The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1936, Page 4

The Bismarck Tribune Fo THE STATE’S OLDEST NEWSPAPER (Established 1873) State, City and County Official Newspaper Published dally except Sunday by The Bismrack Tribune Company, Bis- marck, N. D., and entered at the postoffice at Bismarck as second class mall matter. Mrs. Stella I. Mann oe President and Publisher Kenneth W, Simons Sec'y-Treas, and Editor ‘ Archie O. Johnson Vice Pres. and Gen'l. Manager Subecription Rates Payable in Advance Daily by carrier, per year .. Daily by mail per year (in Bi Daily by mail per year (in state outsid Daily by mail outside of North Dakota . Weekly by mail in state, per year ‘Weekly by mail outside of North Dakota, per year Weekly by mail in Canada, per year .......-.++++ Bszseey Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Member of the Associated Press sociated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republica- tion of the news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper and also the local news of spontaneous origin published herein. All rights of republication of all other matter herein are also reserved, It Never Lived Soviet Russia, angered at the turn of events in Spain where amsurgent Fascists are knocking at the door of Madrid, declare the non-intervention pact, signed at the request of France and England, is dead. In this they are somewhat mistaken for the pact never lived and unless a thing had life to begin with it cannot die. The non-intervention pact was a convenient fiction and every nation in Europe knows it. The military situation in Spain has favored the insurgents from the beginning. They had the trained officers, the muni- tions and the experience on their side. Opposed to them has been an untrained, undisciplined, un- skilled and poorly equipped army of peasants and working peo- ple. The surprise has been that they have managed to hold out so long. They have had control of Spain’s munition factories but they are small and poorly equipped and it has been a dif- ficult matter for the government to make munitions and fight a war at the same time. The war has been more cruel than bitter. Thousands have died—many of them murdered—but the Spanish have shown little skill at modern warfare. Thus Robert B. Parker, Associated Press reporter and an eye witness of the attack on Irun, reports that the government would not have lost that city had not the defending troops in- sisted on going home to lunch. The defenders had no artillery worthy of the name and the Fascists didn’t, display much skill with the guns they had. Except for the considerable number of persons who managed to get themselves killed it has been considerable of a comic opera war. : Dispatches now tell us of rebel mastery of the air, for the attackers are well equipped with planes and they are daily grow- ing more numerous. Also they are being handled more skill- fully. Does anyone remember the Italians who were dismissed from Italy’s air service and who, forthwith, went to Spain as private citizens but with promises of pensions for themselves if they were wounded and to their families if they were killed in action. If not, that fact might be hooked up with the new THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986 _ Behind Scenes The Campaign Pendergast Machine and Huge Reg- istration Frauds Are Big Issues in Missouri Election. By RODNEY DUTCHER (Tribune Washington Correspondent) St. Louis, Oct, 22. — In Missouri's capital, Jefferson City, is a big build- ing which newspapermen, lobbyists, and some legislators call “Uncle Tom's Cabin.” The fact that this building is the State capitol will give you some idea how important is Tom Pendergast’s Kansas City political machine in Mis- souri politics and in any state-wide election. The Pendergast machine and frau- dulent elections are the chief issues in the campaign. The machine, with its ability to deliver a huge vote, is one of the chief props of the com- monly held theory that Missouri is in the bag for Roosevelt. At the same time, revelation of huge registration frauds in St. Louis and Kansas City may prove to be F. D. R.’s outstanding campaign lia- bility. Democrats are predicting that Roosevelt will carry the state by from 100,000 ot 250,000. More neutral ob- servers are inclined to shade the for- mer figure considerably. The Republican attitude can best be described as hopeful. In 1932, the Roosevelt plurality over Hoover was 460,000. * ee % Registration Sets Record Paradoxically, both St. Louis, whose voting lists have just been scrubbed clean after exposure of the worst election fraud in Missouri in history, and Kansas City, where critics say the registration lists are padded with 60,000 “ghosts,” have had record- breaking registrations this year. Al- though the Pendergast machine is. given almost full credit in