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CALIFORNIA SEEN DEBATABLE FIELD Roosevelt’s Visit Stresses Chance Txat Demograts May Take State. BY EDWARD C. KRAUSS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, September 17.—With the release of the speaking itinerary of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt in Califor- nia, which disclosed that the Demo- cratic presidential candidate will spend four days in this State, local political wiseacres awoke to the fact that the President’s adopted home is considered genuinely debatable by his rival. and that the Democrats intend to take it and its 22 electoral votes if they can. There has been a tendency on the part of Republican leaders to consider the State safely Herbert Hoover's with- out a hard fight, and to discount the importance of a ,heavy Democratic Tegistration, since” the Republican registration was still 470.000 greater, but this plain evidence of Democratic ln%ent is stirring the Republicans to action. Mayer Heads Committee. The State conventions met Wednes- day at Sacramento and designated the electoral candidates for the various parties, also choosing the State party officers. The Republican State chair- man now is Louis B. Mayer, motion picture mogul, who served as vice chair- man during the last four years, and who is expected to try to make things hum to offset the Roosevelt invasion, which begins next Thursday. and brings the New Ycrker to this city on Satur- day, September 24. When Gov. Roose- velt speaks here he will do so without the support of the Democratic State Committee, since that body is required by California law to hold a meeting in Sacramento, 600 miles away, on that date. It is expected, however, he will have plenty of sponsorship. President Hoover has already an- nounced that he will not come to the Coast. during the campaign, but local leaders are aiready considering ways and means to induce him to change his mind. They will point out that though the State went Republican by huge margins in 1920, 1924 and 1928. there is the unforgettable campaign of 1916. Planning Campaigns. William G. McAdoo has been rela- tively quiet since capturing the Demo- cratic senatorial nomination, but is re- ported to be planning a hot campaign, to start about the time the head of his party ticket arrives here. He will use the radio extensively. So will State Senator Tallant Tubbs, the Republican nominee, who, facing & probable loss of the votes of the drys, is said to realize that he has a real fight on his hands. McAdoo will draw some moderate dry votes, all the Demo- crats except possibly a few irreconcilable Smith supporters, and a good many Southern California Republicans who think this end of the State should have & Senator. It is conceded that the candidacy of Rev. R. P. Shuler will cut more heavily into the Republican than the Democratic party. JERSEY DEMOCRATS USE G. 0. P. TACTICS Republicans of State Find Their Own Weapons Being Adopted Against Them. BY EDWARD M. GILROY. Special Dispatch to The Star. TRENTON, N. J, September 17— New Jersey Republicans are undergoing the unpleasant experience this Fall of having their own weapons of past cam- paigns turned against them. For the Democratic organization, led by Frank Hague, is working intensively to con- vince the four-year voters, most of them commuters, that conditions will not get better under the Hoover administration. ‘The Republican organization in past presidential elections spread the doc- trine through large corporations, banks and small business houses, that hard times would follow if the Democrats gained control. This propaganda was peculiarly successful with the huge North Jersey commuter vote, influenced directly by New York City business con- ditions. And this four-year vote has made the State consistently Republican in presidential elections, although the Democrats have elected four of the last five Governors. Mayor Hague and his organization are concentrating on the dissatisfaction among the white collar classes. Thirty per cent of the commuters have lost their jobs, Mayor Hague declared today, and another 30 have suffered drastic salary recuctions. These voters are the same type that ung Maine for the Democratic party, he said, and will vote the Democratic ticket. Leaders on both sides declare privately the “organization vote” will be a far less factor this year than in a long time. The election will be dominated, they say. by thousands of citizens who have not bothered to vote when times were good. This is the principal reason for the confidence of the Democrats. It was a resentment or protest vote that swept Gov. Moore into office last November and Mayor Hague has told his workers the Maine election proves the same sentiment is predominant still. The Re- publicans are hoping conditions will im- prove still further before election. SPEAKING CAMPAIGNS TARDY IN VIRGINIA Democrats, Heartened by Maine Vote, Claiming 100,000 Majority. BY R. L. C. BARRET. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 17.— While some spellbinding skirmishing is being indulged in, the real speaking campaign in Virginia continues to be slow in getting under way. The campaign addresses delivered so far center about the economic situa- tion and cnly incidentally touch on the wet and dry question. The tariff prom- ises a burning question. Democrats have been greatly heart- ened by the result of the election in Maine and are now claiming that the tide in_their favor is so strong that they will carry Virginia by 100,000 ma- Jority this year. OPPOSES REYNOLDS Jake Newell a Candidate in North Carolina. BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C., September 17.