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HOOVER REGAINING WASHINGTON VOTES Row Among Democrats Aid- ing G. 0. P., With Jones Held Sure of Re-election. BY JAMES DE K. BROWN. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEATTLE, Wash., October 1.—Whole- sale boltings of the Democratic sena- torial ticket by old line followers of the party assure the re-election of United States Senator Wesley L. Jones, and at the same time lend impetus to the al- ready rapidly increasing strength of President Herbert Hoover. ‘Today a survey shows that Gov. Roosevelt holds a slight edge on this State over Hoover. The same survey, however, shows Jones as nearly safe as can be predicted so early in the game, the entire State ticket safe and all of the old Republican members of Con- almost certain of re-election. The bolting of the Democratic sena- toral ticket by Stephen F. Chadwick, one of the pioneer old line Democrats of the State, threw wide open the breach in the ranks of the Democrats caused when Homer T. Bone, iiberal, radical and former member of the Farmer-Labor party and other political orgenizations, won the nomination for the United States Senate. When Gov. Roosevelt visited here and took Bone and other radicals who had crashed the Democratic gate to his bosom, it created a feeling of resent- ment which is going to hit the Demo- cratic national ticket rather hard. United States Senator C. C. Dill, looked upon as the leader of the party in the State, was one of the first to sense the situation after the monster Roosevelt rally at Seattle. Dill had warmly ac- cepted the radicals into the party, and #0 voiced himself at this rally. The next day the reaction set in. Dill ‘went back to his Spokane home. It is now mmur@d he will not be very active this year “except in behalf of Roose- velt.” Dill has held his seat from this strongly Republican State largely be- cause of his ability to sense the politi- cal undercurrents and take advantage of them. This year he spoke out of turn and is now going to slip into the back- ground if possible. The Republicans have failed to click 80 far this campaign, but are now show- ing marked activity, striving to press through the break in the Democratic ranks. ‘The Liberty party also is showing in- creasing strength and is drawing this now from the radical element which crashed the Democratic primaries. Lib- erty party leaders are being encouraged by Republicans in their efforts to poll between 50,000 and 60.000 votes in No- vember by straight party voting. These votes would nominally go to the Demo- crats under present conditions. Now they will go to the third party, leaving the Republicans still the mnjori!y party. BARKLEY OPENS FIGHT TO BREAK TRADITION Xentucky Has Not Re-elected Sen- ator in 30 Years—Curtis Makes Good Impression. BY HARRY BLOOM. Brecial Dispatch to The Btar. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 1.—With a barbecue, burgoo, radiocast rally at Cynthiana Saturday, Senator Alben W. Barkley launched his campaign to smash Kentucky's 30-year habit of re- fusing to re-elect her United States Senators. Senator Barkley's stump debut came a week after Vice President Charles Curtis and Congressman Maurice H. ‘Thatcher opened the Republican cam- paign with a round of talks at Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Danville and Lex- ington. They drew excellent audiences at every point, but applause of the spontaneous type seemed confined to the prohibition question. Because Mr. Thatcher is an “everlasting dry” and the Vice President represents the dry end of the national ticket, Republican leaders reasoned that they teamed ex- cellently in represem the G. O. P. end of the fight in this State. Mr. Cur- tis’ declarations on the liquor question, based on the national plasorm, elicited real cheers at Lexington. The prohibition lines’ were drawn more sharply with the publication of a summary of replies to a questionnaire by the Kentucky Branch, Women's Or- anization for National Prohibition Re- lorm. Eight of the nine Democratic fnominees work for immedi- ate submission of & npul amendment. ‘The ninth replied that he atood on the ocratic platform. Three Republic- ns declined to support a repeal move- ent, definitely ding themselves dry. Six did nok reply to the question- aire. Neither Senator Barkley nor Thatcher submitted anawers. The fact that nine congressional nom- nees in each party are running from the State at large has complicated the 4ssue for the voter who likes to scratch. LIQUOR ISSUE INJECTED IN CAMPAIGN IN IDAHO Representative Addison T. Smith | Opposes Repeal in Reply to 1 Democratic Opponent. BY T. R. EVANS. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, October 1.—The liquor question stepped into preminence in the Idaho campaign this week, with Addison T. Smith, Republican Repre- sentative from the second Idaho district and candidate for re-election, declaring himself “opposed to the outright repeal of the eighteenth amendment without having some better plan to present iu its place.” Smith's statement was in the nature ©of a reply to attacks made by his Dem- ocratic q]:rnnent Mayor T. C. Coffin ‘©f_Pocatel Mayor James P. Pope of Boise, Dem- jperatic opponent of Unlud States Sen- Ator John Thomas, contimues his cam- along the lines of Franklin D. velt's “new deal” appeal, stress- ng the need of bank da})oqn gua) tees, unemployment relief and assis ance for tax-laden property owners. ‘Thomas’ campaign has been interrupted by illness. STANDS ON REPEAL PLANK Dalaware Candidate Announces His Position. BY C. N. GRAY. -uhl Dispatch to The Star. ‘WILMINGTON, Del, October 1— Wilbur L. Adams, who was nominated the Democrats for Representative in ess, announced today that he ‘would stand by the Democratic national platform, which called for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. This settles reports that Mr. Adams is dry, and showed that if elected he would vote with the wets. “The Republican nominee for Congress s wet. The sidetracking of Represent- ative Robert G. Ho\gen by the Repuh— lican organization because of ness has caused much ulss-tmfactinn the lower part of the State. Leaders m{us to believe that the Republican et will pull through, although with L deenued majority. 