Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-06
HOOVER TO BREAK
PRECEDENT TODAY
IN INVADING SOUTH
MiII Be First G. O. P. PreSi-
dental Candidate to Cam
paign "SoIid" States.
TWO PARTY POLITICAL
+! SYSTEM MAY RESULT
Speech, to Be Delivered in Repub-
lican Territory, Will Reach Ad-
jacent Regions by Radio.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,


ELIZABETHTON. Tenn. October g.
Herbert Hoover today will break prece-
dent. He is here in these mountains of
northeastern Tennessee as Repub-
lican candidate for President He is
here to tell the voters of Tennessee, of
Virginia and of Kentucky and North
Carolina why the South should give its
electoral votes to a Republican. He is
the first Republican presidential candi-
date to invade the solid South during
political campaign. He breaks a
precedent which has kept his predeces-
GorS for election beyond the confines of
the solid South. Whether he Is set
ting a precedent for other Republican
presidential candidates time alone can
tell. With the great development of
The South, industrial and agricultural,
and with the ever-heeting years sepa-
Rating the President and the future from
1he days of the war between the States,
3his section Of the country may yet
some to . two-party political system
gain.
In the Tennessee mountains, it is
true, Mr.. Eoover is in a Republican
district, an area carved out of the
solid South. Many of these mountain
people, like many in the mountains Of
southwest Virginia, Kentucky and North
Carolina, have been Republicans for
generations.
Republican Representatives.
Two districts in Tennessee, the first
and second, are represented in Con-
gress by Republicans and to the north
Of the State line, scarcely % miles
away, lies the old ninth district OF
Virginia, which until recent years was
represented in Congress by the Slemps,
father and son, Republicans.
But while Mr.. Hoover stands in ter
ritory that is Immediately Republican,
his plea today is to the whole South.
His voice will be carried by radio to
many sections which are strongly DEM
ocratic. And his presence here is sym
bolic of the first real Republican effort
to break through the solid Democratic
Nne. which has stood so long south OF
The Potomac River.
The word has gone forth since the
presidential nominations were made last
Summer that there was chance tor
the Republicans TO- carry some -ef Inc
Southern States. Not because the
peoule of the Southern States loved
the Republican party more, but be-
cause many of them dislike the Demo-
cratic candidate for President, Gov.
Smith. Mr. Hoover is here to urge
upon the people of the South the WIS
uom of supporting the Republican
Dartv. He is not here to decry his
Democratic rival nor to stir preJudlce.
He is here to point out that the he-
publican protective tariff is an eSsentlal
to the South with its growing indus
tries as it is to the rest OF the country.
He is here to declare for the reStrlc-
tion of immigration, while his Demo-
cratic opponent has taken stand
against the plan that now prevails
The people of the mountains have never
been partial to "furriners." They are
of the old pre-revolutionary stock. IN
deed. the entire South has been averse
to large immigration.
Tennessee Once Republican.
Tennessee has gone Republican once
IN presidential elections since recon-
xtrlction days. Harding defeated Cox
nv 10000 votes. Four years ago, despite
the big Republican sweep, Davis won In
Tennessee over President Coolidge by
$4,000 votes.
the greatest vote that has ever been cast
IN a Tennessee election, total OF 4l6,
600 votes. In 1924, the combined vote
of DayiS-Coolidge and La Toilette was q
little less than 100000. In 1920 there
were serveral reasons to explain the big
vote and Republican victory. 1t was an
aftermath of the World War, and II
was the first time the women we're per-
mitted to vote, and that year they were
excused from paying poll tax
AS in other States, the interest in the
present campaign is great in Tennessee
There is real interest in both the can
didates. Hoover and Smith. The inter-
lection of prohibition and religion has
Tlaved It's part in stirring up the voters
Predictions are made by both Repub'
lican and Democratic leaders that ple
vote will come out. Some Democrats
may decline to vote at all, rather thar
support Republican ticket. Inc DeIno'
Gratis are setting great store by the Vott
cast in their party primary last August
215.o00 in number. In the Repupncar
primary barely $4,000 votes were cast
But there was far greater rivalry IN th'
Democratic camp for the State and SEN
atorial nominations Here in Tennes
see a poll tax must be paid so DAYS pc
fore election. The time for paving tn'
tax is long since gone by. There l
still opportunity for voters 70 reglSCeL
but only for those who are on the DOCKS
as having paid the tax. The Democrats
are satisfied they have many more quail
flied voters than have the Republicans
But what worries them is whether tney
will all go to the polls and whether man!
Of them will not vote the Republican
ticket.
Predicts G.. o. p. Victory.
I visited Knoxville before COMING
here. Knoxville. lying in the SECOND
district, is the home of Rev. j. vii
Taylcr, the acknowledged Republican
leader of the State and national COM
mitteeman. Mr.. Taylor is sanguine
He confidently predicts the State vii
go Republican by $4,000 to 10000 anc
says the Republican lead may run a;
high as $4,000 The Democrats pooh
pooh such claims. They express no les
confidence than Mr.. Taylor in theil
own success. Impartial observers be-
1ieve that the result will be extremely
close that 10000 votes or less will tel
the tale. The tide at present seems
to be running Democratic and the STATE
leans toward a Democratic victory
This condition may change. The visi
of Mr.. Hoover and his speech here to-
day may prove a rallying call which
will shift the current year. There i
no doubt the Republicans in eastern
Tennessee are aroused and will pou
out a big vote for the presidential ticket
Mr.. Taylor says that the Republican
plurality in the first district may go a.
high as $4,000 and in the second, hi
own district to $4,000.
Prohibition religion and race ente
into the political equation here as the
do in North Carolina and Virginia. On
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