Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-17
DEMOCRATS GIVEN
EDGE IN KENTUCKY
Two Candidates Oppose Rob-
sion for Long and Short
Terms in Senate.
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this wear in the senatorial race is a
| conundrun1. Both sides are seeking
their support.
! In the Hoover landslide two years
ago the Republicans picked up six
House seats which had been held by
the Democrats. The democrats nad
CATION. Before he could take his seat,
however, the Republican who won in
the third district died. At special
election, Moore, the Democrat, won by
about 1000 votes. He had lost in the
! regular election by some 1000 votes.
| The third district has always been con-
sidered a Democratic district. The
victory of Mr.. Moore was hailed as a
sign that the Democrats who had voted
against Smith in the 1928 election
were back in their old party fold.
The result of that special election has
been quoted in many quarters as proof
positive that the Democrats would re-
/ gain all the seats they lost to the
| Republicans in 1928 and also that they
would win the senatorial election. The
Republicans probably will lose nearly
ali. If not all, of the seats they look
away from the Democrats two years
ago.
In the fourth district, however,
Representative j.. D. Craddock, Repub-
| lican. is believed to have a chance of
| holding what he won in 1928. There
, is a bitter feeling among the Democrats
| there. Former Representative Norman,
Democrat, who succeeded Ben johnson,
| another Democrat, who will be well
remembered in Washington as the
chairman of the House District Com
mittee a decade or more ago, wished to
be a candidate again this year. But
| Ben johnson, who is now chairman OF
| the State Highway Commission, favored
| Can r. Garden. The contest became
acrimonious. Norman charged that
Ben johnson was using his influence as
road commissioner to defeat him and
1 finally withdrew. He and his friends
are not likely to work or vote with any
degree Of enthusiasm for Garden.
Mrs. Langley Favored.
The Democrats are claiming they
will win back all their former seats
and also that they will defeat Mrs.
Langley, Republican, in her effort to be
reelected In the tenth district, dis
trict which has been strongly Repub-
lican. The chances, however, appear
to favor Mrs. Langley against A. j. May,
the Democratic nominee, although she
is suffering from factiona1 differences
in the Republican ranks.
There Is, In measure, revival
on in Kentucky. Only this year 1T Is
Democratic revival. The Democrats
who went in droyes to the polls 10 vote
against Al Smith in 1928 have returned
by the thousands to their old party al
legiance and have been welcomed with
open arms. On the other hand, there
is a certain percentage who went over"
two years ago-a small percentage
who may stick to the @. o. p. The
religious question has not been forgot
ten altogether in this campaign. The
Republicans are constantly rubbing 1t
in that John j. Raskob, Catholic and
wet, Is still chairman of the Democratic
National Committee and that there is
also a great deal Of the Tammany in
nuence in national Democratic affairs.
Even the recent Tammany scandals in
New York City are mentioned here with
q view to influencing the coming cleo
ton. I
The Democrats are counting on hard
times and the drought to help them in
this campaign. They say that discon-
tent will influence many voters to cast
Democratic ballots this year. And it
is such q protest vote that the Repub-
icans really fear. II times were good,
they believe they would be sitting
pretty"
Voters Are ApAthetic.
Up to the present time there has
been great deal Of apathy on the part
Of the voters. This may be due to the
fact that they are not interested in the
election or to the fact that, having al
ready made up their minds what they
are going to do, they are paying little
attention to the speeches and political
rallies. From outward appearances,
however. many citizens are Just about
as much interested in this election as
they are In the EinStein theory Of rela-
tivity.
While the Democrats are taking rom.
ISOLATION from reports that come to them
OF many individual Republicans who
plan TO vote for their senatorial candi-
dates, the Republicans are pattin1
themselves on the back because the
census figures show that there has been
considerable increase in the population
OF the NTH district, Louisville, and In
the tenth and eleventh districts, which
are also strongly Republican. The
population In the Democratic districts
has dropped of.
furthermore Republicans say some
OF the Democratic Catholic voters are
sore" because the Protestant Demo-
Gratis did not stand with them and vote
Tor Smith in 1928 and for that reason
nave not even registered and are there
fore ineligible to vote.
Thatcher UnOpposed.
The Republican and Democratic
leaders themselves are to some measure
responsible for lowering of the inter-
est In the campaign. In this Repub-
ncan Louisville district the Democrats
have failed to put q candidate for the
House In the field against Representa-
tive Maurice II. Thatcher. They realized
they had no chance of defeating Mr..
Thatcher and figured that to leave him
without an opponent would help to re-
duce the Republican majority in the
district. This is on the theory that
many of the people who would 90 TO
the polls and register their approval of
Thatcher by voting the Republican
ticket viii remain away entirely or
will feel more at liberty to vote the
Democratic ticket. The Republicans
were not to be outdone in this kind of
strategy. They declined to place In the
fleld candidates for the House In first.
second and third districts, believing
that in this way they could take away
the incentive for the Democrats to roll
up large votes in those districts.
One issue that is conspicuous by its
absence in the campaign here is the
liquor issue. No one is mentioning the
wet and dry question. All the candi-
dates, seemingly. have eSpoused the dry
cause. 4g1ere is no excuse for Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt to come into