8o far there has been m'-le ufivity m oloclbn uuounbemlmghzhmb’yl Democratic l Which Party SENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON. G. 0. P. HOPES RISE INHOOVER'S STATE {Roosevelt Gams in Califor- nia Discounted—Johnson’s Role May Be Decisive. BY EDWARD C. KRAUSS. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, October 1.—Now that the shouting and the tumult of Gov. Roosevelt's California trip have died away, attention centers upon the Republican effort to recover the lost ground—if any. Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills has been here | the past week engaged in this task, and other big guns of the campaign are ex- pected. In general, while conceding that the New York candidate stirred up a good deal of enthusiasm while here, Republicans profess to believe that he did iess damage to their ranks than he might. His supporters, on the- other hand, are insisting that he won the State. His failure to make a major address while in this city, it is being contended in Republican quarters, was a tactical error. Los Angeles, they point out, is the largest city west of Chicago, center of the biggest block of votes in a State that might easily decide the election. Gov. Roosevelt spoke only 20 minutes and extemporarieously: his references to campaign issues were of the briefest. The omission of serious discussion is held to hurt local pride. Teague Quiz Ignored. It is also declared Gov. Roosevelt hurt himself by ignoring completely 10 questions fired at him by C. C. Teague, late Farm Board member and present Hoover campaign director for Southern California. The questicns concerned the soldiers’ benus, the tariff on various California products. the Home Loan Bank act and activities of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation. Mr. ‘Teague has been busy since the candi- date’s departure making the most of these unanswered questions. On the other hand the candidate's appearance made a good impression. He had a cheering crowd of 25,000 at Hollywood Bowl, who did not seem to notice any deficiencies in his address, and lLis pleasing personality was very evidently well liked by those with whom 1 referred to as “Boulder Dam.” he came in contact. His evideni vigor heiped to counterac* a whispering cam- peign abou’ his ability to stand the strain of presidential office, which was making considerable hcadway here. His exchange of compliments with Senator Hiram Johnson at San Fran- cisco has been making shivers run up and down Republican spines. Johnson did not come out and advise his numer- ous followers to vote for Roosevelt, but he came near it. The Hoover cam- paigners have not been hoping for any active assistance from Senator Johnson, but they have been hoping he would remain neutral. Now they are begin- ning to wonder if and when he will jump the fence. Agreement Is Rumored. There are rumors that a working agreement has been reached between Johnson and William G. McAdoo, Democratic aspirant for the junior Senatorship, and if they are true the Republicans unquestionably will have their work cut out for them to hold the State, in spite of & heavy advan- tage in registration. While there is no concrete evidence of such an alliance, it is known W. R. Hearst has been working hard to bring it about, and he may succeed before November 8. mere announcement from Johnson that he favors Roosevelt and McAdoo would be worth a barrel of votes to the Demo- cratic ticket. It may have been' with this in mind that Secretary ,of the Inferior Ray Lyman Wilbur made several compli- mentary references to Johnson and the Johnsonites during a visit ostensibly concerned with Hoover Dam—which Gov. Roosevelt, by the way, persistently If Dr. Wilbur was proffering an olive branch to the melancholy San Franciscan he did not, of course, say so; but the bitter foes of Johnson in this end of the State did not chide the Secretary for his ut- terances, as they would in less ticklish times. Meanwhile the pressure to bring President Hoover to the Coast has eased up, mainly because of Republican feel- ing that Gov. Roosevelt did not help himscif vastiy by his excursion into California. WYOMING WARMS UP Candidates Intensify Speaking At- tack ‘on Opposition. IY R. E. EVANS, Special Dispatch to The Star. CASPER, Wyo., October 1.—The po- litical campaigm in Wyoming is at last on in full blast. Democratic campaigning was match- ed Thursday with !.he ing of the Republican ~ drive g:n resentative Vincent Carter, unmdau Tor. reselece tion, and Harry R. Weston, candidate for Governor. Paul R. Greever, Democratic candi- date for Congress, went on record this week in favor of the bonus payment at the eariiest possible moment consistent with sound public policy. This was in- terpreted to mean payment postpone- ment for the present. Carter voted for immediate payment. Senator Robert D. Carey loosed a preliminary bolt this week in a state- ment attacking Roosevelt’s farm pro- gram. ALABAMA IS APATHETIC Special Dispatch to The Star. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Qctober 1.