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ROOSEVELT CREDITED WITH SMA Maryland Continues Doubtful MNDUN MMUR"’Y In Spite of Rival Party Claims HUCE AUDIENCES | -HEAR PRESIDENT Democrat Strength in Cities, Republicans Count on Rural Areas. BY H. C. GARRISON, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star, DETROIT, Mich. October 24— With both principals in the hard- fought battle for Michigan's 19 elec- toral votes, President Roosevelt and Gov. Landon, in the State within a single week, the campaign in Michi- gan has now passed its peak. The people of this State have seen the candidates, They have heard them speak. Of course, the politicians have not given up. Oratorical big guns are still being wheeled into Michigan to | bombard audiences, but everything from now on is anti-climax. It is doubtful if a single vote will be changed from here on in. If comparative audiences and en- thusiasm are trustworthy indicators, the State is in the bag for the Demo- crats, nationally at least. Republi- cans, of course, deny this vehemently. | Roosevelt Crowds Large. The audiences drawn by the Presi- dent during his one-day swing through the State were astonishingly large. Supposedly non-partisan police esti- mates from the cities visited by Mr. | Roosevelt indicate that more than 850,000 persons saw the President. | Final Outcome Depend- ent Largely ~n Colored Vote Swing. BY JOSEPH G. DEPONAI, Special Correspondent of The Ster. BALTIMORE, October 24.—Despite the fact that Republicans and Demo- cratic campaign managers claim the State for their respective candidates, Maryland still remains in the doubtful column in the opinion of best-posted political observers here, Willlam P. Lawson, chairman of the Republican State Central Com- mittee, declared today Landon would | carry Maryland by about 20,000 plu- rality. He said that from reports he had received from the counties, Lan- | don would come to Baltimore City, | which he'conceded to President Roose- | velt by about. 12,000, with a plurality | of 30,000 votes. | Lawson said: Landon-Knox ticket will carry the State is very definite and is based not only on intuition, but on facts. Non-Political Groups Switch. “The ‘feel’ of impending victory has become very noticeable in a growing enthusiasm around our city headquar- ters and in increasing glowing reports from the counties. “Non-political groups of various | kinds of people, made up predomi- nantly of Democrats, are coming over !to us virtually 100 per cent. Quite a | few figures in Democratic politics in | the counties are casting their lot with “My belief that the | Crowds in Grand Rapids and FUnt |y, 1anqon ticket, too, and their num- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 25, 1936—PART TWO. SENATOR RADCLIFFE. to react to the benefit of the Repub- lican ticket is the barring from the ballot of the candidates of the Na- | tional Union for Social Justice, the | organization formed by Father Charles | E. Coughlin. While not indorsing either of the presidential candidates, H. Ralph Burton, State supervisor of the organization, declared this week | that “his organization was almost solidly opposed to the ‘New Deal’ and that members would vote accord- ingly.” That his organization has a strong were set at 150,008 each, and these | towns have populations of only 200,000 each. There were 25,000 in Lansing and 30,000 in Pontiac for brief rear- platform appearances. The crowd which turned out for the President's night speech from the steps of the Detroit City Hall was the largest in the city’s hstory. streets along the 5-mile route cov- ered by the President's entourage were lined for their entire length with huge throngs. It was estimated that 200,000 persons were jammed into the Campus Martius, open square in front of the City Hall. The square was completely jammed and so was every street radiating from it for a block back. The enthusiasm wherever the President went was tremendous. They were emotional crowds that heard him. Faces at the Detroit meeting | were tense, eager, almost adoring. More than a few had tears stream- ing down them. Receptions in Contrast. The contrast between the two re- eeptions, for Landon and Roosevelt, was sharp. Detroit received the Re- publican candidate coldly. The crowds that watched his/parade were thin and apathetic. There was none of the wild enthusiasm of the Roose- velt crowds. His night meeting at Navin Field, American League base ball park, was more enthusiastic. The attendance was quoted at 14.000. It was smaller than that by probably The | ber is increasing every day.” | Wnile unwilling to predict the vote, Senator George L. Radcliffe, in charge | of the Democratic campaign in Mary- land, declared that “President Roose- | velt would carry the State by a big majority.” The final outcome, it is said, de- | pends to a large extent upon the Negro | vote, which heretofore has always been counted upon by the Repubiicans, but today, with so many 6f them on the relief rolls, whether they will continue to vote the Republican ticket is highly problematical. There is no doubt the speeches here | this week of Bainbridge Colby, Secre- tary of State under President Wilson, and Joseph B. Ely, former G ‘vernor of Massachusetts, will have = me ef- fect on the vote next month. Roosevelt Policy Scored. | Both of these rock-ribbed Democrats severely scored the policy of President | Roosevelt, declaring that he had | proved “false to party traditions” and !called for his defeat at the polls on November 3, advocating the election of Gov. Alf M. Landon. