Evening star., 1932-10-14
ROOSEVELT SEEMS
FAR AHEAD IN OHIO
Discussion Now Centers on
Whether Majority Will
Be 100000.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

DAYTON. Ohio, October 14-From
all parts of this State come reports of
definite Roosevelt wave, so large in
its potentiality that most of the dis
cuSsion centers now on whether the
majority will run from $4,000 to 500,-
600. The importance to Ohio people
Is that nip and tuck race for Gov
ernor is on and David ingalls,, former
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy, is be-
ginning to press Gov. George White
Democrat. in all the polls and straw
votes. Should Roosevelt get an over
whelming majority, he would pull along
with him the whole State ticket.
Everywhere one goes 1t Is the same
story. The nti-administration feeling
is general It is the discomfort born
Of depression. Among business men a
shift to Hoover Is noticeable, and while
the wish Is father to the thought with
them. they keep referring to a pro-
Hoover drift that has just begun.
Hoover Making Friends.
Unquestlonably the President is max
ing friends by his speeches. but even
Republicans are wondering whether
enough votes can be changed in the
last three weeks Of the campaign to
switch Ohio into the Republican
column.
It is true, of course. that Ohio in the
last II years has been casting heavy
Republican vote and that most of the
polls taken so far are not as compre-
hensive as to include all the rural dis
tricts. In the latter sections Is to be
found Ohios dry vote, most Of which
is inclined to Hoover.
For a turnover Of the proportions
being suggested by Democratic OBJ
servers. it would be necessary for the
rural districts to desert Hoover as
vehemently as is indicated by the in
dustrial cities. where normally the
Democrats have considerable strength,
anyhow. There Is no doubt that the
farmers are disaffected. but whether in
the final analysis they will abandon
their traditional Republicanism remains
TO be seen.
1t is quite possible that the strong
anti Hoover talk in the cities which
have suffered the brunt Of the depres
sion accounts for the general belief
that the State will go Democratic, but
the real reason probably Is the uniform
showing of all the polls and straw votes
taken in different parts of the State.
They indicate a decided Roosevelt ma
jority.
Speech May Swing Thousands.
President Hoover is planning to 5peak
in Cleveland this week end, which may
help swing thousands Of votes in the
Northern end of that State. though 1t
must not be forgotten that in 1924, even
in times of relative quiet. industrially
speaking, La Toilette carried Cleveland.
The Presidents advisers are evidently
urging him to visit the States with the
big electoral votes, and Ohio is certainly
one that needs attention from the Re-
publican nominee
One of the various highligbts OF this
campaign Is the absolute confidence OF
the Hoover supporters that II the Presi-
dent coulo make more personal appear
ances and argue his own defense he
could turn the tide. Conversely the
Democrats don't seem to think it mat
tiers much now what their candidate
saws. as he has explained In his West
ern speeches the major points OF his
program and now can simply rake IN
the discontented voters and win.
Some discussion is heard here and
there about the possible consequences
of a change in administration at this
time, but this is confined to the busi-
ness people The average man sees as
yet no danger in change, but welcomes
1t as not being Likely to create any
worse conditions than have already
been encountered. If the Republicans
expect to use the fear of change argu-
ment, they have not as yet succeeded
in penetrating the electorate with 1t to
any considerable extent. Ohio looks
decidedly Democratic.
tCopyright. 1927