The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-19
KANSANS TURN
EYES ON CROP,
SHUN POLITICS
SunfIoWer State Is More
Interested in Wheat
Than Election.
POLL SHOWS DRY FAVOR
Wet Argument Hurts Smith;
Both Hoover and Curtis
Are Popular.
POLL SHOWS DRY FAVOR
BY ROSCOE B. FLEMING


NEWTON, Kan, June 19.-Kan-
saS is more interested in saving her
big wheat crop, threatened by
crashing rains which have beaten
down the wheat, than in presiden-
tial politics.
At least that reaction is obtained
by talking to about fifty of the plain
folks of Harvey County, typical
central Kansas wheat, corn and
dairy county, of which this bustling
town of $4,000 is the county seat.
Ttirty-1ve of those interviewed
we're farm folks on the Salina road
Even the placing of a Kansan
native son on the presidential ticket
for the first time in history has not
aroused blazing enthusiasm.
Show Curtis Favor
Kansans like Curtis. Some Re-
publicans who didn't like the nomi-
nation Of Herbert Hoover will now
vote the Republican ticket. They
say they think Curtis will see that
the farmer gets a square deal. But
llldG Is dS ldI DIS IL CUES.
Only one politician was inter
viewed and he was aggrieved.
II got back from the national
convention Sunday and went down
to the corner where there was
crowd, expecting to be asked AL
about it," he said. But they were
all talking crops and I finally had
to bring up the convention subject
myself"
John Gray, hardware clerk, said:
Eyes, there we're a lot of farmers IL
here all Saturday afternoon. But
1 don't believe I heard a word Of
politics. They were all ordering
these bend-up guards to save fallen
wheat. Oh, yes, I did hear Fred
Prouty, who farms a half section
west of town, say he was satisfied
with Hoover"
State for Hoover
Not that Kansas isn't willing to
talk politics when approached di-
rectly. Out of the approximate
fifty persons interviewed, thirty
seven had made up their minds
how they would vote, provided Gov
ernor Smith were the Democratic
nominee. Twenty three were Re
publicans and fourteen Democrats.
All Republicans except one were
going to vote for Hoover and Curtis.
Five Of these we're in doubt as to
whether they would have done SO
had Curtis not been named vice
president. Three Of the Democrats
on the other hand, believe definitely
they won't vote for Smith.
Smiths church affiliations appar-
emily aren't hurting him, but the
wet talk has, here in dry" Kansas.
According to both the results of this
hasty poll and the opinions OBJ
tanned Kansas should give a norma.
or slightly more than normal Re-
publican majority.
This State has been a battle
ground over the merits Of McNary-
Haughenism, with Senator Arthur
Capper's daily and farm papers for
it. But with most Of the other
newspapers and Agriculture Secre-
tary William Jardine, popular for
nner president of the State agricul-
ture college against it.
APPROVE Farm VetOes
Kansans seem to have a clear
idea of how it was intended to
work, but no more idea than Con-
gress itself how it would actually
have worked.
Those folks I talked with at some
length we're distrustful of it anu
mostly approved the Coolidge We
toes. P. G. Lowden, Democrat, who
farms 100 acres east of town, thinks
the tariff on machinery and gen.
eral manufactures should be low
cred.
The manager Of one of the largest
hardware and agricultural imple-
mnt stores thinks the Government
could aid more in establishing mar
kets and so on.
This is the district Of W. A
Ayres, only Kansas Democrat In
Congress, and folks around here
think the Democrats could make
zen strike by nominating him for
Vice President to offset Curtis,