Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1936, Page 31

TOTAL VOTE BOOST BY 200,000 LOOMS Democrats in Philadelphia Qualifying Show Rise of 400 Per Cent. BY WALTER D. ROOS, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa.,, October 10.— More Pennsylvanians have qualified to vote in next month’s election than ever before in the State’s history. Tabulations, now being completed after last Saturday’s enrollment dead- line, indicate the number certainly will exceed 4,500,000 and may ap- proach 5,000,000 registrants. The total is expected to be approx- imately 1,000,000 more than the num- ber on registry lists in 1932. The heavy registration forecasts a total vote of more than 3,500,000, & gain of about half a million. The total vote in 1932 was 2,859,021. In 1928 it was 3,150.610. Returns thus far completed show both parties have gained in registra- tion, that the Democratic gains are considerably larger than Republican increases, but that the Republican enrollment will exceed the Demo- cratic by about 750,000. Philadelphia Over 950,000. In Philadelphia the registration has passed 950,000 and is about 43 per cent higher than in 1932. Incomplete tabulations indicate about 540,000 en- rolled as Republicans and 423,000 as Democrats. Four years ago there were 549,000 Republicans and 84,000 Democrats, but the Hoover majority | in the city was only 70.000. In Allegheny County, which in- ¢ludes Pittsburgh, the Democrats have taken the lead in enrollments for the first time in history, although Pitts- burgh has gone Democratic in each of the last four years. Leaders of each party are claiming victory in Pennsylvania on the basis ©f the registration figures. Republicans point to their lead in enrollment to substantiate their claim. Democrats base their contention on the fact that in the last eight vears the Democratic candidates have polled more votes than there were registered Democrats. In® 1928 Al Smith polled 200.000 more votes than the 867.000 Democratic Tegisiration. In 1932 President Roosevelt's vote was 462,000 higher than the 833,000 | Ocrats have been showing over their Democratic enrollment. In 1934 Gov. Earle's total was 75.000 higher than the 1,401,000 persons registered as Democrats, Many Change Registration. While the vote in proportion to registration in 1928, 1932 and 1934 showed many Republicans voted for Democratic candidates, there is an important factor to consider this year. | The Democratic enrollment probably | will total between 1,750,000 and 2,- | 000,000 this year, and is certain to be | considerably higher than the largest | vote ever polled for a Democratic candidate in Pennsylvania in the past Changes in registration indicate that DIVIDING BALLOTS HITS DEMOCRATS {Failure of Action to Touch 22 |Indiana Counties Eases Effect. BY WILLIAM L. LEWIS, Special Correspondent of The Star, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. October 10. —Some of the concern Indiana Dem- | own act of separating national and | State ballots is mitigated by the fact the law does not apply in 22 of the | larger counties where voting ma- | chines will be used in November. These counties, as usual, will pro- duce the bulk of the State vote as| against the vote originating in the other 70 smaller counties. That the vote for the State as a whole will be ! | the largest of all time is a relatively safe prediction, in the light of the | | heaviest registration in history, In| Marion County, seat of the State gov- | ernment and the most populous | county in the entire State, a 99 per cent vote was registered and it is the many who voted with the Democrats | Prediction of election officials that no in the past eight years without ha ing been enrolled in that party have, now changed their registration wlbfl 3. 1 Democratic. Those changes, to an extent, liqui- date the margin of votes in excess of their registration which the Demo- crats have polled in recent electiens. Democratic leaders, however, believe these transfers account for ouly a small part of the increased Demo- cratic enrollment, and attribute the major portion of the increase {o new voters. 1 | About 750,000 Pennsylvanians | have become of voting age since the | Roosevelt-Hoover fight four years ago | and the Democrats believe they have | enlisted most of these in their party. Republican leaders maintain the registration figures are more indica- | tive of party strength this year than | Because | the Democrats have a monopoly of | they have been in a decade. distribution of favors, political ap- pointments and relief funds, they contend there is no reason why any citizen should register Republican this Jyear, except because of conviction. The prospect of a 750,000 Repub- lican lead in registration, however, does not mean that any responsible Republican leader has sincere ex- | pectation of carrying Pennsylvania ! for Landon by any majority approach- | ing that figure—or even half of it. The Democrats are regarded as hav- ing the more efficient organization this year, and are expected to poll & much larger percentage of their registration than the Republicans. That means closer results than the registration