Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01
REPUBLICAN HOLDS
EDGE IN FIRST OHIO
HoIIiSter Seen With AdVan-
tage Over Lorbach to Sue
coed Late Speaker.
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ocrats have put in the field wet from
Saginaw Saginaw County has nearly
40 per cent Of the vote in the dis
trict. and the Democrats are hoping
10 put their man across on Tuesday,
despite the fact that Vincent carried
the district only last November by
20. 900 votes. The other vacancy TO be
filed Tuesday is in the second Penn
sylvania district. the old Graham dis
trict in Philadelphia, sure to go Re-
publican.
Parties May Be Even.
Should the Republicans win in the
first Ohio. the eighth Michigan and
the second Pennsylvania districts and
the Democrats be victorious in the
twentieth Ohio and the seventh New
York districts, the House membership
after Tuesdays election would be Re
publicans, ZIG; Democrats, ZIG;
Farmer Labor, /, and 2 vacancies. OF
these vacancies, one is to be filled De-
cember ! and one in January. Both
are usually strongly Republican dis
tricts, the first is the fifth New Jersey
district, where the late Representative
Alderman was elected by a two-to-one
vote in 1880, and the second is the
first New Hampshire district, which
was carried by the late Representative
Fletcher Hale year ago with a lead
Of 10000 votes. over his Democratic
opponent.
1t is obvious that the paper major
ity of one in the House, won by the
Republicans last year, is in jeopardy,
and that a single upset in these by
e1nn4fav1e 0rrOsttH 0iNF he nny1annrofc
equal strength with the Republicans
and leave Kvale of Minnesota, Farmer
Labor, holding the exact balance OF
power between the two parties.
The campaign in this first Ohio dis
trict is in a measure a test of the
attitude of the German-American
voters in this country toward Presi-
dent Hoover. 1t has been estimated
that from 40 to so per cent of the
people OF Cincinnati have German
blood in their veins, although many
of them are removed from the father
land by two or more generations. Gin
cinnati boasts that of all cities of its
size today. it has a higher percentage
of American-born citizens. More than
80 per cent of its population is native
born. The German-American vote in
a potent factor and has been, as a
rule, strongly Republican. The Ger
n-Americans have been disgruntled
because of the depression and unem-
ployment, and particularly because of
the stand of President Hoover against
repeal or modification of the eighteenth
amendment.
Horbach Speaks German.
The Hoover debt holiday, in connec-
ton with German reparations and
~ inf aflfo1 dnhfc and the
other efforts which President Hoover
has made in recent months to come
to the aid Of Germany in her financial
and economic distress has won him
favor with the German Americans
here, offsetting to a degree the spirit
of protest that was growing up among
them. This fact is likely to be an aid
to John B. HOLSTER in his race for
the Longworth seat against David
of German descent. He is a member
of the National Citizens League, which
includes in its membership the Ger
man societies of Cincinnati, and he has
gone to their meetings and addressed
them in German, giving him something
of an advantage over his opponent.
HOLSTER. who spent year in Ger
man University after he finished COL
lege In this country, speaks German,
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dress in German over the radio TO
German American voters, in an effort
to offset Lorbach's constant talks to
the Germans in the vernacular.
The German language newspaper pub
liShed here, the Freie Presse, is Re-
publican and is supporting HOLSTER edi-
torially HOLSTER is wet enough in
sentiment to satisfy the German Ameri-
cans, or this paper might have hard
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American language daily papers in Gin
cinnati. the Times Star is ardently sup
porting HOLSTER. the Post has Endorsed
the candidacy of Lorbach solely on the
tariff issue and the Cincinnati Enquirer
is maintaining neutral attitude as
between the Republican and Democratic
candidates.
Jahncke Opens Campaign.
Neither HOLSTER nor Lorbach have
imported speakers from outside the dis
trict to aid them in the campaign,
which is coming rather quietly to close.
Ernest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy. it is true, came here at the
opening rally OF the Republicans this
Fall and spoke for HOLSTER. But no
other Spell-binders have come into the
State. Both sides have decided it was
the better policy to fight the thing out
! locally, despite the fact that they have
talked only of national issues and the
Nation is interested in the outcome OF
the election here. On the surface
neither side is spending much money
| in the campaign.
/ Because of the keen interest in Gin
/ cinnati over the election of city
/ council, comparatively big vote may 6e
! expected to turn out on Tuesday. This
/ should be an aid TO HOLSTER, since his
district is normally Republican by about
/ 1900 TO 10000 votes He is not sure
however. of support from number Of
/ Republican dry voters who do not like
/ his dry stand, and who may not vote
for either HolliSter or Lorbach. but whC
would like TO vote for an independent
dry.
The HOLSTER forces are hoping tha'
mary protest votes, which might other
wise so to Lorbach. will be cast fer thu
Progressive candidate, Robert A. Duder
Stadt. who has a rather socialistc plat
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