The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-08
NATIONS VOTE
RECORDS MAY
Be SHATTERED
Expect Forty Million Ballots
Will Be Cast in Poll for
President.
SLOW COUNTING LIKELY
Heavy Participation in
Election May Drag Out
Tally Sheet Marking.
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
United Press STAFF Correspondent


NEW YORK, Nov. "a rush to
the polls was reported from
throughout the country today, in
dicating that more than 100000
votes may be cast in the momentous
presidential election, breaking all
vote records.
The last-minute activities of can
diG>tes, the eleventh. hour victory
statements" of rival campaign
managers, and the. first election re-
turns from tiny hamlets in Massa-
chusettS intensified the usual en-
thusiasm and tension of election
day.
The Wall Street betting odds,
which have favored Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, rose to
to l this morning.
President Herbert Hoover, racing
toward his California home, ex-
pected to arrive in Palo Alto later
today to cast his ballot.
Governor Roosevelt cast his bal
lot in the little yellow frame town
hall at Hyde Park, N. Y, at 2 p. m.
Norman Thomas, Socialist can
didate, who was on campaign tour
during the registration period here,
will be unable to vote.
The decision may be known be-
fore midnight, although there is
some chance of delay because of the
unusually heavy vote expected.
This would tend to slow down the
counting of ballots.
Fight Until Last Moment
Furthermore, in some close states,
the entire vote may have to be
counted before it will be clear which
candidate has the lead.
Indications are that returns from
Illinois, Ohio and Indiana will pro-
vide the first real indication as to
who has won.
Within few more hours the
outcome of the most vigorously
fought presidential campaign in
years will be revealed through re-
turns clicking in from 1913 900 cleo
ton districts throughout the coun-
try.
The aggreSSiveness of the 1892
presidential campaign was en-
phaSlzed Monday night when party
orators, including the two candi-
dates, carried eleventh hour appeals
to the voters in nationwide bursts
of oratory.
The thunder of the big guns of
both Republican and Democratic
parties died away only at midnight.
ana only after the President. for
mer President Calvin Coolidge
Treasury Secretary Ogden L. Mills
FRANKLIN D. Roosevelt, and other
leaders had made a final effort to
urge their supporters to the polls.
Final Pledges Made
While election eve in previous
years has found most candidates
content to rest from their cam
paignS and await the next davis
verdict, this year found Mr.. Hoover
addressing the naticn from the lit
tie town of Elko, New, and Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking to
the country from Poughkeepsie.
N. Y.
The President urged the electo-
rate to face the facts through eyes
uncolored by political interest" and
to trust in the leadership of the
Republican party.
The Governor, in a somewhat
briefer address, pledged that with
your help and your patience and
your generous good will, we will do
what we can to mend the torn fab
rlc Of our common life
Thousands Seek Office
In addition to the eight presi-
dental candidates, several thousand
are running for lesser public Of
fees. Candidates for the house and
senate total 1851.
About 100 are running for gov
ernor in thirty-two states.
In practically every state new
legislatures are being elected.
In most of 5000 counties in the
country, candidates for sheriff, cor
oner and numerous other county Of
fees, are running.
Hard times have increased the
number of candidates and parties.
Twenty parties have put up candi-
dates for congress.
The presidential candidates, in
addition to President Hoover and
Governor Roosevelt, are:
SocialiSt-Norman Thomas.
Prohibition-William D. Upshav
Farmer-Labor-Jacob S. Coxey.
Observation-Disclosures L. Reyn-
oldS.