Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-04
CAMPAIGN TO
END IN BURST
OF FIREWORKS
Digging Effort and
Enthusiasm Mark
ing Close of Race In
All Parts of u. 5.
By BYRON PRICE
Associated Press Staff Nritcr.l

dizzying burst of effort r en-
thuSiasm.
As Hoover swings through the vest
and Smith makes his final ROUNDS
among his neighbors in New York,
millions Of their fellow-eitizens join
in noisily to lift the drama to its
proper climax. Party rallies are in
progress In metropolis and hamlet.
and party workers everywhere arc
Iavishing advice on every wavcring
voter.
Most VI this tumult WILL end tC-
night, when Smith speaks In New
York City and Hoover at Pueblo.
Colo, while scores of the lesser fig
ures of the stump wind up their
speaking tours and turn homeward to
cast their " ballots on Tuesday. il
will remain for the nominees them
selves 20 sum up the argument IN
radio addresses Monday niglt.
a. they prepare to close their
doors. both Smith and Hoover head
quarters are predicting victory. As
put out for publication. these pre-
dictions on either side sometimes 90
the length Of forecasting a landslide.
" hen they talk privately, the esti-
mates Of party ~lieutenants ai1 less
sweeping. but even then each insists
that enough votes have been won ~
insure the election 0f his candidate.
These claims ARE advanced earnestly
ana defended warmly. whether made
On behalf of Hoover or NJ Smith.
or course the details 81 these
forecasts overlap. and both cannot be
correct. II has been the sort OF cam
paign 70 arouse unusual eXpccta-
tions. and party leaders down along
the line have made surprising rc-
ports to their supcri0rs-reports
which even the most enthusiastic M
the experienced politicians hesitate
ID believe. Some democrats even now
are claiming Pennsylvania and Nigh
iran, and some republicans are claim
ing Georgia and Arkansas. When
such predictions are voiced IN the
presence Of any leader of the oppos-
ing party, they are greeted with rid
iculc. Yet they illustrate the vague
homes which are afl0at upon the
tw sting currents cf this ~campaltr.
Even though they arc So conflict
Ing that one set or the other must be
! regarded AZ untrustworthy, the more
| studied predictions OF the politicians
as made privately. meet at certain
! poiuts and are worth analysis.
They disclose "A general agreement
I that expectations M a HooVe VIC
\ tory arp based on the premise oi 4
r~rruhIican sweep through inc Easl
! and West. Cnveloning the border .nu
! ncrbarg u part W. the South and that
| ouprrtations of a Smith victory res
| or \ sunposition that he Will holc
the South. take n good part OF inc
| East. and pick up "a few additional
states here and there along th'
/ harder. I'm the farm country, and ~
the far West.
Thc overlapping aspects of these
calculations point I'D certain states
as highly important factors ln tht
rruuIt-statrs earnestly claimed bA
Ib,ib sides wv, " part of the quota N
y,,tory. They forecast p particularly
determined battle in the very las
hours of the campaign. in such east
or, states as New York. Massachu'
~.ctt.. MARYLAND and Rhode island
N the border states Of Kentucky
Tennessee. Missouri and Oklahoma'
WV bntlv debated mid-wcstcrn ant
northwestern states liEe Nebraska
Wisconsin and North Dakota anl
ir thu far western states notably
Montana. Nevada, Arizona y Ne"
Mexico.
This list doe. not. Of curse, M.
clude all OF the states ln which th'
homes OF the parties overlap. II does
include. however, most ~ the states
in which the hopes IA the parties
overlap. w does include, however
most WI the states tn which me mln
limum claims XVIII the more modest n
Smith and Hoover partlsana CONT
into violent conflict. In the east
somc democrats would claim not onl!
the three states named, but woul'
ada also New Hampshire, Connecti
cut. Delaware and New Jersey. II
the South. some republicans ar
~1toutlv claiming North Carolina
FLORIDA. Alabama, Virginia and Tex
as. There XIV a similar situation n
every section w the country, y IN
the first time since present part
alirnmants came into existence,
compilation of the more optimism
of republican and democratic claim
would involve almost every state d
the union
Not that conflicting prc-oiectio'
claims arc. in themselves, anythin
new: tile novelty this year lis I'M M
particularly wide range az the con
flict. and the extraordinary reason
which uudcrIic IT,. Even in norma
times. political leaders receive over
enthusiastic reports now and then 70
Jealous party workers. and are misle
into predictions which afterward az
near foolish. Not many years ago
presidential nominee received 2 tel'
gram on the day before the electio
from "A trusted and cNnrinccd pol
tician. saying his state would retur
\ favorable majority of more tina
100000. n actually went overwheln
ingiy the other way.
There is an added reason why som
politicians habitual!y overeiaim.
has it's explanation IN the old MAXI
that in every contest, confidence
half the battle. and ID finds its pra'
teal application TO politics In XII
fact that there arc voters who war
10 bc on the side Of the winner f
practical reasons. A wise student (
| politics once said that in every elel
ton there are three parties-the n
nublican party. the democratic part
and the bandwaEon party.
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