—Ex- cept for a meeting of Prohibitionists, which failed to indorse either candi- date for Congress but is expected to re- sult in some support for Jake Newell, Republican candidate for the United States Senate, and a Democratic rally tcday at High Point at which wiie gathesad most of the party leaders, this was a quiet week politically ia North Carolina. There is as yet no indicatin that Newell will receive cufficient dry strength to make him a serious threat inst Robert R. Reynolds, the wet, Fho astounded the State by his smash” d over Senator Camerqn Mol ing viete n"a‘o “3; Democratic prima GOV. BAY STATE HOLDS " PRIMARY TUESDAY Gov. Ely to Be Unopposed for Renomination—Little In- terest !s Shown. JOSEPH B. ELY. BY W. E. MULLINS. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, September 17—Massachu- setts voters will participate next Tues- day in a primary election that has been practically devoid of interest in its pre- liminary stages. Complete lack of any prominent issues and an uncontested renomination of Gov. Ely in the Dem- ocratic primary have combined to rob the election of the interest normally associated with it. Moreover, this is the first primary election since 1920, in which the two parties have not been engaged in con- tests_for the selection of candidates for United States Senator. The death of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in 1924 compelled provision for an otherwise unscheduled primary in 1926. which re- sulted in senatorial primaries in five successive elections. Lieut. Gov. Youngman is favored to win the Republican nomination for | Governor. He has been regarded as a rigid dry in the past and he has re- peatedly refused to define his stand on the issue during the current campaign. He is, however. expected to go wet to the same extent that President Hoover did in his accptance speech. Youngman has promised to discuss his prohibition views after the primary. Youngman has been permitted to emerge from the campaign without hav- ing been forced to take a stand because of the detachment of the voters in the contest. Mrs. Dolly Gann, sister of Vice Presi- dent Curtis, delivered four speeches in the State during the week. She re- stricted her addresses to lavish praise for President Hoover and his adminis- tration. Although she recently passed 12 out of 14 successive nights aboard Pullman trains, she said she was as un- wearied and vigorous as ever. TEXAS DEMOCRATS ARE BADLY DIVIDED Ferguson-Sterling Battle May Give State to G. 0. P. for Second Time. BY S. RAYMOND BROOKS Special Dispatch to The Star, AUSTIN, Tex, September 17.—As| Speaker Garner, Democratic nominee | for Vice President, left his Texas home to join Gov. Roosevelt in part of his Western tour, the Texas Democratic nomination for Governor was thrown into the courts, a serious party split this Fall made inevitable, and the pros- pect of a Republican victory for Gov- ernor and possibly of the presidential electors became definite. A party convention at Lubbock Tues- day certified Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, wife of the impeached former Gov. Jim Ferguson to be Governor, she having led Gov. Ross Sterling by 2870 votes out, of 951,000, according to the re- turns. The same day Gov. Sterling filed suit at Austin tendering what he said will be evidence to vold at least 20,000 Ferguson ballots. Whatever the outcome of the court suit, there will be extensive deflections on the part of the losing side, which now promise to go to Orville Bullington, Republicen nominee for Governor. Texas four years ago went for Hoover in the first break of its regular Demo- cratic tradition and the Republican leaders already have openly invited the Sterling followers to the fold. Te have been negotiations between R. B. Creager, Republican national commit- teeman, and Alvin Moody and others. Jooking to the bolt of the Alvin Moody- | Tom Love forces to the Republican standard. MONTANA WA.ITS NOMINEE Gov. Roosevelt to Speak at Butte ‘Tomorrow. BY L. M. THAYER. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | HELENA, Mont., September 17.—The campaign proper will open in Butte i Monday, when Gov. Roosevelt is to ! speak. 'W. W. McDowell, Democratic State chairman, has made elaborate arrangements for the meeting, which is expected to attract thousands. The two State conventions were held i here this week, but they bore down | mainly on State issues and their de- liberations scarcely affected the national result. This week, also, the “progres- sive” element met to consider entering ihe campaign with a third “major” party. There is little likelihood of this movement getting very far and de- velopments in regard to it will best be observed later. PARTIES SEEK FUNDS Both Democrats and Republicans Accept Small Contributions. BY FLETCHER CHENAULT. Special Dispatch to The Star. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. September 17. —Judging by recent activities of both Republican and Democratic leaders in this State, strong pressure has been brought to bear on them by national headquarters in an effort to raise funds for the party war chests, and even small sums are accepted with profound evi- dence of gratitude. Both parties in this State are enter- ing the final stretch free to put forth their best efforts. There has been no ublicans, and the Democrais setted thel family quarrel in the primary August D..m upheaval which enabled the Democrats to elect a Governor and two out of three Representatives in nor- mally Republican Maine promises to make the presidential campaign of 1932 one of the hard- t in recent history, judg- ing from dispatches gathered this week from political correspondents of The Star throughout the country. Speculation as to how far this one State election in September may be interpreted as reflecting the out- come of the national election two months from now, naturally, over- shadowed all other political develop- ments during the week. The Maine results boosted the enthusiasm of Democrats generally, the reports in- dicate, giving them added incentive to seek victory in other States that usually belong to the Republicans. At the same time, the news from Maine prompted Republicans to %tighten their lines all along the political battlefront and to approach the intensive campaign period with more determination. The resulting activity on both sides appears likely to add greater zest to the presidential race. Refiected Over Country. Maine," along with the rest of the country, does not vote for presi- dential electors until November, and latest reports from tie Pine Tree State itself are to the effect that, regardless of last Monday's over- turn, there is at this time more rea- son to expect that Maine's electoral vote will go for Hoover in November than to Roosevelt. Reports from Maine also call attention to certain factors connected with the recent State election which tend to offset the somewhat general feeling of elation it produced among Demo- crats elsewhere. For example, while Judge Brann, the Democratic nomi- nee, was being elected Governor the voters gave the Republicans a ma- Jority of 39 one branch of the Legislature, the House, and 21 in the Senate. This will enable them to decide selection of five State officers who are chosen by the Legislature, as well as the seven executive coun- cilors composing the Governor's council. It is further pointed out that the most confirmed dry of the three Republican congressional candi- dates was elected in the district having_the greatest urban popula- tion. These factors, it is argued, add to the difficulty of determining how far national issues figured in the State election last Monday. There is no mistaking, however, the feeling of optimism which the Maine results gave to Democrats in various parts of the country, referred to in many of the dispatches. In the Middle West, Democrats were further cheered by the oppor- tunity to see and hear their presi- dential candidate, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as he began his journey toward the Pacific Coast. Various angles of the prohibition question figured to some extent in this week’s re from a number localities, including Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Wyoming and Delaware. Wets Back Barkley. In Kentucky, indications are the prohibition issue will figure in the senatorial race. _ Representative Maurice H. Thatcher, the Republic- an senatorial nominee, was described as an “everlasting dry” by the key- noter at the nominating convention. ‘The Association Against the Prohibi- tion Amendment, the report states, will back Senator Barkley, the Dem- ocratic candidate. In Michigan, the State Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of mandamus that would force from the November ballot a proposal to wipe out the bone dry provision of the State Constitution and establish a_State liquor control commission. ‘This development is expected to emphasize the prohibition phase of the campaign in that State. In Wyoming, J. Ross Carpenter, Democrat and militant dry, has entered the congressional race as an independent. Representative Vincent Carter, the Republican nominee, is a repeal advocate, and Paul W. Gree- ver, the Democratic candidate, is also for repeal. In Missouri during the week both parties, in their State platform con- ventions, pledged adherence to all provisions of the national party dec- larations, and favored modifications of State law to meet whatever changes Congress may make in na- tional law, but both parties avoided efforts to pledge any State changes in advance of a national change. Reports from Delaware say the wet element of the Republican party has made it plain that it is in con- trol of the party machinery. Little Change in New York. There was little change during the week in the situation in New York, an important area both because of the size of its electoral vote and be- cause it is the home State of Gov. Roosevelt. Although John P. Curry, ‘Tammany leader, offered the reso- lution by which the Democratic State Commiitee formally. endorsed the national ticket, it is said that ‘Tammany's attitude toward the national nominee may not be made clear until the State convention In Albany October 3 and 4. The fact that Gov. Roosevelt plans to spend several days in California during his Western swing is regarded there as an indication he looks upon that State. with its 22 electoral votes, as debatable ground. It is said that local leaders are considering ways and means of inducing President national questions. Democrats in Illnols and Indiana are still confident they will carry those States for Roosevelt, and are more enthusiastic since the Maine results became known. Asto Indiana, however, it is pointed out that the