The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
FARM Revolt
PERILS C. 0. P.
IN STRONGHOLD
Second District Rural Area
Bitter Against Wood
and Watson.
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POSSIBILITY OF VICTORY.
To gauge better the election out
look, let us examine separately each
OF the thirteen counties in the Sec
ond district. The reason for the
small majorities is that the coun-
ties are sparsely populated, agri-
culture being the vocation followed.
Benton-An average Republican
majority Of 1000. Good Demo-
cratic organization working in an
almost exclusively rural commun-
1ty. Democratic by approximately
$50 votes.
Carroll-Normal G. o. P. ma
1ority 500. Agricultural resent
ment and popularity of Roosevelt
McNutt and Van Mugs and excellent
Durgan connections mean that it
VIII go Democratic by at least 200.
Good Democratic Organization
Cass-Went Democratic by less
than 200 in 1922 and 1880. Has
strong remnants of Khan organi-
nation but has best Democratic Or
. ganization in state under super
vision of McHale and Fansler. Will
go Democratic by approximately
1000.
Fulton-Republican average TOO
majority. Wood is credited with
bringing a national fish hatchery
TO the county and this is expected
TO aid him. McNutt and Van Mugs
Will run ahead of Roosevelt. BY
giving the Republicans all 300 of
The doubtful votes polled, the DEM
ocrats may lose by $50. But there
is possibility of a toss-up, or a
Democratic majority of $50.
Jasper-Republican average ma
FORTY of 1900. Democrats hope TO
carry it by 500 votes. But tie
would be a break.
kosclusko-Although the Demo-
Gratis have elected county and CITY
officials, the Republican national
and congressional ticket received
pluralities as high as 3,377 votes in
1920 Best break for the Demo-
Gratis came in 1880, when they lost
the county for the congressional
~NAANNNepkN Ny OAlly 90 NOUtS.
Organization work is excellent in
both parties and the fight is close.
A close vote here would help the
Democratic majority in the district.
Heads of the Democratic state and
national tickets are extremely
popular, while Watson is reviled by
both business men and farmers.
Here Is Turnover
Marshall-Republican by MAORI
ties ranging from 112 to 1921. Al
though dry, Wood and Watson are
so hated and the Democratic state
and national tickets so we'll liked
that it is estimated to go Democratic
by approximately $50. If the Dem
ocrat would give the Republicans
all the 1000 doubtful votes, the G.
o. P. could carry the county by only
200 votes. Republican business men
and farmers declare that they will
vote national and state Democratic
tickets and support their own county
nominees.
Newton-Republican average ma
jority of ESQ will be cut because of
unpopularity of Watson and Wood,
but Democrats have uphill battle.
Porter-This is the Republican
holy of holes. There have been
campaigns where there were not
enough Democrats to fill the cleo
ton boards, the @. o. P. majoritieS
running as high as 1885. But the
Democratic state and national tick
cts have made terrific inroads and
a close vote would mean a Demo-
cratic victory. Van Mugs won a
hostile audience here last week with
his liberal stand.
Another Switch Here
Pulaski-The article is being writ
ten in this county, which surprised
even itself in 1880, when it gave
the Democratic candidate for Sec
rotary of state majority of thirty
eight votes, the only county in the
: district to do so.
In 1923 it gave the Democratic
congressional candidate majority
of twenty, and in 1880 a majority
of eighty-five. Normally 200 Re-
publican, it will go Democratic for
the national and state tickets by ap-
proximately $50 votes.
Starke-Although usually $50 Re-
publican, this county amazed OBJ
servers when it went Democratic by
ninety-two in $780, Encouraged by
\ this, the Democratic organization
Is working enthusiastically and is
expected, because of unpopularity
of the Republican ticket, to bring
it into the fold by approximately
two hundred votes.
Tippecanoe-This Is the tough
egg. Although it is Durgan's home
county and he has been elected and
reelected mayor of Lafayette for
eighteen years, the county has al
ways gone Republican Ly majori-
lies of from $500 to 4,500, because
Wood also claims to reside here. The
incumbent congressman has the
support of Henry Marshall's Repub-
lican paper. but personally he is not
very popular.
Stand Hurts Wood
His half-wet and half-dry atti-
tude does not help Wood here. The
Republicans claim the county by
between 1000 and 1850 votes, which
would win the district for him, but
the Democratic organization, under
Harry Schultz, has put up bitter
battle. and expects to cash in on
popularity of the state and national
tickets.
No estimate of the majority of
either party can be made, because
of the uncertainty caused by the
heavy vote at Purdue university in
west Lafayette, which. as an en-
rineering school, feels friendly
toward engineer Hoover.
neutrality-suspicious. by an average
hf $50 votes. 1t is expected to
slough much of this G. o. P. ma
joritv and go Democratic by $50
or 200 votes. because Of its prox-
imity to Lafayette and its intimate
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