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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 1, 1936—PART TWO. D—$§ OHIO AND ILLINOIS STILL DOUBTFUL IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE Close Races Likely in Nebraska Norris Both Having Hard Fight for SECURITY BATILE IN BUCKEYE STATE G. 0. P. to Win Governorship Ragardless of Vote for Roosevelt. BY L. R. CONNOR, Special t.orrespondent of The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 31.— The end of the campaign in Ohio finds voters as exhausted as candi- dates, and still a puzzle to political forecasters. That part of the electorate still trying to decide between Roosevelt and Landon—a small, but influential group in this State, as it may hold the fate of the electoral votes—has been bombarded the last few days by ar- guments on the social security issue, made witness to protestations of high regard for the Ohio Negro, set in a whirl by the analyses of the many straw vote Qolls, and besieged by rea- son and hysteria to vote the “Ameri- can way.” G. O. P. Sure of Governorship. But no one knows yet exactly how Ohio will go in the national election. There is hardly a doubt of how it will vote for Governor. A Republican, Attorney General John W. Bricker, will have almost a walkaway from Gov. Martin L. Davey. Roosevelt will | not be strong enough to save the | Roosevelt and ROBT. G. SIMMONS. State’s Support. GEORGE W. NORRIS. BY GEORGE FISHER, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. MAHA, Nebr., October 31.—Ne- O braska is expected to register a close decision between Lan- don and Roosevelt. The re- has made an inroad into working men’s opinions and upon most of the | employers’ views. | With lines so closely drawn, the votes of Democrats massed in the cities will undoubtedly play an im- Governor, and the latter will not be | sult on United States Senator is up | portant part. Registration in Ne- weak enough to beat Roosevelt. The | two are as far apart as the Republican | and Democratic parties. Indeed, they | are farther apart, for scores of thou- | sands of Ohio voters will cast their ballots for Roosevelt and Bricker. ‘That is the way the wind is blowing. How much of an impression the | last-minute campaign of the Roosevelt | opponents on the social security is- | sue will make on the voters is also | an indeterminate factor. It is gen- | erally agreed, however, that it will | have some. The “Out of Your Pay Envelope” editorials, first page “ex- poses” and columns of propaganda have caused many former nominal | Roosevelt supporters to hesitate for | one last thought. The Columbus Dispatch found, for instance, that since the attention of | labor has been called forcibly to the | fact that every pay day it will have to surrender a certain percentage of | its pay check as a contribution to an old age pension system, one industrial plant, at least, cast its straw votes almost 2 to 1 for Landon. It was an | isolated case, and there is no apparent explanation for it. New Questions Raised. It is apparent that this argument has raised several questions, to which answers are being insistently sought. It has also added some hysteria to the campaign. It is easy to see why no one now, any more than three months | ago, is willing to hazard a guess on | the Ohio outcome. The Buckeye State must remain an enigma until some- time Wednesday, when the ballots are counted. In the meantime, both Re- publican and Democratic leaderships appear confident of winning Ohio's 26 electoral votes. _— WYOMING UPSET HINGES UPON TOWNSEND BALLOT Roosevelt Seems Sure to Win | State—Senator Carey Also Appears Victor. BY R. E. EVANS. Special Correspondent of The Star. CASPER, Wyo., October 31.—One | of the most bitterly contested political | campaigns in Wyoming history moved toward a climax this week with both major parties claiming victory, but with preferred positions divided at the head of the ticket. President Roosevelt appeared a winner by a smaller majority than in 1932, while Senator Robert D. Carey, Republican, and Representative Paul R. Greever, Democrat, had reason to feel confident. Possibilities of upsets hinged on the wavering Townsend vote. Roosevelt strength springs from important pub- lic works projects, organized labor support, farm benefits and general relief activities as well as improved | business conditions. Landon counts | numerous defections from Democratic ranks, especially in the live stock in- | dustry, but probably not enough with- out a more violent swing to Republi- canism. NEW HAMPSHIRE G. 0. P. CONFIDENT OF VICTORY BY J. J. McCARTHY, Bpecial Correspondent of The S'ar. MANCHESTER, N. H, October 81.