Republicans there are accustomed to making headway near the end of & campaign, and are counting on de- velopments between now and No- vember. Will H. Hays, a former Re- publican national chairman, will turn to Indiana to assist in the campaign in the remaining weeks. Ely Is Unopposed. The Maine State results are re- ported to have greatly encouraged Democratic leaders in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. In Connecticut the Democratic chair- man, David A. Wilson, is predicting victory, while the Republican chair- man, J. Henry Roraback, is quoted as saying that if the Republicans work they will carry Connecticut and _elect Hoover. from Rhode Island predict there will be many votes cast there, mot for Roosevelt, but for the Democratic prohibition plank. While Vermont Democrats also are talking opti- mistically, observers there say it does not seem possible for them to carry a State that has been con- sistently Republican since the Civil War, and was one of the States that stood by Taft in the 1912 split. Massachusetts is heading toward a primary Tuesday that has been without much interest thus far. Gov. Elv, Democratic incumbent, is un- coutested for renomination. Lieut. Gov._Youngman is favored to win the Republican gubernatorial nom- ination. For the first time since 1920 there is no senatorship involved in this primary. Although a closer vote than usual is looked for in Pennsylvania, there are no outward signs thus far that the Democrats will be able to turn the 1928 Republican majority of nearly 1,000,000 into a Democratic plurality. The Republican campaign got into full swing yesterday, with speeches in different parts of the State by Vice President Curtis and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke. In New Jersey leaders on both sides say privately they do not ex- 3 from the State say a serious party split seems {nevitable, accompanied by the pos- sibility of Republican victory. In South Carolina Senator E. D. Smith, Democrat, was renominated in a second primary against former Senator Blease. This is equivalent to election and 11 be Senator Smith’s fifth term. ‘Wisconsin Votes Tuesday. ‘The Democrats of Micl were encouraged during the week by the large vote in the State primary. The Democratic candidates received about 34 per cent of the total vote, as com- pared with 8 or 10 per cent in the In Ohlo, reports say, surface in- dications seem to favor Roosevelt, but that David S. Ingalls, Repub- lican nominee for Governor, appears to be running stronger at this time than Gov. White, Democratic in- cumbent. From Nevada comes word that Re- publicans there were not disturbed by the results in Maine. In Wyoming sentiment regarding the presidential race is not yet erys- tallized, with the Republicans be- coming more aggressive. In Montana the Republicans are reported as hopeful of gaining ground between now and November. Wisconsin is approaching an ex- citing primary Tuesday, as a result of which, reports say, there may be several new faces in the State's del- egation in the next House of Rep: sentatives. A vigorous primary race also is being staged for the Repub- | lican gubernatorial nomination be- | tween Gov. Philip F. La Follette and former Gov. Walter J. Kohler. COLORADO PRIMARY SPLITS DEMOGRATS Adams-Barnett Battle May Have Effect on Novem- ‘ ber Results. | BY J. B. DAY. Special Dispatch to The Star. DENVER, Colo., September 17.—Colo- rado was up to its ears in politics last week, with a State-wide primary elec- tion on Tuesday and a visit from Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt on Thursday. | Gov. Roosevelt stayed overnight and left early Friday for the West with the promise of party leaders that they will | “deliver” Colorado for him on Novem- | ber 8. “The betting fraternity appears to be- lieve they will keep that promise, for odds already are being offered that Colorado will go against Hoover, but G. O. P. leaders are confident a sur- prise is in ctore for the Democrats the | “morning after.” Republican leaders | feel Roosevelt's visit hurt, rather than | helped, his cause. They enumerate, among other reasons, his refusal to dis- | cuss the silver question or the tariff as| it relates to sugar beets, both of para- mount importance to Colorado, and | what they characterize as his failure to heal a party breach growing out of the primary contest between John T. Bar- nett of Denver and Alva B. Adams of Pueblo for the senatorial nomination, which was won by Adams. Barnett Charges Fraud. Barnett supporters are crying fraud and accusing Senator Edward P. Costi- gan and others of Adams’ cohorts of dirty politics by reason of the character of speeches made in the campaign. A. T. Stewart, manager of the Barmett campaign in Adams’ home city, Pueblo, ade open charges of vote buying and announced the day after the primary that, regardless of Barnett's wishes, he will go to the United States Senate for redress in the event Adams is elected in November. Unless the wounds left by the primary are healed they are very liable to have & serious effect on the rty’s chances of success. p‘B:metb was beaten by approximately 5,000 votes in & total poll of more than | 100,000. Karl C. Schuyler of Denver won the Republican senatorial nomination over Nate C. Warren of Fort Collins by close to 20,000 votes. Perhaps the most surprising upset of the primary was the apparent defeat of Charles B. Timberlake of Sterling, vet- eran Representative from the second