— Alabama voters this year have lapsed back into the political apathy of the one-party State. Efforts of Democrlticl l 1 leaders to rouse their followers to some degree of financial interest in the na- t)oml ticket constitutes almost the only political movement in the State. Republicans of the State have no hopes of success in any local interests haps m three counties, nor- Four ties JOOVERREGANNG | % prsr JIT Tiow dhe Politeal Tides Are Flowing _ | | THE SUNDAY STAR, How the Political Tides Are Flowing 8 the campaign enters the home stretch period of Octo- ber, political d.\sp-u:h- gath- ered this week from pulm- cal correspondents Star in all sections of the mnu'v indicate a speeding up of Republic- an activity to comhn progress the Democrats are reported to be mak- ing this year, particularly in some of the Western and border States. ‘There were no far-reaching tremors felt dufln the week on political seismographs, although at widely el pomu there were develop- ments which, according to reports from observers on the ground, af- fected the trend of the campaign in those localities. Starting with the West Coast, dis- patches from Washington bring word that Roosevelt still has a slight edge, but that Hoover strength is increas- ing smdny there. The Liberty party in that State is making some gain in strength, which is interpreted as a disadvantage to the Democrats. Re-election of Senator Wesley L. Jones, one of the Republican leaders in the Senate. is belng predicted be- cause, according to dispatches, some of the old-line Democrats are not disposed to follow their nominee. Clalms in Culifornia. From California, with its important block of 22 electoral votes, comes divergent reports of the effect of Gov. Roosevelt’s visit. re contend the damage to their cause was less than it might have been. The fact that Gov. Roosevelt did not answer 10 questions asked by C. C. Teague, leader of the Re- publican umpnlzn in Scuthern emphasized by one Dl the aftermaths of The questions dealt with the bonus, local tariff issues and emergency relief legislation. Re- publicans, on the other hand, were made somewhat uneasy by the pos- sible effects of the mutual compli- ments that were exchanged between the Democratic presidential candi- date and the Republican Senator Hiram Johnson. No decisive changes were reported during the week from Nevada, Wyoming, Montana or Utah. From New Mexico comes the prediction that whatever chance the Republi- cans had to carry the State for Presi- dent Hoover are believed to have been lost. The split in the Republi- can State Convention, led by Scna- tor Bronson Cutting. has led to a third State ticket. Dispatches pre- dict that if the Democrats put up a gubernatorial candidate acceptable to the Progressives, the Progressive candidate will withdraw. In Nevada campaign is described as list- th both sides short of funds. ming the outcome, it is sald, on the efforts to be made y Approac] but Republicans do not believe the farm defection will be sufficient to wipe out their normal plurality of 80,000. There is feverish actlvity in Utah with Republicans encouraged by the size of zne vote in the recent primary. Dr. R. K. Thomas, Demo- cratic senatorial nominee, is report- ed, however, to be giving Senator Smoot, Republican, a hard fight. Ohio and Indiana. In Indiana the Republican State Committee has made plans for an intensive organization ~drive to check what appears to observers there to be a Democratic tide. 'l'he Republicans of the State are hop- ing for a change in the remaining weeks. The weekly report from Ohio gives Roosevelt an advantage at present in the presidential race, but indicates at the same time that the Republican_candidate for Governer, David S. Ingalls, continues to be ahead of the Democratic incumbent, Gov. George White. ‘The Democrats of Tllinois, another commonwealth important because of the size of its vote, are reported con- fident of & Roosevelt victory. But the same dispatch indicates the Republi- cans are making a vigorous fight for Tllinois and are talking of surprises that will turn the tide before the campaign ends. The national phase of the campaign in Tlinois is inter- woven with and affected by a l.lvek fight for the governorship of the State. A recent tour by Vice President Curtis has_spurred the Republican forces in West Virginia to greater efforts to hold that State in the Hoover column this year. This week's dispatch indicates the Democratic chances are good in West Virginia, unless here should be a change between ncw and election day. ‘There hs;nl;eeruconmd:nhk spec- ulation dui weel Wisconsin, as to whelmr"gn Blaine, Progressive Republican, “ho lost the senatorial nomination to the conservative, John B. Chapple, would remain in the race as an in- dependent candidate. A dispatch from the Sbale says he has decided not to ru In the Elslem field of operations WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 2, 1932—PART two of the most important of all the States—New York, with its 47 elec- toral votes, and New Jersey, with 16—are still doubtful. In the Em- pire State there were no far-reaching political developments during the week, efther Republican or Demo- cratic. The leaders on both sides were looking forward to the State conventions, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, the Republicans at Buffalo and the Democrats at Al- bany. With Col. Willlam J. Donovan expected to be their nominee for Governor and F. Trubee Davison being mentioned for lieutenant gov- ernor, chief interest among Repub- licans centers around the choice of a 1 nominee to oppose Sen- ator Wagner. As to the Democratic convention, there is said to be still some doubt whether Lieut. Gov. Herbert H. Lehman will be named for Governor, as desired by Gov. Roosevelt, or whether.up-State and metropolitan leaders will unite on another, presumably Mayor John Boyd Thacher of Albany. While it is conceded that Tammany, with the aid of up-State allies, could control a majority of the delegates and name a ticket if it wishes to do so, Roosevelt