New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1928, Page 6

Big Political Case About Ready For Decision From Voters’ Jury Perhaps In No Other Cam- paign Has Voter Had as Many Good Reasons for Exercising His Right of Franchise as In This. —_— It is almost over, this historic presidential campaign. The tumult and shouting are at the heights and in a little while the ballot box will e brought forth to receive the ver- dict of the great American jury—the electorate. Hoover and Curtis, or Smith and Robinson? | The case is almost ready for de- cision by the millions of voters who for weeks have listened to the evi- dence as presented by the principals themselves and an army of earnest advocates. Final summation by the candidates in a last appeal to the public is about all that remains. They will retire then from the long grind of the campaign, while the voter expresses his judgment. It is no small task that the po- litical parties have thus bequeathed to the man and woman in the vot- ing booth. Out of the harangue and debate that has engulfed them they must draw the conclusions upon which they will base their pre- ference between republican and democratic administration for the next four years, and determine their choice between Herbert Hoover and Alfred E. Emith. Reasans for Voting Perhaps in no other campaign in years has the voter been confront- ed with such a galaxy of reasons for voting as he will next Tuesday, and perhaps as never hefore will normal party tics be stretched and severed. This has been a season of surprises, a fertile field for the politicat student, a field that in years to come may well produce strange harvests from the seeds of this campaign. Epochal in many respects, the Hoover-Smith contest has brought the public to grips again on the merits of prohibition and as a by- product it has vigorously raised the question whether a Catholic should be president. Those two volatile considerations, in league with the long standing farm relief debate, stand as the hub about which ‘he fight has waged, with other issues assuming momentary importance here and there. Together they ex- plain in advance why Smith and Hoover will lose votes in their own partien and recruit heretofore unat- tainable support in the others. They already have explained away the collapse of normal geographical po- litical boundaries, a circumstance that finds the republican Hoover earnestly appealing for votes in the democratic south and the democratic Smith foraging in the sacred repub- lican precincts of the farmer west. Pre-Convention Days To a great degree what the voters will do at the polls was within the range of safe forecat as far back as the pre-convention days when the names of Hoover and Smith swept magically to the top amopg those who were willing to live in the ‘White House. When the convention had done their work it became in- evitable that the dry and over- whelmingly Protestant south should wince a little at the prospect of vot- ing for the wet and Catholic Gov- ernor Smith anq his Tammany con- neetions. It was just as certain that Group No. | $3.00 Formerly $5.95 95 West Main St. the McNary-Haugen bloc of the farmer west should turn upon Mr. Hoover as its foe, especially since many farmers had voiced their pre. ference for former Governor Lowden of Illinois. In the light of the rec- ords and personalities of the two chief standard bearers it was equally certain that both parties would ar- dently court big business, and not without some success. It is a com- mentary on the changed nature of both parties that outstanding lead- ers in the money marts are not as a unit behind either, but have given of their favor to both. Above the whoop and hurrah of the party stalwarts who have labor- ed vocally to the end that they might obtain or retain power has swelled to roaring proportions the cry of rebellion, the cry of disap- proving minorities which not only will make themselves felt at the polls but bid well to write history as well in political years to come. Fast friendships have wilted in the heat of this campaign and enmities have taken their place; it is so also that deep seated principles have produced strange faces at the rival campfires. In mo far as it is pos- sible to classify these political wan- | derers they form what there is of a third element in this strictly two. party contest. That all these things have regis- tered upon the political master minds in Washington and New York is well evidenced by the strategy they have disclosed. Their quests for voteg are country-wide, of course but the scenes of their greatest ac- tivity define alse the houndaries of their greatest hopes. Major atten- tion has been given by both Hoover and Smith to the eastern seaboard with its thick growth of electoral votes; Smith appealing to the lib- eral elements and Hoover striving to retain the normal = republican supremacy. f Territories Invaded Just as Hoover has tried to wean the south from its traditional party love, &0 have the democrats sent emissaries to keep . that affection warm, and both have turned to the border states between north and south to rally votes from the otfen fickle colonies stretching from Maryland to Oklahoma. Only in spots of the far west have the Smith forces determinedly dug in, saving their second major effort for. the farmer and wet strongholds of the mid and north west, where Gov- ernor Smith made his first campaign tour. That is the same region where the republican have striven mightily THE TRUTH ABGUT BRAN AND CONSTIPATION Thousands of people eat bran regylarly for the healthful rough- age it provides. It is a splendid practice. 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One of them is that the total vote very likely will be of rec- ord proportions, a great percentage/] of the normal stay at home vote be- ing lured to the polls by one con. sideration or snother. It is certain also that the woman. voter has been marshalled for the march on the polls in surprising numbers, and that her voice in this election will be loud and distinct. Everything else awaits the de- nouement of the ballot bex. And lected, Lieut. Beatty said. Following the non-stop 3 most of those who have had any thing to do with this campaign are anxious for the final show down and an end to the suspense. FLIGHT PLANNED T0 S0UTH AMERICA Four Alabama Airmen Under- . " . faking Good Will Trip Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 2 (UP)— A non-stop good will flight between the two Americas—north to south— by four Birmingham aviators will be made early in 1929. Announcement of the flight was made by Lieut. Donald C. Beatty, flight commander of the 106th Ob- servation Squadron, Alabama Na- tional Guard, who will be chief pilot and director of the flight. Including Lieut. Beatty, the flight personnel will be made up of: Leslie A. Walker, assistant di- rector, navigator and co-pilot, with nine years' active flying experience; with service during the war as flight and navigator instructor at the Pensacola base, and organizer and teacher of the flying achool of Culver Military Academy. Robb C. Oertel co-pilot and as- sistant director ;trained in flying during the war, served in France with the 185th Aero Squadron; fourth in command of the success- ful flight over the North Pole by Commander Richard E. Byrd in 1926: until recently assistant to the president of the Fairchild Aviation Corporation. W. O. Browne, business manager; adjutant of the First Pursuit Wing, | air service during the war; executive | director of the southern division of | the U. 8. air force association under direction of Gen. 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