majority might suggest. Final Weeks See Fight. The final weeks of tne campaign Will be hard-fought and bitter. Each side is accusing the other | of huge expenditures to capture Penn- sylvania’s 36 electoral votes, Republicans are hammering hard their charges of political coercion of W. P. A. workers to build up Dem- ocratic registrations and votes for Roosevelt and State candidates. They charge the Democrats plan to dump much money into this State in the last days to upset the State which has not given its electoral vote to a Democrat since 1856. The Democrats are charging Pennsylvania indus- trialists, headed by former Senator Joseph R. Grundy, are collecting a $5,000,000 “slush fund” to prevent Roosevelt from carrying the State. The Republicans, who have devoted much attention to the Democratic western end of the State, are con- centrating at present on Philadelphia in the hope of building up their vote there. Col. Knox spoke there this week, Herbert Hoover is due there 'week after next and Landon will speak in that city in the closing week of the campaign. The Republicans hope they may be able to get Landon to make a Pittsburgh speech also on his way back to Topeka after leaving Philadelphia. SEEK GOLD STAR LIST Rainbow Veterans Ask Data on Eligible Mothers. ‘The District Chapter, Rainbow Division Veterans, has asked the names and addresses of all Rainbow Gold Star Mothers and the same in- formation of all next of kin male relatives. Communications regarding this may be addressed to the chapter’s headquarters, 1630 Nineteenth street. The next meeting of the chapter will be October 17 at the Willard Hotel, with President Willlam H. Kay, pre- siding. fl The | | | | | | more than 10 per cent of these reg:s-1 trants will fail to vote on Novem- | 1,432 Precincts in 22 Counties. One of the significant features of the registration is that the heaviest | registration percentage invariably has been in the larger counties. Alto- gether, the 22 voting machine coun- ties of the State embrace a total of 1,432 precincts out of 3,824 for the entire State. | The commonest explanation for the action of the McNutt State adminis- | tration in separating the ballots is that the Democrats at that time feared the Roosevelt administration might become a “drag” by 1936. Sub- sequent events proved the McNutt administration wrong and the pretent situation is the reverse of what was | expected. For the Democrats the real blessing | now is the fact the ballot separation | act did not apply to the 22 voting machine counties. Its application | was restricted to the 70 counties using | the Australian ballot. On the machines this time, as| usual, the party candidates for presi- | dential electors will appear on the same row as the State ticket of each | | party. The manual operation of pull- | ing the lever to vote for Roosevelt electors thus also casts a straight vote for the Democratic State ticket un‘e&s the voter wishes to “scratch.” Five Party Tickets. Five party tickets will appear on the Indiana State ballots this year. These are the Republican party, the | Democratic, the National-Union party, the Socialist party and the Commu- nist party. The Socialist-Labor party, which had songht a place on the bu.l-I lot, was ruled out because of failure to nominate its candidates by peti- tion. SECURITY PROGRAM ACCEPTED BY TEXAS Voters Reassured There Will Be " No Split With Administra- tion Next Month. BY 5. RAYMOND BROOKS, Special Correspondent of The Star. AUSTIN, Tex.,, October 10.—A ‘de- cisive action by the Texas Legislature ‘Tuesday, in special session, aligned Texas with the Democratic security program, and reassured voters that there will be no breach with the na- tional administration before next month’s election. The Legislature rejected efforts to break down the State co-operative old- age assistance program, and also en- acted a State counterpart of the un- employment insurance security title. A resolution to investigate the teaching of Communism in the Uni- versity of Texas and State colleges was adopted, despite protests that it was effort by “Jeffersonian Demo- crats” to discredit the Roosevelt ad- ministration, which called Texas Uni- versity professors into Government service. But the inquiry was colorless. ‘The ‘“Jeffersonian Democrats,” headed by J. M. West, wealthy Hous- ton man, maintained the stream of Republican publicity matter. I. Fried- lander, Houston, resigned from its Executive Committee in protest at re- flections in its publicity matter upon “President Roosevelt and members of his family.” THE SUNDAY STAR, 4 m'u \Vnul; m.) l||||||‘ llm“ml il o i BY J. A. O'LEARY. ITH the election only three weeks away, interest in the presie dential campaign is centering on the final drive both major parties will make for the large block of electoral votes in such pivotal States as New York. Ohio, Illinois and Indiana. Latest dispatches from a corps of political observers throughout the country indicate that Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota also will continue to be important battlegrounds during the remaining three weeks. Of course, there will be no let-up °in the flow