supporters express the be- lief that no such fight will develop in the convention. Although New Jersey is normally Republican in presidential years, this week's dispatches say the State is in the doubt(ul class at this stage, due to uncertainty as to how the large group of citizens who only go to the polls in presidential years will line up this time. A correspondent there reperts that New Jersey's electoral vote is not assured for either can- ;udau on sentiment displayed thus ar. Because of unusual conditions this yur. October is expected to be a &th of active campaigning on sides in Republican Pennsyl- vania. Low registration of voters thus far is one factor in this more than usual activity. The report from Pennsylvania says that if the combination of economic protest, low registration and reduced cam- paign funds do not prove too much of a handicap, history indicates a Hoover-Curtis victory. Dry Issue Enters Contests. ‘The dispatches this week from Pennsylvania and several other States touch on the effect of the prohibition issue on the congressional situation. In the Keystone State a survey is sald to show that the next House delegation of 34 members is certain to contain 18 wets and 3 drys, with 13 districts reported as doubtful on this issue. In Kentucky the State branch of the Women's Organization for Na- ONE. tional Prohibition Reform sent a questionnaire to col can- didates. Eight of the nine Demo- cratic nominees promised to work for immediate submission of & repeal amendment, and the ninth said he stood on the Democratic platform. Three of the Republicans declined to support a repeal move and six did not reply. The dispatch states that neither of the senatorial candidales of the two parfles have submitted answers, There were few important devel- opments during the week in the South, which appears to be swinging along in normal Democratic fashion again this year. One cloud on the Democratic horizon in the South is the factional strife over the gover- norship nomination in Texas be- tween Gov. Ross Sterling and Mrs. Miriam Ferguson. Court proceed- ings in this fight get under way the coming week. Meanwhile, lawyers have found a recent recodification of the civil cfie will result in the name of Mrs. rguson, winner in the gubernatorial primary, being left off Chl ballot by the secretary of State and the name of a nominee put on vnly by court order after legal pro- eedings are over. This, Teports po\nt out, will involve probable writ- ing in of candidates’ names. In view of these Democratic difficulties, Or- ville Bullington, Republican nominee for Governor, is making a vigorous | campaign. | Woman for Senator. For the first time in 40 years the Republicans of South Carolina have & nominee for United States Senator, | ‘and for the first time in the history | of the State it is a woman. The { nominee is Miss Ciara Harrigal of Aiken. Dispatches point out, how- ‘ ever, that the Democratic registra- tion is 8o overwhelming that the vote | cast for any Republican would be | small. ’ No momentous happenings were | [ reported during the week from the New England sector. According to a dispatch from Maine, there has been a revision. redu:ing the margin by which the Democratic Governor- elect, Louis J. Brann, won the State election in September, and also cut- ting down somewhat the lead of John G. Utterback, Democrat, over Ralph O. Brewster, Republican, in the third congressional district. Following adoption of a repeal platform at the Massachusetts Re- publican State Convention Friday, thee wets are in complete control of the party in the State for the first time since national prohibition, dis- patches point out. The Democrats are reported to be still having trouble trying to bring Smith supporters in Massachusetts to the support of Roosevelt. |OWA TO APPRAISE HOOVER AFTER VISIT Effect of His Speech Tuesday to Be Checked Against Roosevelt Sentiment. BY C. C. CLIFTON. S8pecial Dispaich to The Star. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 1.— Towa is settled back today thinking over the significance of Gov. Roose- velt's reception and his speech in Iowa Thursdey and considering the probable reception to be accorded President Hoover and his speech here Tuesday. The crowd of between 25,000 and 30,000 that heard Roosevelt at Sioux City Thursday night has convinced observers that the Democratic nominee will be | certain to draw a heavy vote in North- west Iowa. It was a quiet crowd, undemonstra- tive, but apparently friendly to Roose- velt and believed to be more repre- sentative of genera! sentiment than were the roaring crowds which greeted Smith in the same territory four years ago. Demeocrats Claim State. Democrats are claiming the State. Factors encouraging them are the en- trance of Senator Smith W. Brookhart | in the Senste race as an independent and the majority given Roosevelt in a straw vote being conducted by the Des Moines Register and Tribune, independ- | ent Republican newspaper published by Gardner Crowles of the Reconstruction | Finance Corporation board of directors. Republicans in Des Moines are going confidently ahead with plans for a monster demonstration welcoming Hoo- ver to the city Tuesday. A parade will be held and President Hoover will re- ceive the weekly and daily newspaper A |men of l.ho State m the afternoon pre- ceding his Farmers to Parade. Prior to the Hoover parade, however, there will be another, the size of which can only be estimated as yet. But its temper is known. It will be sponsored by the Farmers' Union of Iowa and it is cxpected to dramatize the financial | plight of Towa and other Middle West- ern farmers, nearly half of whom have been dispossessed by mortgage fore- closures during the last four years. Farmers from many Iowa counties and from several surrounding States are expected to take part in the parade. Local farmer union headquarters here decline to estimate the number of far- mer demonstrators yo come here Tues- day, but set the number as anywhere between 2,000 and 10,000. TENNESSEE FIGHT ON G. 0. P. Not Conceding State Nor-| mally in Democratic Ranks. BY THOMAS FAUNTLEROY. