Evening star., 1932-10-29
KEYSTONE STATE
| J0LTED BY SMITH
Newark "Bigotry" Speech
Cost Thousands of Votes,
Democrats Admit.
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in the so-called controlled wards" &"
about "a out Of the 48 in the city, to
keep the voters in line for the Repub-
lican ticket is much less difficult.
Frankly they say SO.
Significance OF Figures.
Party registration figures do not al
ways mean that an election is to go to
the party with the larger registration.
However, the registration figures in
Pennsylvania this year are not without
significance. The figures at hand
which may be changed by few more
thousand additions on the final regis
tration day-shoW a total registration
for the State this year of 3.9l2,67I, as
compared to 3,97l ,876 in 1923, reduc-
tion of 59205. 1t is believed that thou
sands of potential voters registered four
years ago to vote for or against Al
Smith have not taken the trouble to
register this year. Also because of hard
times many may have failed to pay the
poll tax.
OF this total registration 2911 .068
are set down as Republicans and 833.-
977 as DemocratS-a huge discrepancy.
The Republican registration this year
shows an increase of 49l49 over that
Of four years ago, and the Democratic
registration has fallen off 334l4. In
Philadelphia the latest registration fig
ureS available show a total of 64l 32l
of which 549.139 are Republican. 84,5l2
Democratic 1925 Socialist, 5,533 nom
partisan and l06 Prohibitionist, with a
scattering to other parties.
-Four years ago Smith received 200, 1875
more votes than there were registered
Democrats. What reason is there, it is
asked by observers, to believe that
Roosevelt will run greatly stronger than
the Democratic registration this year
than Smith did beyond that registra-
ton in 1928? The only possible expla-
nation is hard times desire for a
change and dislike for the Hoover ad-
ministration. But none of those rea-
sons was sufficient to bring many voters
to register as Democrats, as is quite
evident from the registration figures.
Pinchot Still Mum.
Gov. Clifford Pinchot. Republican
Progressive, is still keeping mum If he
is to come out for either candidate, he
has not yet indicated his choice. Some
Of his friends do not believe he will say
anything believing that he still has
ambitions to obtain Republican nomi-
nation for the Senate or possibly to
try for the presidential nomination
four years hence. 1t is reported. how
ever, that he has released" his own
organization and its followers to vote
as they desire. with the understanding
that a number of them will vote for
Roosevelt. In some quarters it is rather
suspected that the Governor himself, if
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for Roosevelt.
How much effect a declaration by
Gov. Pinchot for Roosevelt would have.
has a considerable following out in The
State. However the Governor took a
pretty good drubbing in the primaries
last Spring. and his influence is not
what it was. Also he has always been
a dry, and it might not sit SO well
among his dry followers if Pinchot
should declare for the advocate of pro-
hibition repeal. Gov. Roosevelt. Fur
thermore, support for Roosevelt from
Pinchot might conceivably strengthen
the Hoover lines among the anti-Pin-
chot Republicans in the State. Demo-
cratic leaders do not appear to be hank
ering for Pinchot to make an open
declaration for Roosevelt. They are
perfectly willing to have him work un-
der cover for their man if he desires
to so do.
Democrats and Republicans alike say
that William S. Ware. the Republican
boss of this City Of Brotherly Love. and
his organization is going down the line
for Hoover in this election. They do
not believe that it is because Mr.. Ware
has any love for Mr.. Hoover. But they
believe that Mr.. Ware feels it important
for many reasons to roll up big ma
jority for Hoover in this city. In the
first place, Mr.. Ware will want to have
something to say about candidates for
Governor and Senator when 1894 rolls
around. II he demonstrates his grip
on things in Philadelphia in this cleo
ton, he will be very powerful in 1884
If he loses here this year, he will not
have such influence two years hence
So Mr.. Ware is going along. 1t was he
who cinched the Republican presiden-
tial nomination for Mr. Hoover in Kan
sas City four years ago, when Andrew
Mellon seemed to be wavering But MI
Ware was under charges then in con-
nection with his election to the Senate
He was finally denied a seat in that
body. If he believed he was entitled To
support from the President at that time
at least he did not receive 1t. Now
again his own interests and those OF
the President seem to run along to-
gether.
Slated for Rally.
Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, United
States Marine Corps, retired. and Brig
Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, U. S. A., re-
tired, and until recently superintendent
of police in the District of Columbia
are slated to address a pro-Roosevelt
veterans rally in Philadelphia Thursday
night. Their speeches, which are ex-
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