Evening star., 1928-11-05
TANGLED ISSUES
PUZZLE COUNTRY
Nation Checks Over List of
Party Differences and
Split Lines.
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Smiths modification plan. upon whlci
he has centered increasing emphasis II
recent weeks, has been persistently at
tackled by prominent Republicans ant
bv many ministers of the Gospel ant
was described by Mr.. Hoover hlmsel
as tending toward State socialism.
Upon the comparative extent OF TIT
resulting shifts there is no agreement
It is universally conceded, however
that to a degree the turnovers in botf
directions have been countrywide. witt
the detection of Republican vets Il
Smith greatest in such Eastern State!
as New York, Massachusetts,, Maryland
Connecticut and Rhode Island, in tht
larger cities everywhere, and In scat
tered Western States like Wisconsin
Montana and Nevada; while the de-
fection of Democratic dryS to Hoover
has reached its maximum in the Soutf
and has been app ant also in many
States of both Eas. and West.
Tariff and Prosperity.
From the beginning Republican or
ators have made the tariff and Cool
idge prosperity" Keynote OF Lnen
camuaign. They have told the busi-
ness man. big and little, that Demo
cratic victory would upset industrial
stability. The tariff has been invoked
as a bulwark for the Western farmer
and rancher and a guarantee Of steady
emplovment for the Eastern factory
worker.
On the other side the bid of Gov
Smith and Chairman RaSkob Tor the
universal confidence of the business
world has been one of the striking
features of the campaign. Business, ag-
riculture and labor have been told thai
under the Democratic tariff plank OF
1923 and the policies of the nominee
nothing need be feared from Demo
cratic administration.
The appeal on this issue has beer
countrywide, and both sides declare
they have won votes on it in every
State. It has seen it's greatest promi-
nence. perhaps. in the industrial East
where it is the reliance of the Repub-
licans to stem any tide of detection
among the racial groups in the mill
cities.
Farm Relief Important.
Although submerged in most sections
by other considerations, the farm prob
lem has received constant attention ir
most of the Northern States between the
AlleghenieS and the Rockies.
Senator Norris and the group of farm
leaders, who have spent around hall
million dollars in a farm relief radio
crusade, have concentrated largely or
Illinois. Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska ano
the Dakotas.
1t is agreed that in all of these States
Gov. Smiths espousal of surplus reg.
ulation paid for by the crop benefited
f,ne oOIliJal rlironftU> xfyi+ tho Y1rOaihi
tion and religious issues. Most of the
McNary-Haugen farmers of these States
are nor only normally Republicans, but
are drys as well. and many of them are
anti-Catholic. There is a wide differ
ence of opinion as to the relative po-
tency of these several issues.
Mr.. Hoover'S St. Louis speech and
Gov. Smiths decision to make last
day radio addres to the farmer are
evidence that . her side proposes tC
let possible electoral votes in the farm
States escape them. The Democratic
hopes are conceded to be strongest II
Nebraska, Minnesota and North Dakota
Water Power Causes Confusion.
The debate over water power has run
to the length of many thousands of word:
and has produced some confusing rami'
ficationS Gov. Smith has accused tht
Republicans of favoring the sort of prf.
vate exploitation desired by the power
trust" and Mr.. Hoover has applied tl2e
accusation of State socialism to the
Democratic power theories.
The geographical focus of the issue
Is varied. It has been urged in New
York and other States having loca
power problems; in California and the
mountain States interested in Boulder
Dam; in Tennessee, Alabama anc
other States directly concerned about
Muscle Shoals. Senator Norris placed
his detection to Smith on the basis o.
the power issue, but the politician:
generally do not agree whether tha
issue will change many votes.
A Several-pronged attack on Gov
Smiths immigration utterances ha!
provoked Nationwide controversy.
Among the German and Scandina
Wan colonies, particularly in the Yves
and Northwest. the Republicans have
argued that Smiths views on the ma
tional" clause of the immigration Law
would work to the special advantage
of the nationalities of Southern Europe
In the South, with its small inf1ltra
ton of immigrant blood, the anti
Smith Democrats declare the nomine'
has bolted the party platform on thi
issue, and favorS material relaxation
of immigration barriers. Ali over th'
country, and especially in the induStria
East, American labor has been told b.
the Republicans that Democratic vic
tory would mean flood of cheap i'm
migrant labor
These assertions have been deniet
repeatedly by Gov. Smith and othe
Democratic spokesmen.
Other Issues Involved.
Many other issues, some of ther
nation wide in their application, hav
had their places in the campaig
budget, and remain among the un
known quantities in the election -da
balance. Smiths affiliation with Tam
many Hall has been debated every
where. and most heatedly in the South
charges that Hoover once sought t
become a British subject have bee
made and denied, the Republican clair
of economy in Government has bee
attacked and defended. flood contro
waterways, reorganization of the Fed
eral Government and a host of othe
topics have claimed sporadic atten
ton.
Perhaps the most completely local
lied controversy in the whole countr
has centered in the West Virginia Goa
district. Declaring the mines in tha
section were Disseminated against, wit
Republican connivance, in the LAX
Cargo coal rate case at Washington, th
Democrats are seeking on that issue t
take West Virginia and the adjoining
Republican counties of Eastern Ken