Evening star., 1934-10-17
sEicher.Hicklin Battle Close.

DAtthC OtOocs
In the first district there is a real
battle between Representative Eich-
er. Democrat, and his Republican OPP
ponent, e. R. Hicklin. In the Sec
ond district, Representative Jacobsen.
Democrat, is sAid 10 have the edge
over Martin B. Andelfnger, Repub-
licarh In the third district Repre-
sentative Willford, Democrat, has a
hard fight with the Republican, John
w. Gwynne. with the odds perhaps
favoring the latter. Representative
Bierfnann, Democratg in the fourth
district. also has real contest on his
hands against C. A. Benson. Repre-
sentative Thurston, Republican, is ex-
pected to win reelection over Ernst
H. Fsn'itz Democrat, although the
distriat y likely TO be very close. The
veterin Republican Representative
Doweii;s ID, the sixth district, has IA
strugglt op his hands to hold the
district hut he.is expected to do so.
1nethe Eighth district, Representa-
tive @i1chtfsts Republ lfcan, was a sup
porter of the Roosevelt New Deal
measures N the pfesent Congress and
in addition has Considerable personal
and party following He should be
re-elected% Representative Gillette,
Democrat, sfn the ninth district, Is re-
garded as likely to win. From this
summary it seems clear that the votes
in many of the Iowa districts are
likely to be exceedingly close this year,
and the intensive campaign being
conducted by the Democrats, plus the
popularity of President Roosevelt and
to a great extent the New Dea-not
to mention the corn hog checks and
other benefits-is likely to have its
effect. If these factors are as. impor-
tant as the Democrats believe. the Re-
publicans will be lucky if they hold
their present three seats.
Poll Favors New Deal. :
The Des Moines Register and Trib-
une have been conducting State
wide poll to learn the sentiment OF
the voters on state and national
issues and candidates They released
the returns for the first 50,412 bal-
lots on Sunday. SO pro- Roosevelt
and so pro-New Deal Congressman
were the returns that the State gasped
before giving ear to the, irate Repub-
lican State Committee, which claims
that the poll means nothing. The
G. q. P. Committee points to the fact
that it urged all Republican voters to
take no part in the poll. The COM
mittee not only sent out 5000 letters
to party workers asking them to see
that the Republicans not vote in the
poll, but also inserted notices in all
the newspapers making the same re-
quest, So now there is a bitter war
on between the two newspapers and
the G. o. P. Committee, while the
Democrats are chuckling loudly.
In, each one of the nine districts
? the newspapers poll gave the lead
to the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress; the Democratic lead in some
did the Republican i have the adj
vantage. These newspaper polls In
past campaigns In this State have
been ssingularly accurate in forecast;
ing results, which does not make the
present poll any easier. for the. Re
publicans to swallow.
One question on the ballot Yas.
would you vote for. President Roose-
welt II he were a candidate for re-
election this year2 I. The answers:
"Yes,D 80, ,523; :nof 16, ,881.- The same
voters were asked: stDid you vote for
Roosevelt IN 1897 and they replied
"Yesr zo,634; mo-" 1860. The
newspapers taking the poll will re-
lease, the returns from 50,00e more
ballots on next Sunday. the wind-up
of the poll The number of voters
in the poll this year is greater by ,25,-
900 than in. the contest between
Hoover and Roosevelt in 1892, when
the poll showed Roosevelt leading
Hoover. n
Democrats Have the Cash. :
The Democrats in, Iowa are, ac-
cording to all reports, we'll heeledsWith
Campaign funds this year. The Re-
publieans are doing their best against
what they admit are heavy odds. They
are not sure which way the voters
who have received benefits under the
New Deal are going to Jump. This
corn-hog program has undoubtedly
been popular. 1t provides for re-
duction of IS per cent of the aver
age production Of hogs for the last
two years by each farmer signing up
and the payment of IS per hog
by the A. A. A. for each hog pro-
duced. The corn end Of the agree
ment called for a reduction of from
20 to 80 per cent of the average pro-
duction the last two years and the
payment -of 80 cents 0 bushel on the
average yield of land taken out of
production.
These corn-hog payments have been