The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-04

publican leaders that the election
fight had been lost.
FRANKLIN d. Roosevelt's mission
Is to see that all Of us have o square
deal. No individual and no corpora
ton that Is on the level with the
people has any cause to dread MT
Roosevelt's second term"
The president received election
returns at Hyde Park over United
Press wires and retired without pub
lie comment on the indications OF a
remarkable personal triumph. But
Gov. Landon, In his telegram TO
Hyde Park, rubbed out the line OF
partisanship which has cleft the
American public In this campaign.
Nation Has Spoken
"The nation has spoken" he said,
every American will accept the ver-
dict and work for tho common
cause OF the good OF our country"
Red haired John y. M. Hamilton,
chairman OF the republican national
committee spoke In @ similar vein,
chin jutting and still full OF fight
In Chicago &. o. p. headquarters al
though not one TO deny he has been
licked II the decision goes against
him. But Hamilton did not surren-
der.
"under our form Of government, n
he said, 70 militant and vigorous
minority has o vital service 10 render
TO the nation. 49,
"The republican party with the
corporation Of those democrats and
independents who md common
cause with US will not fail In that
obligation"
Digest Admits Fault
Wilfred J. Funk, editor Of the Lit.
erary Digest, conceded that there
had been q fault In the method Of
his magazines poll, which errone-
ously forecast o Landon landslide
Alfred Il. Smith, the man In the
brown derby, Just went to bed.
Former Gov. Joseph d. ELY, Of
Massachusetts, who was Smithi
front rank colleague In the futile
conservative democratic battle u
defeat Mr.. Roosevelt, said:
"The people have spoken. And
when they have spoken, thet's the
result. The people attributed TO Mr.
Roosevelt the trend toward good
times. In my opinion, the policy the
president has followed endangered
the American system Of government
Any man may be wrong and hope
that II ts not endangered"
Knox Not Far Behind
Frank Knox, OF Chicago, Gov,
Landon's running mate and tho
most vigorous OF 1896 national cam
paigners, was net far behind the
governor In congratulating Mr.
Roosevelt on his reelection
Midnight came and the show was
over---in Topeka. In Hyde Park, too
O tired campaigner was In bed short
ly after the stroke OF twelve. But
breakfast brought new vistas TO both
households, that OF the Kansas gov
ernor who shortly will return TO In
dependence TO resume the profitable
business Of drilling for oil, and that
OF the president and president.elect
In Hyde Park.
-Four Mere Years
Beyond Mr.. Roosevelt stretch four
long years OF White House toll, the
acclaim or derision OF the multitude
and the ever present demand upof,
an executive for decisions, vital and
far reaching In their potentialities
upon himself and his fellows. II wa
four years ago that Mr.. Roosevelt
went to Washington on o blustery
March day and In an inaugural I'D.
dress surging with import, promised
the nation O ney deal and inimedi.
ate relief from depression. THAT
promise implied and the speech ex'
pressed q confidence that the the
Constitution was resilient, flexible
that II would stretch to meet einer-
gency needs. Out OF Mr.. Roosevelt''
theory Of O :. 'xible Constitution de-
yeloped q see-saw contest between
congress and the White House or
ono hand ami the supreme court on
the other. One after another those
New Deal emergency measures have
been outlawed by the court WIZ
stern and repeated warning that tht
Constitution will not stretch, Is moi
elastic. And out OF that conflict
came the chief issues Of this cam.
paign, and most Of the collatera
disputes which ragged around tht
principals and kept the rnan-!n-the'
street Jumping from radio to news.
paper front page through tht
months Of the presidential contest
Division Continued
The division continued into THU
campaign with an export Of con-
sentative democrats from the right
wing of what has become the New
Deal party md en- import OF lib
erals, radicals, socialists and indie.
pendents to take their places. Tit
solid south remained solid, but
many of Its leaders were reluctant
voters for Mr.. Roosevelt and some
of them refused altogether to speal
for his reelection. Similarly, suct
republicans as Sen. William =
Bora Idaho, hiram w. johnson
California, and Charles L. McNary
Oregon, were quiet. or silent wher
the question arose In the past for
months Of Gov. Landon's available.
ity for the White House.
Their Losing Slogans
Republicans strove to pitch the
campaign ON the issue Of extrava-
gance, maintenance OF the Consti-
tuition and the supreme court and q
denial that the New Deal was q
square deal for labo.. The g. o. p
swept the great industrial states oi
the m.d-Atlantic ana Great Lp'.as
,.e-s w''h i.r, n''ru.c I'D r.,