Evening star., 1932-11-06
CALIFORNIA OUTCOME PULLING;
JOHNSON PERILS G. 0. P. CHANGES
Tariff Is Subject Discussed
Most Consistently Dur
ing Campaign.
Senate Race Also Due to Be
Close, With McAdoo Given
Best Chance.
BY EDWARD C. KRAUSS.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LOS ANGELES, November 5.-With
Hoovers probable lead in California
considerably endangered by the final
blasts Ct Senator Hiram johnson. the
campaign is drawing to close and
virtually unpredictable result. The
straw ballots unquestionably favor
Roosevelt; the registration unquestion-
ably favors Hoover. and the trend OF
general sentiment in the closing weeks
of the campaign was believed to have
been toward the President. Whether
johnson has succeeded in upsetting it
remains the big "if' in the situation,
and politicians Of both parties, out
wardly confident. plainly are inwardly
puzzled California might go for either
candidate by a landslide. but no one
really expects such a result. From all
indications the rsult is going to be
close, and the outcome tossup.
The Presidents campaign has been
handled by Mark Requa in the North
and c. c. league in the South, and
probably no one could have done any
better Each has done a vast amount
Of speaking and has had the assistance
Of able political figures. OF the latter
Secretary Mills and Secretary Hyde
were particularly effective. The Roose-
the candidate himself, Josephus Daniels
Bainbridge Colby and Senator john
son. with a host Of less important poll
tical lights
OF the various issues OF the cam
paign. the tariff has been most con-
sistently discussed The HaWley-Smoot
schedules have by no means been on
the defensive here: indeed, at one stage
of the campaign William G. McAdoo,
Democratic candidate fer Senator. more
than intimated that he thought the oil
rates too low. and accused c. C. league
Of being against any oil tariff at all
an accus alton which Mr. league in
dignantly denied Not major Demo-
cratic candidate. in the hearing of any
Californian. has suggested lowering any
tariff rates; fact which may or may
not be significant. The bonus has not
has said as little as possible about it.
Tallant Tubbs, Republican senatorial
candidate. and Rev. Bcb Shuler,
prohibition candidate. both lined up
against immediate payment toward the
clo-e OF the campaign, though both
had been, In the early days, accounted
bonus advocates. Congressional candi-
dates, in general, have been noncom-
initial.
1t is not believed there will be
mustered any substantial vote for CASH
ing the bonus in the California dele
CATION in the Seventy-third Congress
Nor has prohibition been talked Of
to any considerable extent except by
Tubbs and Shuler. The senatorial
situation remains puzzling. In Northern
California the public appears to believe
that contest is between Tubbs and
Shuler and that McAdoo will run third.
In Southern California there seems to
be an equally strong belief that the race
Is going either to McAdco or Shuler
and that Tubbs is out Of it. 1t both
views were correct as to their respec-
tive portions Of the State, Shulers cleo
ton would be indicated But there are
reasons to believe that the situation
as whole favors McAdoo. McAdoo,
1t appears. will hold the Democratic
vote, wet or dry, while Tubbs unquestion-
ably will lose many Republican votes
to his dry opponent. probably enough
to give McAdoo lead