Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01

than the man In the moon Of being
elected. but IL he can take ? 1000 or 3.000
been cast for Lorbeeh by unemployed
and dsgr1ntIed voters his candidacy
might swing the election 70 HOLSTER.
Duderstadt's Platform.
Duderstadt Is q woodca-ver by trade
and a union man FOR 90 years. In his
platform ne proposes o Federal En-
pigment Bureau. which would be com
PEELED to find worker q Job In private
industry, and II that was impossible, a
Job on emergency work for the Govern
ment His idea OF a minimum private
wage would be 81 an hour. He favors
oldage pensions, physical inequality
pensions. motherhood pensions and
loans on real estate by the Government
at per cent interest.
The three candidates for the Long
worth seat IN the House will be voted
for on a separate ballot, all by them
selves. In this way the congressional
election may not become involved in
the hard fight which is being waged
over the election OF city council.
The consensus here in political cir
cleS is that HOLSTER has the better
chance TO win. 1t is true that even the
Democrats, when they talk privately,
do not believe their candidate viii win
Nevertheless, there is a great element
Of doubt in the protest vote which may
be cast because of hard times. 1t IS
conceivable, and even the Republicans
admit IL, that this 2 Jtest vote may
swell to such proportions as to cause
the defeat OF the Republican nominee.
Cincinnati is not in such bad condi-
ton as many of the other cities in Ohio
and throughout the country. This is
explained partly by the fact that Gin
cinna.i's industries are diversified and
many. 1t Is admitted, however, that
there is more unemployment here today
than there was last year at this time,
and that perhaps 5000 families will
have to be provided for by charity dur
ing the coming Winter.
Interested in Prohibition.
The local organizations looking after
the poor have prepared for a hard Win
ter. Their leaders believe that they will
be able 10 cope with the situation ade-
quately and there is strong sentiment
against a Federal dole for the unem-
ployed.
One issue the people of Cincinnati are
tremendously interested in is prohibit
ton. A candidate who announced HIM
self dry" would not have a China
mans chance for any Office here. The
late Speaker Longworth, although it
was realized he was an opponent of the
eighteenth amendment, suffered in the
1880 election from the fact that he did
not come out fatty for repeal of the
amendment and, indeed, said nothing
about prohibition. His friends here
haIiaxtad fhat hiS failure RI YYaoka q
definite announcement against prohibi
ton cost him many votes and had much
to do with cutting his majority down
to $500 in that election. AS a matter
of fact, after Mr.. Longworth became
Speaker of the House he said nothing
about prohibition one way or the other
He could not have been elected Speaker
because of the overwhelming dry vote
in the House if he had not agreed To
keep off the wet and dry question in his
public statements. Furthermore, his
party nationally was taking the dry
stand.
HOLSTER lacks this handicap in his
race again Lorbach. 1T has been clear
for some time that prohibition is i'm
possible" he tells the voters, adding
the recent action of the American Le-
gion at Detroit is merely another indi-
cation of the trend of the times" The
Republican candidate favors repeal OF
the eighteenth amendment and pending
that repeal a modification of the law sc
as to permit light wines and beer. This
goes well in the district that in the ole
days used to be known as over the
Rhine"
May Figure Next Year.
This interest in the wet and dry
question in Cincinnati does not run
alone in congressional elections, Lead
ing Republicans here insist that If
President Hoover doesn't at least give
assent to a referendum proposition on
the liquor issue he cannot carry Hamil-
ton County next year. Today, some OF
them say. Mr.. Hoover. between the de-
preston and the wet and dry issue,
could not carry Ohio. This may change
before election day next year. The
Presidents recent plan for big credit
corporation to aid the banks has been
well received in Cincinnati and has
gained him friends.
Newton d. Baker, Secretary Of War
in the Wilson administration, may be
the fair-haired son of Cleveland Demo-
Gratis for the presidential nomination
next year. but he doesn't rate so well
in Cincinnati The World War and
the Wilson administration are not SO
popular here. The impression among
the politicians here is that the Demo-
cratic nomination for President is like
~ to go to Gov. Roosevelt of New
York, rather than to an Ohio Demo-
crat. However, if the Democrats should
win the elections Tuesday in the first
and twentieth Ohio districts, indicat-
ing that there is a strong Democratic
trend in this pivotal State, the Ohio
democracy may put up strong hight
Ohinan the head nf the
Democratic national ticket next year.