The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-12
GIGANTIC VOTE
DESIRED BY
PRESIDENT
BY EARL GOODWIN

what President Roosevelt really
wants is an overwhelming popu
lar vote at election time, so thai
he can continue a completely
RooSeveltiZed New Deal. Those
who are close to the White House
are now fully aware that the
President believes he has the cleo
ton Gin the bag" and what he is
now cunning for is a more than
usual popular vote which he viii
accept as a mandate from the
people.
Mr.. RooSevelt'S nonchalance and
his light touches on political mat
tiers when he has been talking "a
the press have given the impress
sion that he is not worried OF
concerned over the election. 1t
is nearer the truth to say that
he is deeply concerned over the
size of his vote.
He sincerely believes that he
will have a large majority of cleo.
toral votes; and he has written
down his own prediction as to
what it will be-that prediction
may be made public after the elec-
ton.
Running Show Himself
The President is running his
own campaign; this is entirely
true with respect to his own ap-
pearance. his own campaign, his
speeches. etc. without Louis
Howe to advise him and to act as
mo" man for an impetuouS can
didate. Mr.. Roosevelt is now en-
tirely alone with respect to the
main features of the campaign.
He leaves administration to his
aides and secretaries; he leaves
the contact work with the horde
of politicians at headquarters to
Stephen Early; he leaves a great
share of responsibility on current
activities to Marvin Mcintyre
but what he says and where he
speaks is Mr.. Roosevelt's own per-
sonal bailiwick and he is running
that end of the show himself.
This is unusual
Brain Trust Out
One outstanding absence to be
noted in the current Roosevelt
campaign is the old Brain Trust
.. This time it is Out with a .api-
tai o. Mr.. Roosevelt, it is under
stood, wants to run his campaign
as q one-man show. If successful,
he will take credit; if not, he is
ready to take the blame.
He is running it to such an ex-
tent that he is handling many de-
tails of his trip West; he overruled
both his secretaries and some of
his associates in the New York
Democratic headquarters. He is
writing his own speeches; there is
no ghost writer aboard his train
and there hasn't been such per-
son at the White House. Mr..
Roosevelt wants to take the State
of Kansas. He thinks it would be
one of the SmarteSt things that
could be done by the Democrats IN
this campaign; Kansas, Governor
Landon'S State, has only a dozen
electoral votes, but it is rumored
that the President would rather,
as a sporting proposition, take
Kansas than New York with its Al
votes. That is why the Presidents
itinerary crawlS for a whole day
through the Sunflower State.
Administration Democrats be-
Hoover Holds Records
AS far as heavy percentages of
the vote goes, President Hoover
holds the electoral college record;
he took So per cent of that vote
when he ran against Alfred E.
Smith. Mr.. Hoover also holds
the record of percentage of popu-
lar vote.
Looking back as far as PreSi-
dent Lincoln'S time there has
never been so great a popular
vote or proportion on a vote as
Mr.. Hoover received. Lincoln
himself was a minority president,
as he received only 40 per cent
of the popular vote and so per
cent of the electoral vote in 1860.
President Wilson, when first
elected, had only AZ per cent of
the popular vote, but 80 per cent
of the electoral college. The
solid South with its ia Demo
cratic votes in the electoral col
lege always aids any Democratic
candidate.
lieve their battle Is won and are
now carrying on a strenuous cam
paign to maintain a position
which they feel is already won.
VOTE AMERICAN