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Maryland Jeffersonian League and was attended by a number of prominent Democrats, including former Senator William Cabell Bruce, | Dr. J. M. T. Finney, Charles Morris Howard and Edgar Allan Poe, former attorney general, who occupied seats on the stage of the Lyric, where the | rally was held. 5,000. Another factor which is expected | Out in the State the Landon crowds following in Baltimore City was proved | in the primaries last May when James | | C. Hunt, an exponent of Father | Coughlin’s principles and a candidate | | for Congress in the third district, polled | some 6,000 votes, which surprised the | political wiseacres, as Hunt was prac- tically unknown in political circles un- til he announced his candidacy. A vote of similar proportions also was polled by Milton G. Nottingham in the second congressional district, he, too, having embraced the princi- | ples of the N. U. S. J., and also was | unknown in local politics. 761,178 Eligible to Vote. These votes, it is pointed out, were in a primary, whereas in the general ! election members of the N. U. S. J., disregarding the orthodox party lines, will vote for the candidate of their organization, and thus the entire vote, not merely the Republican or Demo- | | cra‘ic end of it, will be cast for the ca’ didate supported by the National U on. A grand total of 761,178 men and women will be eligible to participate in the election next month, a survey of registration reports reveals. Al- most two-thirds of all persons on the | registrations books are entered as Democrats. Less than one-third are Republicans. Baltimore City has 342486 regis- | tered, of which 242416 are Democrats | | and 87,790 Republicans, while in the | | counties 418.692 are eligible to vote, | | of which 252,525 are Democrats and 165,259 Republicans. were larger and more enthusiastic. At every stop he had bigger crowds than he had at his big meeting in De- troit. However, at no stop did his crowd approach the size and noisiness of the Roosevelt crowd in the same Pplace, Of course, this is not entirely a fair comparison. In Detroit Landon got a bad break in the weather and Roosevelt a good one. Landon's day was cold and rainy, the coldest of the season so far. Roosevelt's was bright and balmy. Unquestionably, better weather would have increased Landon's night crowd greatly, but, of course, it never would have approached the proportions of the President’s. Landon’s second day formed a bet- ter comparison, because he had good weather then. Then there must be considered the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is President of the United States and therefore naturally would draw huge crowds. Speeches in Industrial Towns. Another point of consideration is that the territory traversed by the two candidates was Roosevelt terri- tory. All their speeches were made in the big industrial towns, and the big industrial towns in this State are for Roosevelt. Landon's strength lies in the rural areas, the small towns and the middle-sized towns, In none ©of these did he speak. Therefore, the size and enthusiasm of the Roosevelt crowds must be dis- counted considerably. The ballot-box difference between the two candi- dates is not as large as the difference in their crowd-appeal as shown by their tours. Most neutral observers say, nevertheless, that when all de- ductions for weather, position and location are made, there still is an advantage for the President. It's not & wide one, they believe, but it’s | there, Every poll taken in the State except one—the Literary Digest—has | shown this, Michigan is still a doubtful State— plenty doubtful. Senator Couzens’ death apparently is having little effect politically, ex- cept in 50 far as it may serve to deepen resentment of Couzens Republicans against Wilbur M. Brucker, senatorial candidate, for the attacks he made against Couzens in the primary, How widespread this effect may be is im- possible to determine at this time. Couzens made his statement for Roosevelt and the effect of it does Dot seem to be changed by his death. NORTH CAROLINA G. 0. P. | GOAL IS GOVERNORSHIP BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, Special Correspondent of The Star. RALEIGH, N. C, October 24— Tacitly admitting there is no hope of carrying the State for Landon, North Carolina Republicans are concentrat- ing their campaign behind Gilliam Grissom, Republican candidate for Governor, who hopes to benefit from the rifts caused by the bitterly con- tested primary for the Democratic nomination for Governor, won by Claude R. Hoey. 1t is expected Hoey will run behind Roosevelt, but Democrats insist he will also run & full 200,000 votes ahead of Grissom. Although it is conceded that the total vote this year in North Carolina will exceed by & wide margin the record to date of 710,000 votes cast in 1932, Democrats do not expect to equal the Roosevelt plurality of 289, 000 votes obtained that year. Howe ever, they do expect to approximate that plurality, their present goal be- {ng & margin of 250,000 votes. 