Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-29

Warner, Republican national committee
woman, has put into effect a campaign
among the woman voters that is de-
clared to be a hrmdinger. She and the
other women in the woman's Repub-
llcan organization pledged themselves to
sign up 10000 women for Hoover.
Each woman volunteer was given a
card with space for the names of five
other women who signed up for the
Hoover ticket. It has been a kind of
endless chain. working smoothly, and
some 1900 women have been pledged
already and it is predicted that the
other 5000 will be obtained before cleo
ton day. The Democratic women have
organized, too, to aid Gov. Smith, but
they have not been organized so COM
pletely az Republican women. Incl
dentalty the Republican women have
signed up many former Democrats to
vote for Hoover.
Delaware has three counties and fouf
political divisions. There are Kent
County, Sussex County. New Castle
County outside Of Wilmington, and Will
mington. which is part, very big
part. of New Castle County Kent Coun-
ty, kind of continuation of the East
ern Shore of Maryland, is Democratic
Essex County is somewhat of q stand
off, but usually Republican, and New
Castle County. including Wilmington is
Republican. Wilmington is a Repub-
lican city, we'll organized politically.
Dry Vote Is Strong.
Before national prohibition all the
State outside of Wilmington had gone
dry The dry sentiment in Kent Coun-
ty and Sussex County is very strong
and so is the Methodist Church. The
Republicans expect to gain many DEM
ocratic votes in those counties. While
there is a sizeable Catholic population
in the State, running perhaps as high
as 33 1-3 per cent of the total, the
Professionals have the great bulk of the
vote, and the religious issue is cutting
a figure in the counties and in the city,
too. 1t is cutting both ways, to be sure,
with Republican Italians and Poles
going over to Smith.
The colored voters are torn both ways
in this election. Strenuous efforts are
being made by Al Smith adherents to
line up the negroes for the Democratic
candidate, and with some success. Here
again the argument is used that this is
the year for the negro to show his in
dependence, that Al Smith and the
negro alike are opposed by the Ku Klux
Khan, and that prohibition has robbed
the poor man of his beer and gin.
How fiercely the contest is conducted
Is indicated by the Shattering of win
doWS with brickbats in the Italian Re
publican Club during a meeting attend
ed by a couple of hundred negro voters.
No one was injured. 1t is safd, although
reports are flying around that one or
two men were shot. The Republican
negroes are well organized.
But the men are taking their hats off
to the women workers in this Delaware
campaign. Republican leaders do not
hesitate to say that women will carry
the state for Hoover. In the campaign
to sign up women voters already re-
ferred to. so pledges have been turned
in by Mrs. Rachel E. Downing, who is
90 years old. Mrs. Downing has con-
Quoted kind of front porch campaign,
interviewing the women who passed by
her home.
While there seems a good deal of
unanimity of opinion that the State will
go for Hoover and for the Republican
candidate for governor, G. Douglas
Buck, the senatorial race is more puz-
zling. Senator Bayard has shown him
self a good senator, with the interests
of his constituents at heart and he
has considerable personal following
He is being attacked, however, as wet.