Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-01
Wet Sentiment Apt to Change
Usual Republican Show
Of Strength.
FORElGN-B0RN VOTERS
ARE HELD VITAL FACTOR
@. O, P Has Advantage Ay Con.
trolling Most of Offices
in State.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.
staf Correspondent Of The Star.

RTode Island is q crossword political
puzzle this year Both Republicans
and Democrats claim victory at the
polls in November. But in making their
claims. both sides are stin seeking TO
piece together the factors that spell
victory for them.
Here is a state that has gone Re-
publican in national elections since the
Civil War. II is true that Woodrow
Wilson carried Rhode Island in 1912,
but the combined vote of the two Re-
publican factions, headed BY Taft on the
one hand and Roosevelt on the other,
outnumbered the Democrats by several
thousand votes.
Here is a State. however, which IS
stronelv vet in sentiment. II IS one OF
two States which never ratlfled tIle
e;chteenth amendment to the Consul
s,,fion. And. further. here IS State
which contains several strong raclai
sro,lns In addition to the original
Yankee stock. the French. the irlsn allu
the Italian groups are pracJlcans az
Catholic and they are also wet III tIlel. .
svr,1nathies. The Irish tor the uloss
mart have been in the Democrats Ivy
for a long time. The Frencn, OF rasr
other hand. have been at least 20 PEI
Sor9t rsenuhIican. II is said, and many OF
f',a italians have voted the Repuphcan
s4rl,at There is a considerable jewish
,,on,,Iation. which in the past mas gone
r. the poils and supported the RepuOn-
ran ticket. But the Democrats are
row claiming that with Gov. Sulen o.
Nru, work at the head of their national
ttc,,e. ti,e Jews VIII vote. as many OF the
Jews do in New York, for Smith.
Build Up Organizations.
,en,h,icans and Democrats are work.
,,,- Iise beavers to build up ana
sfrenpthen their organizations: A gIeae
efForf was made on both sines 10 Iesas0sl
a. many new voters tins year as pos-
ssss,e Voters In Rhode Island. ulllsso Vss
flaev be properly holders. must pc Iegasr 49,
tered every two years. II q Votea oo.,,a om1ao
real estate or an autonaopus, % s..ae soa-s
rt1.e,. personal property and pays taxes
ts,sreoI1 ras he nav have perpetual regis
f~at;o9 changed only when he or she
rnnves his or her place OF residence or
Sisynoses Of the property held. hegS-
fraf;on of voters closes June 80, SO thaI
RAJ of the work of the two parties IS
This "a wear the registration has been
hoaTie~ fi1an ever before in the history
~ tho state. And from this fact, Dofn
siEss are taking encouragement. Anoe5u,
the Democrats seem paTucuidtg
's,epped up because Of the large regis
tration. holding that many OF the iIieH.
Americans who have never regiseeTeu
before. or not for years. nave now pue
themselves in a position 10 cast tlelI
ballots in November. On Ine obIieI
hand. Republicans point out that HlaIis
rex voters are women, and they mann
4c;r that the woman vote is going
largely for Herbert Hoover IN tile na-
tionai election.
sTE1e Republicans, generally speaking,
have one great advantage. They are IN
power in the State They hold the Oh
Aces State and Federal, in great mum
hers II Is true that the Democrats
have one United States Senator, Peter
Coelet Gerry. But the other Senator,
Senator Metcaif. is Republican, ana
a. are the members of the House IN
WASHINGTON. The governor IS Repup-
Yican and the State Legislature Is
strongly Republican.
Would Be Turnover.
Democratic victory in Rhode Island
this year would mean a real turnover,
sIr,raef a political upheaval President
Coolidge carried the state IN 1924, re-
ceivjne I25.2as votes 70 1906 Tor DAVIS
tl,e Democratic nominee, and 1923 TOT
L. Pollette. the independent Progre5-
s.ve Harding III 1920 defeated Cox.
the Democratic nominee Tor Pregidenl,
1o7 .4s3 10 5000
The Democrats in Rhode Island are
making the most of the wet issue ano
the stand which has been taken by Gov.
smith in his telegram 10 the Houston
convention and later in his speech IN
Albany accepting the nomination, prom
Using u seek a modification Of the dry
laws ard of the eighteenth afnendmenl.
Tire Republicans, with some little snow
Of bitterness, 20 30 far as to say tflat
alle Democrats rae seeking 10 maze tiie
racial groups believe that II 5thln Is
elected the day after election me Sale
q Liant wires and beer and osnef
liquors viii begin without delay Ger
tsinlv many ri these voters see ~ lle
election Of Smith new era, with pro-
T,shi,3on 0n the toboggan slide. The
effort of the Republican leaders Ii 10
educate the voters 10 understand that
smjtn's election viii mean no such
thing that the great Democratic "soild
south" viii never permit the law 10
s,e changed since the South Is essential
Nv DRY politically.
while the Democrats are laying mucn
gtress on the prohibition issue the Re-
Y,sIi9iieans are basing their campaign
gargelg on the protective tariff W1th"
fut fhe Republican tariff they say
g3hode Island and her industries would
~ at etan6Gthl They rldicule the
Y,fou1lses Of Cos Smith that the tariff,
81 ne ls elected Vill not be tampered
with unduly and point 10 what 1as
kaDuened In the past when the Demo-
erefs have come into power IN the
Federal Government.
Business Is Fair
Providence Is great center OF
3eweify manufacture. perhaps the
s1restest hi this country. For several
sears the tewelrg manufacturers have
peen hard nit. due, II is claimed, "
sbe fact that women are wearing
cheaper jegeiry, not made of precious
stones and metals Instead OF buying
she kind Of jeWelry that Is manufac-
qlred here the women purchase diff
serent SET Of the cheaper variety 70
match each Of their costumes On
gne other hand, the women, instead oi
purchasing cotton dresses and cotton
stockings. are buying ana wearing 0nly
e33Fs which hits hard the cotton manu-.
6aeiureFs ~ Rhode Island Business
therefore while not ioo bad In the
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