Evening star., 1932-10-06
Disgrunt!ed Farmers and
JobIess Expected to Turn
Tide in November.
FARMER-LABOR SUPPORT
WILL HELP DEMOCRATS
G. 0. P. Hopes for Woman Vote
and Thinks Hoover Iowa Speech
Keyed Up Workers.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
staff Correspondent of The Star

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI. october g.
Unless political miracle happens, Min
nesota is likely to cast its electoral vote
for the Democratic presidential candi-
date in November
Republican leaders, popped up by the
Hoover speech at Des Moines, yesterday
insisted that the G. o. p has chance
and more than an even chance. Pub
licly they are claiming the State by
10000. Privately they say that if they
skin by with a 10000 lead over Roose-
When Republicans talk about carrying
Minnesota, which has never gone Demo-
cratic in a presidential election since
the Civil War, by meager 10000 ma
jority, there is something very wrong
with the Grand Old Party.
The factors initiating against Presi-
dent Hoover in this State are potent
so potent that most of the politicians
and the observers" here do not believe
that they can be overcome.
Disgruntled farmers and laborers out
of work are the primary cause Of dis
affection in the Republican ranks.
Governor Denounces Hoover.
Furthermore, President Hoover has
against him the combined Democratic
and Farmer-Labor voters here The
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balance of power. Gov. Floyd B. Olson,
Farmer-Labor, in his keynote speech
for reelection spent half his time de-
nouncing the Hoover administration and
saying nice things about Gov. Roosevelt.
Republican newspapers here twitted
the Governor, asking whether he thought
he himself were running for President.
1t Is an open secret that Olson and
other Farmer-Laborites sought fusion
with the Democrats. the Farmer-Labo Dor
people to support Roosevelt for PTesi-
dent and the Democrats to aid Olson to
reelection. There has been no out
ward fusion effected. This because of
a row among the Democrats themselves
John E. Regan, leader of the so-called
jumpers" who were the Smith Demo-
Gratis and anti-Roosevelt Democrats at
the Democratic National Convention, is
the Democratic nominee Tor Governor.
Mr.. Regan can't see why in this sup
posedly Democratic year he should give
way in the gubernatorial race to Gov.
Olson. So Regan and the jumpers de-
feated the move for an open fusion.
This makes it more difhcult for Gov.
Olson to be reelected. He is wooing
the Democrats, however. in the hope
that in the end most OF them will leave
Regan and go to him. Having attacked
Hoover and spoken well of Roosevelt.
the Governor scarcely can seek to lead
the Farmer-Laborites to the Republican
fold in the later days of the campaign
without stultifying himself. The So
called regular" Democrats, the faction
which elected a Roosevelt delegation
and sent it to the Democratic National
Convention last June. seem perfectly
willing to play ball with Olson.
Both the Democratic factions and
their leaders are supporting Roosevelt.
To make 1t more difficult for the Re-
publican national ticket, along comes
this eleventh-hour reconciliation of AL
Smith and Franklin ID. Roosevelt The
hope has been strong among the Re-
publicans that the Smith Democrats
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