Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-03
HOOVER MADE
issue BALLOT
MUST DECIDE
Thirty-Two State
Elect Chiefs
Tomorrow
BY BYRON PRICE
Associated Press Staff Writer

The political campaign OF 1890
came TO its final prediction pause
today with party alignments in a
tangle. and the result warmly In
dispute.
Tomorrow. as the nation becomes
one vast polling place, the voters
will write the answer, electing full
membership of the house of repre-
sentatives, one-third OF the senate,
governors in 80 states, and hundreds
OF lesser officials in county. ward
and township.
How far the returns will go, also,
toward solving the riddles PROFOUND
ed to the electorate in the criss-
cross Of party appeals, must remain
for time to tell. Both republicans
and democrats have made President
Hoover the issue nationally, espec-
Tally in their discussions of the
business decline. the tariff and farm
relief. But other considerations. no
tably the dispute over prohibition.
have added local complications 70
the task Of the voter in many states.
G.. o. p. Recession Seen
In one respect alone did today's
last-minute prophesies agree. They
all foresaw a recession Of the repub-
lican tide which rose SO high in 1928
"a scaling down OF the present
over-grown republican majorities in
congress and perhaps. too. an &C
~companying turn toward the demo
Gratis in some of the elections 10
minor office.
Closing up shop after n Of the
most determined fights they ever
waged for congressional control.
democratic managers predicted their
party would elect a majority Of the
house, and would reduce the repub-
lican senate majority almost, II not
entirely TO the vanishing point.
The republicans, declaring final
reports showed an eleventh-hour
trend in their favor. claimed con-
troll OF both senate and house. but
by the reduced majorities which
often fall to the lot of the party in
power in the offyears mid way be-
tween the presidential elections.
32 Governors
Similarly, in more than half Of
the 80 states which elect governors
tomorrow, the final communicates
from party headquarters showed
both sides claiming victory. In this
disputed territory lives vastly more
than half the country's population.
for ii included among others, the
states OF New York. Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts, and Ohio.
While every state but Maine,
which elects in September, will vote
for members Of the house. the dis
tricts listed as really debatable num-
her something less than 100 out OF
the total of 435. In their assault
upon these districts, the democrats
have sought to raid the republican
picket lines from coast to coast, but
the major force of their attack has
fallen in Ohio, Indiana. Kentucky,
West Virginia and Missouri. II is
In these states they center their
highest hopes.
Campaigns Close
Similarly. the democratic expec-
tations in the senate rest principally
on less than a dozen contests out OF
the 80. They have made especially
determined attacks in Massachu-
sets. Oklahoma, Ohio. West Vir-
ginia. Kentucky. Illinois and Rhode
Island, and during the closing DAYS
of the campaign have turned partic-
ular attention also TO Minnesota and
South Dakota.
For the most part. the machinery
of party management came TO a
stop. as is customary. with the ac-
tivities OF prediction Saturday.
Today candidates and managers
we're turning from the formulation
OF policies and the art Of persua-
sion to the more prosaic task Of get
ting out the vote.
In a few localities. however, ac-
tive campaigning continued and
both Of the great parties planned to
make a final bow to the national
electorate in radio speeches tonight.
The republicans will present James
Francis Burke. counsel for the ma
tional committee. The democratic
valedictorians will be Jouett Shouse.
who is chairman Of his party's ex-
ecutive committee captained it's
Washington headquarters. and Sen
ator Robinson Of Arkansas, demo-
cratic leader OF the senate.