cf campaign oratory or in the work of party organizers elsewhere, but the number of electoral votes at stake in the States mentioned make them focal points on the political map. A heavy increase in registration in a number of States has been added to the array of other unusual factors that are causing observers .o continue to regard a decisive group of States as doubtful. The banners under which the voters register give forecasters some indication of trends, but the possi= bility that some voters will cross party lines on election day, or split their allegiance as between the State and national tickets are elements to be considered in analyzing registration totals. One thing is certain, the high registration figures reflect an intense intgrest among the voters in the outcome of the campaign. Dispatches during the past week told of developments encouraging to the Democrats in Massachusetts, while, from Missouri came word of & falling off in Democratic strength. Neither of these trends appeared definite enough, however, to' change the positions these States have occupied thus far in the probable line-up of electoral votes. Republicans Are Hopeful of New York. New York, with 47 electoral votes hanging in the balance, is one of the States reporting a high registration. Republicans take the view that new voters in the metropolis are largely independent, who never took the trouble to register in previous years. At the same time, there are indications now that the Tammany leaders have finally made up their minds to throw their weight behind Roosevelt and Lehman in the city, which means the Republicans must come down from up-State with at least a 500,000 plurality. Landon supporters are predicting they will have a plurality of 700,000 or more up-State. Weighing conflicting party claims, observers still regard the presidential race as extremely close in the Empire State. The ficht for Pennsylvania’s 36 electoral .votes also is bringing out a big increase in registered voters. Although the Democrats have taken the lead in registration in Allegheny County, including Pittsburgh, for the Sta a whole, the Republican enrollment will exceed the Democratic .000. The Republicans are banking on Philadelphia and the rural areas to offset Democratic strength in Allegheny County and keep the . Keystone State in its traditional place in the Republican column. Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, with an aggregate of 69 electoral votes, are still hovering on the borderline and will continue to stand out as a crucial area as the campaign approaches the home stretch. Although Missouri has been regarded from the beginning of the campaign as headed for the Democratic column, latest reports are that Landon has gained ground there. Six weeks ago predictions were being made of a Democratic majority of 200,000 or more. Today observers say 50,000 votes may decide the election there, Decision in Iowa Rests With Farmers, In Towa, which has 11 électoral votes, the decision rests with the farmers. Landon is said to have enough strength in the cities to carry the State, provided he gets an even break on the agricultural vote. Idaho is pictured as too evenly divided to be classed as leaning to either side at this time on the presidency, but decidedly favorable to the re-election of Senator Borah. Brighter prospects for Roosevelt were seen in reports from Nebraska during the last week. Regarded earlier as leaning toward Landon, some observers now believe Roosevelt has a slight edge. What three more weeks of vigorous campaigning will do there,"and in a number of other close Western States, remains to be seen. The campaign has reached the boiling point in Minnesota as a result of the coalition between the New Dealers and the Farmer-Laborites. The purpose of the arrangement was to help Roosevelt get the electoral vote and aid Farmer-Laborites to retain State control. But one faction of the State’s democracy is rebelling against the move, which resulted in with- drawl of Democratic candidates for Governor and Senator. Whether the coalition achieves its goal is likely to depend on how many of the rank and file of Democrats register their opposition on election day. Final registration figures 1rdm Oregon show the Democrats have cut deeply into previous Republican enroliment figures. In one large county, where Republican registration exceeded the Democratic by more than 56,000 in 1932, the Republican margin is now 1,204. Unofficial estimates indicate a gain in Democratic registration in other counties. Landon supporters plan to speed up their offorts in the State during the remainder of the campaign. The nearby State of Washington looks somewhat more encouraging for the Republicans, although still close. The fact that most of the eleven party tickets on the Washington ballot have presidential electors, is expected to draw from the Democratic vote. The farm vote of the State is reported to be turning toward Landon. In Wisconsin, Democrats and Progressives are opposing each other for State offices, but Roosevelt is drawing support from both. Roosevelt Gaining Strength in Massachusetts. Turning to the East, the