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. MEMPHIS, Tenn. October 1.—In spite of the generally accepted bellef among political observers that Tennes- see is preparing for a normal Demo- cratic majority in November, cansid- erable activity has been noticed during the week in Republican quarters. It is evident that the Republicans do net in- tend to let the State go by default. The announcement comes that Sec- retery Mills may be a Republican speaker. .The Democrats are devoting much of their attention to the race far | Governor, complicated by the entry of | Lewis 8. Pope. who refuses to concede the regularity of Hili McAllister's nomi- nation. Hull and all the Representatives have come out strong for the regular ticket, an effort is being made now to urge Mr. Pope's withdrawal. DANIELS IS OPTIMISTIC Brings Glowing Reports of West to North Carolina. BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C. October 1.—Re- nenl of Republican dissensions, success Socialist drive to secure the prmtmg of their presidential electors on the official ballots and return to the State of Josephus Daniels, former Sec- retary of the Navy, bri good to be true” of Democratic pros- pects in the West, featured the political week in North Carolina, ‘With Democrats securing most of the signatuses, lll example having been set membere of the Soclalists were declned to cured the necessary 1 e se- | States Since Senators McKellar and | WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS DRIVING INTO G. O. P. ON UTILITIES ISSUE Capitalize Feeling Over Legal‘ Attack on Public Serv- ice Body. Blaine’s Decision Not to Run Independently Impor- tant Factor. BY WILLIAM T. EVJUE. MADISON, Wis., October Simul- taneously with Gov. Roosevelt's injec- tion of the power and utility issue Wis- consin Democrats are preparing to make it a dominant one in the present State campaign. This week the two leading Democratie | candidates, Mayor A. G. Schmedeman of Madison, governorship nominee, and F. Ryan Duffy of Fond du Lac, United senatorial aspirant, declared the utility question. Mayor Schmedeman made a bid for pmur:ssxve Republiean support by Iauding the Progressive power program and the Progressive-created Public Service Commission. Duffy said he had never been in the employ of any private utility, and promised to work for ade- quate regulation and just rates. Kobler Side Marks Time. With the Kohler stalwart Republi- cans resting on their laurels in their landslide victory over the La Follette Progressives, Democrats are already starting an active campaign for their State candidates. Roosevelt sentiment runs high and there is no small amount D( enthusiasm from the left for Nor- Thomas, Socialist nominee, who Tiaited the Biate last week. Political reverberations are as a result of the attempt week of 3 number of utilities to dul 3 death blow to the Public Service Com- themselves on N. l'l'Oll Bl. \l\!‘. mission. Challenging the constitution- ality of its financing act, the utilities | may render the commission helpless m.dr.nx a Supreme Court decision un- funds can be obtained elsewhere. The utilities have also obtained Fed- eral injunctions to prevent the com- mission from putting rate reductions amounting to over $2,000,000 into e and this act, combined with the on the commission itself, are i protests from many parts of the Stai Resentment Is Exploited. As the tendency is to link the Kohler ticket with the utilities, Democrats are losing no time in capitalizing this re- sentment. ‘Turning down numerous requests from Progressive followers and leaders, Senator John J. Blaine this week de- licted | cided definitely not to run independent- te last | ly for the United States Senate. He will retire to his home at Boseobel to practice law. VIRGINIA REVERSING 1928 CAMPAIGN ROLE G. 0. P. MAINE VOTE LARGER IN RECHECK' Democrats Now United and Repub-| Party Sees Local More Than Na-| licans Begin to Have Family Troubles, Survey Shows. BY R. L. C. BARRET. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. October 1—In contrast with the 1928 situation in Vir- ginia, when the Democrats were badly split and the Republicans worked in harmony, the presidential campaign in this State with the opening of Octeber shows the Democrats to be working in | unision, while the Republicans are be- ginning to have family troubles. A letter, made public this week, in| which Jennings C. Wise, one of the | main Republican campaigners of 1928, refers to Robert H. Angell, State Re- publican chairman, as “utterly useless,” has aroused much mdignsunn on the rlrt of Mr. Angell's friends and lmy be relude to a serious division in the Col Wise, who is a brother of H'fll'! . Republican congressional candidate in the second district, not only referred to Mr. Angell as “utterly useless,” hut declared that the Repub- lican party in Virginia is lacking in an effective State organization and that steps should be taken to bring about Mr. Angell's retirement “if he does not get busy at once.” The speaking campaign in Virginia is now well under ':]vl ‘The addresses deal generally with the tariff, the de- pression and other ecanamic questions. Both parties seem to desire to steer clear n( t.hc wet and dry question. ‘There is 50 far no ol bolt in either party. To date there has never been a quieter &M itial umnurn in Virginia than the one now in progress. LULL IN MISSISSIPPI Death of Williams Causes Easing of Political Activity. BY REX B. MAGEE. Special Dispatch to The Star. tional Issues Causing Recent Upset at Election. BY SAM E. CONNER. 