Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-15

the relation Of crime 70 prohibition. has
recommended that the fee provision be
repealed and that the prosecutors re-
cetve only salary. Some OF the prose-
cutors. it Is said, have made thousands
OF dollars q year out Of the Zee pusi-
ness.
The voters of Indiana are in dis
gruntled frame OF mind. This IS due
to business depression, to unemploy-
ment, to the drought which struck
southern parts of the State hard, and
in some cases to q dislike of the new
tartn law. This last applies even 70
some of the manufacturers. They are
out to vote against somebody, which Is
8 dangerous frame of mind Tor any
party which is in power. Many or the
voters, the polls taken by the pontical
leaders show, are not listing themselves
as Republicans or Democrats. They go
down on the lists as doubtful" Under
existing circumstances this does not
augur well for the Republican party.
The Democrats are just getting their
campaign under way. They nave not
called for speakers Of national reputa-
ton to aid them. They are relying on
discomfort in economic conditions ana
with the Republican State admtnistra-
ton to aid them. AS one Democratic
leader puts it: you don't have to get
national speaker TO tell a man he is
out Of job. He knows 1t"
The Republicans already heard Vice
President Curtis, Senator Fess OF Ohio,
chairman of the Republican National
Committee; former Gov. Harding OF
Iowa and other headliners in the cam
paign here. Many others are to come.
Senator Watson, the Republican leader
of the Senate, and the high mogul in
Republican politics in this State. was
TO have borne the brunt of the cam
paign, but hts physicians have urged
him to go easy. Nevertheless Senator
Watson is going about the State speak
ing, and, IL is reported, Is making q real
impression for the Republicans. He
is widely popular, great stump speaker
and has a big personal following, The
old enmities among the Republicans,
many of which were aimed at Watson,
have subsidized. He Is praised on all
sides among the Republicans for his
loyal support, as leader Of the Senate,
Of President Hoover and his policies.
Apparently Jim" Watson is at the
peak of his political strength in In
diana today so far as the Republicans
are concerned Some of them are
whispering that Watson would be a
fine candidate for Vice President in
1892.
Evidence Of Return TO Fold.
The Republicans insist that their case
in Indiana today does not appear near
ly as hopeless as 1t did a month ago
They say there Is evidence of a return
to the party fold on the part of the
voters; that their campaign is having
its effect. The Democrats retort by say
ing that the Republicans are deceiving
themselves and that the Democrats
have not yet really begun to fight.
A year ago elections were held in 90
cities and towns and the Democrats won
victories in 81 of them. This means
that the police force and other munich
pal officials of a large number of the
cities, which formerly were controlled
by the Republicans, are now controlled
by the Democrats, an important item in
political campaign. The Democrats
say that during the next three weeks
they intend to open fire on the admin
istration of Gov. Leslie, Republican,
and to bring to light number Of mat
tiers that may prove embarrassing TO
the Republicans.
While there has been tendency to
blame President Hoover for all the ills
that beset them, the voters in many
instances are changing their attitude
toward the President and speaking more
kindly of him. The Republican cam
paigners are going down the line for
the Hoover administration and are
hammering home the argument that this
is world depression and that Mr..
Hoover is in no sense responsible for it.
They argue also that he has aided
materially in lessening the effect of the
depression in this country.
In the first district, which tie Demo-
Gratis are expected to win, factional
difficulties have arisen among the Re-
publicans to make it still more difficult
for Representative Rowbottom, the Re-
The Democrats are strongly organized
there. The third district, which seems
sure to go Democratic, is ordinarily a