The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-10-14
ROOSEVELT AS GOOD AS
ELECTED SAYS FARLEY
Literary Digest Gives Him 81 States With Good
Chance of Clean Sweep in All 48

New York, Oct 14-Franklin D.
Roosevelt is as good as elected
president-by the Literary Digest
poll, and has a chance to make a
clean sweep of the 4S states, ac-
cording to James A. Farley, chair
man Of the Democratic National
Campaign Committee, in a state
ment released at campaign head
quarters at the Hotel Biltmore to-
day. While the Literary Digest poll
figures show President Hoover
leading in only seven states, Mr.
Farley states that a re-check of the
poll statistics by his executive staff
Indicates that New Jersey, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts
and New Hampshire are definitely
in the Roosevelt column, and thai
Maine and Vermont are so close
that by no means can they be con-
sidered safe for the republican
ticket.
"Any sane person cannot escape
the implication of such a gigantic
sampling of public opinion as is
embraced in the Literary Digest
straw vote" declared Mr. Farley. I
consider this conclusive evidence
as to the desire of the people OF
this country for a change in =. the
national government, and a fore
cast of what will be registered at
the polls on November eighth.
1.-THE only states missing in this
poll are four southern states: Tex
as, Florida, North Carolina and Vir-
ginia; four border states: Missouri,
Tennessee, Oklahoma and Mary
land; one northern state: Minneso-
ia. and one western state: Wash
ington.
"Our own tabulation Of all polls
in these ten states point to a smash
ing victory in each one of them, so
to all intents and purposes the
story told in SO states is the same
story, only more intense, for the
other ten.
"This poll shows seven states CIV
ing a majority of their votes to the
republican candidate. These seven
states are New Jersey and six New
England states. Now I have gone
on record several times in the press
of the country on this election. and
I have repeated several times the
.tatement that made quite early
in the campaign. I repeat 1t now:
I am not prepared to concede sim
gle state to the opposition, and
when the ballots are counted on
November eighth, I am quite sure
that the result will show what
have always contended was posi-
ble-a clean sweep for Franklin D.
Roosevelt and John N. Garner. The
American people are in no temper
to continue the present republican
for another four
years; they are tired Of promises;
they are tired Of temporizing; they
are tired of lamentations-and
their verdict is going to be render
ed on November eighth.
at appeal to the loyal democratic
workers and other friends of Gov
ernor Roosevelt throughout the
country to take renewed enthus-
iasm from this indication of a mag
nificent victory and to join with us
in making it a clean sweep for the
Roosevelt Garner ticket, a sweep
that will place every single state
into the democratic column: 1t is
possible. and with continuation
Of the loyal and conscientious eff
fort of our friends, 1t is goal that
will be achieved.
1.-THE Literary Digest poll is an
achievement Of no little magnitude
4. is a poll fairly and correctly con-
Quoted. But we cannot escape the
fact that in 1928 by using the same
method of polling. the Literary Dr.
gest straw ballot failed to disclose
the full democratic strength actu-
ally registered In the election Of
that year. In New Jersey. the Lit
erary Digest poll indicated that AL
fred z. Smith would receive 27.3
per cent of the total vote, whereas
he actually received 40 per cent.
The poll missed the democratic
strength by over $50 votes out of
every 1000 poiied. And that's what
. did In every one OF the New Eng
land states - missed the full
strength Of the democratic vote
by from SO 10 ia votes out OF each
/ 200 cast. We have had these fig
urcs analysed carefully by our own
executive staff. and we believe that
while they demonstrate the tre'
current swing 10 Roose-
welt. yet they do not reveal the true
are cast IN New Jersey. We shall
carry that. state by q majority OF
900, 900; II Rhode Island casts 2sb..
900 votes, w0 shall register % ma
iorlty of over eO,000i IL connecti.
eut casts $4,000 votes. We shall
have a majority IN excess OF 80.
900 v0tesi II MASSACHUSETTS, poiI =
million and a half ballots. enF ~.