most noticeable recent trend was an indie cation that Roosevelt has made some headway against the strong Republi- can sentiment evident this year in Massachusetts. An observer in the Bay State pictures the President as stronger than he was a month ago, but does not go so far as to predict he has overcome Landon’s lead there. ‘The improved ition of the President is based mainly on the recep- tion that has been accorded James Roosevelt, who recently began a tour of the State in behalf of his father’s candidacy. In Rhode Island there was further evidence during the past week of the dissension in Democratic ranks over nominations for State office, which is expected to help the Republicans. Viewed as a whole, New England appears to be Landon territory, offsetting in part the advantage the solid South gives the Democratic ticket. 4 As in most of the other large States, New Jersey voters also have registered in greater numbers this year, and both parties are waging ag- gressive campaigns. Further progress has been made recently in bringing together dissenting Republican leaders. Il [LU'I I T,’mfl ”f""”lw, = WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 11, 1936—PART . TWO. WEST INTO How They Stand Today Pousnble Line-Up of the States' Electoral Votes, Based on Star’s Political Correspondence. Electoral Vote Sure Repub- lican Alabama Arizona - =y Sure Demo- cratic Republican Democratic Doubtful Leaning to- Leaning to - - Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idahio Tilinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana | Maine | Maryland = Massachusetts | Michigan Minnesota ! | Mlsslsslppl Missor [ w ool Montana Nebraska Nevada | New Hampshire 4 New Jersey New Mexico New York K ol o) ol o) S 5 North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania ! - ol o) o~ &) 36 Rhode Island oo/ South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee 23] =l u»-.b » Vermont Virginia 11 | Washington ___ ¢ West Virginia Wisconsin____ 12 Wyomlng 3 | 531 | © 49 88 150 Majority, 266 This tabulation of electoral votes for and against Roosevelt and Landon is based on reports of special correspondents of The Star in every State. The table will be changed as the crystallization of po- litical sentiment is more fully revealed. The table today shows a total of 218 electoral votes “sure” and ‘“leaning” toward Roosevelt; a total of 137 electoral votes “sure” and “leaning” toward Landon, and a total NORTH CAROLINA CLIMAX REACHED IN PARTY TALK BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. RALEIGH, N. C., October 10.— Meetings of Young Democrats in all counties of the State this week brought to a climax the speaking phase of the campaign. The Republicans this year have put on no big show of any kind and | scat the only State-wide rally staged by the Domocrats was that at Charlotte last month at which' President Roose- velt made a “non-pblitical” Demograts are presenting much visible evidence of . numerical supe- riority with the State covered with Democratic posters and with many sutomobiles carrying Democratic G. 0. P. WOMEN IN MAINE PLAN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN BY SAM E. CONNER, Special Correspondent of The Star. AUGUSTA, Me, October 10— Women Republicans of Maine are planning to enliven the presidential campaign this month as the result of the annual meeting of the Women's Republican Club of Maine this week. The club has a membership of 500, scattered throughout the 16 counties of the State. Just how they will put life into the presidential campaign has not been decided, but they are already making plans to get every Republican woman to the polls election day. Democratic women also are begin- to talk of campaigning for Roosevelt and Garner, but as yet have taken no definite step. A of 176 electoral votes that are still considered “doubtful.” A majority, or 266, is necessary for election, SOUTH DAKOTA POLLS SHOW LEAD FOR G. 0. P. Democratic Leaders Persistent in Denying Republican Victory in November, However. BY ALFRED BURKHOLDER, Special Correspondent of The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., October 10. —While national polls and straw votes taken in South Dakota apparently show South Dakota safely Republican, State Democratic leaders are far from conceding South Dakota will go that way in November. These leaders, chiefly Federal or State office holders, are leaving no stone unturned to carry the State again. Democratic publicity agents are flooding the newspapers with figures on the many millions of dollars sent into South Dakota by the Roosevelt administration through the W. P. A., the P. W. A, benefits to farmers, money loaned home owners and drought relief. Democratic leaders hint that voters who have benefited in this way should remember their friends in November. Republicans in turn broadcast that the money coming to the State be- longs to all the people and that Re- publicans as well as Democrats and members of other Md' ultimately will have to make up sums in in- creased taxation, G. 0. P. SENATE ASPIRANT IS HOPEFUL IN FLORIDA Howard Babcock Opposes Judge Andrews, Democrat, of Tampa for Trammell