The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-05
HONEST Vote SAFEGUARDS
HOLD State INTEREST AS
CANDIDATES CLOSE ORATORY
Heavy BaIIoting Forecast
Over State: Interest at
Fever Heat.
CLOSE RACES PREDICTED
Candidates to Make Last
Speeches Tonight; Burns
SIeuthS on Guard.

Voters in Indiana s 1867 pre-
cincts will travel to the polls
Tuesday to register their choice
for President, United States
senator, Governor, congress-
men, legislative, state and coun-
ty officers.
Except for scattered speeches
throughout the state tonight, cam
paign oratory has given way to the
completion of election day plans,
particularly the setting up of safe
guards around polling places to in
sure an honest election.
Four years ago, 1,272,390 Hoosier
votes were cast for five presidential
nominees: Coolidge, 702,042; Davis,
492,295; La Toilette, 71,7O0; Work.
ers party, 987, and Prohibition, 4,416.
With favorable weather q vote of
100000 or more in Indiana is ex-
pected Tuesday by political leaders
of both major parties.
Expect 10000 in County
Marion county, with 269 precincts,
cast 160,88O votes for President in
1924, Coolidge received o5,135 and
Davis 59,498 Leroy j. Keach,
Marion county Democratic chair
man, and George V. Coffin, Seventh
district Republican chairman, antic-
ipate the county vote will amount
to 10000 or more this year.
Dividing major interest are the
presidential and gubernatorial con-
tests. Republican organization
leaders predict a majority of 10000
or more for Herbert Hoover, while
Democratic officials contend that
Governor Alfred E. Smith has bene-
fitted by swing in sentiment III the
last few weeks and is in position to
throw Indiana into the Democratic
column.
That the governorship race be-
tween Frank C. Daley, Democrat,
and Harry G. Leslie, Republican, is
close is the frank admission of
leaders in both parties. Daley has
claimed repeatedly to have won over
the support of 100000 Republicans
to insure his election, while Leslie,
tying his candidacy to the tail Of
the Hoover kite, declares his op-
ponent has made no material in
roads in G. o. P. ranks.
Last Speeches Tonight
Leslie has not estimated the ma
jority he expects to receive, but has
asserted Hoover will carry Indiana
by 225,000 or more.
The governorship candidates were
to make their final oratorical eff.
forts today and tonight, Leslie at
Charlottesville this afternoon and
tonight, Daley at Washington. Ind,
this afternoon and tonight at Loo
gootee.
Meanwhile, Democratic state,
county and precinct organizations
are cooperating to insure a fair
count Of the ballots when the polls
close at 6 p. m. Tuesday.
Sherman Burns, of the Burns De-
tective agency, came to Indianapolis
from Chicago Sunday to direct a
force Of operatives assigned
throughout the state to guard
against election frauds, Russell
Ryan, head of the Democratic state
committees legal department, an
nounced.
Approximately $50 men will be en-
listed in this work, Ryan said.
Warning that any attempts to In
fluence the election by illegal means
will be prosecuted under the COR
rupt practices act was issued by AL
bert Ward, United States district at
torney.
Poles Open at
Polls will open at 6 a. m. and close
at p. m. Unless recourse is taken
to paper ballots, tabulation of the
vote in Marion county will be fairly
rapid, for the voting machines pre-
sent the totals for all candidates in
stantly when opened by officials.
Should it be necessary, however,
to supplement machine voting by
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