—New Hampshire Republicans are confident they will carry the State Tuesday, and it is expected that only | in Hillsborough County, which in- cludes the State's two largest cities, Manchester and Nashua, will the Dem- ocrats show strength. Political observers believe Gov. H. Btyles Bridges will beat Representa- tive Rogers and lead the ticket in his race for the United States Senate, | as successor to Senator Henry W. Keyes. Ma). Francis P, Murphy of | Nashua is expected to defeat his Dem- ocratic opponent, Amos N. Blandin of Bath, in the gubernatorial fight. Alphonse Roy, Democrat, and Rep- resentative C. W. Tobey, Republican, appear due to win in the first and second congressional districts, re- spectively. NORTH DAKOTA HEADING FOR ROOSEVELT COLUMN BY KENNETH W. SIMONS. Special Correspondent of The Star. BISMARCK, N. Dak., October 31.— Indications are North Dakota will be in the Roosevelt column election day. Republicans have made a hard fight to revitalize their party, but the ma- Jority of G. O. P. leaders admit pri- Vately they see little hope of victory. The drought and attendant relief situation, plus Landon’s failure to strike an issue which would appeal to North Dakota, have been too much of & handicap. ‘The number of persons on various forms of relief now is upward of 70,- in the air. With Nebraska recognized as a key State in almost all surveys, the out- come may depend in the presidential race on the majorities the Democrats can pile up in the cities. In all municipalities where voters are registered, the total of Democrat votes greatly exceeds the number of Republican, save in Lancaster County (Lincoln), a Republican stronghold. In rural communities there is no registration. What the farmers do for Gov. Landon and how they reward the New Deal administration may not be easily forejudged. Farm workers have been favorably inclined to the administration by A. A A and drought aid payments and jobs. They have not succumbed to the fear that regimentation will destroy their individualism. The State lacks a large industrial population, but there is no doubt that attacks within the last two weeks on New Deal social security legislation ' | braska is not looked upon as a | “protest swarm” to the polls. | | Claims of Landon supporters run ! all the way to 25,000 majority, while; ! Democratic party officials place the | | figures between that and 50,000 for | | Roosevelt. | The Republicans have put wgether‘ | & strongly financed organization and | might be able to spring a surprise in i rural localities, especially on Senator | |and Governor. Dwight Griswold is| | contending with Gov. R. L. Cochran, | | Democrat. Cochran's late open es-| Ipauul of President Roosevelt’s cause | | in the Democratic meeting in Omana, | |and since, his friends say, will help | him. The senatorial fight has the best forecasters puzzled. Admittedly more | | on the defensive than at any time in | | years, Senator George W. Norris, run- ning as an independent and backed by the Democrat organization, must beat Robert G. Simmons, Republican, after Terry Carpenter, regular Demo- ® TERRY CARPENTER. crat, has sniped away frém him all the votes he can get. Carpenter shrewdly long ago staked most of his campaign fund on extensive radio time within the past two weeks. He obtained favorable dates and hours and now daily taunts Norris over the air with being sponsored by the Dem- ocratic State machine—which turned thumbs down on Carpenter. White Letter Published. C. A. Sorenson, former Republican attorney general and Norris sup- Porter, caused to be published a letter from William Allen White of Emporia, Kans, stanch Landon supporter, in which White said “Norris is above party.” “In all our land,” White is reported as writing, “no one living has done so much as George Norris for his country to change the old habits and customs and set us moving along wise political paths into new ways of strength and light.” All polls taken give third party strength in the State much less than 10 per cent. Congressional fights are overshad- owed by the national campaign, but | it is likely that the State’s delegation of five will divide, three Democrat to | | two Republican. PRESIDENT AHEAD IN WEST VIRGINIA Democratic Majorities Put Up to 25,000—G. 0. P. Seeks Big Vote. BY ROBERT H. HORNER, Bpectai Corr-spondent of The Stef. CHARLESTON, W. Va, October 31.—As the campaign draws to a close, West Virginia political ob- servers continue to give the advantage to President Roosevelt and predict Democratic majorities ranging up to 25,000. This figure varies widely from the vote cast in 1932, when President Roosevelt won the State over Presi- dent Hoover by a majority of 74.000. It also varies broadly from the 1928 election, when Hoover won the State over Al Smith by a majority of | 111,000. Observers say that, in view of the great protest against Hoover in 1932, | it was® surprising that he received as many votes as he did, but they point out it was evidence that the Republican organization held together | and was responsible for it. Democrats Rule Machinery. This year the situation is reversed, for the Democrats, instead of the Re- publicans, control the governmental machinery in the