Place. BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH. Special Correspondent of The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,, October 10. —With two seats in the United States Senate to fill there have been nom- inated two Democrats and one Repub- lican. The latter talks hopefully— even though Florida has not sent a Re- publican to Washington in more than half a century. Claude Pepper of Tallahassee, seeklnx the unexpired term of the late Sena- tor Fletcher, is not opposed—unless he may have some written-in opposition at the lction. Judge Andrews of Tampa, Demo- cratic nominee for the place made by the death of Senator Trammell, is opposed by Howard C. Babcock of Orlando, and the latter, nominated by the Republicans, is likely to get a good vote. Democratic and Republican candi- dates for Governor are appearing in different parts of the State at rallies, and the former—with Fred Cone, the Democratic nominee, preaching the gospel of the New Deal strongly—are well attended. [ . D3 KEYSTONE G. O. P. HAS 750,000 EDGE IN REGISTRATIONS |CALIFORNIA BATTLE VIRGINIANS D SEN.HoL MAKING IS SPEECH VIA IZADloT JOWA VOTE PRIZE NLIVELY BATTL Roosevelt Has Made Sec-| ond, Landon Sixth Visit of Campaign. BY C. C. CLIFTON, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. DES MOINES, Towa, October 10.— The close battle between Republicans and Democrats for Iowa's 11 electoral votes is being waged with increasing vigor as the campaign enters the | home stretch. President Roosevelt made his second visit to _the State this week on the | way to Denver, Colo., a {ew days after former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illi- nois placed his O. K. on Gov. lan- | don in Lowden's former home con- gressional district, Democrats, while conceding the lpss of some Representatives, maintained that Roosevelt would carry the State regardless of those losses. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace made a series of speeches in Iowa attacking the Landon candidacy, Dickinson answered | claims. Fight for State Unusual. ‘The determination of both parties | %o carry Jowa, in which the outcome { appeared in doubt with Landon hav- | ing a shade the better of the fight, | is something new in the State. For | many years all the attention Iowa | received from Republican national | headquarters was the sending in" of a few former Senators or Governors. | Democratic national headquarters | paid even less attention to the State. { This year Landon has made six trips in the State; Roosevelt has been | in it twice, and probably will come | back again, and big guns of both parties have made many speeches in it. What the farm vote does prob- ably will tell the final story. Lowden Popular in Country. Landon is considered strong enough in the cities and towns, except with | labor, to carry them sufficiently well to win the State if he gets an even | break in the country. Lowden is the | most popular figure in the country among the farmers. His speech, de- livered at Waterloo in a district re- | garded as certainly Republican, is expected to swing back to Landon some of the farm vote which Wallace turned back to the President. If | Lowden were running for President, | | he would carry the State hands down. { The district in which the Repub- | licans expect to gain Representatives | are the sixth, seventh and ninth. | They already have Representatives in | the third, £fth angd eighth districts, | jand are in no danger of losing them. The second district, where the edge is with the Democrats, may be close. | The first is leaning to the Democratic incumbent. The fight in the fourth is close enough that Wallace indorsed the sitting Democrat, who voted against the A. A. A. TOWNSEND SUPPORT WYOMING QUESTION the Wallace | Controversy Comes to Fore Again, | With Dispute Involving Indorsements. BY R. E. EVANS, Special Correspondent of The Star. CASPER, Wyo, October 10.—The question of Townsendite support again | has been thrust forward in the Wyom- ing political campaign, but if any can- didate or party is in position to cor- ral the vote, there is no accurate in- dication of the trend at this time. Controversy over indorsements flared anew when a Wyoming Townsend leader, since deposed, informed the membership through club units that a majority of the organization’s State advisory board favored Senator Rob- ert D. Carey and his Republican run- ning mate for Representative, Frank A. Barrett. Both are pledged to work for old-age pensions. Advised of this action, Townsend Club No. 1 of Casper repudiated the recommendation of the State board ‘and opposed indorsement of any can- didate not 100 per cent Townsendite. Congressional candidates continue to carry the brunt of the national campaign. Republicans have heard Col. Knox and Senator Frederick Steiwer, but Democrats deferred bring- ing in their big guns. Willlam Lemke, Union party can- didate, will speak in Sheridan, Casper and Cheyenne next week. Q and Senator L. J. | | ticket, ISWAGEDBY . 0.P. Party Seeking to Overcome Democratic Lead for 22 Electoral Votes. BY BART SHERIDAN, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. LOS ANGELES, October 10.