New Britain herald., 1930-11-04
Uncertainties Many
By the Associated Press.

uncertainties Many
 By the Associated Press.
 In an election weighted with un- certainties the nation is deciding to- day who shall sit in congress and in the places of authority at 32 state capitals.
 A democratic swing away from the great republican majorities of 1928 is conceded, bit it's extent is so b-clouded even in the private reck- onings of party leaders. that only the returns themselves can tell the story.
 Easing their campaign of attack on President Hoover's conduct of crisis. the democrats are acknow- ledged even by the republican stal . warts to have menaced seriously republican dominance in the house, and reduced the republican margin in the senate. As a result, control of senate or house, or both, by dem- ocfatic independent coalition, was possibility.
 Liquor Issue Important
 Prohibition, unrecognized by eli ther party as a national issue, has all but monopolized the stage in many localities and any overturns will be scrutinized with extreme interest by vets and drys.
 Not only are the possible fortunes of President Hoover in 1892 thus entangled with today's verdict at the polls, but the result is fraught with potentialities for other outstanding figures in American politics.
 Among other things. the election will decide whether Franklin D.. CTS for the presidency. will be re- elected governor of New York or voted out of public life.
 It will determine whether the time has come to confer the title of senator-b election on woman. Ruth Hanna Mccormick of Illinois.
 It will disclose whether demo- cratic Alabama is to discipline Sen ator Hef1in, by keeping him at home, because he bolted Al Smith.
 It will write success or failure across Clifford Pinchots spectacular campaign to win the Pennsylvania governorship on the republican ticket. without the support of pow erful republican leaders.
 In Montant the returns will say whether Senator Walsh, prosecutor of the Teapot Dome investigation. is to return again to the senate after one of the hardest campaigns in his career.
 In Nebraska, the voters will de- eide between the veteran senator Norris and his one-time colleague, former Senator Hitchcock.
 Maryland will answer whether Al bert C. Ritchie is to break still an other precedent by winning the gov ernorship for a fourth time.
 And, by the degree in which 1t gives to the independent republicans the balance of power in the ne" senate. the election conceivably will give scope to the operations hence- forth of the independent Senator Borah.
 Referendum Votes Pending
 In tUo-thirds of the states, mca- sures of legislation or public policy are before the voter for direct ac- ton by referendum. Prohibition pro- vdes the medium for three, Illinois and Rhode Island voting their opin- ions whether the 18th amendment should be repealed. and Massachu- setts deciding whether to do away with her state enforcement act. Bond issues for public works to- talling upwards of a half billion dollars, advocated as a boon 10 en- ployment, are on the ballots in 20 states.
 In many communities the voters turned out today with 11th hour ap- peals by party spokesmen still fresh in overnight memories. Nationally, both parties said their last word last evening over the radio. Speaking for the republicans, James Francis Burke repeated again the watch word of the republican campaign: stand by the president" For the democrats, Jouett Shouse and Sen- ator Robinson or Arkansas asked that the congressional election ex- press a nations disapproval of the Hoover policies.
 Fair weather over most of the country augured for heavy vote, although of course the total, as cus- tomary in off ff-years, was expected to fall far below the mammoth figure of 1928. Only for the south Atlantic states, where there are few election contests, did the weather map show signs of rain.
 Most Polls Close at
 Most of the states close their polls at nightfall. and comprehensive re- turns from the east and middle west seemed likely by early evening. The far west will be we'll behind. In Washington and Oregon the closing time was 8 D. m.. Pacific time. or Il ?. m. on the Atlantic seaboard.