Evening star., 1936-10-18
Republicans Insist Dash Into
State May Turn New
Deal Tide.
REST OF COUNTRY
WOULD BE AFFECTED
Democrats Complacent, Because of
Heavy Registration-Townsend
Support Is Factor.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent OF The Star.

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los ANGELES, october 17.-With
Landons promise of a "Sheridans
ride" dash to Los Angeles on Tuesday,
the Republican leaders here took heart
today. .
This populous southern part OF
California. once a Republican strong
hold has been clamoring for such
visit from the Republican presidential
candidate. At least the Republicans
have been clamoring.
The leaders in Los Angeles insist
that Iandon's visit may well arouse
enthusiasm in California to such a
point that the State will swing into
line for the G. o. P.
The announcement of the Landon
plan for a speech in Los Angeles was
as unexpected as the announcement
he would invade Maine on the eve
Of the State election there in Sep
tember. The Republican high COM
mand had determined to pass up a
West Coast visit for the standard
bearer. Request after request. how
ever, went from here to the G. o. P
headquarters for Landon.
The same advocate OF a Landon
swing to Los Angeles are urging that
AL Smith. now a Roosevelt foe, &c
to San Francisco to deliver a speech
at the same time Smith, they re-
call, carried San Francisco and Sac
ramento in 1928, when the State was
going for Hoover.
These Republicans contend that a
Landon eleventh-hou dash to Los
Angeles would have a great psyche
logical effect on the rest Of the coun-
try, as well as on California.
Campaign Step-Child.
California. they maintain, has beer
the "step-child' of the campaign
with the Republican high command
too prone to take it for granted that
the State was hopelessly lost.
TAe Los Angeles Republican leaders
say the Landon advisers have been
paying too much attention to the hugs
Democratic registration in California
as compared to the Republican regis
tration. They have let themselves b;
sunk by figures.
Democrats here pooh-pooh the idea
that anything Landon could do now
would swing California. They are
setting great store by the registration
figures, which surely make the STATE
look overwhelmingly Democratic.
On September "a, when registration
closed. the count stood 1880, asa Dem
ocratic. according to unofficial figures
to l,243, 800 Republican, the Democrat!
having the advantage of 636, SAG regis
trants.
In Los Angeles County. where ther'
is a hugh concentration of popula
| ton, the registration stands 822 90
i Democratic. to 498,468 Republican
The swing from Republican registra
ton in this county has been devastat
ing to Republicans, for back in ls3
Los Angeles County had 603,000 Re
publican registrants, to 166, 200 10
Democrats. In 1884. this had changes
so that the Republicans had onl,
100000 registered, to 100000 for tn
| democrats.
Recent years have brought grea
invasion of California by people iron
Texas and Oklahoma, all Democratic
and this may have something to d
with the change in the political com
plexion of the population in South
ern California. In addition there ha
been great influx of disgruntled an
down-and out farmers and industria
workers from other States.
Due to the great confidence arouse
by the Democratic registration tn
Democratic high command has beel
drifting along. willing to let natur
take its course. The Roosevelt tri
to the State, once projected, wa
abandoned. California, they main
tanned, was "in the bag" More re
Gently there has been recrudesenc
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