—While California voters tune their radios to the campaign speeches of President Roosevelt, Gov. Landon, and their re- spective supporters, political leaders are vigorously supplementing the national campaigns in an effort to capture the State’s 22 electoral votes three weeks from Tuesday. Republicans’ efforts to combat the sizable Democratic advantage that was evidenced in recent registration figures were centralized this week in the work of Justus Craemer, newly elected chairman of the Republican State Central Committee. Mr. Craemer is a newspaper publisher, was twice president of the California Newspaper Publishers’ Association and a former president of the National Editorial Association. With 80 per cent of the California newspapers supporting Mr, Landon, Mr. Craemer's wide profes- sional following is expected to result in co-ordinating this campaign force into an effective assault on the Roose- velt majority. Enlivening the race for congres- sional seats, H. Jerry Voorhis, the only Democratic congressional candidate to eliminate an incumbent Representative in the August primaries, denounced the criticism of opponents that he is a “wild-eyed radical.” Voorhis was formerly a Socialist campaigner and later supported Uptdn Sinclair's Epics in the latter's campaign for Governor, In an announcement made early this | week he declared that he voted for | Mr. Roosevelt in 1932 and has con- | sistently supported his policies since that time. The contest for district attorney of Los Angeles County, considered one of the most politically powerful offices | in California, came to the fore with | the filing of a will contest charging Candidate Harlan G. Palmer, Holly= wood publisher, with fraudulent coun- sel in drawing the will of the late William Markham, Los Angeles capitalist. The office is now held by | Buron Fitts, veteran of two four-year terms and the leading candidate in the primary voting. FUND LACK DELAYS - ARIZONA CAMPAIGN Campbell Opens G. 0. P. Battle for Governorship With Speech in Yuma. BY T. W. B. ANDERSON, Special Correspondent of The Star. PHOENIX. Ariz., October 10.—An | admitted lack of campaign funds held back the start of Arizona's general | election campaign ufitil this week. | Former Gov. Thomas E. Campbell, eight years president of the United States Civil Service Commission, opened the Republicans’ battle in Yuma Wednesday. Campbell is the G. O. P. gubernatorial nominee, hav- ing defeated Mavor John H. Udall of Phoenix. R. C. Stanford, former Maricopa County superior judge and Democratic nominee for Governor, swung into Tucson Thursday for the opening speech of the campaign. Campbell has declared unreserved support of the Landon and Knox and Stanford, somewhat vague about where he stood during the pri- mary campaign, has been committed to President Roosevelt by the State Democratic platform. The sales tax is the principal issue in the gubernatorial contest. John R. Murdock, dean of the % zona State Teachers’ College at Tembe, is conceded victory to succeed Mrs. Isabelia Greenway in Congress Gov. B. B. Moeur, defeated for res nomination by Judge Stanford, has issued a call for a special session of the State Legislature, to convene Noe vember 5, to act on social security. However, he also will ask the solons to revamp the highway patrol act to place that body under the adminise tration of the State Highway Commis- sion instead of under the Governor, as at present. . REPUBLICANS CHEERED BY CONNECTICUT VOTE G. 0. P. Yielding One Town to Foes, Lose None Won Last Year on New Deal Issue. . BY ROBERT D. BYRNES, Special CorrSspondent of The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., October 10.— Local elections in 122 of the 169 towns of the State this week gave little to | either major party. The Democrats gained one town on a shift of 13. Republicans found encouragement in the fact that in each town shifting this year, a local condition seemed | to be the reason. None of the towns they won from the Democrats a year ago on the New Deal issue changed back this year. | Republicans also pointed to their | total vote of 54.815 in the towns electe | ing every year against 54,399 in the same towns in October, 1934, the eve of the first complete Democratic vice tory in the State since 1912. Registration is the major organizae | tion activity of the pames for the next week. SOUTH CAROLINA VOTER REGISTRATIONS HEAVY BY FRITZ HUGH McMASTER. Special Correspondent of The Star. COLUMBIA, S. C, October 10.— There has been a larger registration for the general election in South Carolina than for many years. This is true both of the white Democrats and the Negroes, and the latter this year may be considered Democrats for, almost without exception, those registering declare intention to vote for Roosevelt. Whites are registering largely through enthusiastic support for the President. The general feeling is one of expectancy for the re-election of President Roosevelt, but the assur- ance is not so overwhelming as the masses of the people would like it to be. ‘The greatest activity among Demoe crats is raising contributions to the national Democratic campaign fund.