State at large and in 41 of the 55 counties and are expecting their organization, which is larger, to hold together as well, if not better, than the Repub- licans held in 1932. Since the pro- test this year against the New Deal is of a different nature than the protest against Hoover, the Demo- crats claim the greater advantage. The Republicans appear to have perfected organizations in all of the counties and they expect to bring out their largest vote on record. United States Senator M. M. Neely, Democratic candidate for re-election, may see his strength materially re- duced this year on account of the campaign against him by Senator Rush D. Holt. Holt Active in Campaign. Attorney General Homer A. Holt, Democratic candidate for Governor, has been the most active member of his party, opposing Judge Summers H. Sharp of Marlinton, Republican. Attorney General Holt, however, will have the support of the Democratic organization, which gives him the ad- vantage. In congressional contests, all six Democratic incumbents are candidates to succeed themselves. Democrats re said to hold the advantage except in second, third, fifth and sixth dis- tricts. West Virginia also is to elect two Supreme Court judges. The can- didates are Judges Homer B. Woods and M. O. Litz, Republican incu- bents; Fred L. Fox of Sutton, present State tax commissioner, and James B. Riley of Wheeling, Democrats. LIGHT MISSISSIPPI VOTE IS EXPECTED TUESDAY G. 0. P. House Ticket Is in Field, but Is Not Likely to Get Over 8 Pct. of Ballot. BY REX B. MAGEE, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. for President Roosevelt total vote Democrat Lead 7-1 in Arizona Registration Meaning Is Discount- ed by State’s Swing in History. BY T. W. B. ANDERSON, Special Correspondent of The Star. PHOENIX, Ariz, October 31— With the largest registration in State history—more than 153,000—Demo- crats hold an advantage of about | 7 to 1 over Republicans in next Tues- | day’s voting. | But, registration superiority doesn't present a true picture of the State’s political complexion. Since Statehood | Arizonans have given their three elec- | toral votes to three Democratic presi- | | dential nominees and to three Re- ! publicans. President Roosevelt car- ried the State in 1932. Republican leaders are pinning their hopes on carrying the State for Landon and Knox, Thomas E. Camp- bell for Governor, Charles J. McQuil- lan for secretary of state and Henry | H. Miller for attorney general. The Republican’s brightest chance for victory lies in the election of former Gov. Campbell, ex-president of the United States Civil Service | Commission, to the gubernatorial post. _ ROOSEVELT GIVEN EDGE INMARYLAND Democrats Appear Certain of Re-electing Four to House. BY JOSEPH G. DEPONAI, Bpecial Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE, Octover 31.—With the Maryland campaign closing to- night and managers of both parties claiming the State, the result Tues- day is still doubtful with the chances favoring President Roosevelt, in the opinion of best posted political ob- servers here. & Senator George L. Radcliffe, Demo- cratic campaign manager, declared tonight President Roosevelt would carry the State by about 100,000 plu- rality and all six Democratic con- gressional candidates would win re- election, while William P. Lawson, chairman of the Republican State committee, was equally emphatic in his statement that “Gov. Landon would come to Baltimore City with a plurality of 30,000 votes’ and would carry it by a small majority.” Lawson declared larger G. O. P. majorities were expected from Mont- gomery, Waskington, Carroll, Cecil and Talbot Counties, with the result in St. Marys close, and that he looked for the vote in these counties to over- come that on the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland. In the opinion of unbiased political observers here, however, the result either will be very close or & “land- slide” for Roosevelt. In congressional fights the Demo- crats appear pretty sure of re-electing their candidates in the first, second, fifth and sixth districts, with the Re- publicans having a fighting chance in the third and fourth districts, both of which are within Baltimore City. John Phillip ‘Hill is opposing Repre- sentative Vincent L. Palmisano in the FAR WEST WOMEN DECIDING FAGTOR COLORADO FRAUD CHARGES HURLED State Continues Roosevelt’s Despite Claims for Gov. Landon. BY J. J. MULLEN, Special Correspondent of The Star. DENVER, October 31.—Charges and counterchargers of planned election frauds and importation of armed thugs as watchers marked the final week of the political campalgn in Colorado. Out of the welter of verbal and printed onslaughts in the closing hours came predictions that were as widely different ase the political philosphy of the various candidates and political leaders. “Colorado will give the Landon- Knox - ticket a majority of 20,000.”" Charles R. Enos, State chairman of the Republican Central Committee, said. “And we will elect Charles M. Armstrong Governor, with the entire | Republican State ticket being carried into office by subtantial margins.” 