Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-27

Chief FACTOR
IN MINNESOTA
Dakotas Take Similar
Position Regarding
Coming Presidential
Election
BY n. M. OPPEGARD
associated Press Correspondent

MM nANMH 49, W. Mm
An1n-"o~N the NaaA m areas
o1 Minnesota nnh the two DakotaB
and in most " their m~etrcpofitan
A.
u'S'iie's '"e4 are measuring the
presidential candidates and their
platforms in terms of farm relief.
It. i4 thf4 i#Aun dominant 4hr-r r#
all tha agricultural ua.t- that Ana
stirred thp democrats ir thee thrnp
state N a~tiyitr nrmntrhpd ire
the Wilsonian aa,e ~ fQfc horefuf
Of breaking down the rormajlv re-
publican barriers
Hut tha republican Leaders whita
making rn fiafw# VIVIAN ru-n~rTrfrTm-
majnritics fur Hoover. are confident
it will be his column " the electoral
lineup next fan that viii list the 10
minnesota votes and five from each
81 the Dakotas.
ME farm relief admittedly ia
the foremost issue in this section,
other considerations figure nr0mi-
nently in amy regulations uf THE rel
alive strength cf Hoover and Smith,
for 70 mnay prohibition. religion
and other phases are most impor-
tant.
Quite a number or roursr win A..
| Eide thoir 1900 rr thn -,nt .uI -.-
NNN 1na uff
in aiI three rrnrrr hnr. &c., nrf-
formly dry. arI inat anrinr Narth
Dakota, by "a close vote, refused to
repeal a state dry law.
Hoover's stand on the nroros.d
Great Lakee-St. Reverence u-.te~ws-
project. which would enable ocean
going steamships tn enter rnrt4 1f
the Great Lakes. iH exnrrtea to vet
many votes f0r him in Minnesota
and North Dalotu.
There il another phase. the inn
portance of which cannot be meas.
ured accurately. but which has been
poinltu to nt ahti-hooNer forces
that MN the attitude 0f many farm
crs t0wadr Hoover for some 0f tha
wartime activities affecting arricnl-
ture which they lay to him.
IL Is this consideration that ~.
had a mart /, n-,-rnti,~ -
/ adonf I'M a. -. "
while not neceszarfIv thrnwfrr snn,
port to Smith. I- rnmrnr-
dictrd that thiH attitude uffI rrunI-
I'm many n-on-vnterH -7 thn rrau-lrr-
tial ticket. To place arv ezti-a+a
on their number. 81 even tn say that
they Will be considerable, would be
sheer guesswork.
Anere mas been virtually no public
mention nf any religious issue in
thls section. hul tne racial rharar-
teristics and religious beliefs or
very great percentage of thn r,nu-
iations az these three states II GER
tam 70 result IN many anti-Smith
votes On that score alone.
Whether this win hp larrnfv cff.
sea hy possible dnfprtfnrH fr--. -r
public ranks on the same issue 49,
tideE CINE basis fnr many unnFffrfnr
debates, hut in political rnpprhn. thn
issue has hern aynido1 ~ 49,
Farm relief. howrror \
ring issue. hi was the torch - -
relief that delegation. frn-, 49,
three states bore irtn ths tr-a
ticnal conventions ,r4+h ~
fight made for thp eaunTf-a44.- +r@
principle. cruN of the +u-T-n 1900
McNary-Haugcn BIN.
10 ascertain Just what ADVANTAGE.
ana disadvantages each marty bfodr
II this matter is the problem ror-
fronting thr man behind the rlou.
"ho hAs neen told hy some rromi-
heht farm leaders tnLa farm reiirF
more important tD this Eertio-
NH-n party.
minnesota and South Dakota hass
oitler statewide fights 10 helm at
eraet tne vote I'M the November elrr-
toh' while in North Dakota virfniIv
all interest ia nn the presidential
farc' ior thare the republican rri-
maIs' "lth its tight around the Non
partisan league. is considered tan+.-
mount 70 a final election.
IN Minnesota. however. the lors
rarmer-Lahor member of the reraea
Dr- Henrik shinHtead. Az onnored fn-
N second term rv Arthur E. Nal-nr
%no at 3T has twice been mavnr nf
St- raul. Nelson. the r~rnuhlicar
nominee. is backing the part,-s ra-
1lonai ticket. while Shinstead hss
made no endorsement of either ma.
tional c~ndidate.
Governor Theodore c-hriEtiansnr-
aeehlnE reelection in Minnesota for
il lnlrn tefnt- with republican parpr4
t1raIis predicting " landslide for
naA endorsed Hoove's ~candidarv.
SoNtn Dakota has n repuhlirar-
kuD material contest. whrrn Gov W.