Kansas City, argument rages as to the proper interpretation of this phenomenon in 8t. Louis, “The employers are against Roose- velt, the employes are for him, and the farmers are split,” says one old- time Democratic leader in St. Louis. “The workingman and the farmer, along with the businessman, have come to realize that only Landon’s election can save them from a dis- astrous future,” says a Republican. At any rate, the Democrats, con- trolling the governorship, the two senatorial seats, the whole congres- sional delegation, the municipal set- ups in St. Louis, Kansas City, and other cities, along with most other offices, have a much superior or- ganization for campaign and electoral purposes. se Barrett Given Chance Business is good and throughout the state are many who have been Sweetened by federal spending. Jesse W. Barrett, Republican can- didate for governor, seems to have a much better chance of defeating Maj. Lloyd Stark, Democratic and Pender- gee candidate, than Landon has to at Roosevelt. Stark extols the New Deal. Barrett says nothing about national issues and makes his slogan, in effect, “Clean up Kansas City.” State-wide tesent- ment against machine domination may elect him. - St. Louis expects to have the most honest election Bay large American city ever had. A bitter primary fight between Democratic factions led by Looking at the Campaign (Copyright, 1936, by David Lawrence) Chicago, Oct. 22.—Political’ predic- tion may be the guessing sport of the hour, but in Chicago, I met two men, each of whom, without know- ledge of the other, had spent several hours in research on the facts and figures of this past campaign and past elections and had come to the same conclusion about Illinois. They developed such interesting and novel methods of approach that I cannot forego the temptation to pass the in- formation on to others who may be inclined to make studies along sim- ilar lines. Unfortunately, Iam not permitted at this time to use names. Maybe if their predictions and analysis are borne out by the actual-returng on November 3, I will be allowed later to disclose their authorship. For the present let it suffice that they are “David Lawrence 1936 Digest poll, the so-called missing number of votes is obtained. Then the author of the calculation he deliberately gives Mr. Roosevelt up to| Vols. 90 per cent of the missing vote and) adds the total obtained to the New Deal eee Mae Digest poll in Dl-' 000 the votes nois, and it is still not enough to/mary—an immense prevent Mr. Landon from carrying |UnPrecedented figure. Tilinols, If this is done with 80 to 90 | Rogsevels Tegsives a8 small an, per cent of the missing vote in other pivotal states, it virtually means & Landon election. The second analysis, made by an al- together different person, who has a| OV! bi ound of national affairs of nearly 50 age concerns Cook iy in . He says: \ “In the 1932 primaries, the Roosevelt landslide in fall of 1932, the Republican votes overwhelm- | ¢ ly outnumbered the jocratic ve in eel states. “In both the 1932 and 1936 pri- 3 to os: Dey oes oemes Semen an © Ne Pras ease Braéy in care of The Tribune. All queries must be accompanied s stamped, . eelf-adéressed envel: Ke Tilt : Esa? bit i ‘ gi i 5 & fn ieeleeteedialie lorie i perce ee Mayor Bernard Dickerman and ex- maries, the Cor in William L. Igoe de- as compared veloped a scandal in the Mound City which revealed a “ghost vote” of some- thing like 45,000. The St. Louis Star-Times and the &t. Louis one Dispatch began to in- vestigate before the primaries and continued to apply terrific heat. A eaea jury has indicted 24 persons for election frauds and probably will have Persons—mostly Democrats —under indictment before long. Elec- fon 5 and clerks are scared Gov. Guy B. Park, under tremend- ous pressure, removed the local elec- tion board and appointed a new one, which everyone agrees is honest and efficient. Voting lists are being thor- both nationally known, though neither is active in the campaign of any party this year. Their mode of reason- ing, however, is more important at | this year, al the moment than their identity, any- way. One. of the men referred to takes the Literary Digest poll, notes that it has been reaching more Republicans than New Deal party voters, and states that the missing vote can be surge of insurgent power, Does anyone remember Germany’s indignation at the search of a German cargo ship? It isn’t hard to reach the con- clusion that Germany was fearful that her shipments of arms to the insurgents would be disclosed if that went on for long. The Fascists have had plenty of guns, airplanes and muni- tions and they are daily being better supplied. Does anyone think for 2 moment that they are picking them off of bushes? To anyone surveying the situation from an unbiased stand- point, the answer is obvious. The insurgents