Evening star., 1932-11-06
ROOSEVELT LEADS
AS SCAMPA|GN ENDS
Governors Margin Of Victory
in Electoral College
May Reach 100.
Continued From First Page.)

The factors that are favorable to the
President are, first, the program which
he has put forward for reconstruction
in this country. program that already
has made marked effect in stabiliZine
credit and placing the country in .
position to go forward. Against it the
program of the Democrats is nebulous
to say the least The President has
proved himself a good campaigner
Roosevelt has contented himself with
"Pollyana speeches" SO dubbed even
by Democrats, expressing his sympathy
with agriculture and labor. The women
voters have rallied to the President IN
great numbers Generally speaking, the
dry leaders declared for him and rome
of them have campained for the Presi-
dent Many of the business men In all
sections of the country have come to
his support.
Republican RoOsevelts in Fight.
The Democrats have to face. too the
huge pluralities of the Republicans IN
the past in States like California, Ohio
| Illinois, Indiana. New Jersey. for ex-
ample The Republicans have won often
| by the mere inertia Of these great
masses of Republican votes. Undoubt-
edly they are helping Mr.. Hoover to-
day. Millions of Republicans have in
herited their Republicanism through
! the generations.
Into this campaign to aid President
Hoover have come the Republican
Roosevelts, widow. sons and daugh-
tiers of the late President Roosevelt
For the first time Mrs. Alice Roosevelt
Longworth has delivered speeches in a
political campaign. She has been ef-
fective
Republicans have centered in this
campaign particularly on States which
they believed could be won over. They
recall the fact that despite the huge
popular vote given President Hoover
over AL Smith, about 100000 votes. q
change of about 100000 votes rightly
placed in a number of States. would
have given Smith majority OF the
electoral votes and made him President
It is their hope now that no matter
what the popular vote may be they can
still squeeze through.
The interest taken in this election
campaign has been evidenced by the
huge registration, 4,500,OOO more than
in 1928 which broke all precedents.
The registration this year has been esti-
mated at 46,9O0,000 Four years ago
the registration was AZ 100000 and the
vote cast was 36.700000. The Demo-
Gratis have argued, and their arguments
seem reasonable, that the great In
creases in registration, with voters on
the lists who ignored the polls four
years ago, represent a protest sentiment
against present conditions and the pres
ent administration. On the other hand,
it is also true that this registration was
made months ago, most of it. and that
if there has been a swing back to
Hoover as now claimed, the increased
registration is not so great handicap
to the Republicans as the Democrats
would have 1t believed.
Gov. Rooseyelt's campaign was de-
signed and carried out so as mt tC
rock the boat" While he has prom
ised much to many classes, farmers and
industrialists, he has not been specific
in most instances. He has taken a
definite stand on the prohibition issue
When finally driven to statement on
the soldiers bonus, he satisfied most OF
the opponents of immediate payment OF
the bonus while not closing the door to
hopes of the veterans. Gov. Roosevelt
is declining utterly to reply to pointed
questions put him by President Hoover
on many issues If all this were taking
~
only two days before the voting begins
Roosevelt might be compelled to make
some answer. But with the short time
before the polls open it IS doubtful that
his failure to answer the President will
lose him many votes.
Roosevelt in Pink Of Health.
Although President Hoover may be
defeated he has during his campaign
placed the issues and his program SO
clearly before the country that he has
practically forced the Democrats, when
they come into power, If they do, to
carry on along the lines which he has
indicated.
Gov. Roosevelt has campaigned even
more widely than has President Hoo
yer. 1t is a question whether he bene-
| fitted himself thereby. One thing he
did accomplish, however, and that was
a silencing of the reports that he was
not physically able to undergo such
| hardships of travel. because of his
lameness. AS he concludes the cam
| paign Roosevelt looks in the pink OF
| health.
The conclusion that the Democrats
stand the better chance of winning
has been formed by your correspondent
after visits to % States within the
| last five weeks, lying as far West as
California and as far North as Massa-
chusetts. OF the States visited Presi-
dent Hoover appeared to have the bet
| ter chance of carrying Kansas, Penn
| sylvania, New Jersey. Iowa, Michigan
and Connecticut. The great majority
of these States appeared inclined to
60 Democratic, including New York
If the East can be held for the Presi-
dent, as claimed by the Eastern cam
paign managers, the contest will be
determined by the election results in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In all three