Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-04

headed cleaning" toward him. They
then dispose Of most Of the - states
under those two headings; what's
left the other candidate gets a
chance at. 1t is not surprising,
therefore. that some states labeled
"sure" for one candidate appear also
in the favorably leaning" column
of the other. and still others are
deemed certain for both.
The duplication is not so much a
mere part Of the claiming game as
il is an Interpretation Of reports
from field workers and expression
Of an unwillingness to surrendcs a
state out Of hand because Of the
psychological effect involved.
G.. O. r. Claims South
II also is evidence that this cam
paign has run rough shod over ira
d%itional boundaries and that cleo
toral votes are TO be taken where
they can be found. The fact that
the South has been a paragon of
democracy has not deferred repub-
lican efforts there. and the demo-
Gratis have not hesita.ed 70 invade
the Notifications of republicarism.
On sectional lines that serve also
as political markings the country
has been divided for campaign pur-
poses into the east, the south. the
border. the middle and northwest
and the far west. one Of these reg
ions has escaped the claiming col
umns Of the headquarters tabula-
tions.
Having sent Mr.. Hoover to the
fringe OF Dixie to plead for support
the republicans are proclaiming an
nexation Of some Of the ia votes
at stake there. The democrats, hav-
ing dispatched Governor Smith to
the farmer west for his first cam
paign effort. are announcing wide
spread allegiance there. The sever
est fight has ragged up ard down
the eastern s~eaboard, and no quar-
ter has been granted or asked. On
the basis Of the paper claims alone
il appears that the republicans are
confident Of gaining victory By
sweeping the big states of the
east, getting at least IN even break
in the border strip, effecting a
breach in the solid south and roll
ing up a great majority in the mid
die. north and far west. The con-
flict in the calculations is empha-
sized by the democratic expectation
Of the solid support of Dixie, the
Votes of at least half Of the East
and enough more to be picked up
in the western areas to swell the
total well above the required 266.
The South
In the South the republicans have
painted for themselves a pleasing
picture with the colors Of North
Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Alabama
and Texas; in fact most Of the
southern states appear in one or the
other Of the Hoover columns at
headquarters. They pillow Their
hopes on the promise that Hoover
has created a large personal follow
ing there; that the party has been
revitalized and that anti-Smi;S
sentiment will be a dominant fac
tor at democratic headquarters al.
the ia votes in Dixie are placed to
Smiths credit at the outset, with
no misgivings derpite the anti
movements led by democratic drys
and c%hurchmen. AS never before
the democrats have waged an active
campaign below the Mason-Dixon
line and they declare they have only
to get out the vote 70 win.
The East
From West Virginia and Maryland
up the coast to the northern tip If
New England, including Delaware.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New
York, $50 votes constitute the prize
for which both sides have fought n.
close quarters. Hoover made three
speeches in the region and Smith
chose to end his campaign there in
a driving finish. Enthusiasm has
reached such a pitch that the demo
Gratis claim outright New York's a.,
Massachusetts, Is and Rhode Island
5. They declare they have the bet
ter chance for Connecticut's Z, New
Jerseys Il, Maryland's s. New
Hampshire's 4 and the s Of West
Virginia.
Governor Smith himself has said
he believes he will acquire the pow
erful SO votes of staunchly republi-
can Pennsylvania. but that brings a
smile at Hoover headquarters. As
the republicans see it, virtually the
whole area is "in the bag" for Hoo
yer. The only concession they make
is that Smith gave them a fight in
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. but
they insist they have the advantage
there also; they are particularly
anxious to sweep New York on the
theory that without those 45 votes
Smith would have no chance 70 win.
Tie wind-up Of the nip and tuck
race in the border states Of Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Ok
lahoma finds the rival camps conf
dent that the SO votes there will be
on the right side of the ledger.
There again both candidates have
had their say and there has been
talk of waves Of sentiment for one
and then the other. Neither side is
giving an inch of ground, and the
more loudly the democrats insist
they will take at least three Of the
four, so do the republicans counter
with the same sentiment.
The Middle and Northwest