4 together, CLOSE RACE DUE IN WEST VIRGINIA Chiefs of Both Parties. Are Confident They Can Carry State. BY ROBERT H. HORNER, Special Correspondent of The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va,, October 24— Equal confidence in the outcome of the | election prevails in headquarters of | the Republican and Democratic parties of West Virginia. Leaders of both parties are not ex- pressing, even in private conversations, | their worries about possible outcomes |of the voting. . | Because of this general confident at- titude and because both parties are | understood to be better organized and | better prepared to bring out the vote | than ever before, there is more reason, | it is said, to place West Virginia in the doubtful column. Democrat Organization Strong. To outside observers, however, con- ditions still seem to favor the Demo- | crats, particularly as to their carrying | the election for President Roosevelt. This is chiefly because of their power- ful organization, made up of party regulars holding positions of leader- ship. They are guiding the “patronage | army” of State House employes, road employes, W. P. A. workers, Federal | employes in emergency agencies and control of the governmental machinery in 41 of the State’s 55 counties. Added to this is the almost complete indorse- ment of President Roosevelt by organ- ized labor. Republicans are well aware of this situation and to offset it are intensify- ing their forces in all counties. Be- sides, they have been conducting a vigorous publicity campaign, involving many charges against Gov. Kump's administration, relating chiefly to faults in the State. Liquor Commission, and claims of waste and extravagance. Further, the Republicans have concen- trated a powerful campaign against the New Deal, emphasizing its “dan- gers” . Democrats Claim Negro Vote. Democrats claim West Virginia would be normally Democratic if it were not for the Negro vote, which until 1934 was generally regarded as almost solidly Republican, Old Republican victories usually ran around 40,000 to 45,000 majority, and this is understood to approximate the Negro registration. This year the Democrats claim at least half the Negro vote and they point to the registration books to prove it. At any rate both parties now are and each has its separate Negro organ- ization and speakers’ bureau. To ald the State Democratic ticket, Gov, Kump delivered his first speech of the campaign at Bluefield Tuesday night, and there opened a series of engagements in different sections of the State. Judge Summers H. Sharp, Repub- lican candidate for Governor, and Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield, Repub- lican candidate for the United States Senate, have been touring the State making two speeches dally. making strong bids for the Negro vote | LANDON TIGHTENS CALIFORNIA RACE| [Trip Indicative of Belief| Party Can Score Upset Victory November 3. BY BART SHERIDAN, Special Correspondent of The Star. LOS ANGELES, October 24.—Gov. | Landon’s surprise move in visiting | | Los Angeles at this critical time of the national campaign is a definite in- dication that California’s powerful Republican interests have serious hopes of scoring an upset victory No- vember 3. Following closely on the heels of the Townsend forces' indorsement of Landon in this State, the Governor's action may bring a much closer elec- tion fight than political experts were ready to predict a few weeks ago. ‘That the Republican strategists sacri- ficed valuable campaign time in the so-called “debatable” States to pre- sent their candidate in Democratic California presages a bitter and de- termined home stretch drive to snatch California’s 22 electoral votes frcm the teeth of the Roosevelt backers. Democrat Lead 3 to 2. The strong possibility also exists, of | course, that the Republican leaders have overestimated the latent G. O. P. strength of the “traditional” vote in this usually Republican State. Steadily increasing Democratic regis- tration—almost 3 to 2 in favor of the Democrats at the last tabulation— cannot be discounted, and just how many Landon votes will be produced by the Townsend support is an un- known quantity. Although Dr. Town= send claims 