Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-27
AGRICULTURE
Chief FACTOR
IN MINNESOTA
Dakotas Take Similar
Position Regarding
Coming Presidential
Election
By NJ. M. OPPEGARD
Associated Press Correspondent

ST. uAIFT No. 60 n~ ~
Th~on-ho..
'"e vast areas
q minnesota 2 the two Dakotas
and in most of their METROPOLITAN
distrirtu thn,. r WYNN.
-n~.u44n-.s.r 1910.
flhlAal 1ahuiaales n their
platforms Nm Terms of farm relief.
III is thiS issue. dominant chem. .F
al the agricultural west. that has
stirred the democrats in these three
states to activity unmatched since
the Nilxoninn davs "a 1915 honefni
Of breaking down the normally rg-
publican barriers.
But Che republican leaders. while
making n0 claims tD overwhelming
mal0ritics fnr Hoover. arn confident
Ill will he hfs column in fha nlprforni
lineup next fan that will list the ~
Minnesota votes and five from each
Of the Dakotas.
While farm relief admittedly is
enc foremost issue I'm this section.
other considerations figure nromi-
nnntly in w urnIatfnrE nr tha rrI-
atiye strength uI Hoover and Smith.
for to mnay prohibition. religion
and other phases are most imp0r-
tant.
Quite a number. Of course, will de-
eide their vote Pm the wet and dry
issue alone. Legislative enactments
M NH tnfee states have been uni-
rolMiS u1A' "hl lAAt spring North
l-nola' ns w e.oae Nnle' refused to
rrpeai a state drN law
hooNer stand 81 the proposed
1reat LaAes-St- Lawrence waterway
pIo5e0'' Nhicn would enable ocean,
gong steamships % enter ports Of
the Great Lakes, rs expected to get
many votes Tor him In Minnesota
ana NORTH Dakota
There is another nhaHp. thn im.
p0rtanrc of which carrnr ha $780,
ured accurately. hr+ ,rhf-b h.v hnm-
| pointed wv bv artf-Hnnvr- ra-ra
that IA the attitude WI many farm
ers towadr Hoover for some Of the
~4I1.me aetiNlties affecting agricul-
we "hicn they lay 70 MN.
AZ ls TINS consideration that has
nad = part in prompting some to
adopt ~ anti-HooVer viewpoint,
Ne hnl necessarily throwing SUPP
lolt NJ SMltn- AK NM commonly pre-
1-etea lnal tAls attitude Will result
~ many H~on-Notcrs on the presiden-
tlai ticket. To place any estimate
~ s"slt number, or even 70 say that
re- M s~9haioeIaole' would bs
sheeE kltasWorh-
lhere has been virtually nn nublir
mention Of any religious issue WYNN
this section, but thc racial rharar-
teristes anc religious beliefs WI IA
WY great percentage of The nopu-
iations or these three states III cer-
tam 10 result in many a~nti-Smith
votes on that score alone.
neither this Will be largely off.
Mil ns possible dcfcctions from re-
plllie RANKS cn the same issue pro-
slaes the basis tnr many unofficial
a nEt MIMI political speeches the
Farm .tln lNoiaear as IA rule.
rirv $500 is the stir-
rni,of 49, we lhe loren OF farm
- VIC. u~e'ebatlons from these
49, states bore into the two ma
tional conventions. with n definifa
maae tar the equalization fee
M cfuA of thn twice vetoed
hAIAth hiii-
ascertain Ilst what Advantages
ahu ulaaHNantageH each party hl0lE
tnia matter is the problem con-
n',ng the man behind the pillow.
49,. 'esh told ~ some prOmi-
heNt farm leaders thta farm rei;.f
rs more Important ~ this sertio-
th.n party
Mlnnesota and South Dakota hHrn
nitter statewide fights AVN hrIn a+-
tart tne vote in the November elrr-
t.qni while in North Dakota rirtDiiv
1-i interest is on the p~residrr+ia1
60, lor there the republican pri-
VIII us lignt around the Nom
paliS"n leaSne, rs considered tanta-
nm A flnai election.
WI, ao-H- however, the lone
nr Wa-l member of the senate.
1h'palaan is opposed for
rL 'Iim nF arthur E. Nelson.
at '' nas twice been mayor W.
SUI nelson The republican
n backine the party-s na-
a' tieNet. while Snipstead has
&C. w ,supisement of either na-
ennluale'
Ioef1hor theodore Christiarsou.
49, .lectinn in Minnesota for
ranarnit .e.m. Mith republican papers
Him Hr. p.Iulct,nE a landslide for
co,,h hooFes candidacy.
hAhqla mas n republican.