8pecial Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., October 1.—Cutting the lead of John Gutterbuck, Demo- crat, over Ralph O. Brewster, Repub- lican, for Congress in the third district | of Maine to less than 250 and slicing nearly 1,000 from the margin by which Gov.-elect Louis J. Brann won the State election has given decided strenz:i to the Hoover case here in Maine the past week. These changes in pluralities are | regarded as indicative that the Demo- cratic ticket upset was due to local rather than national conditions. Investigation of the voting in the | Aroostook River Valley section of Aroostook County, which on the first returns went strongly Democratic, by the attorney general has uncovered great irregularities, but that official says saxting. cumina proceedings, o in, Allen C. wnmn of cuibou member of the executive council of the State, from Aroostook, has intimated at a meeting of the council this week that residents of the province of New Bruns- wick were brought aeross the horder | and voted in the valley towns. He also asserted that unless some notice was | taken of the conditions which prevailed | in September, Aroostook would go over- \vhglmhuly Democnuc in November, FLORIDA RACE UNCHANGED State Is Rated Democratic for ‘Whole Ticket. BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., October 1.— The u;;tulm H:‘ndnmwdlg has m:t greatly ol since the June pri- maries. It is claimed by some enthpul- iasts that the Republican candidate for Governor is likely to win in November. JACKSON, Miss, October 1.—The | The view is not shared by influential death of former Senator John observers. Sharp Williams caused & lull in politics in| Electors have been certified to the Demoeratic Mississippi this week. Party | authorities for the various parties hav- differences, With two Democratic fac- tions fighting for on the ticket in the general elections, is expected to swell the Democratic majority for Roosevelt for President. L Tharame: | o Repuniicans wil get thei Gonptes: ing candidates for the presidency, but | there is no question about the election of a full Democratic ticket—from Demo- cnfic presidential electors to constables in the counties. Florida will re-elect D. U. W and five— 0,000 ,{amuxu. sional candidates on the general uem one mwesenfinx thz scm at large. KANSAS FARMERS OPPOSE PRESIDENT Wheat Belt Attitude Reported as Making State Doubt- ful This Fall. BY CLIF STRATTON. Special Dispatch to The Star. TOPEKA, Kans., October 1.—A sul- lenly resentful wheat belt, stretching acrcss Kansas from the Nebraska to the Oklahoma line, eastward from Colorado nearly half way across the State, today is in a political revolt that resembles the Populist uprising of the 90's. Unless the feeling in the wheat belt changes in the next six weeks, President Hoover's chances of carrying Kansas are almost negligible. Farmers “Off"” Hoover. | A trip through 32 Western Kansas counties in the lest two weeks indicates | that a large majority of the farm vote | is “off " Hoover. ~The offset is the atti- | tude of the women, largely due to pro- | hibition. Straw votes among the men | almost invariably show Roosevelt lead- | ing Hoover. On the other hand, polls taken in which the women are given a chance show Hoover slightly in the lead Business and professional classes. alarigd workers, school teachers and like are showing strong Hoover nings: these and the women are be- counted on to carry the State for Hoover and Curtis. Bui the “anti-in" sentiment in Western Kansas puts the State in the doubtful class. Situation Compiicated. Even Democrats admit, however, that there has been a swing toward Hoover |in the last six or eight weeks. The personal resentment agamst Herbert Hoover is softened: what 1s left is a protest “against things as they are.” The Kansas sntuatmn 1s complicated by the three-way governorship race, with Dr. John R. Brinkley, goat gland specialist, running as an independent, worrying candidates and leaders in both major parties. County candidates in |the western half of the State have run for cover. They refuse to cam- paign for Hoover and Curtis, dodge 'locll meetings where the party candi- dates for Governor are on the program, and play d to Brmkley ROOSEVELT S ARIZONA : VISIT HELD PROFITLESS Governor Ignored G. 0. P. Hand- bills Questioning Him on Is- sues at Phoenix. BY T. W. B. ANDERSON. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHOENIX, Ariz. October 1-—Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt didi help his | chances in Arizona by his v | the opinion of political observers. More than 25,000 persons turned out to greet the Democratic nominee during his hour stop in Phoenix. The Governor made two talks of five minutes each. Republicans seized the opportunity to distribute handbills through the crowds challenging Roosevelt to declare his stand on a copper tariff and live stock embargo. No attention was paid th‘ circulars. With Sidney P. Osborn, Phoenix pub- | lisher, elected Democratic State chair- man, and Dr. R. J. Stroud of Tempe, chosen as the Republican chairman, | rumblings of discontent already are be- | ing heard in the ranks of each party. ‘The story is going the rounds in po- litical circies that Frank H. Hitchcock, former Postmaster General and Repub- lican committeeman from Arizona, will not support former Senator mlph H. Cameron, Republican senatorial nomi- = Democratic ranks the story is wldely circulated that C. W. Van Dyke, Gov. Hunt's political advisor, will not support Dr. B. B. Moeur, who beat Hunt for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. It also is reported that the Arizona Highway Department, called “the Hunt machine,” will not support the Democratic nominee, but is dicker- ing with Jack C. Kinney of Tucson, Republican candidate for Governor. Some Republican leaders express the beligf that these mu will Lelp President ‘Hoover. With the registration 4 to 1 Demaorcatie it is ited out that Hoo- | ver’s best chance to win the State lies m | the quarrel that will keep the November 8. 