Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-12
NEW ENGLAND SEEN
LIKELY TO SPLIT
Three States Held Safe for
G. O. P.-Three Others
DebatabIe.
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ployment to millions of workers and
have increased the wealth of these
States enormously. The Republicans
are still clinging to the tariff as their
maine issue. They are promising the
textile mill workers and the owners a
revision of the tariff that will aid them,
and to the scores of other manufactur-
ing industries they are pointing out
| that without the protective tariff they
would be at the mercy of foreign COM
petition. To trust the tariff to the
! mercies of the Democrats the Repub-
licans say would be the height of
folly. They ridicule the statements of
Gov. Smith that his party would deal
gently with the tariff and point to the
former Democratic platforms which
pledged the party to a tariff for rev.
enue only 1t is the issue of the
full dinner pail all over again, and
where dinner pals have not been very
full. The Republicans argue that if the
Democrats are put in power the con-
tents of the pals would be still less
! than they are today
There has been much talk about moor
conditions in this part of the country
/; in business and employment, and in
some communities the conditions have
been and are bad. But it is a fact
That the savings banks accounts have
increased just the same in number
and in totals, with thousands of new
small depositors, in most of these
States. Insurance has been on the
increase. too, and these are indexes tn
which the Republicans point with no
little pride.
So far as the wet and dry issue is
concerned, the Republicans in COM
munitieS where there is strong wet
sentiment are declaring that if Gov
Smlth were elected President he could
co nothing whatever to give the voters
Deer, vine and whisky: that his hands
would be tied by the Democratic Con-
greSSmen OF the dry Southern States
ana by the members of Congress from
the West --''''
G. o. P. Well Organized.
Take the New England States bv and
large, the Republicans are more strongly
organized. This is likely to be true
OF any political party which has been
IA coltrol over number of years. Even
IN Massachusetts, where Senator David
l. Walsh, Democrat, has succeeded in
having himself elected and in Rhode
island where another Democratic Sen
aoor, Peter Goelet Gerry, has been
equally successful at the polls, the Re-
pupilcanS nave the more thorough or
gahlHatlon. Organization is a great as
ee' aild the Democrats are working hard
70 perfect organizations in Connecticut
Rhode Island and Massachusetts rignt
now. And along with the better ar
ganlZatlon the Republicans have ron.
1rol OF the Electromagnetic public offices
lney are IN position to reward and tn
Esuaish, and this helps them to keen
ioh - party WORKERS in line and on the
o. In II a Massachusetts,, the Democratic or.
III . I'LL a. the Democratic cause
Inns year has one big central fionra"
senator Walsh. Senator Walsh is h;r,-
sen up Tor reelection. He is eynactad
70 DC a tower Of strength in the con,i,,a
G;Iection and to aid Gov Smith in carrvo
by Smith. '' " oe assisted
In all these New England sto+os
tnere mas been larger registratio,' 80
VOTERS IMAM usual this year, Roth tho
democrats and Republicans are CLAW
ing aoVantages from the increased regis
asioh. Ine Democrats insist that
hn.,y y! ne new voters and voters who
nave been brought out bv the nno,,
iarlty OF Gov. Smith and the MIA tfar,,, |
Ior Whlch he stands. The RepnblioanS
on tne other hand, point to the LARGO
LUMBER OF women who have been regis
teI ,. ana claim that most of ther,
VIII 'oVe In November for Mr.. Hoover
Strong in Country.
Inc Republicans in New England
nave very considerable reserve strsnott,
IN the rural districts and the snail
towns. The situation in these States
- hot unlike the situation in some of
aie southern States, where thousands
- snioCratS 40 not go to the polls in
saelat eiectlons because they are con-
cra1i is e,ia' tnelr States are going Demo-
er .aCi. any way. The Republican mana
sers no" are striving to sec to it that
tnese reserves register and 90 tn the
poliS IN the general election. They will
need them this year. Va"
now strongly Republican New Eng
ialu mas been in recent wears NAV he
Juogeo not only from the fact that these
states nave voted for Republican presi-
uentlal nominees, but also from the fact
tnat out of 80 members of the House
OF Representatives in the Seventieth
congress, 70 are Republicans and are
DenlocraCs, and that of the II Senator's
repni,eeseICing New England. 10 are Re-
publicans and 2 are Democrats Massa.
.cnuSetts is the only one of these states
Wnicn mas members of the House who
are democrats, and Massachusetts has
10 republican Representatives and only |
$ democratic members of the House
Adding the party representation In both !
senate and House, it is found that the !
hepubl1cans have 80 and the DEM |
ocratS S.
:, UP to the present. the so-called re- |
Iiglous issue has been soft-pedaled In !
NeW England. The Republicans are not |
raising II. They have many Catholics |
as members of their organizations In |
these States. and the party has been |
supported by thousands of Catholic |
voters In past elections. Here and there |
reference has been made to the issue. |
The Democratic national committee
woman for Maine not long ago wrote a |
letter to Senator Hale complaining be- /
cause Senator Watson of Indiana, who !
has been charged with Ku Klux Khan !
Ism In his own State, was being brought |
into Maine to be used in the campaign. !
And Thomas j. Spellacy, Democratic |
national committeeman for Connecti- |
cut, urged the Democrats in that State |
not to nominate Catholic for Senator, |
but to put a Protestant on the ticket |
to run with Gov Smith There is |
very large number of Catholic voters in |
New England States, and If they should !
all cast their ballots for Smith, it would |
have a big effect in the election. Re- |
publican leaders insist. however that |
thousands of the Catholics who have |
voted Republican in the past will stick |
to the G. o. p this year.
Strong in Massachusetts,.
The Democrats have a better chance
to carry Massachusetts than any of the |
other New England States it would ap- |
pear today from survey of the entire !
territory. There is no doubt the Re-
publicans are worried over the situation. ,
and they are planning strenuous cam
paign. The next best bet of the Demo-
Gratis is for Rhode Island. There the
vote is evenly divided between the two
parties in Providence which has ahol1t