The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-05
INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, NOV. 5, 1928
Presidential Contest Drama
Grips Nation Ready to Cast
Record Vote at Polls Tuesday
Election
Facts
By United Press

By United Press
WHO-From 100000 to 45,-
100000 persons have registered in
the United States, and from
35,000,000 are expected to vote.
WHEN-Tomorrow, in most in
stances from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.
WHAT--A President, a Vice
President, thirty-seven United
States senators, 435 United States
representatives, thirty-four Gov
ernorS and innumerable state
officers.
WHEREIN the forty-eight
states Of the Union and its ter
ritories.
Where the candidates will vote:
HERBERT HOOVER-At the
Stanford Unionion the campus of
Leland Stanford university at
Palo Alto, Cal.
GOVERNOR SMITH - AT a
stationery store near the Bit
more hotel in New York City.
SENATOR JOSEPH ROBINSON
AT drug store in his home dis
trict at Little Rock. Ark.
SENATOR CHARLES CURTIS
AT Polk school, Topeka, Kan.
in his administration - behind
Hoover.
Smith has recognized from the
beginning this would be Hoover's
strategy and he sought to meet it
by making the Democratic party
essentially high tariff party, and
ppointing John j. Raskob, then a
leader in General Motors and high
in the business world, as Democratic
national chairman and campign
manager.
Smiths whole strategy has been
to round up the wet votes and in
addition inspire confidence among
a sufficient nmber of Repbicans to
compensate for the natural Demo-
cratic shortage of votes in the
country.
Religious Issue Strong
Religious prejudice has played a
tremendous part despite the ad-
monition Of both candidates that it
must not be brought into the cam-
paign.
Democrats have accused the Re-
publicans of fostering anti-Catholic
prejudice and Republicans have re-
piled the Democrats exploited the
role Of martyrdom as much as pos
sible and sought TO obtain support
for the Democratic ticket.
Smith at Baltimore recently de-
clared he would rather go down to
defeat than be elected by the votes
of the Anti-Saloon League and the
Ku-Klux Klan, which he charged
were behind Hoover.
Prohibition is the most active
issue discussed by the candidates
and they clash here more directly
than on any other question.
Hoover has declared against re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment.
Smith is for modification Of 1t.
Hoover called prohibition a noble
experiment which must be worked
out constructively."
Debate on Prohibition
Smith declared the Vo'stead act
was a failure and a change was
necessary.
Smith proposes that each state be
allowed to decide its own prohibi-
ton policy and that states which
desire be permitted to adopt the
Canadian system of state sale of
liquor under severe restrictions.
On farm relief there is divergence,
with Hoover opposing the McNary-
Haugen bill and favoring stabiliza-
tion corporations and greater tariff
protection, with Smith offering to
appoint a commission to study a
plan and indorse the fundamental
principle of the McNary- -Haugen
bill.
On water power Hoover funda-
mentally is Tor private ownership
and operation. Smith favors gov
ownership and control.
Governor Smith has reversed the
historic policy of the Democratic
party on the tariff and has OBJ
tanned pledge from 80 per cent of
the Democratic candidates for Con-
gress to support his position.
Smith is opposed to tariff revision
wholesale and only item by item as
scientific investigation suggests. He
would not permit any change in the
tariff which would take cent from
the pockets of any workman or dis
turb business, he has said in many
speeches.
Republicans have charged Smith