8 partner of Andrew Jackscn. it here, in | i o 3 PSSR S Fights “Ma” GOV. ROSS STERLING. TEXAS SPLIT LIFTS REPUBLICAN HOPES Sterling Suit May Keep Name! of Mrs. Ferguson Off Ballot Next Month. BY S. RAYMOND BROOKS. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex.,, Octcber 1.—Two de- velopments this week in the Texas gubernatorial court contest carried for- ward the challenge now regarded as serious to carrying the 21 Texas elec- toral votes for Roosevelt and Garner. With Gov. Ross Sterling’s contest suit to start next week against Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson for the Democratic nomination for Governor, lawyers have found a recent recodification of the, civil code will result in Mrs. Ferguson's name being left off the general election ballot by the secretary of state, and the name of a nominee only to be put on by court order, after the long trial is | over and appeals are disposed of. This leaving the Democratic ticket headless will involve the probable writing in of rival candidates’ names, but will leave the Republican column greatly to bene- fit because its names will be printed in, and considerable bolting of the entire Democratic ticket, such as carried Texas for Hoover in 1928, may result. ‘The second is that the Ferguson-cre- ated State Executive Committce, called into its first meeting at Austin today, had among other subjects that of tak- ing over and running the Democratic national campaign in Texas as a means of enlisting the force of the national ticket behind the party convention's declaration that Mrs. Ferguscn is the nominee. Since Mrs. Ferguson's asserted nomi- nation is the cause for the split, this will tend to widen the break between the two forces, who were within less than 4,000 of equal strength out of 951,000 Democrati imary votes. This | action, t00. constituted an apparent | challenge to the well functioning na- tional campaign organiaztion already set up by National Committeeman Jed | Adams and National Committeewoman Clara Driscoll Sevier, having as its di- | rectors Roy Miller and the woman Senator, Margie Neal. which the Ferguson committee’s chal- lenge of the present set-up will create a ruckus remained to be seen after the close of the committee meeting tonight. Orgille Bullington, Republican nomi. nee for Governor, is making an aggres- sve State-wide campaign tour and the Fergusons have announced they will take the stump against him. CURTIS SPURS 6. 0. P. OF WEST VIRGINIA More Emphasis Upon Hoover Fol- lows His Tour—Democrats Claiming State, However. BY ROBERT H. HORNER. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARLESTON, W. VA, October 1.—! The two-day visit to West Virginia of Vice President Curtis early this week | Ci has had the effect of stimulating Re- publican activity throughout the State and has caused all State candidates to begin sounding praise of President Hoover, Until Mr. Curtis came, candidates | had b:‘e‘n‘ concentrating their efforts u] eir own campaigns, but the Vfc‘:n President is understood to have brought a gentle reminder that the time was ripe for Republicans to pay more attention to the head of the ticket. Another voice which sought to stir West Virginia Republicans during the week was Senator H. D. Hatfield, who came to Charleston on Tuesday and met with a group of Federa! officenold- ers. Senator Hatfield is understood to have told the Government employes that it was necessary for thaa to get busy for President Hoover. Mr. Curtis visited Parkersburg. Point ) Pleasant and Charleston, and at all| | three places he drew record-breaking ' crowds. Particularly at Charleston was the Vice President well received. Meantime, the Democrats throughout | the State are concentrating their praise on Gov. Roosevelt and are optimiste in claims of carrying the State in the No- vember election. It is common talk among the ob- servers at Charleston that “Roosevelt will carry the State if a change does not occur between now and the elec- tion.” Many Republicans privately con- cede that the Democratic chances for success, including the entire ticket, are exceptionally stmng | UTAH BATTLE FEVERISH Smoot’s Opponent Reported Mak- ing Progress in Campaign. BY FRANK P. STEWART. 8pecial Dispatch o The Star. SALT LAKE OITY. Utah, October 1. -Republicans and Democrats contin- ued feverish activity In the campaign in Utah. At Republican primaries and county conventions held over the State during the vete was unusu- ally mw. and there seemed to be a real clamor for the county office nomi- nations. W. W. Seegmiller, candidate for Gov- ernor on the Republican ticket, is en- gaged working the smaller counties of the State. Dr. R. K. Thomas, Democratic nomi- ousands af Democrats from voting straight ballots | o organiza would support the Democratic ticket. The extent to ! \ ate and “AY STATE WETS GETGRIP ONG.0.P. Outright Repeal Plank Takes Advanced Peesien Over Hoover Proposal. BY W. E. MULLINS. