Evening star., 1932-10-11
COLORADO LEANING
TO ROOSEVELT, BUT
c. 0.P. SEES CHANCE
Shift by Election Day Held
Possib|e-SpeeCh by Hoo
yer Urged There.
MINING, CHIEF INDUSTRY,
VIRTUALLY SHUT DOWN
Other Unemployment Hurts Repub-
licans-Wet and Dry Issue
Warmly Debated.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN,
ctoH Cnrrespopdent of The Star

stan correspondents VI 1He otai.
DENVER, Colo, october 11.-If these
Mountain States, including Colorado,
turn Democratic this year, it will be for
the same reason as the great Prairie
States lying to the east of them-hard
times Today Roosevelt would carry
this State, it is claimed by the Demo-
Gratis and scarcely contested by many
Republicans who know the political
situation.
But today is not November 8, and
the Republican organization in Colo
RADIO is capable of staging real battle.
Its leaders insist that there have been
many definite indications that the Re
publican voters are coming back into
line and will cast their ballots for
President Hoover. Democrats shake
their heads while admitting some drift
to the Republicans and continue to
assert with emphasis that the Demo-
cratic lead Is too great to be overcome.
At one of the biggest betting houses
in Denver the WagerS were being made
today at so to 25 that Roosevelt will
carry the State. Even money was
offered that Roosevelt would carry
Colorado by 10000 votes. The gam
bers at least believe that the margin OF
victory is to be small, whichever way it
goes The odds of so to 25 seem excess
sive, to say the least.
Big Hoover 1928 Victory.
President Hoover carried Colorado in
1928 against Alfred E. Smith by 100000,
a huge lead, considering that the total
vote cast in the State was about $4,000.
1t is real Job for the Democrats to
bring upward of 10000 voters to change
from the G. 0. P. to the Democratic
party in a State where the vote is not
particularly large. What is helping the
Democrats here is the fact that mining,
a great industry in Colorado, is prac-
tically shut down, except for gold min
ing. The miners say they cannot afford
to operate the lead, zinc and copper
mines at the prices these metals bring
in the market now. The sugar beet
farmers, although they have been better
off than most of the grain farmers, are
complaining about low prices The
cattlemen and the grain growers are on
q rampage In Denver the number of
unemployed is variously estimated at
from 10000 to $4,000.
The unemployed in this State have
been organized into what is called the
Unemployed Citizens League of Colo
rado The movement was started last
June by small group of the unem-
ployed themselves and has grown enor-
mously 1t is not a political group.
The league was organized to bring about
a kind of cooperative labor to aid the
league members. For example, some of
the unemployed have gone to work lum-
baring the wood to be used for fuel
and for building operations for the
unemployed Others are collecting
vegetables all over the State which the
farmers find they cannot use or market
the surplus-and these vegetables the
unemployed are canning for their use
this Winter.
Other Aids for Idle.
The unemployed are repairing build
1ngS for the privilege Of living in them.
Sewing clubs have been organized by
them, and cloth is obtained from the
Red Cross cotton supplies. They have
a bakery here, and are to use the flour
from the Red Cross wheat. The league
is now asking to be allowed to handle
the relief for the unemployed this Win
ter from the Community Chest and
other relief organizations, SO strongly
has the league been organized. Carle
Whitehead, the Socialist candidate for
Senator in Colorado, was one of the
organizers of the league but withdrew
in order that it might not be considered
a political organization after he had
been nominated for the Senate.
The wet and dry issue has been
thrown into the campaign, both by the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment doing away with the dry clause
of the State constitution and the nom
ination of wet and dry candidates for
Congress. 1t seems to be a close thing
in Colorado between the vets and the
drys, although Denver is wet. In the
national election Roosevelt will be
helped by the repeal stand taken by
himself and the Democratic platform
among the wet voters. On the other
hand, the drys are inclined to go with
President Hoover, despite the fact he
has declared for revision of the eight
eenth amendment and is acceptable to
many of the vets.
Row Over Senate Race.
The Democrats in Colorado had one
big row in their primaries over the
senatorial nomination. with former Sen
ator Alva Adams opposed to John T.
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