dis- trict, for the nomination to succeed himself. Unofficial returns gave the nomination to George H. Bradfield of Greeley by approximately 500 votes. Timberlake is awaiting the official count before conceding defeat. Other House Results. The Democratic nominee in the sec- ond district is Fred Cummings of Fort Collins, president of the Mountain States Beet Growers'’ Marketing Asso- ciation, who is conceded a good chance of election regardless of who his oppo- nent may be. In the first congressional district, Wil- liam R. Eaton of Denver, Republican incumbent, will be opposed by Lawrence Lewis, Denver lawyer. Running on a “dripping wet” platform, Lewis polled nearly as many votes as his two oppo- nents combined. In the third district, Guy U. Hardy of Cannon City. Republican incumbent, scored an easy victory over L. A. Poin- sett and_will be pitted in November against John A. Martin of Pueblo, a former member of the House. ‘The fourth district is almost certain to re-elect Edward T. Taylor, Glenwood Springs, Democratic incumbent. Taylor will be opposed by R. C. Callen, Rifle, former United States marshal The contestants for the governorship will be Litut. Gov. Edwin C. Johnson, Cralg, Democrat, and James D. Parriott, Denver, Republican, both of whom scored overwhelming victories in the primary. FIGHT ON STATE OFFICES BY REX B. MAGEE. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSON, Miss., September 17.— Interest in the coming presidential election has been eclipsed in ppi by a State fight over Democratic nomi- nations of two State highway commis- sioners. Mississippi, however, 1s strongly Democratic and will send an electorate for Roesevelt and Garner. “Dem party squabble over | torney and war veteran, who is waging | State and are reported to have obtained ‘House of Representa- the A jocratic fives promies. 8180 10 orefadon presidential race. B LAINE IS BELIEVED ASSURED OF RENOMINATION IN WISCONSIN ! Kohler Faction Eases Up in Support of Senator’s Opponent. New Representatives Ex- pected to Be Named in Primary on Tuesday. BY WILLIAM T. EVJUE. Special Dispatch to The Star. MADISON, Wis., September | Wisconsin's_delegation to the House of Representatives may contain a number of new faces as & result of next Tuesday's primaries, campaigning for which is now drawing to an exciting close. Congressional redistricting to allow for the State's reduced representation from 11 to 10 may prove a factor in bringing about a change. Where this seems unimportant, candidates chal- lenging incumbents are conceded fair chances of success. Progressives Split. In the newly created second district, | which includes the capital city of Madison, conservative Republicans of the Walter J. Kohler faction are re- joicing over the split in the Progressive Republican ticket. Charles A. Kading and John M. Nelson, present Pro- gressive representatives, are both seek- ing the second district seat. Their op- ponent is John B. Gay of Portage, at- a vigorous campaign despite his War Department classification as & disabled veteran which pays him monthly com- pensation. Hard fought congressional battles are coming to a close in two Milwaukee aistricts now_represented by John C. | Schafer and William H. Stafford, both conservatives. While Kohler spokesmen are predicting Gov. Philip F. La Follette will not carry Milwaukee in the governorship race against Kohler, they are less sure of the victory of the Mil- waukee representatives. Joseph A. Padway, for years actively identified with the Wisconsin Federation of Labor, opposes Stafford as the La Follette- Progressive candidate, and Charles H. Quirk is Schafer's Progressive opponent. SENATOR JOHN J. BLAINE. Both sides concede that the race be- tween Representative Thomas R. Amlie, who succeeded the late Henry Allen Cooper from the Wisconsin first. and | State Senator George Blanchard will be neck and neck. Both have been doing some brilliant campaigning be- fore large crowds. Amlie, the Progres- ! sive candidate, is seeking re-election for a full term after having been elect- ed to fill the Cooper vacancy. Blaine Expected to Win. Either State Senator L. J. Fellens, conservative, or Walter D. Corrigan, sr., Michael K. Reilly, Democrat, in the sixth district, located in East-Central ‘Wisconsin. Not only does it appear that the Democrats will not increase their representation in Congress from Wisconsin, but Reilly will face & hard battle to retain his seat. Both Fellenz and Corrigan, prominent as attorneys, are Vigorous campaigners. Re-election of Senator John J. Blaine seems a certainty, with even the Kohler forces _admitting that barnstorming John B. Chapple, Ashiand editor, has little chance. The tendency of the con- servatives has been to ditch Chapple in the closing days of the campaign, 50 intense is the resentment Chapple has stirred up against his ticket by his at- tacks on the State university. SMITH-ELY TICKET TO BE PUT ON BALLOTS IN MINNESOTA Roosevelt Backers to Retaliate With Coolidge and Dawes Electors Also in November Race. BY C. D. JOHNSTON. Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. PAUL, Minn, September 17— Minnesota’s three - party tangle faced still greater complications today as it appeared almost certain that independent tickets of presiden- tial electors for both Alfred E. Smith and former President Coolidge will be placed on the ballots in this State. Petitions pledging electors to vote for Smith for President and Gov. Ely of Massachusetts for Vice President have been circulated throughout the the necessary 2,000 signatures required. This strange bit of strategy has been branded by Roosevelt-Garner leaders as the work of anti-Roosevelt Democrats, who have been induced to make the move in the interests of the Repub- lican y, to split the Roosevelt nremmhlch straw polls have in- dicated to be sweeping the State, Charges have been made in a “whis- cam " that the Smith-Ely sponsored by Minne- sotans to Attorney General Mitchell, and in the interest of the Hoover ation. ‘The move to file another independent ticket of electors headed by former President Coolidge with former Vice President Dawes as his running mate is regarded as plainly a retaliatory move 8] red by Roosevelt forces. Peti- tmor electors so pledged have been ared and are ready for circulation Fhe Smith-Ely ticket is filed. The campaign for President Hoover was informally laufched in Minnesota political | ¢ to Minnesota within a few days to par- ticipate in the cam) . Mrs. Dolly Gann will formally open the Hoover drive with a four-day peaking tour in the State, beginning at Duluth Wednesday. ' Earle Brown, Republican _candidate for Governor, has completed his first swing of the State and will formally open his campaign with a radio keynote speech. —Gov. Olson, Farmer-Labor Governor, will {;lve his keynote address & few days ater. Intensive campaign organization for Gov. Roosevelt has been throughout the State both by the Democratic forces and by two separate | groups of All-party Roosevelt-Garner Clubs aiming to recruit the Farmer- Labor ‘who have no presi- dential candidate, ‘into the Roosevelt MAINE -VOTE SURPRISES BY ROBERT D. BYRNES. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., September 17.— The Maine election result came to Connecticut Republicans as a distinct A A el i Democratic Chairman David A. Wil- son, as a result, is predicting “an even greater victory” in Connecticut, while Republican Chairman J. Henry Rora- back, who is also vice chairman of the Committee, sees the Maine vote as “a kindly notice to the Repub- licans of the rest of the country to get If the Republicans work, he y DRIVE STIMULATED IN PENNSYLVANIA |G. 0. P. Plans More Active Campaign in State Than Customary. BY WALTER D. ROOS. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 17.— | Preparations for the home stretch indi- cate a more active and vigorous presi- | dential campaign in Pennsylvania than | has been customary. The Democratic victory in Maine has spurred the Republicans to dig in for |a hard fight, and has fired the Demo- | crats with more enthusiastic optimism than they displayed before last Monday. Joseph F. Guffey. former Democratic national committeeman and pre-con- vention manager for Roosevelt, broke his silence lasting since the convention to predict Pennsylvania will be carried | by the Democratic nominee. While his prediction has been discounted as a mere campaign claim, it has not been | regarded as fantastic as it would have before the Maine returns. Revamps Campaign. Republican leaders, who before the Maine results became known, had con- tended the 1932 campaign has a vanced farther and more satisfactorily than the 1928 fight had at this stage, gan preparations for more arduous bey work in lining up the voters for the | Fioover ticket. Rumbles of discontent, | Progressive, will oppose Representative which had been believed to threaten | only certain members of Congress, now are being treated as likely to affect the presidential ticket also. | In an effort to pump as much activity as possible into the closing weeks of | tne campaign, the Republican leaders | this week began more elaborate plans than had been disclosed before. W. L. Mellon, former Republican State chair- | man and nephew of the former Secre- | to duty after four years of political re- | tirement, to aid the fight in the Fitts- | burgh district, where an anti-Hoover | newspaper straw vote showed more than | 51 per cent of the total for Roosevelt. | Plans for a series of rallies throughout the State were made, the largest for the coming week being a mass meeting for Pittsburgh and an eight-county rally in the northwestern corner of the State. The Republican campaign opened formally today, with Vice President Curtis speaking at Fogelsville, in the eastern part of the State, and Assistant Secretary Jahncke of the Navy in the central section at the historic annual McClure “bean soup” in Synder County. . Registration Falls Off. Curtis may be the only nominee to appear in the State for a formal meet- ing this year. The Democratic schedule does not yet call for speaking by either of the nominees, although leaders are planning & number of rear platform ap- pearances by Roosevelt as he crosses the State, eastbound from his Western tour. The greatest challenge to the cam- paign of both parties thus far is the light registration, personal enrollment of voters being required in all cities. The first of the three registration days left -the total registration far below the first day for the Hoover-Smith election in 1928. In Philadelphia, the first day’'s figure was less than two- thirds of the enrollment of the first day four years ago. NEVADA FUNDS LACKING | Party Committees’ Activities Are H&mperad.‘ BY EDGAR REINHART. Special Dispatch to The Star. RENO, Nev., September 17.