Evening star., 1932-11-09
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MARYLAND and virginia,
an Other States and Canada.
The President

VerSal IN the nlSIOry VI uic Cou1AoA ,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been
elected President of the United States.
Never before has the party In power
been rejected by the people OF the
country so emphatically and in terms
of electoral votes so nearly unanimous
w. At the present stage OF the count
thirtv-four of the States will cast their
votes for Roosevelt and six for Hoover,
with eight In doubt, but with an eVl-
dent inclination toward the Democratic
column. If this tendency prevails the
electoral vote will stand 472 for Roose-
yelt and SO for Hoover. There IS no
precedent for such an overturn against
the party in power.
There can be no doubt as 70 the
cause of this landslide of change. II IS
due to the fact that many millions OF
the people hold the Republican party
responsible for the depression from
which the country has been suffering
for the past three years. The vote cast
Yesterday was vote of resentment, and
expression Of a demand for q change
in the hope that the change would be
for the betterment Of the economic
conditions. Prohibition was not the direct
issue between the parties. Unemploy-
ment. personal suffering. depletion OF
income, stagnation in business, these
were the factors which caused the
greatest protest vote against the exist
ing administrative order that the coun-
try has ever experienced.
In these circumstances Gov. Roose-
velt gains the presidency charged with
a heavy responsibility. The very size OF
his majority Of popular and electoral
votes adds to that responsibility. He Is
summoned by the people in their dis
tress to bring them back to prosperity.
He has. in his campaign addresses pro-
posed various remedies to cure the eco
nomic evils from which the country Is
suffering. They are not altogether formu-
lated. They may not all work out into
definite results, but he will have in sup
port Of his program Congress assuredly
Democratic in both branches and pre-
sumably in accord in general with his
plans for the retrieval Of the national
welfare
In some degree Mr.. Rooeevelt's VIC
tory has been won through a coalition
Of dissentients of previous Republican
faith. He may encounter difficulty IN
finding formula which will satisfy this
coalition and the variant groups OF his
own party He has in the course OF his
campaign addresses referred to his sue
cess as Governor of New York In work.
ing harmoniously with and securing re-
suits from Legislatures controlled by the
party opposite to his own. Whether
the same success will be attained in his
relations with Congress, controlled by
his own supporters but composed OF
widely varying factors, will be one OF
the first vital tests to which his ad-
ministration will be put.
Mr.. Roosevelt will enter the presi-
dency well equipped with experience IN
executive office and with an enthusiastic
personal and political support. He no
doubt realizes fully the responsibility
imposed by his election In the prevailing
circumstances. especially the magnitude
OF his popular vote. which is expressive
Of expectation He has stoutly withstood
the stress of an unprecedented cam
paign Of personal activity. and any
doubts that may have existed as to his
physical fitness to bear the strains OF
the most exacting Of all offices have
been dispelled.
All Americans will wish for Mr..
Roosevelt successful service in the Of
flee to which he has just been elected,
for his success will mean the restoration
Of prosperity to the people Of this coun-
try. in expectation Of which more than
twenty million Of the voters yesterday
cast their ballots for him.