50,000 Roosevelt Margin Seen. Worth —Allen, Democratic _State chairman, declared President Roose- velt would carry Colorado up upwards of 50,000. He said Gov. Ed C. John- son, Democratic United States sena- torial candidate, fould roll up a huge majority, “easily in excess of 75,000.” And predicted that Teller Ammons, Democrat, would be elected Governor by a majority of at least 18,000. Allen said a last minute poll by county chairmen throughout the State { indicated Roosevelt might carry every | county in Colc rado. ‘The opposin, claims were punc- tuated by heated debate by the can- didates. Ray L. Sauter, Republican senatorial candidate, emphasized his oft-repeated declaration that the New | Dealers “desire and intend to destroy individual liberty.” Gov. Johnson, Sauter’s opponent, stressed his plan to sponsor measures designed to shift the tax burden to incomes in the higher brackets. G. 0. P. to Hire 85 Watchers. Sensational declarations came from Charles M. Armstrong, Republican gubernatdrial candidate, who said that | at least 85 independent watchers | would be engaged by the Republicans to insure an honest election in Denver. “And these watchers won't be sissies, either,” he said. Republican leaders in Denver charged that the local city hall ma- chine planned to secure thousands of illegal votes by padding the registra- tion lists. Meanwhile, impartial observers con- tinued to place Colorado in the Roose- velt column. 300,000 Silent Votes Hold Balance of Power in Washington. BY JAMES DE K. BROWN, Special Correspondent of The Star. SEATTLE, Wash, October 31.— When Washington goes to the polis Tuesday women of the State are going to be the deciding factor. | There are approximately 300,000 | votes now silent. The State today has the largest registered vote in its his- | tory, more than 800,000 having quali- | fied for the Tuesdey polls. Of this | number, approximately 300,000 have | not expressed any preference in the | campaign. In fact, this huge silent | vote controls. A study of registration | cards indicates that more women have qualified their votes this year than ever before. Political observers feel confident | this big silent vote is going largely to the Landon-Knox ticket. If this is true, the Republicans will carry the State of Washington by between 50,000 and 100,000. Democratic Support. On the other side of the picture is to be found P. W. A. and other alpha- betic organizations strongly entrenched and backed by organized iabor claim- ing a majority of the silent vote giv- ing the State to Roosevelt by more than 150,000 plurality. A quiet survey of the State made by disinterested persons indicates that | Eastern Washington, where approxi- | mately one-third of the total vote lies | is strongly Republican on the national ticket. Southwestern and Northwest- ern Washington containing one-third of the vofe, is about evenly divided in the ipresidential campaign. King County and Seattle, containing the re- maining one-third, is strongly pro- Roosevelt. The question now is whether or not Eastern Washington will give the Republican ticket a plu- rality large enough to offset the tre- mendous Seattle vote Roosevelt is cer- tain to get. Gov. Martin Leading. * Gov. Clarence D. Martin, Demo- cratic incumbent, is leading his Re- publican opponent, former Gov. Rol- and H. Hartley. With six Representatives to be elected the Republicans have a better than an even chance to elect at least two and possibly three. Former Representative John W. Summers of ‘Walla Walla at present indications will defeat Knute Hill, Democratic in- cumbent, in the fourth district. In the second Representative Mon Wal- gren, Democrat, faces defeat at the hands of Payson Peterson of Everett, Republican. — SOUTH DAKOTA RETURN TO G. 0. P. INDICATED BY ALFRED BURKHOLDER. Special Correspondent of The Star. SIOUX' FALLS, 8. Dak., October for the Republicans. 5 i T | will carry the State by from 5.000 to | | pears to be fairly certain of re-elec- CLOSE VOTE APPEARS DUE FOR NEW MEXICO Both Parties Claiming Victory. Democrat State Ticket Far Behind Roosevelt. BY A. N. MORGAN, Special Correspondent of The Star. SANTA FE, N. Mex., October 31.— While both parties claim the State by big pluralities. the election ap- pears likely to be close in New Mexico. Cyrus McCormick, Republican na- tional committeeman, says Landon 10,000 and the pluralities for the party'’s State candidate will run | higher. | As yet Democratic State headquar- ters has made no estimate, but Gov. Clyde Tingley has said President Roosevelt will have a margin of 20,000 in the State’s popular vote. If there is a slight advantage it is in favor of the President. ‘The Democratic State ticket is lag- ging behind and only a landslide for Roosevelt, it is believed, can save at least four of its candidates—Sen- ator Dennis Chavez, Gov. Tingley, Justice A. L. Zinn of the Supreme Court and Frank Worden, candidate for State land commissioner. Representative J. J. Dempsey ap- tion. ROOSEVELT MONTANA VICTORY IN PROSPECT One Seat in Senate and Two in In Battle for Senate WILBER M. BRUCKER. BY H. C. GARRISON, Special Correspondent of The Star. DETROIT, Mich, October 31.