—Nevada Republican . leaders perturl deavoring to make capital out of the Maine result. It has had this effect, however. It has stirred the Republicans to more action, but not much, for the Repub- lican tee here so far has no funds. It has opened an office, and | State Chairman Noble Getchell says the_committee is functioning. The Democratic State Committee is in about the same shape, being with- will | Me this year, | tary of the Treasury, has been recalled | bed | opened Thursday by the address of Sec- Joins Fight STHHE VIEW WILL H. HAYS. WILL HAYS ENTERS Former Postmaster General to Help Hoover and Sen- ator Watson. BY HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. Special Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 17. —The news from Maine came as cheer- ing reassurance to Hoosier Democrats | that they will sweep the State from top | to bottom. Likewise it tended to in crease the gloom that has settled oy Republican headquarters from the| start. Paul V. McNutt, the Democratic gov- | ernorship nominee and formerly na- | tional commander of the American Le- gion, told Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt here he would carry Indiana by 250,000 majority. H Hays Joins Campaign. Most observers are inclined not to agree with McNutt's optimistic predic- tion, but a good many seasoned poli- ticians say that if the election w H held now the Democratic majority would be in the neighborhood of 100.000. What looked like an S O S from Re- | | publican State headquarters has broug a promise from Will H. Hays, mo czar and formerly State and na chairman of the Republican t that he will come into Indiana for the | remainder of the campaign. Word is that he will arrive here next week and that he will take off his coat and go to work, Ostensibly he is coming to help the cause of President Hoover, but a 1good many believe he has responded to a distress signal flown by Senator James E. Watson, majority leader in the United States Senate. Van Nuys Opens Attack. Hays and Watson, in the days when | Harry S. New and James P. Goodrich were running the Republican party i Indiana, did not always tread the same | paths, but of late they seem to have | more and more in_common. This leads | some to beiieve that Hays, who has | been taking a renewed interest in the politics of his native State this Sum- | mer, might have his eyes on the United States senatorship in 1934. That year | Senator Arthur R. Robinson will be up | for_re-election. No sooner had Senator Watson an- nounced Hays' forthcoming return than | Frederick Van Nuys, the Senator's| militant opponent and ungloved critic, | began conjuring up visions of teapot | dome and other unsavory recollections of the Harding administration when | Hays was Postmaster General. He used | the projected Hays visit as proof of his | contention that “special interests” are at work to save the senior United SPEECH ROOSEVELT LIKED IN NEBRASKA Growing Sentiment for Democratic Nominee Is Indicated in That State. BY GEORGE F. FISHER. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. OMAHA, Nebr., September 17.—Demo- crats held the limelight this week, with Gov. Roosevelt in neighboring Kansas. He plans to stop on his return from the West at McCook, Nebr., home of Sena- tor Norris, his Republican supporter. While Republicans here criticize the ‘Topeka address as lacking in definjte- ness, it has appealed to the rank and file of farmers in no uncertain way. Growing Roosevelt sentiment is indi- cated by the general appeal made to have him leave his train in Omaha September 29 and travel at least part of the way by motor car to Sioux City, Iowa, through the farming community, visiting several places where farms are scheduled to be sold under foreclosure. Organizers of the Ku Klux Klan be- gan work in several places this week in the State to revivify this group. which played a big part against Al Smith four years ago. Suggestions are now being thrown out to keep strong Smith supporters from supporting Roosevelt. Senator Norris’ letter, scoring pro- gressive Republicans of Nebraska, in- cluding Senator Howell and State Re- publican Chairman Robert Smith for supporting President Hoover, fell as quite a “dud,” because he indorsed At- torney General Sorensen, Republican, who is opposed by a large group of old-line Republicans and liberal Dem- ocrats as well, SOUTH DAKOTA DRIVE LAUNCHED BY HURLEY Both Parties to Make Vigorous Campaign—G. 0. P. Hopeful. BY ALFRED BURKHOLDER. Special Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., September 17—The Republican campaign was retary of War Hurley at the South Dakota State fair at Huron. Republicans will wage an aggressive INDIANA CAMPAIGN yalthough he has 11 Li |Candidate's Visit on Heels DEMOCRATIC VOTE INMICHIGAN GAINS Party Polls 34 Per Cent of Primary Total—Usually Gets 10 Per Cent. BY P. C. POWELL. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, Mich., Se] Democratic h of vember were e: ed this week by the result of the primary election, the largest in Michigan’s history. More than 1,000,000 votes were polled. The 'Democratic candidates recetved approximately 34 per cent of the total vote, as against 8 and 10 per cent in past primaries, This was hafled by T Ll o e . whie T Utile €xcept & name. There was & contest for nearly every office in their ranks, t! - ainrr 1 ol et e Db B Breaks Precedent, Democratic chieftains are preparing with renewed vigor to welcome Gov. Roosevel: when he arrives in Detroit October 2. The mere fact a Democratic | candidate for President should pay rock-ribbed Republican Michigan a visit is precedent breaking and inspiring to Democrats. William A. Comstock of Detroit, three times standard bearer, was nominated | by the Democrats for Governor, winning jeasily over his two opponents. Com- stock has been a professed wet for years. He received an exceptionally large | vote in Wayne County, the wet center. Gov. Wilber Brucker was nominated by the Republicans. He, too, won easily over his two opponents. Brucker per- sonally and profesedly is a dry, subscribed to the Hoover plank on prohibition in the national platform. He ran poorly in Wayne County, being led by one of his opponents who stood for out and out repeal. ber 15.