are getting plenty oth words, over 48 cent of those reg- ppeating for the primary did not ve “The man who intends to eee his vote in the presidential election, he Republican ‘or Democrat, does not calculated by merely applying the | vote the primary contest, which 1932 percentages of Republican and internal differences of Democratic vote, Thus, in Tllintos, | Peston in the petears Deron: there were 133 Roosevelt votes for every 100 Hoover votes in 1932, Mul- | di E g E ue iff fee ef of help from Germany and Italy. The defenders have received some help from both France and Russia, but France, being a Republic, hasn’t dared to take many chances and Russia is too far away to be effective. That is the military and international situation as the at- tackers knock at the gates of Madrid. The observer who keeps it in mind will have a better. understanding of the moves on the oughly purged through a process of check and douple-check. Li Felt Machine's Power The way the machine can operate is still greyany in the nostrils of able and popular Congressman John J. Cochran of St. Louis. In the 1934 senatorial primaries, he had a plural- ity of 96,000 outside Kansas City. Pen- international chess board which are sure to develop within the next few days. Hobbies Help, Too Although the greatest impetus to the fast-reviving steel industry has come from the automobile and accessory plants, | ny those who buy lesser items made from this metal have had a hand in it, too. This is made plain by a review of the hardware business, sent out by Hardware Age, which asserts that September hard- ware sales exceeded those of any month since 1929 and that October shipments are exceeding the September rate. Bicycles are selling faster than the manufacturers can pro- duce them. Stoves, house and kitchen equipment are in strong demand. Toys, gift items and sleds are moving out rapidly and many distributors report annoying shortages in some items. Factories making consumer goods are operating at capacity with the output the highest on record in some cases. Everywhere along the line the outlook is good and hard- ‘ware merchants are pleased. 3 Some of their optimism comes from the sale of materials for home machine shops. Many a lawyer, doctor or salesman has a “knack” for mechanical things and likes to tinker around with lathes, saws and other equipment in his spare time. This, * too, makes business for the hardware merchant. A large amount ol“ pecpaconawregh has been sold here in Bismarck and no one need be surprised if, when he goes calling in the evening, the man of the house comes up from the base- ment with grease on his hands or sawdust in the cuff of his trousers. It is an encouraging development. When men ride hobbies ‘they are more inclined to be at peace with themselves and with the world. It is definitely a sign of better times. e Anyone should have known the owl isn’t smart, as the Washington orni- ‘Chologist maintains. An intelligent bird would never have gone to sea with - 53 eee Shere hasn't been so much talk of slum clearance lately, perhaps be- } the slums are obscured by election posters, és eee old sourpuss bemoans the day the “Miss America” fad ever hit ‘ eee : Wiinols giant finds his sise 20 shoes pinch somebody's apt to row off in them. ee ee dergast gave the now Senator Tru- man 137,500 votes in Kansas City and cackeon count and coctivan pee ndergast is sa! control every- thing in Eansas City. xf Recalcitrant businessmen are said to be punished by increased assess- ments, The machine is said to make the political business profitable for its¢ leaders, to exercise virtual monopoly over gambling, slot mackines, vice, jandbooks, and liquor. Barrett charges it holds businessmen in sub- jection and allows pickpockets to op- erate as part of its alliance wi crime, The machine also operates an elab- orate philanthropic organization and hands out charity 365 days a year. The educational, police, and fire sys- tems are said to be efficient. And. of Spee: tron te erection, ieee Tom a g a man, quite religious and always Sue Hp nis ‘wor. . pisay: Farmers Switch Between St. Louis and Kansas City are the farmers. Many are returning to their old party allegiance, but no one knows how many. They suffered from the last two great drouths—al- th five southeastern counties are now big crops end high prices, drouth relief has been Fates Goughtin has @ foll & following in St. Louis, judging from the fact fat 7,000 turned out to hear him speak. there are still those who swear acide 1d ex-Senator Jim Reed, though al an ways depended on and ype independent votes Bi jm minor fe pM Ree BO an popularity of Roosevelt and this pole (Copyright, 1936, NEA Service, Inc.) A BIT OF HUMOR NOW AND THEN 18 RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN squeezing you for it? 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