—A neck-and-neck election for Michigan is the prediction of political clockers, with most of them professing to see a faint advantage for the Democrats, 80 far as the national ticket goes. On the State ticket, the Republicans are favored by observers to win the bulk of the offices. Pooling of opinions from all sections of the State and from soothsayers of all varieties of political opinion gives these results: National ticket—President Roosevelt to win Michigan's 19 electoral votes by & narrow margin. He carried the State by 130,000 in 1932. This year the lead should be less, probably under 100,000. Roosevelt will swing big majorities in Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids and other industrial centers and in the Upper Peninsula. Landon should carry the rural sections and the small and mid- dle-sized towns. The total votes in these two spheres of influence practi- cally balance. The prediction of most observers is that Landon will not get a sufficient majority out-State to over- come the huge vote in Wayne County (Detroit) he is expected to take. Murphy Expected to Lose. Governor—Gov. Fitzgerald, Repub- lican, is expected to lead his ticket and to defeat Frank Murphy, Demo- crat, by a small margin. The religious issue has hurt Murphy, particularly in the outstate areas. No Catholic ever has been elected Governor of Michigan. However, if the Roosevelt majority attains landslide proportions, as some of the more enthusiastic Democrats forecast, Murphy probably will be swept into office by it. Senator—A toss-up. Wilber M. practically all observers to run well behind the rest of his ticket, but the presence on the ballot of Louis B. Ward, Coughlin candidate, is believed by many to have injured the chances of Prentiss M. Brown, Democrat, to the point where Brucker may squeak through. On the other hand, the death of Senator Couzens has not done Brucker any good. It has deep- ened the resentment against him among Couzens’ supporters, who diq on the Senator during the primary campaign. Minor State offices—The chances are first rate for the election of Re- publicans to all these offices except one. The Democratic State treasurer, Theodore I. Fry, is doped to come through, no matter what happens to the remainder of his ticket. Again, of course, a landslide election will sweep the whole Democratic ticket into office. Little Change in House. Congress—Little change in the present relative strength of the Mich- igan delegation in the lower house, 11 Republicans and 6 Democrats, is expected. The Republicans seem to have a fair chance to grab off two new seats, but at the same time they may lose two they now hold, which would seem to be a standoff in any language. In the twelfth district House Also to Remain With Democrats. BY L. M. THAYER Special Correspondent of The &lar. HELENA, Mont., October 31.—The close of the campaign finds every indi- cation that, as in 1932, the Montana electoral votes will be authorized for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Despite the expected and routine claims of Republican leaders, it is difficult to see how the tremendous majority piled up by the President four years ago, can be overcome. Moreover, not only will the Demo- crats sweep the State for President, but they will, in all likelihood, keep their seat in the United States Senate as yell as their two seats in the Lower House of Congress. The Republicans may elect the Governor. The registration is officially given as 283,605, against 265,181 in 1932. Representative Frank E. Hook is in danger of defeat from the veteran former Representative from that dis- CAROLINA DEMOCRATS RECEIVE NEGRO GIFTS BY FITZ HUGH McMASTER, Special Correspondent of The Star. COLUMBIA, S. C, October 31.— Many South Carolina Negroes are contributing to the national Demo- cratic campaign fund. There has been no solicitation. The contributions, coming mainly from Negro women, have been small, both individually and in the aggre- gate. Aside from the political signifi- cance, it promises a closer relation- ship between the races than has exist- ed heretofore. South Carolina Democrats are con- 50,000 MARGIN IN UTAH LIKELY FOR ROOSEVELT ™ B Kansas Majority Tremendous Democratic Lead to Carry Entire State Ticket Into Office. BY FRANK P. STEWART Special Correspondent of The Star. fident President Roosevelt is to be re- elected next Tuesday. The people of the State are en;oyln; unusual pros- Michigan Seen for Roosevelt, With G. O. P. Taking State Jobs Democratic Margin Narrow for