750,000 followers in Cali- fornia, all but a few of them will ig- nore the doctor’s dictates and vote as they please, except where there are definite pension issues involved. In the August primary, for example, the Townsend movement made little progress, except in- instances where MAINE'S QUESTION Republicans Assert Margin Will Be From 80,000 to 100,000. BY SAM E. CONNER, Bpecial Correspondent of The BStar. AUGUSTA, Me., October 34—With presidential election day little more than a week away the only question in Maine is: How big a majority will the Republican electors have? There is in progress an inspection of ballots cast for United States Sen- ator in the State election, but it is more as a gesture than with any idea that it will provide a basis for asking an official recount of votes. In the early stages of the inspection when the count gave Gov. Louis J. Brann, defeated Democratic candidate, an apparent net gain of 276 vétes, Demo- crats thought there might be reasons for & recount. The official returns, when tabulated by the Governor and Council, showed Senator Wallace H. White, jr. with a majority of 4,600 instead of 5,033, as the unofficial re- turns had allowed him. If errors of the same magnitude could be found in the remaining ballots it was pos- sible that the Governor could nose out a victory on a recount. But this possibility disappeared when further inspection of the bal- lots of Bangor, where the first in- spection had apparently given Brann a gain of about 100, chopped that gain to a meager dozen, and further gains for White in the Lincoln County ballots added 84 votes to his county, and other White increases in Han- cock County cut the Brann net gain to 91 votes in 45,000 inspected. There have been rumers that the real reason back of this inspection was not 50 much to find a reason for asking a recount as to develop evie dence to be used in contesting Sen- ator White's election before the Sene ate Election Committee. Prominent party leaders now declare there is nothing to it. Republican leaders are preparing to meet such a contest, however. The coming week will see the first real activity of the campaign in Maine. Democrats hope to keep the Republican margin below that in 1032. Republicans assert the Landon majority here will be from 80,000 to | 100,000. - Winning DEMOCRATS LOOGE WYOMING ATTACK Roosevelt Believed Ahead, but Carey Re-election Also Is Expected. BY R. E. EVANS, Special Correspondent of The Star, CASPER, Wyo.,, October 24.—Un- limbering of Democratic heavy artile lery designed to keep Wyoming in the Roosevelt column and help elect a sec- ond New Deal Senator from this State featured a week’s developments which indicated no decided change in cam- paign trends. Betting favored the President while leaning at the same time to the re-election of Senator Robert D. Carey over his Democratic opponent, H. H. Schwartz, whom he defeated six years ago. Democratic strategy concentrated its forces on the larger centers and especially Casper, where Past Comdr. M. A. Harlan of the Disabled Ameri= can Veterans spoke Tuesday night, followed by Senator Burton K, Wheel- er of Montana on Friday. Next week will see the appearance in the same area of Representative Paul R. Gree- ver, Democratig candidate for re-elec- tion, suppo! by Senator Pat Mace Carran, Nevada; Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the mint, and Sena- tor Joseph C. Q'Mahoney, junior Sen- ator from Wyoming and vice chaire man of the Democratic National Cam- paign Committee. Senator Carey will return to Casper Monday to wind up his local campaign with a big rally. The Townsend vote has turned in his fayor and that of | Frank A. Barrett of Lusk, Republican | candidate for Representative, by the active campaigning of the new State | president of the Townsend clubs. Op- | position to Carey and Barrett in the pensioner ranks is being swung to Union party candidates for the Senate and the House, with no organized sup- port behind Schwartz and Greever. Indications grow that Carey, draw- ing support from many groups, will | run ahead of Gov. Landon, whose main strength lies with the live stock | interests aside from regular Repub. | lican ranks, and certain defections from the New Deal. Contract BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine. Merwin D Maier. Oswald team-of-four, inventors of the other system Boomerang. OME years ago We heard of a | handicap squash match, in| which one player was compelled to wear full evening dress, carry & cane and hop around the court, but was given a squash bat with which to hit the ball. As against this, his opponent was allowed to play in squash costume and given full freedom of motion, but was com- pelled to strike at the ball with a hair brush. ‘The man in the evening dress won ea whereupon & second match rranged in which the player in squash costume was given & Dning- pong bat and the’ man in evening dress was forcéd to add a catcher’s