The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-29

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Although estimates and
analyses Of the nine counties
indicate that the Democratic
state and national candidates
will carry the district by
5000 or more votes, the bar
rage Of oratory may reduce
Griswold's margin of victory
to 1000.
That is, unless there is an up
swelling of liberal sentiment which
will turn out Nov. to register its
approval Of Griswold's vote for a
prohibition referendum, his stand
for the Norris anti-injunction and
anti-yellow dog contract bills, and
his fight for immediate payment of
the soldiers bonus.
Mostly Dry Farmers
Except for the counties of Grant,
Howard, Clinton and Huntington,
where are located respectively the
cities of Marion, Kokomo, Frank
fort and Huntington, the district is
composed in the main of dry, con-
servative farmers.
The opportunity to scratch the
congressional candidate is easy in
this district because the system of
two Australian ballots is used. Upon
one is the national-state ticket and
upon the other ballot county and
congressional aspirants.
Such division of the ticket makes
1t easy for voter to go one way
on the national and state condi-
dates and another on the congress
sional and county choices.
Schultz has been hurting verbal
barrage of criticism at Griswold,
especially for his vote for immedi-
ate payment of the soldiers bonus.
But it is noticeable that he re-
Trains from mentioning the names
of either Senator James E. Watson
or Raymond S. Springer, G.. o. P.
Governor nominee.
The former is universally hated
in this district and the latter is not
known, even by many of the party
workers.
Schultz Is Good Speaker
Schultz has the asset of being
facile and practiced speaker and
boasts a wide acquaintance from
years of speaking in almost every
schoolhouse and church in the dis
trict.
Griswold, on the contrary, is in
articulate to the extreme. He is at
his best when explaining his views
to a crowd of laborers or dirt farm
ers, but doesn't seem able to click
where oratorical ability is required.
This and his pronounced wet
stand are his principal handicaps.
To offset this, he is extremely popu-
lar among those with whom his
contact has been close.
The incumbent is Endorsed by the
American Federation of Labor, the
Association Against the eighteenth
amendment, and the ex-service-
mems organizations.
Farmers and workers are not TAX
ing kindly to the idea of a minis
ter as a candidate for congress and
two members of Schultz church
openly declared that "a minister has
no business in politics."
Reports are that his congregation
is divided because of his candidacy
and in Wabash county, where he
resides, several are openly working
against him.
Picture Is Confusing
It's a confusing picture here be-
cause the district as now composed
has gone Democratic but twice in
recent years. In 1922 it went that wa
way by 1913 votes, only two years
after it gave the G. o. P. a majority
of $3.50, and in 1880 the Democratic
majority was 3,043, after going Re-
publican by l2,480 votes in 1928.
Besides Kokomo and Marion, the
industrial centerS of Frankfort and
Huntington are contained within
its confines and the the dissatisfied
there are expected to aid Griswold's
campaign.
But the voters in these cities are
being subjected to great pressure by
the employers. Last week fifteen
of the principal industrialiStS met
in Marion and discussed ways and
means of carrying the district for
Hoover and the Republican ticket
A similar meeting was held in Ko-
komo.
Principal arguments used in the
whispering campaign sponsored by
these groups is that reelection of
Hoover means a continued high
tariff, while that of Roosevelt
means low tariff and continued
hard times.
Has Strong Effect
There can be no denial but that
this is having a potent effect in the
industrial centerS. The farmers,
however, are adamant in their re-
sentiment.
If verbal fireworks are desired,
just tune in on some farmer broad
casting In front of the small town
bank Just what he thinks about the
administration.
They, rural polls reveal, have not
been swayed by the Des Moines
speech.
Another factor hurting G. o. p.
chances is she extreme unpopularity