Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-15
NEbRASKALEANS
TOWARD HOOVER
Republicans, ProteStantS and
Drys Believed to Hold
Balance of Power.
G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Staff Correspondent of The Star.
OMAHA, Nebr., October 15.-NebraSka
is leaning to the Hoover Curtis ticket
withstanding very pronounced senti-
ment for Smith among the ''wets, -
among them many German n-Americans
and notwithstanding an anti-Hoover
sentiment also found among the Ger
Americans and among some of
the farmers. 1t is so because the State
is more dry than wet, more Republican
than Democratic and more Protestant
than Catholic.
The Democrats by no means have
given up the night in this State. Indeed,
swing Nebraska's eight electoral votes
to Gov Smith, and claim they will yet
do so. They point to the fact that Presi-
dent Coolidge carried Nebraska four
years ago by minority vote: that is,
the Coolidge total vote was less than
the combined votes cast in Nebraska
for John W. Davis and the late Sena-
tor Robert M. La Toilette of Wisconsin,
running as an independent. The Cool
idge vote was $4,000 in round num-
bers, while Davis had 1877 900 and La
Toilette 100000 votes The Democrats
say that they are going to line up the
La Toilette vote with them this year
for Smith and defeat Hoover.
Doubtless many of those who voted
for La Toilette four years ago will sup
port Smith now But not all Of them.
Furthermore. there are many Democrats
who voted for John w. Davis who will
not vote for Gov. Smith. La Toilette
had a great following in the German
American group. His denunciation of
the entry Of the United States into the
World War in 1917 was responsible, in
large part, for this. Also, although
Senator La Toilette never injected the
prohibition issue into his campaigns, he
was regarded as liberal on the liquor
question.
Predictions are freely made that the
vote in Nebraska will far exceed in
number that cast any other election, and
that it may run as high as 100000
Four years ago the total vote cast in
the presidential election did not ex-
ceed 100000.
Fear Woman Vote.
The Democrats are fearful Of what
the woman vote may do to them and
their national ticket. They recall, for
example, that their Democratic national
committeewoman, DR.. Jennie Callfas
resigned from the committee after
Smith was nominated, declaring she
would not support him. The Democrats
start with the handicap that Nebraska
is normally about $4,000 Republican.
While many of the German n-American
voters will support Gov. Smith on elec-
ton day, it is likely that this group OF
votes will be divided between the Demo
cratic and Republican national tickets
The greater number are expected tc
vote for Smith. Here old-time allegiance
with the Democratic party and the re-
ligious issue enter into the political
equation.
The Importance OF the German
American vote in Nebraska can be
readily understood when it is said that
the group has between $4,000 and 10000
voters 1t is estimated that % per cent
of the farmers in Nebraska are of Ger
man stock. In the past the German
American vote has usually held the bal
ance Of power in this State. where the
election was at all close. Before the
World War large part of the German
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