The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03
Bad Weather Faces
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assigned top figure of 47 votes in the electoral college, will continue to vote until 9 p. rn., and at Il p. m. (EST) the last polling booths in the nation will be closed in Oregon and Washington.
 Political parties big and little and the quasi-political organizations formed to campaign independently have spent more than $l3,000, 900 in the past few months attempting to reach and persuade American voters.
 Began in Mid-JUne
 This campaign began formally in mid-June when the Cleveland re- publicain national convention found Governor Landon without real op. position for the g. o. p. presidential nomination. Named as his running mate was Frank Knox of Chicago. One week later the democratic ra- tional convention, meeting in Phila- delphia, renorl1inated MT. Roosevelt and Vice-President John N. Garner.
 Rep. William Lemke, North Da. kota republican, backed by many letters of protest against both major parties, placed himself at the head of the union party, which he cre- ated. His running mate is Thomas c. O'Brien Boston lawyer, who also is a union party candidate for the senate in Massachusetts.
 Norman Thomas, and George A. A. Nelson are socialist presidential and vice presidential candidates Earl Browder and James W. Ford, Q negro, are the communist nominees D. Leigh Colvin and Claude A. Wat son are the white ribbon candidates of the prohibition party. There is 8 scattering of other and more ob- scure candidates here and there.
 Lemke Plan Never Feasible
 Lemke's plan to prevent an elec- ton day decision on president and to compel the house of representa- tives to make the selection never appeared feasible and became an obvious failure when he was unable in 10 states to get his union party electors on the ballot. With Lemke's hope of carrying enough states to prevent either major candidate from obtaining an electoral college ma jority, vanished the likelihood that father Charles E. Coughlin would make good on his promise to swing 9000,000 votes in today's poll.
 Lemke was barred from the ballot in such states as California, where there is a vast following of Town send old age pensioners probably eager to vote for him; in Maryland, New Jersey and New York where there are large Catholic communi- ties possibly ready to follow Father Coughlin in his crusade for him and against MT. Roosevelt; and in Florida, Kansas, Nevada, North Car olina, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
 Many to Be Elected
 Town clerks and sheriffs, assem- blymen, state legislators, governors senators. members of the house and other officials of the federal, state and local subdivisions of govern ment are to be elected today. More than 30 gubernatorial jobs will be filled and the prospect is that repub- licans will regain some state execu- tive mansions lost in the past six years to democrats. There are states in which some observers believe MT. Roosevelt will win and democratic candidates for state offlce will lose. Notable among these is Ohio where Martin L. Davey, nationally famous for tree surgery, is democratic can- didate to succeed himself as gov- ernor.
 Maine Helps c. o. F.
 Maine elected three members of the house last September, all repub- licans, giving the 6. o. p. a net gain of two seats thereby. Maine also re- elected Senator Wallace H, White Jr., republican. The remaining 432 house seats are up for decision today and one-third of the senate's