mask and high hat in his equipmenc, with the further understanding that if the hat fell off it was a foul and he lost the point. Unfortunately for those who might like to know the re- sult, the strain of this match was too much on the risibilities of the players themselves and after scoring s few points both were too weak from laughter to finish the match. Recently we witnessed a bridge match which, while not quite so funny, did present a rather novel handicap. The first condition was that the stronger pair dealt all hands, which meant that one of their opponents would be fourth hand in every instance. In the event that the first three players passed, fourth hand would now have the privilege of opening the bidding by doubling. Following this fourth-hand double of the three initial passes, dealer was compelled to pass. Now the partner of the doubler could either pass or bid. If he passed, third hand would also be compelled to pass and the hand would be thrown in. But if the partner had a good hand he would be allowed to bid, whereupon the bid- ding would proceed normally. It was further provided that dealer and his partner (the stronger pair) could not make an original bid with any hand where the high-card value was less than six, according to the Four Aces point count of ace, 3; king, 2; queen, 1, and jack, %,. *The purpose of this second provision was actually intended merely to prevent the strong- er players from bidding psychics, but right in the first rubber it caused them a tremendous loss. The com- Jacoby. Howard Schenken. world's leading sysiem that has beaten every in existence.) opening double, since he was afraid that even should his partner respond, the opponents might have the better hands. As the cards lay, East and West had a sure slam, but were forced to pass the hand out. However, a few hands later the handicap proved the absolute undoing | of North and South and broke up the match. The complete hands were: West dealer, Both sides vulnerable. AKJ97642 After three passes, South, taking| advantage of the handicap, opened the bidding with a double. North now decided to respond with a forcing bid of two spades. At this point, a very wise South player would have passed and taken a small loss at that con- tract. But remember, this South was not an expert and that is why he was getting a handicap. Furthermore, when he decided to bid, instead of making the smallest possible bid, that of three hearts, he decided he would try to shut his partner up by jumping to four hearts. Now North decided that this was a slam invitation, and accordingly bid five spades. East doubled, South bid six hearts, West doubled and North finally decided to pass, ‘The queen of clubs was opened and South was down four tricks for a net loss of 1,000 points (1,100 minus 100 honors). On the next hand East and West won game and rubber, and North and South were so annoyed with each other because of the preceding hand that they quit the match right then and there. QUE’HON: My partner opened the bidding with two hearts. I held: Spades—x x plete hands were: East, dealer. Both sides vulnerable. AKJ1097 veteran incumbents, assured of vic- tory, received Townsend indorsement. | Out of nine regular Townsendites only three—Nelson B. Van Matre, Repub- lican, in the first district; Harry R. Sheppard, Democrat, in the nine- teenth, and Ed Sample, Republican, in the twentieth—received party nom- ination. And in the third district the Democratic incumbent, Frank Buck, decisively whipped Sheridan Downey, chief legal adviser for Dr. Townsend. Congress Candidates Alded. The Landon visit will probably ben- Republican candidates for congressional offices. Contests for six of these offices are already settled, four Republican and two Democratic incumbents having captured nom- inations on both tickets in the pri- mary. Chief interest in Southern Califor- nia will be focused on the race be- tween John Steven McGroarty, incum- insurgent Town- Kahn, long & Representative from 5432 VA9S 48 > — »doeH 4 B E‘ . | £y I i E i Be i B £ i E 4 43 i: » What is my correct response? Answer—Under the Four Aces sys- Fight to Stay in House BY CHARLES W. HOLMBURG, Special Correspondent, of The Star. ADISON, Wis,, October 24.