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, October 1—For the first time in the 12-year history of Federal prohibition the “wets are in full con- of the Republican party in Mas- s: etts. ~With scarcely & murmur of protest the delegates to the party's State convention on Priday adopted an outright repeal platform plank, the only reservation of which was a pledge to prevent the return of the open saloon. Not only was the party committed for the first time agamnst prohibition, but its candidate for Governor like- wise for the first time will be an advo- cate of repeal. Lieut. Gov. Willlam S. Youngman, the party nominee for Governor, joined in the big parade be- jhind the repeal movement after a ‘record on prohibition that had been entirely acceptable to the Anti-Saloon League and its associate organizations. Youngman Once Dryer. Youngman, in fact, won the nomina- tion for lieutenant Governor only -four | years ago because he succeeded in prov- ing to the satisfaction of the various prohibition organizations that he was the driest of a group of nine candi- dates then seeking the momination. He merely is following the trend of the times in this commonwealth which is | admittedly one of the wettest in the Union. The complete surrender of the drys at the convention was somewhat sur- prising. Not a voice was lifted in test at the meeting of the Resolut! Committee and only a few -mn.ed “nays” were heard when the platform was adopted by acclamation at the con- vention. Some of the drys were inclined to be resentful, not so much because the party went wet, but because it ex- ceeded President Hoover's position and went wringing wet. Dry Candidate Barred. ‘The drys have no place to turn. Their independent prohibition candidate for i Governor. William R. Ferry of Newton, was eliminated from the ballot because of evidence of fraud and deception in obtaining names on his nomination papers. An investigation by the State Ballot Law Commission disclosed that wet Democratic aid had been drafied in obtaining signatures to qualify his | name on the ballot. The Republican drys will have to draft,a sticker candidate or else re- frain from voting if they are deter- mined to punish their party standsrd | bearer because the Democrats have been repealists in this State from the outset of Federal prohibition. Smith Side Still Cool The Democrats are encountering trouble in their efforts to whip the | Alfred E. Smith supporters into line behind Gov. Roosevelt. A gesture of conciliation was made by the appoint- ment of Daniel J. Gailagher to the Resolutions_Committee, but it failed. Gallagher, Federal district attorney un- | der the Wilson regime, was appointed to the committee in spite of the fact that he had announced his intention to bolt the national ticket. He re- fused to attend the sessions of the committee. Calvin_Coolidge has given his serv- ices to the party and even has agreed to go to Madison Square Garden in New York on October 11 to go over the top for President Hoover. He sent a message to a State convention cele- ration here Thursday and apparently {is_prepared to be active in_ spite of | early reports that he would remain se- | cluded in Vermont. REGISTRATION RISES SHARPLY IN MISSOURI | Both Parties See Advantage in Two Largest Cities—Await Voters’ Views Anxiously. BY GEGRGE K. WALLACE. Special Dispatch to The Star. KANSAS CITY, Mo, October 1.— Democratic Kansas City and Republican S.. Louis, the two big population centers | of Missouri, last week broke all previous records in the listing of voters in prepa- ration for the general election Novem- ber 8. In Kansas City, where the powerful Pendergast Democratic machine rolls high the registration exceeded 230,000, slightly more than half the city's popu- lation. The previous high mark in this city was 208,000 four years ago, when the voters paraded as never before to the polls in the Hoover-Smith election. While the Republicans and Democrats were cracking old records in Kansas St. Louis, which furnishes the big end of Missouri’s G. O. P. aid, pushed ond by several thousands its former igh mark wih 386,000 registered, & ain of 24.000 over 1928. The registration-breaking records in both cities of the State is regarded as unusually significant with each party | claiming the benefit of the significance. In Kansas Cty the Democrats, with an army of more than 5,000 manning the precincts, undoubtedly obtained the ad- vantage. St. Lmus although heavily Republican normally, presents another puzale this time. Reports are that Gov. Roosevelt, standing on the wet Democratic plat- form, is proving exceedingly popular there where in pre-prohibition days the brewing of beer was one of the chief in- dustries of that city. In the August orimaries St. Louis Democrats virtually doubled any previous vote cast by that oarty in recent years. and are now show- ||ng exceptional interest as the Novem- ber contest approaches. Republican leaders, who have been none too enthusiastic here, are looking forward with high hopes to President Hoover's speech Tuesday in Des Moines, Iowa. The G. O. P. in these parts believe the President's appearance in this sec- tion will have a most important bearing on the future outlook. ODDIE IS GIVEN BACKING BY DEMOQCRATIC PAPERS Republicans of Nevada Cheered by Move of Pubilshers—Faes Active in Campaign. BY EDGAR REINHART. Special Dispatch to The Star. RENO. Nev., October 1.—In the midst of a rather listless political campaign in Nevada, Republican voters received mokpleces of welcome news this last week, The first was the announcement of the Standard, weekly Democratic pa) at Fallon, in the heart of the N.'llfll reclamation project, that it would sup- port Senator Tasker L. Oddle for re- election to the Senate. The Standard is one of the .stronxcst Democratic pa- pers in the State. Following this came the announce- ment from R. C. Stitser, publisher of the Democratic Winnemucca Silver State and the Battle Mountain Scout, Lat he also would support Oddie. Stitser, however, said he did not expect to support the candidacy of S. 8. Arentz for re-election to Cengress. Stitser is 2 Democrat, but has made an effort to be nm&nl.un with his papers. mnnc candidates for Sen- House, P. A. MoGarran .E James G. Scrugham, are conducting tensive single-handed campaigns,