The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-09-01
Voting History


Voting History
1--WE speak of the "Solid South" and "irreconci-
M able Republican states" but recently compi-
w ed history of presidential elections shows that
but five consistently voted for either party
This information printed with red squares for
Democratic votes and blue for Republican votes
makes peculiar pattern, with blue predominant and
shows that only Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Miss
issippi Republican electoral vote and
that Vermont is the only "irreconclable Republican,
Minnesota has been consistent excepting in 1912
when Theodore Roosevelt IL electoral votes
the Progressive ticket. Maine Democratic only
in 1912 despite the saying as Maine goes, the
nation" which has been wrong three times since 1876
In that time the Democrats have elected Wilson twice
and Grover Cleveland twice.
Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and Herbert Hoover in
1928 caused the most states to break otherwise
sstent records. In defeating Alfred E. Smith 444 to
81, Mr.. Hoover brought Texas North Carolina and
Virginia into the Republican ranks for the first time
in history while Rhode Island and Massachusetts, went
Democratic for their first times that year. Roosevelt
carried five states and most of California in 1912 while
Taft held Utah and Vermont and Wilson swept the
manning states.
Among other northwest states, South Dakota vot-
ed for William Jennings Bryan in his first and for
Roosevelt in 1912; North Dakota went three ways in
the 1892 campaign and in the Democratic column
both times when Wilson elected. Iowa voted for
Wilson in 1912 for its only departure from Republican
ranks while Wisconsin left its usual path to vote for
Cleveland and Wilson, each once, and Robert M. La
Toilette Sr. in the 1924 campaign
All this brings out thing. People do vote for
the and not the party in enough to make
state doubtful occasionally although perhaps too
frequently they accept their partys nominee without
question.
Preparedness
THE complexity of the problem of national de-
Tense is quite battling to the mind of the layman,
otherwise the taxpayer. But the experts evident
ly know all about it; at least we hope
Recently naval expert gave an inkng of The
situation when he urged the building of number of
light cruisers saying: "The building of light cruisers
to cooperate with and protect the destroyers is of
very great Importance" This is plain enough to be
understood by everybody. But it is not all.
We have lot Of submarines, which, owing to
their rather fragile construction and limited speed
qure the protection of destroyers. The desroyers
the expert convncngy states need the protection of
light cruisers. Naturally the light cruisers require
turn the protection of heavy cruisers while the heavy
cruisers must be protected by battle ships Then the
battle ships must be protected by formidable battle
cruisers and these obviously must have the protection
of aircraft.
For protection of the aircraft it appears that for
the present must depend, in the past upon the
inscrutable workings of benign Providence.
Girls in Oympiad
q many worlds records broken in the recent
y Olympic games in Los Angeles that the followers
of sports still gasping. Outstanding among
the recordbreakers American girls who won
Olympic championships, setting five new worlds rec
ords
Besides American girl teams won the running and
swimming relay races, in both of which new worlds
records were made. No worlds records were made
by women contestants of any other nation and only
three Olympic championships were won by women of
all other countries combined
The particular star in this galaxy of American girl
athletes Mildred "Babe" Didrikson 19vears-old
of Dallas, Texas, who was the sensation of the Ovm
pad. She the women's javen throw and the
was second in the high jump, in which she broke the
former worlds record and virtually tied the winner
After becoming partially civilized a Congo tribe
got heavily in debt and took to the jungle again We
can understand that impulse.
Texas scientists kill certain bacteria with
sound waves We often wondered if saxopbone
wasn't good for something.
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Most campaign speeches insulting to ones in
put out by side.
Chicago judge sentenced a man to sing to his
VIE twice day. Thus do the innocent suffer even
more than the guilty.
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