwhelmingly two proposals, one to repeal its state enforcement act and another to pe- tition congress to call a constitutional convention to propose repeal or revi- sion of the 18th amendment. New Jersey voters piled up a 10- to-1 lead for repeal of the state en- forcement it law. Other anti-prohibition proposals were rolling up big votes in Califor- ee} ‘Wi » Oregon, Colorado FIVE DEAD IN KENTUCKY Ky., Nov. 9.—(#)—Five PRESIDENT HOOVER MIGHT HURRY BACK ~ TO OFFIIAL DUTIES Chief Executive Is Described as ‘the Tiredest Man in America’ Palo Alto, Calif., Nov. 9.—(#)—Her- \bert Hoover, the first president of the United States defeated for reelection since 1912, has promised President- elect Roosevelt to “dedicate myself to every possible helpful effort.” The chief executive, who conceded defeat Tuesday night, Wednesday was considering seriously boarding his special train Wednesday for a record breaking trip back to the white house Several of his aides, one of whom described him as “the tiredest man in America,” have urged Hoover to take a rest. A battleship trip through the Panama Canal was suggested. But the president has not decided finally what he will do. Straggling returns from the heavy vote in favor of Roosevelt were still coming into the Hoover home Wednes- day morning when the president airse. He announced his concession of the election to his Democratic opponent at 9:40 p. m., (P.S.T.) Tuesday night, in the midst of a stirring scene sur- rounding his home. While a group of Stanford univer- sity students, on whose campus he lives, thronged the driveway of his home, and while a score of his neigh- bors and friends waited in the living room, Hoover dispatched from his study the following telegram to Roosevelt in the Biltmore hotel in New York: “I congratulate you on the oppor- tunity that has come to you to be of service to the country and I wish for you @ most successful administration. In the common purpose of all of us I shall dedicate myself to every possible helpful effort.” Langer Loses Home Precinct and City William Langer, Republican guber- cinct and his home city in Tuesday's election. | ‘of Victory GORDON COX LOSES | CONTEST FOR HOUSE INBURLEIGH COUNTY Victor Moynier Leads H. F. Tiedman in Race For Coun- ty Commissioner ELNESS NAMED TREASURER Claire Derby Has Small Lead Over Isaminger, With Outcome in Doubt Franklin D. Roosevelt got two votes to every one for Herbert Hoover in Burleigh county at Tuesday's election. The count, with 54 precincts reported, was Roosevelt, 4,908; Hoover, 2,455. Gerald P. Nye had 4,754 to 2,446 for P. W. Lanier for senator, and Wil- liam Langer had 4,033 to 3,489 for H. C. DePuy in the governorship con- test. In the congressional race, the count was: Sinclair, 3,774; Lemke, 3,505; Murphy, 2,678; Lynch, 2,430. In strictly Burleigh county con- tests the biggest upset probably was | the defeat of Gordon Cox for a place in the lower house by J. M. Thomp- son, Democrat, and an I. V. A. col- league until Thompson was refused re-indorsement by the I. V. A. county convention last winter. Reports from 47 precincts gave Cox 3,074; Thomp- son, 3,162. The missing precincts were in the county. Marie Huber was returned as coun- ty superintendent of schools in a race with Madge Runey, and J. L. Kelly was re-elected sheriff in a race with Frank Larson. With 47 precincts reported, Claire Derby had a lead of 136 over A. C. Isaminger but the result was in doubt as. Derby polled most of the strength in the city and the missing precincts were in the country. Ernest. Elness defeated A. J, Arnot for county treasurer and Charles Fisher was returned as clerk of the district court, defeating Mrs. Bertha Schafer. Fred Swenson retained the register of deeds office in contest Not only did Franklin D, Roosevelt me UE ane Gores ees 7 chelmi ister walloped F. E. e win overwhelming endorsement of | <tate's attorneyship