— in No- Prohibition Is Issue. The prohibition phase of the cam- paign will be further emphasized as a result of a ruling by the State Supreme Court this we ing a petition for us that would force vember ballot a proposal to e out the bone dry provision of the State constitution and establish a State quor control commission. The petition was urged by dry organi- zations of the State. ‘Ungquestionably | the party leaders will be called on to take a stand on the repeal proposal. ROOSEVELT HELPED SELF IN MISSOURI of Maine Election Seen Boon to Chances. BY GEORGE K. WALLACE. of Gov. Roosevelt's trip across Missouri this week Democratic enthusiasm has reached its peak, while the spirits of the Republicans, in con- trol of the State the last 12 years, 8 far from the shouting variety. Without question ~the Democratic presidential candidate helped himself as well as the party’s cause considerably nce in the State. While formal speeches Gov. stopped a _short time in St. d for an hour at Jeflerson ri's capital, where he was thousands attracted there : by his appearance and the rty’s platform convention Tuesday. There was ample opportunity to see the presidential candidate, who motored to the Capitol lawn and spoke brit the crowd. The Missourians liked their standard bearer and accorded him an unusually enthusiastic welcome. There was no hidden curiosity on the part of the crowd as to Gov. Roosevelt's physi- cal condition. His vigor appealed and evidently was most satisfying to those who locked on The Rooseveit appearance, coming at |the same time with results of the election, admittedly was a tem- ary setback to Republican hopes in | Missouri. In th "(h':- week both parties, in addition to | pledging loyalty to all provisions of their national perty declarations, speci- fied they would favor such modification in regard to the State “bone dry” en- | forcement law in Missouri as to meet whatever future action Congress might take as to prohibition. But both par- ties carefully specified and avoided ef- forts made to pledge immediate changes in the State enforcement act in antici- pation of national legislation on the subject. WEST VIRGINIA IS HELD IN DOUBTFUL COLUMN “Everybody Against Hoover and Few for Roosevelt” Said to Be State’s Attitude. BY ROBERT H. HORNER. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va. September 17.—Regardless of what the leaders of either the Republican or Democratic parties of the State are claiming, West Virginia at the present time must be placed in the doubtful column. ‘This estimate of the situation s based upon information obtained from inquiries of visitors coming to the State capital from all sections. A fair idea of what the average visitor has said may be summed up in the following: “Nearly everybody’s against Hoover, but few are for Roosevelt.” This is taken to mean that a ma- jority of the voters of West Virginia have not yet made up their minds. If one were to undertake to give an advantage to either one of the two presidential candidates it would have to go to Gov. Roosevelt at this time because in a State which normally is safely Republican a too-decided senti- ment against the leader of that party would indicate a definite swing to the Democrats, and West Virginia within the last two years has swung heavily to the Democrats. West Virginia Republicans are show- ing cohcern over the outlook. As a means of starting off a vigorous cam- paign they have summoned to the State, Vice President Curtis, who will speak at Clarksburg on September 26, and at Clarleston on September 27. GIVEN FIFTH TERM Senator E. D. Smith Defeats Blease in South Carolina. BY FITZ BUGH McMASTER. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ir State platform conventions fight from now until the polls close. They had a plurality of upward of 80,000 over the Democrats at the State-wide primary election in May, and even with the great unrest among the farmers, who usually have voted the Republican national ticket, they expect to have sufficient votes to carry the State. ‘The Democrats will wage what they expect to be the greatest campaign ever conducted by them in South Dakota. Speaker Garner will com: to the State and make an address, while attempts have been made to induce Gov. Roose- velt to make at least one address in South closes. COLUMBIA, S. C., September 17— With probably less than 20,000 votes to be reported Senator Smith. with 146,629, and former Senator Blease, with 112,447, the senatorial contest has been settled in favor of the present Senator, E. D. Smith. This means his election’ to the United States Senate for the fifth time, one more term than any other Senator from South Carolina has served. For the first time in the history of the State the Republican party has cpened headquarters in one of the lead- ing hotels of the capital and propose to a campaign the campalgn wage Bmith. R—