Evening star., 1932-10-07
SWING TO HOOVER
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
IS SEEN BY c. 0. P.
Democratic Leaders RidicuIe
Claim, Predicting Victory
by $4,000 Votes.
REACTION FAVORABLE
TO DES MONIES SPEECH
Republicans Base Hopes Mainly on
Lack of Enthusiasm for
New York Governor.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,

SIOUX FALLS, S. Oak, october 7.
Maybe the miracle is to happen, after
all Here in South Dakota there are
signs that the Hoover-Curtis ticket Is
picking up strength, and the Republi-
can campaign, which has been more or
less somnolent, is under way. If
President Hoover can carry South Da-
kota on November 8, he'll carry lot
of other States which are set down in
the Roosevelt column today.
The Hoover Des Moines speech made
a marked impression in South Dakota.
That goes for the State as well as for
Sioux Falls. 1t is the word brought in
by men who have driven 300 miles
across the State in the last couple of
days, stopping here and there and
finding the people talking favorably
Of the address of the President.
However, if you talk to the man in
the street, the cab driver, the railroad
worker, the telegra pher, not to mention
the farm holiday picketers who have
hemmed in Sioux Falls during the last
SO hours, you will find they are still
predicting that Roosevelt will win"
An Automatic Phrase.
That by the way, has become a
habit, a frame of mind, out in the
Northwest The people have been say
ing Roosevelt will win" or Hoover
will lose" for so many weeks that 1t
has become rather automatic with
them. 1t was a good deal the same way
in South Dakota back in 1924 when
everybody here was saying LA Toilette
will carry the State" But in the end,
when the votes were counted, it turned
out that Mr.. Calvin Coolidge had the
States electoral votes in the bag.
With five weeks of the campaigning
still to go, the Republican leaders in
sisted today that the trick can be
Roosevelt to Hoover But they frankly
admit that the battle is not yet won,
and go so far as to say that few
weeks ago the State seemed lost to
Hoover 10000 votes or more.
The Democratic leaders, on the other
hand, laugh at the claims of Republic
can gains They see South Dakota for
Roosevelt and Garner by as high as
$4,000 votes. Perhaps they are think
ing in terms of September days and
not November. But they are full of
pep, and apparently believe what they
are saying.
The Republicans, when asked to give
their reasons for confidence in ultimate
victory of the Hoover ticket, say, first
that there is not the slightest enthusi-
asm for Roosevelt: that he muffed the
battle in his speeches in the East; that
he pronounces the word farmer "faa-
mer" when everybody knows that here
out west the only way to pronounce it
Is farmer"
Furthermore. the Republican leaders
say that their organization and State
candidates are working wholly together
and that if there was a strong inclina-
ton in the past to avoid the Hoover
candidacy and to play for the State
ticket alone that time has passed. Sen
ator Peter Norbeck, who is a candidate
for reelection, for example, at Philip,
South Dakota, the other day delivered
speech which is reported to have in
dorsed the Hoover ticket and all the
rest of the Republican ticket. Repre-
sentatives Williamson and Christie
pherson, both Republicans, seeking re-
election, are also reported to be sup
porting the Hoover candidacy whole
heartedly, and so is Gov. Green. This
makes a different picture of the Situa-
tion out here. Norbeck is particularly
strong in this State, and even the
Democrats admit that he may be re-
elected
Count on Roosevelt Sweep.
The Democrats are counting on the
Roosevelt sweep" if it materiaiizes, to
carry their candidates for congressional
and State Office along to victory. They
admit that the national ticket is
stronger today than their State ticket
Your correspondent drove out the
highways leading into Sioux Falls tc
see and talk with the farm holiday
picketers. They were engaged in turn
ing back all farmers hauling to the
city grain and live stock. No effort
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