and I. C. Davies United States citizens, but he carried | defeated Wesley Cochran for county with him on his victory wave Demo-; judge. cratic congressional and siate candi-| M. H. Chernich defeated T. R. At- dates all over the nation. Roosevelt|kinson for county surveyor on the “ he fifth man to go to the basis of available returns and W. E. vill be the ‘ Perry was leading O. A. Convert in white house from New York statelthe race for coroner. and the fourth New York governor to| yictor Moynier was leading H. F. become president. New Yorkers sent) tjeqman for county commissioner to the White House Previously were /from the second district with 10 pre- Martin Van Buren in 1837, Millard! cincts reported, 879 to 755. Three city Fillmore in 1850, Grover Cleve- i yy ce precincts remained to report Dut un: land in 1885 and Theodore Roosevelt | official figures indicated Moynier had in 1901. won. poate = ° Altahee radeon ‘had leading A. E. ine in the second commissioners | How Hoover Lost | atrct 445 to 306. conteste fol | ures on all county contests fol- | To F. D. Roosevelt ||,.5° 4 © ae D ae Mone ogy Seige , Thomas 78, Foster 27, Harvey 4. Pets. Hoo- Roose-| y.’. Senator: Lanier 2446, Nye County Rptd. ver velt' | 4754, Witty 11. Adams . 1 192 173|_ Congressmen: Barrett 14, Bloor 15, ‘Barnes : 5 616 584 pene aie. taneh 2430, Murphy 2678, n 3 19 180) Sinclair a ie ft 36 64| Governor: DePuy 3489, Langer Bottineau $7 307 7211/4083, Omholt 13. ig “ 1 10 30 Lieutenant Governor: Helland 11, pescteh Johnson 2810, Olson 3734, jurke . 1 48 87!" Secretary of State: Byrne 4483, Burleigh 34 886 2143| Casey 2147, Dalziel 14. Cass . 23° 1521 ©1939] State Auditor: Baker 4603, Hoopes. Foster . 16 297 1283 | 2161. Gfand Forks. 36 2379 3562} State Treasurer: Dale 4215, Schantz Grant 1 44 109; 2910. 5 136 323] Attorney General: Cameron 3029, Beniee 1 +32 *49|Gronna 3694, Loesch 12, Ea? 2 Commissioner of Insurance: Ben- LaMoure » 12 377 1018| ner 2277, Olsness 4297. Logan . od 19 142) “Commissioner of Agriculture and McHenry ol 57 157|Labor: Husby 4129, Magill 2301. McKenzie » 10 237 803| Railroad Commissioner: Chapman McLean ad 92 163} 2217, Larkin 4239, ‘Morton. . a: oe 468| State Senator: Guthrie 3113, Mc- Oliver .. ie Woes 1) 6| Donald 3520. Pembina 10 652 1049|-, Representatives: Anderson 2715, i 8 251 446 Cox 3074, Falconer 3974, Riley 2591, ames, : Rue 3782, Thompson 3162. Ransom + 3 272 477)" “Judge Supreme Court: Christian- Renville 2 80 180|son 5378. Sargent . 7 138 598] Judges of District Court: Janson- Sheridan me 18 22/ius 5281, McFarland 4167. Stark - 16 674 1859] Supt. of Public Instruction: Pal- Steele Pues eee 535|mer 2560, Thompson 3780. Stutsman . 12 1454 2096]. County Supt. of Schools: (49 pets.) 27 «1212 2386 | Huber 3949, Runey 2538. area : Sheriff: ’ (47 pets.) Kelley 4267, Walsh . + 2 4.23 113 /rarson 1218, Ward + 47 3256 5353) County Auditor: Derby 2760, Isam- + 5 196 604/inger 2624. — —, —|]_ County Treasurer: Arnot 2415, El- Totals + 310 16250 29635 | ness 2942. —- | an of oi Court: Fisher A , Shafer 2542. But One Republican gister of Deeds: Quanrud 2074, Swenson 3326. In Montana Leading Helena, Mont., Nov. 9.—(4)—All but one of Montana’s Democratic candi- dates in the state and congressional races led Republican opponents on the basis of tabulation Wednesday. Governor Roosevelt, in 523 of the state’s 1,443 precincts, had 47,653 votes to 30,874 for President Hoover. In 196 of 434 precincts in the first district, Joseph P. Monaghan, Butte attorney, led his Republican oppo- natorial candidate, lost his home pre-} nent, Mark D. Fitzgerald, 23,149 to] Roo) 14,864, Congressman Leavitt, Governor Erickson, Democrat, » men, shot in election fights, dead |cincts in the entire city gave DePuy | cincts. Wednesday as sentacky igre 2619 to 2263 for Langer. Indications counting its ballots. Seven others ‘were wounded in election day