— The 10 incumbent members of Congress from Wisconsin, with perhaps 4 exceptions, are far from certain of re-election November 3, and are spending the last days of the campaign in a vigor- ous, and in several cases desperate, effort to marshal votes in an election in which many'upsets are predicted. Wisconsin’s delegation to Congress consists of seven Progressives and three Democrats. Two Progressives posing parties pile up larger primary votes last September than their own. Probably the hardest fight for re- election is faced by Representative Thomas R. Amlie of Elkhorn, Pro- gresstve incumbent from the first dis- trict, not because of the personal strength of his opponents, but be- cause his district is traditionally non- Progressive. -Amlie received less than 10,000 votes in the primary, while the Republican total for three candidates was 22,600, and a Democrat, unopposed as Amlie, got 9,600. If Paul E. Jorges son of Racine, the Republican nom- inee, can hold his party’s primary vote, and Progressives are unable sub- stantially to increase their primary showing, Jorgenson may displace Amlie. But Progressives are counting on a three-way division of the vote, with Amlie picking up strength and winning, as he did two years ago. Amlie Close to La Follette. A strong La Follette vote will un- questionably aid Amlie, as he is close to the State administration and active in Progressive party affairs, aside from interesting himself nationally in a third party movement through his organization, the American Common- wealth Federation. In the eighth district Representa- tive George J. Schneider, Appleton Progressive incumbent, has a formida=- ble opponent in State Senator John E. Cashman of Denmark, who gave of a third of a century to run for Congress this year as a Democrat. Cashman, unopposed, led Schneider, also unopposed, in the primary by nearly 5,000 votes. Although the important factor. The Republican Bay, received approximately the pri- G. O. P, vote slightly exceeded the Democratic. Representative Michael K. Reilly. Fond du Lac Democrat, whose several anti-New Deal votes have been ef- fectively used against him, faces Adam F. Poltl, Hartford Progressive, and Frank B. Keefe, Oshkosh Republican. A close race is predicted in the | fifth district, which lies wholly in Milwaukee County. Representative Thomas O'Malley, Democrat, received Six Wisconsin Representatives Face Battles. L] and one Democrat have had the dis- couraging experience of seeing op- | LL MICHIGAN MARGIN < WASHINGTON SHIFT T0 LANDON SHARP Roosevelt Loses Popularity Directly as Result of Labor Fights. BY JAMES DE K. BROWN, Special Correspondent of The Star. SEATTLE, Wash, October 24.—As the State of Washingten enters the final week of the campaign it finds a decided “right wing” swing toward | the candidacy of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas. ‘The Landon movement is especially strong in the agrarian sections and is growing in the industrial sections. President Roosevelt’s popularity is waning, and this slow change in senti« ment is directly traceable to labor dis turbances. These are not confined to- the industrial sections, but have spread to the farms, especially to the pack- ing houses of the orchards. In addie | tion to this the inability of growers | to transport their crops to seaports | without paying tribute to organized | labor is forcing them to move out of the Roosevelt into the Landon column, State Doubtful Today. Washington today can be classified as doubtful. There is no doubt that Bentley of Madison, veteran State Re- | while the State would today give publican leader, and State Senator | Roosevelt a majority vote, a week from Chester E. Dempsey of Hartland, Dem- | today the picture will be different. In ocrat. While the district has had a Pro- | any event whether Roosevelt or Lane gressive Representative since the days [ don carries the State the majority of “Old Beb” La Follette, Bentley's | will be slight as compared with fore primary tally was a surprise when he | mer years. REP. G. J. SCHNEIDER. tion, since that district includes the capital city, Madison. Representative Harry Sauthoff of Madison, Progres- sive incumbent and close ally of the La Pollettes, is opposed by Frank R. up his Progressive party affiliation | eighth district is usually Progressive, | Cashman’s personal following is an | candidate, John S. Farrell of Green | mary vote of Schneider, and the total | showed only 200 less votes than Sauthoff. The total primary vote, however, Was: Progressive party, 16,107; Republican, 13,841; Democrat, 10,164. ] Progressive Representatives in four districts, the third, seventh, ninth and partof the State and the former along the Northern Mississippi, face less strenuous campaigns for re-election. Representative Gardner R. Withrow of La Crosse swamped his two Jittle- known opponents, J. Charles Pile, Dodgeville Republican, and B, E. Mc- Gonigle, Ableman Democrat, in the primary, and his district has a long- time Progressive history. Three Personally Popular. Representative Gerald J. Boileau of Wausau, Progressive nominee, had a heavy lead over A. W. Prehn, Wau- sau Republican, and John B. Coleman, Wausau Democrat. All three fellow townsmen, however, are personally popular and the contest may be closer than expected. Representative Berhnard J. Gehre mann of Mellen, Progressive candi- date, had a big lead over State Senator Philip Nelson of Maple, Republican, and H. A. Bostrom, Rhinelander, Dem- ocrat. Nelson, however, has a wide personal following among farm groups, and Republicans are claiming he will capture this predominantly Progressive district. Representative Merlin Hull of Black | River Falls, Progressive, tenth dis- tenth, the latter three in the northern | only a few hundred more votes than | trict nominee, has no Republican op- | _ All registration records have been broken. When the books closed a | week ago tonight more than 800,000 | voters had qualified. Of this number | 208.000 came from King County alone. This is the hotbed of left wing | democracy. The tie-up of the national campaign | with labor disturbances is nat helping the Democratic ticket. Gov. Martin, Democratic incumbent, also a candi- date for re-election, is being supported Qy the left wingers. In a recent ade dress in Seattle one of his campaign speakers warmly praised the I. W. W, |and other communistic groups. In this way he smeared both Roosevelt and Martin with red leanings. This has not helped the Democrats in Washington. In fact, it has tended to unite all conservative forces against both candidates. Congressional | In the congressional districts a sure | vey indicates that the Democrats will elect Warren Magnusson, a radical, in the first district. In the second, | Representative Mon Walgren is facing | a bitter fight with Payson Peterson, Republican nominee. Peterson appar- | ently has a slight edge. In the third | district, where the Townsend move- | ment is exceptionally strong, Repree | sentative Martin Smith has the edge | over Herbert H. Seiler, Republican | nominee. Seiler holds the Townsend | indorsement. Smith is supported by the radical element. In the fourth district Dr. John W, Situations. Carl P. Dietz, Progressive, in the | primary. | In the fourth district, also in Mile | waukee County, Representative Ray- mond J. Cannon, Democrat, appears likely of election, although in both his district and the fifth the year-old Farmer-Labor-Progressive federation |is claiming that in its initial test it i will greatly swell the strength of Pro- gressive candidates, whom it supports. Paul Gauer is the Progressive candi- date, former Representative John C. Schafer the Republican The second district congressional race always attracts State-wide atten- | ponent, and his Democratic rival, E. | & Tarkin of Mondovi, received only a | fifth of Hull's primary vote. Neither | Summers, former member of Congress, is stronger than Representative Knute | candidate was opposed. | Increasing Landon strength in Wis- consin, which State party leaders are claiming, would obviously assist the party’s congressional candidates. Two years ago Wisconsin Repub- licans were shut out from all rep- resentation in Congress. This year they are hoping to recapture several seats, with the prospects appearing brightest in the first and sixth dis- tricts against Incumbents Amlie and Reilly. DEMOCRATS HEAL KENTUCKY $PLITS First State Registration Fails to Cut Down Eligible Total. . BY HARRY BLOOM, Special Correspondent «f The Sfar. LOUISVILLE, Ky, October 24— The results of Kentucky's State-wide registration, completed last Saturday night, although still incompletely tab- ulated, already have allayed the prime fear of political leaders that this in- novation would cut into the total eligible vote in this State. They were apprehensive lest many voters would not take the trouble to qualify them- selves for the ballot in November, but they misread their voters. In 109 of the State's 120 counties the registration totaled 767,970, di- vided 452,726 Democrats and 315,244 Republicans. The missing counties are expected to project the total across the million mark, for they include Jefferson, with about 140,000 voters; Campbell, 30,000; Davies, 15,000; Ken- ton, 35,000, and a number of others, each containing 6,000 to 8,000 voters. Four years ago approximately 980,- 000 votes were cast in Kentucky and about the same number went to the polls in the Governor's race last year. Unless bad weather impedes travel to the polls November 3, there will be no shrinkage in volume. After primary day, August 1, the Democrats had a lead of 250,000, but the Republicans cut this down on supplementary registration. While registration is not an infallible guide to the outcome of an election, the Republicans are without illusions as to the work cut out for them. The margin against them is still so large that it must be accepted as confirming the general expectation that Presi- dent Roosevelt and Senator M. M. S Logan will carry the State by thump- ing margins. The National Democratic Commit- State that it is sending in fewer out- side speakers than in any presiden- tial campaign within memory. feel the outcome certain, for the only “big mame” speaker who has come into Kentucky has been Col. Frank Knox, vice presidential nominee, and his audience was limited to a group that could gather under a train shed address. Representative Hamilton Fish was here Thursday night, but chiefly as a stimulus to an essay contest being conducted by thtmmulhuu of the tee is so little concerned about the The Republican Committee must | ROOSEVELT FACES