Evening star., 1928-10-30
HOOVER HELD SAFE
IN PENNSYLvA
Smith Shows an Amazing
Strength in Philadelphia;
i Far Behind Elsewhere.
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eral election this Fall and during the
city campaign next year.
Mayor Mackey, it is said, is playing
for big stakes and would like to be
candidate for governor. Macxey was
elected mayor over j. Hampton Moore
the candidate of the independent Re-
publicans and the Democrats. by wore
of 248.047 to 166.1l0. Mackey man
aged Wares senatorial campaign and
had his support in the race for mayor.
He doubtless would like to succeed to
the job of being the political boss Of
Philadelphia. but there are others who
may challenge him in this ambition.
The inquiry into police and vice alliance
in the city now being conducted is not
helping Mackey to any marked extent.
In his race for mayor, Moore carried
q dozen wards-better known as the
independent wards to distinguish them
from the Ware controlled wards down.
town These independent wards are
mostly residential. The strange part OF
the present situation is found in the
fact that these independent wards are
expected to roll up big vote for Hoover
while the leaders are having difficult
time carrying or holding the downtown
wards in line There are great blocks
of italian voters and other racial
groups, Catholics in the MAN, all Of
them wet, who are intent upon voting
for Smith. Some of the leaders have
been inclined to let them have their
head in this election, hoping to win
them back in the municipal fracas next
year, when control of the city politics is
at stake
Registration Is Huge.
There has been huge registration in
Philadelphia and indeed in the whole of
Vennsyivania. Both sides are claiming
Sivantages from this added registration.
But it appears that the Republicans
have the bulge in the independent
wards. generally speaking. The Ware
wards have been better registered than
the independents in the past. In Phila-
delphia $4,000 voters have indicated
their intention of voting this wear Four
years ego in the presidential election
545.00o votes were cast in Philadelphia.
With President Coolidge getting 347000,
Davis $4,000 and La Toilette the ball
ance. or about $4,000.
For .tf1e entire Stete the registration
this year is 3,971.876. OF this great
total, 2,661,919 have registered as Re-
publicans and 867.391 as Democrats.
The Republicans, according to these
figures, have plurality of 2,000.000.
The Democrats say, however, that
great many voters also registered ss
Republicans will vote for AL Smith, and
doubtless they are right. But conceding
them half million Republican regis
trants, it makes no real difference in
the election. However, John r. Col
Inns, chairman of the Democratic State
siyla oh nj a iY ~
Pennsylvania for Smith by 10000. It
sounds entirely too optimistic.
Women for Hoover.
Throughout the State much of the
new registration is due to the women
coming out Generally speaking, the
women In Pennsylvania are for Hoover,
and against Smith. The Republican
women are well organized and are
proving effective campaigners. Ale
gheny County, which includes Pitts
burgh, casts more votes than any Of
the other counties except Philadelphia.
There the registration has been 472, ,134,
and of these 212,405 are women and
259723 are men. The Democrats are
claiming that Pittsburgh Is going for
Smith notwithstanding the great i,i-
fluence Of Secretary Mellon in that
city. There is no doubt but what tlae
Republican lead is likely to be cut
sharply there this year due to the vet
sentiment and the other influences
that are aiding Smith. but in the end
Allegheny County probably will give
Hoover 25,000 to $4,000 more votes than
It gives to Smith.
Smiths best chance in PENNSYLVANIA
apparently lies in the coal counties,
Luzerne, Lackawanna, Schuylkill, Car
bon and Northumberland Luzeine
may give Smith lead of 10000 and
the other three, 1000 or 5000 Erie
County also may go for Smith and
one or two other smaller counties, in
cluding Monroe. But of the entire 81
counties in the State, Smith probably
viii not carry more than six or seven.
Hover Sentiment Strong.
In the great agricultural counties the
Hoover sentiment and anti-Smith SEN
timent is strong. They are expected
to roll up huge pluralities for Hoover.
In some quarters much has been made
OF the fact that former Secretary will
liam B. Wilson of the Department of
Labor, running against Ware for the
Senate in 1926, carried the State out
side OF Philadelphia. But Wilson was
q dry Democrat and had the support
VI AAuliOlCOS VI lIlOuSdnUS OF UTY EIe-
publicans, who also were opposed to
the Philadelphia machine. Gov. Smith
is not only a wet, but he has also
the label of the Tammany machine.
In Philadelphia the leaders of nearly
all the colored groups are lined up for
Hoover. But for the first time in his
tory there was In Philadelphia the other
night parade of negroes, with a uni
formed colored band at its head. for a.
Democratic presidential candidate. All
Of which goes to show that many of the
colored voters are off the Republican
reservation in Pennsylvania as they are
elsewhere.
The political activity here in Phil
adelphia is literally astounding, when
the various Democratic headquarters
are considered. There are several, and
they are crowded with visitors all day
long. 1t has never been that way in the
past. The Republicans are playing up
the tariff and prosperity issues in Phil
adelphia and the rest of the State, and
apparently with good effect The Dem
ocratS are making more noise, but the
Republicans are relying particularly on
house toulouse canvaSses, which are
usually very effective.
President Coolidge carried Pennsyl-
vsnia with lead of 635, 900 over the
combined vote of Davis and La Toilette
His lead over Davis was about 100000
President Harding defeated Cox with a
lead of 7l5y000