vio- were, however, that the rural vote| maintained a 1,000-vote lead over would enable Langer to carry Bur-| Lieut. Gov. Frank A. Hazelbaker (R.) for governor in 523 ficial Montana’s| ital 4087, Trini His neighbors in the Northwest sec-| only Republican member of congress, tion of Bismarck voted 247 for DePuy] was trailing Roy E. Ayres, Democrat, to 176 for Langer while 12 of 13 pre-| 18,469 to 15,067 in 308 of 1,009 pre- States Attorney: McCurdy 2030, Register 3416. feel Judge: Cochran 2122, Da- v County Surveyor Atkinson 2211, Chernich 2818. ea Coroner Convert 2574, Per- County Commissioner, 5th District: Moynier 807, Tiedman 155. County Commissioner, 2nd District: Cline 336, Swanson 445. Justices of the Peace: Beer 1468, Bleckreid 1307, Bonny 1704, Peterson*1718, Scott 1766, Bbire 106. Constables: Brennise 1711, 2130, ee le 1628, Langford 1921, lewspaper: (52 pets.) Cap- une 2282. FARGO DEFEATS PROPOSAL Fargo, N. D., Nov. 9.—(4)—Fargo has defeated the proposed $400,000 bond issue to finance a sewage dis- +) the vote stood: Yes, 4187. No, 5204. (G. 0, P. STALWARTS posal plant. With returns from 20 of city’s 25 precincts tabulated the | sufficiently —- o Reelected | SENATOR NYE Election returns available at noon Wednesday indicated that U. S. Sen- ator Gerald P. Nye would carry the state by a majority probably greater than that by which he defeated Gov- ernor George F. Shafer in the June primary. IN CONGRESS LOSE T0 DEMOCRAT FOES Smoot, Watson, Moses, Bing- ham, LaGuardia and Pratt Among Casualties Washington, Nov. 9.—(?)—Mowing fronts, the Democrats Wednesday were in complete control of the 73rd congress. ‘The tidal wave of votes that swept Franklin D. Roosevelt into the presi- dent’s chair also gave him a Demo- cratic-dominated national assembly with which to work. Stalwart Republican senate leaders were downed to give the Democrats seats necessary to place them in command of that branch. Nine Re- publican seats had been seized at an early hour Wednesday and Demo- crats were leading in four others. Tr: bare majority by which the Democrats held the present house was swelled by more than a score of victories in Republican territory, and incomplete returns from many dis- tricts indicating a possible Demo- cratic majority of between 50 and 100. Five Republican senators, Dale of Vermont, Norbeck of South Dakota, Steiwer of Oregon, Davis of Penn- sylvania and Nye of North Dakota were reelected. Colorful figures in both branches went down in defeat. Senators Smoot’ of Utah, Watson of Indiana, Moses of New Hampshire, Bingham of Connecticut and Glenn of Illinois were among the Republican casual- ties. Representatives LaGuardia and Ruth Baker Pratt, both New York Republicans, also fell. Of the 34 senatorial contests, the Democrats had won 22 and were leading in four states. William Gibbs cornered California race and Louis R. Murphy won in a like contest in Towa, President Hoover's birthplace. The nine states in which the Dem- ocrats seized senate seats were In- down their opponents on many; McAdoo was victorious in a three-| 02. Narrow Lead ———————— GRAFTON DEMOCRAT IS RUNNING STRONG WITH NONPARTISANS Sharp Slashing of Langer Is Evident in Many Strong League Districts ROOSEVELT LEAD MOUNTS Nye Swamps Lanier and Mare gin May Be Greater Than That At June Primary H. C. DePuy clung grimly to a lead over William Langer in the guberna- torial contest as returns from Tues- day's election piled up Wednesday. The Grafton Democrat was running well throughout the state but the most conspicuous feature of the elece tion was the cutting of Langer, as compared to other Nonpartisan candi- dates, in the sections where the None partisan vote always has been heavy. Districts which gave Gerald P. Nye and other Republican state candi- dates handsome majorities proved distinctly cool to Langer and noe where did he run abreast of his ticket. With the exception