RHODEISLANDLOSS State Ticket Dependent Upon His Victory, Also Due for a Setback. BY JAMES S. HART, Special Correspondent of The Star. PROVIDENCE, R. I, October 24— dent of the United States from Can- didate Franklin D. Roosevelt when he came here last Wednesday morning and made a half-hour stop on his way to bid for the Massachusetts electoral vote at Worcester. The 103d Field Artillery thundered a 21-gun salute when the President stepped from his train at 9 am. Thou- sands greeted him at the State House, but whether they were cheering the President or the candidate only they knew, But there was no doubt about who spoke. It was the candidate seek- ing another four years in the White House. Rhode Island has only four electoral votes and may be of slight consequence to Mr. Roosevelt. But whether Mr. Roosevelt carries Rhode Island means much to Gov. Green, who wants to be United States Senator, and to Lieut. Gov. Quinn, who wants to be Governor, and to the rest of the candidates on the Democratic slate. Rhode Island Democrats are “in bad.” Father Coughlin has built up & Union party following that will de- tract largely from the Democratic vote. Two elections since 1934 have indicated that the voters are a bit fed up with the political greediness of the Democratic party, despite its rather good record of progressive legislation. Informed opinion expects that No- vember 3 will prove that the local Democratic leadership is stronger in this State than is Mr. Roosevelt. So the betting is good that Mr. Roosevelt will not carry Rhode Island and his celleagues on the State ticket will not be re-elected. unanimity of their Rooseveltian sup- port to heal party breaches. For example, Thomas S. Rhea and Gov. Ruby Laffoon, foes of the State ad- ministration of Gov. A. B. Chandler, | who snubbed President Roosevelt last Eyelr by rejecting invitations to visit him in his private car, held their own rally at Russellville in behalf of the Democratic ticket. All the various factions seem bent on seeing who can | shake the most votes out of the bushes. Another olive branch gesture was the speech of Ben Johnson, former chairman of the Highway Commission, Chandler chieftain, who urged Democrats to welcome re= turn of party prodigals, the boiters of It was hard to distinguish the Presi- | Hill, Democratic incumbent, and is leading. In the fifth district the Democratic nominee, Charles Leavey, is well out | ahead. although his Republican op- ponent, Warren Dow, is slowly closing up. It is doubtful, however, if he will | ever head off. Leavey. In the sixth, where the Democrats nominated John M. Coffee, an avowed radical who holds the indorsement of the communistic groups. both Demo= crats and Republicans are uniting be hind Paul Preus, the Republican nome inee. REPUBLICAN STRENGTH IS SHOWN'IN FLORIDA Democrats Are Spurred to Make Numerous Speeches—Voting Machines to Be Used. BY GEORGE HOYT SMITH, Special Correspondent of The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, October 24 —Addressing a large meeting in Jacksonville recently, E. E. Calloway, Republican candidate for Governor, | attacked the New Deal, declaring its philosophy has been-and is that po: ticians and theorists in Washington can build a better country than the men and women of the United States have built. Demoratic candidates for the Sene ate, for the National House of Rep- resentatives, for Governor and State | officials are making many speeches | in various parts of the State, an une usual occurrence for Florida. Cone siderable Republican strength has been shown this year, and while Dem= ocratic victory is claimed, it seems probable the Republican vote will be | far above anything before known in Florida. Florida is proposing to use voting | machines at the coming election. | This will be the first time they have been obtained and used here. SPOILS SYSTEM DOOMED, CIVIL SERVICE BODY TOLD Cincinnati City Manager Hits Preference for Veterans as Creating Privilege. BY the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, October 24.—Told by City Manager C. A. Dykstra of Cin= cinnati that the “spoils system is on’ its way out,” delegates to the twentye eighth annual session of the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada today came to the close of a four-day convention. “Nothing is clearer than that* Dykstra said. “The answer is become ing amply clear. We must make of our public service a career sel ice with opportunities and recognie tion which will make that service great.” Discussing “lip service or civil serve ice,” Dykstra criticized limiting ap- pointments to;residents of a political uni* and the granting of preference to veierans. Quoting a Federal examiner’s report ©f 1934, Dykstra said “25 per cent of all appointments go to veterans, al- though they are a very small per- centage of the population. Such & procedure seems to come dangerously near the creation of a privileged office- holding class ln‘ America.”