Presi- dency—Brucker and Brown Close in Senate Fight. Brucker, Republican, is expected by | | area. not like the bitter attacks he launched | been on the street an hour when the PRENTISS M. BROWN. trict, W. Frank James. The chances seem favorable to election of a Re- publican to the eleventh district seat vacated by Representative Brown. former State Senator Herbert J. Rushton of Escanaba is better known than his Democratic opponent. On the other hand, the seat of Repre- sentative Verner W. Main in the third district may be captured by the Dem- ocrats. Main, elected at a special election last Winter as a Townsend candidate, was deserted by the Town- sendites this year because he refused to sign on the dotted line for the $200-a-month proposal. He was beaten in the primary. Both the Townsend and Coughlin organizations have indorsed the Democratic can- didate, Rosslyn L. Sowers of Char- lotte. Prom Grand Rapids comes the news that the veteran, Representative | Carl E. Mapes, is facing stern op- position from Thomas F. McAllister, Democrat, and may lose. Many neutral observers believe the Republican campaign in this State to have been badly botched. Too | much time has been devoted to talk- i | ing about saving the Constitution and i | delivering the country from the Reds, | issues which have had no apparent | effect whatever. The one issue which | has made hay for the G. O. P., that | of governmental extravagance, has had little more than passing mention. During the last two weeks of the cam- ‘Ddln. the Republicans have ham- mered hard at the Social Security pay roll tax. They believe they have made considerable headway among the labor vote, originally overwhelm- ingly for Roosevelt. The Democrats met the attack promptly. Labor union officials, working hand in glove | with the Democrats, report that the Republican attack has made no ground | whatever among their membership. Strategic Error By Landon, ‘Those close to the labor movement | are of the opinion Gov. Landon com- mitted a grievous strategic error when he devoted half his day in Detroit ter's Dearborn estate. Mr. Ford, in whatever light he may be regarded in more distant locales, is far from popu- lar with the laboring group in this The news of his visit had not United Auto Workers came out with an open letder to Landon, asking if his visit to Ford meant that he favored and other items. Several hundred Republican big- shots from all over the State who had gone to Landon’s hotel to see him were kept waiting when Ford spirited the candidate away. Finally they were told a reception would be held in one of the ball rooms later in the afternoon. When Landon re- turned from Ford’s it was nearly 6 o'clock and he went right to bed to rest for his night speech. The hot- shots who had been standing around, first on one foot and then on an- other, in the ball room all afternoon had to be told that it would be im- possible for the candidate to see them. Since then, there has been a notice- able inclination on the part of cer- tain candidates on the Republican how to vote for “me and Roosevelt.” ROOSEVELT’S MAJORITY SEEN CUT IN CAROLINA BY ROBERT E. WILLIAMS, Special Correspondent of The Star RALEIGH, N. C., October 31.—Un- less both Democratic and Republican leaders are wrong the North Carolina | election result may already be writ- ten. ‘The Republicans do not seriously hold any hope of carrying the State, but they do insist that the 289,000 majority by which President Roose- velt carried the State in 1932 will be materially reduced. ‘With that the Democrats tacitly agree. However, they expect a mini- mum majority of 200,000 and hope for 250,000. ‘The Republicans expect to do bet- ter with their State ticket. for Landon Is Expected to Exceed 15,000 BY CLIF STRATTON, Special Correspondent of The Star. . of 15,000 majority. Democrats claim the “silent vote” for Roosevelt, and hope he will hold enough of his 74,000 plurality over Herbert Hoover four years ago to get Kansas’' nine elec- toral votes. Democrat leaders in Kansas, among themselves, have given up hopes of electing a Governor and State ticket, and are centering on the presidency and three congressional districts. Republicans will re-elect Serator Capper, probably by a large majority. | registration card. to visiting Henry Ford at the lat- | ticket to instruct their audiences in | ROOSEVELT HOPE RESTS IN CHICAD Kelly-Nash Task to Outrun Landon’s Majority Down- state. BY ROTHWELL DUNCAN, Special Correspondent of The Stir. CHICAGO, October 31.