of the governor=- ship and the prohibition amendment battle, it was all over but the shout- ing. Early returns indicated that the state had eliminated from its con- stitution the prohibition clause which was adopted in 1889 when North Da- DePuy Given Huge Vote by Neighbors Walsh county, home of H. C. DePuy of Grafton and also the home of Lynn J. Frazier of Hoople, senior United States sen- ator from North Dakota, went overwhelmingly for the Democrat- ic gubernatorial candidate and against William Langer, Republi- can nominee. With 42 of the 54 precinrts in the county réported the count ‘was De. Puy 4,208; Langer 1,251. Some wagers were made in Bis- marck that Langer would get a big- ger majority in Burleigh than De- Puy would get in Walsh but the Langer supporters lost their money. Fifty-four of 63 precincts in Bur- leigh gave Langer 4,033 to 3,489 for DePuy, a margin of 544 as com- | pared with DePuy’s margin of 2,957, on the basis of incomplete returns, in Walsh county. kota was admitted to the union. If this proves to be the case it will be jthe first time in its history that North Dakota has been anything other than dry from a state stand- point. The national prohibition law would continue to control, however. State Apparently Wet Reports from 461 precincts, widely scattered, showed 30,695 for repeal and 24,000 against it, a margin of 14.5 votes Per precinct. If this advantage is maintained the repeal proposal will carry by approximately 30,000. There remained the possibility, however, that additional returns would show a shift in the trend. Franklin D. Roosevelt's majority continued to mount as returns were compiled on the presidential race and early guesses of an 80,000 majority over Herbert Hoover appeared short of the mark. If Roosevelt's early margin of 43 votes per precinct is maintained his majority will pass 90,- Gerald P. Nye swamped Lanier in the senatorial contest and indications were that his majority would be even larger than that by which he defeat- diana, Illinois, New Hampshire, Con- necticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Utah, California and Iowa. Not one Democratic incumbent was ousted in the senate races on the basis of returns so far available. In Connecticut, however, there was one Democratic seat that returned to the Republican column. On the other hand, the Democrats had captured around 30 Republican house seats. With 31 holdovers and 21 addition- al seats already in their column, the Democrats were assured of 52 sena- tors in the next congress. Forty-nine is necessary for a majority of the 96. The Democrats swept Missouri's 13 house seats, all of which were elect- ed at large. They had picked up two in Connecticut, four each in Mis- souri, New York and Pennsylvania, one each in Rhode Island, Virginia, South Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Illinois, on the basis of incomplete returns. Former Senator James W. Wads- worth, Republican, was elected to the house from the 39th New York dis- trict. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, | wealthy Democrat, was defeated in the first New York district by the incumbent, Representative Robert L. Bacon. Speaker John N. Garner was elect- ed from the 15th Texas district but, Nye Blames Blind G. O. P. Leadership Fargo, N. D., Nov. 9.—(#)—Unit- ed States Senator Gerald P. Nye, elec- seep in a statement Wednesday said: “The overwhelming Democratic national victory is the reward of blind Republican leadership. “It will do the Republican party millions of people whose first love is the Republican party.” plans to resign from the seat when|¢rec> he becomes vice president on March 4. Tribune Defeated For Official Paper Incomplete returns from Burleigh county indicated that the Bismarck Tribune had been defeated for official by the Bismarck tal. Returns were unofficial but complete to warrant conceding defeat, in "ine