The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-12
OHIO SWEEPING
To ROOSEVELT,
POLLS INDICATE
Hard Times, Shift to Vets
Portend Vast Gains by
Democrats.
BY RAY TUCKER
Times stan Writer

CAs4y Es9SlANA(s W. Ill
Dental polls taken by Ohio news
papers OF ali editorial opinion are
extended in their present ratio to
include the voting population. the
result shows that Governor Frank
lin d. Roosevelt will carry this
erstwhile prohibition stronghold by
about $4,000
Although only the most opti-
mistic Democrats expect to see the
Democratic plurality reach that
figure it gives some indication Of
how the November election will go.
All canvasses give the Demo-
cratic naminee tremendous lead
in both urban and supposedly dry
country sections.
Many Ohio cities have been nard
hit by the depression, industries
and banks suffering especially, and
the farmers are also in bad way
Moreover, this home state of the
Anti-Saloon League and the w. c.
T. u. has gone extremely wet, &C
cording to all polls.
n AEll~AdH pun bdhEh ny Oh
Scripps Howard newspapers in all
sections Of the state gives 35,287
votes TO Roosevelt and 1903 to
Hoover, for repeal there we're 44,153
ballots with 5000 in opposition.
II All Looks Roosevelt
Both David s. ingalls,, Republican
nominee for Governor, and Gilbert
Bettman, Republican opponent of
Senator Robert J. Buckley are cam
paigning as dripping vets, and this
may help them. They are not ex-
pected to win, however, if the pre-
dicted Roosevelt sweep materializes.
AS an indication of the trend on
prohibition, there is the poll in
Hillsboro, where the w. c. T. u.
was founded many years ago. 1t
was against prohibition by ire
mendous majority. Bettman and
Buckley are concentrating on the
liquor issue, each proclaiming in
joint debates that he is wetter than
his opponent.
AS evidence of the presidential
sentiment, the canvass in the ex-
elusive Hyde park district in Gin
cinnati, where Alice LongWorth
lives, gave sos votes to Roosevelt
against $40 for Hoover. This is
the citys strongest Republican
suburb, Hoover carrying it over Al
Smith in 1928 by more than 5000
votes.
Brown Appears Worried
Even Lucas county, which in.
cludes Toledo, the home of Walter
F. Brown, postmaster general, and
Hoover's political adviser, is counted
to go Democratic in big way.
Indicative of Browns attitude is
the fact that he has been spending
a great deal of time in Toledo, re-
Gently, in conferences with county
politicians.
This is taken to mean that he
LOOKS for national defeat, and is
concerned mostly in retaining local
control.
It also Is gossiped about that
Brown, in talking with friends, is
conveying the impression that Og-
den l.. Mills, treasury secretary, is
Hoover's campaign adviser, thereby
relieving himself of any RESPONSE
bility for the expected calamity on
Nov s.
Browns frequent visits home on
the eve of the big Republican push"
are the subject of satiric Democratic
comment to the effect 1t is as if
Napoleon spent his time 100 miles
behind the lines on the eve of
Austerlitz-or Waterloo.
The trial of Maurice Maschke of
Cleveland, former national commit
teeman, has disrupted Republicans
there, and hurt the party
Seek to Use Race Prejudice
Although he voluntarily stepped
out OF the political picture following
his indictment. no new leader was
chosen.
Only within the last ten days was
a campaign committee chosen. and
1t does not seem to be doing much
effective work.
Cuyahoga county. which is domi-
mated by the Cleveland vote, is ex-
pected to give q large majority to
Roosevelt, as are all the other large
cities.
In Ohio as in Indiana and Iili-
nois, where there is large body of
Negro voters, the Republicans are
hammering at the southern birth
and sympathies of Representative
John N. Garner, Democratic vice
presidential nominee.
Pointing out that only heart
beat separates the Texan from the
White House, they are seeking to
lineup the Negro vote against the
Democratic ticket.
But polls show that this usually
Republican class of voters is wineing
IN the NpW Work CNvorw1.