—It is a des- perate tug-of-war in Illinois as the great campaign ends. To the specta- tor it looks like a stand-off, with the New Deal and Republican teams strain- ing every muscle. Even to the expert observers, the last-moment agony af- fords small clue to the outcome of the struggle. Chicago and Cook County consti- tute the main arena. High Demo- cratic authority has put it up to the Kelly-Nash organization, which con- trols all patronage in the local gov- ernments, and runs both direct relief and W. P. A. in the city, to pile up a Roosevelt majority in the metropoli- tan.area that will outmeasure a prob- able Landon majority downstate. The Kelly-Nash organization faces politi~ cal bankruptcy if it fails. The in- stinct of self-preservation is driving it to furious efforts. Its two leaders, Mayor Kelly and National Committee- man Pat Nash, are far from popular with citizens generally, but the mayor is making emotional speeches for re- election of the President, and all local government candidates on the Demo- cratic ticket are loudly echoing the slogan, “Forward With Roosevelt!” Democrats Control Cook County. The Democrats control the Cook County election machinery, but they face a new law which requires every voter to make his signature on an ap- plication for his ballot. The signature must be compared with that on his The Kelly-Nash machine did its best to prevent the passage of the law/illed the bill twice, but on the third attempt were balked by downstate members. The machine fears the law may hamper the skill of its expert vote manipulators. The Republicans are fighting val- iantly to head down the almoet cer- tain Roosevelt majority in Cook County. They are handicapped in the matter of organization as compared with their opponents. The immense pay roll brigade of the Nash-Kelly ma- chine is fighting for its jobs. The pre= cinct captains must deliver next Tues- day or cease to be bailiffs, City Hall clerks and county building attaches. They will go the limit to deliver. G. 0. P. Claims Downstate. Democrats talk of carrying down- state by 100,000 and Cook County by 300,000. Cut both figures in half and they sound more reasonable. Repub- licans talk of sweeping downstate by 250,000 and breaking about even in | Cook County. It is scarcely credible that they can convert Roosevelt's 220,« 463 downstate majority in 1932 into a Larndon majority of 250,000, unless there is a Republican landslide. There is no feeling of that in the political air. To break even in Cook County will require the wiping out of 229,083 majority scored by Roosevelt four years ago. If the Kelly-Nash machine, with all its advantages, cannot prevent that it is less efficient than most cite | izens believe. There may be a miracle. Landon may overturn the 449,548 majority by | which Roosevelt carried illinois. But looking at the cold figures, and keep ing in mind the strength of the ma- chine in Cook County, it seems more probable that Illinois will remain, by a smaller margin, in the Democratic ‘column. And yet the open-minded | forecasters are unwilling to venture prediction with any confidence. {NARROW IDAHO MARGIN IS HELD BY ROOSEVELT | Re-election of Borah to Senate Is the Ford labor policies, spy system | Only Certain Result of Voting Tuesday. BY JAMES R. STOTTS Special Correspondent of The Star. BOISE, Idaho, October 31.—An im- | partial survey of Idaho justifies the | contention Roosevelt still has the lead, | but by such a slight margin the State | may be termed “doubtful” and ulti | mately land in the Landon column. Should Roosevelt win, it is safe to | estimate his majority will range only from 7,500 to 10,000 votes. Only one result can be set down as certain and that is that Borah will | be returned to the Senate by a large majority, prdbably the largest he ever received. Clear reflection of this is to be had in the fact that in all parts of the State Democrats are out openly for him and that he will probably draw from the Democratic party a fotal of 20,000 votes. For the past two weeks the voters of the State have been gravitating towards Frank Stephan, Twin Falls attorney, and Republican guberna= | torial nominee, and his election now | appears probable. | — TEXAS U. RED INQUIRY PROVES MEANINGLESS Legislators Fail to Get Testimony on Communist Doctrines or Adherents. BY. S. RAYMOND BROOKS, Special Correspondent of The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., October 31.—Anti~ Roosevelt forces tried, in the final week of the campaign, to capitalize & legislative inquiry into reports that Communistic doctrines were being propagated by members of the Unie versity of Texas faculty, but the in- quiry became meaningless when it was brought out in testimony the Progres- sive Democrats were organized as a more ardent Roosevelt group of under- graduates than the Young Democrats from which it branched, and when legislators failed $0 obtain any testi- mony touching Communistic doctrines or adherents. Observers foresaw a much larger vote in Texas than usual in a general election. It was estimated there will be 700,000 ‘votes for Roosevelt and Garner and about 40,000 for Landon and Knox in the State, Texas Demo- cratic voters have been told the abrogation of the two-thirds nomi- nating rule will reduce the State’s 46 votes in Democratic national conven- to its general elec~ cast over 1. the itic