Evening star., 1936-10-27
BY JOHN III. CLINE,
Stan Correspondent of the Star.

the Democratic party workers here
don't make any such claim.
They concede that the Presidents
margin of victory will be reduced,
forecasting a majority in the neigh
borhood Of 100000 votes. Still re-
luctant to admit defeat, the Repub-
licans say that If Mr.. Roosevelt does
win his majority will not be more than
10000.
Former U. s. Judge Quoted.
In discussing the campaign and its
Judge. who has been speaking through
out the State in behalf of the Re-
publican ticket, although he is not
professional politician, had this to say:
II can't understand why the ma
tional Republican organization hasn't
put up more of fight for Kentucky.
They seem to have acknowledged de-
feat before the fight started.
Il don't want to be misunderstood
President Roosevelt now has a def
mite advantage and he probably will
carry the State, although that, in my
opinion, Is not foregone conclusion
by any means. But I honestly be-
lieve that If we had been given any
financial support by the national Or
gan1zation we might have carried Ken
lucky for Gov. Landon. I have been
making speeches all over the State
and the response, particularly in the
farming sections, has been amazing.
OF course, think it's too late to turn
the tide now, but I'll be surprised If
Mr.. Roosevelt's majority is much over
25,000."
For what they are worth, past elec-
ton figures seem to lend some cred
ence to this claim.
Mr.. Roosevelt swept the State in
1882, which was not a normal year,
and in 1928. with the religious issue
uppermost in the minds of the voters,
Herbert Hoover won by nearly 180, 900
votes.
Previous Elections Close.
But the preceding elections were
close. In 1924 President Coolidge won
by $4,000 votes in a prosperity cam
paign. In 1920 Gov. Cox led Warren
g. Harding by only 1000 votes. Wood
row Wilson's 1916 majority was only
$4,000, while in 1912 he ran only
1900 votes ahead of the combined
total for President Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt. In 1908 William Jennings
Bryan led President Taft by $500
votes.
II these figures mean anything, they
certainly indicate that Kentucky in
normal times is battle ground, and
there may be some foundation for the
claim OF the local Republicans that
the national organization has muffed
canoe to carry the State. The re-
suits November will tell the story.
The senatorial race, with Senator
Marvel M. Logan, Democrat, running
for reelection against Robert H. Lu-
cas-, the Republican nominee, seems
likely to follow closely the presi-
Dental balloting.
Lucas has just returned from q
Statewide stumping tour and said
he was confident he has an excellent
chance to win, but the consensus
Is that Senator Logan will run as
well, but no better. than the President.
He won in 1880 by 27,500 votes.
G. o. p. House Seat.
The Republicans are virtually sure
Of holding their lone congressional
seat, that from the ninth district,
with Representative John M. Robsion,
former Senator, running for re-elec.
ton. This district has always been
Republican and the Democrats say
they have no chance to win there. |
The registrations this year showed
some $4,000 Republican voters in the |
district. although their highest pre-
vious vote has been around rs, 1000.
Republican leaders, incidentally,
point to this registration figure as
proof of their contention that there
has been decided swing away from
President Roosevelt in the State. |
They claim the Democrats put forth
their best efforts in the primary regis
tration in that district, and took the
worst licking in the history of the |
State.
Republican congressional claims
also include the seventh and third |
D.
Mollette is running against the Demo.
cratic incumbent, Andrew Jackson
May, while in the third, which in
cludes Louisville, w. A. Armstrong Is
trying to unseat Emmet O'Neal, DEM
ocrat.
The Republican hopes for the third
district don't seem to be based on any
nnnvinriY10 t,,rf
have a real chance in the seventh.
This is a mining district and Mollette
Is working miner. Although mem.
ber Of the State Legislature, he spends
most Of his time loading coal cars,
and the Republicans believe the min
ers are going to vote for him. May
Is also popular with the miners, how
ever, and seems to have q slight ad-
vantage.
Democrats Lead in Registrations.
Most discouraging, on the surface
at least. to the Republicans, is O
Democratic majority in primary reg
strations Of about $4,000 out Of q
total approaching a million.
The Republicans say this doesn't
mean thing, pointing out that they
held no State primary, since there was
no opposition to their ticket. As q
result, they claim, many Republicans
registered in the Democratic primary
so they could vote in county elections.
And, although no figures on the total
of relief workers are available, they say
many men registered Democratic to
keep their relief jobs, but will vote the
Republican ticket in the national elec-
ton. They also expect thousands Of
regular Democrats, who would not
openly desert their party standard. to
vote for Gov. Landon because they
regard the New Deal as something
foreign and inimical to the Democratic
party.
The colored vote here is not giving
the Republicans any concern. They
say the Democrats have not made any
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