The Nome daily nugget., 1936-10-28
SELF-MADE ISSUES
(NeW York Times

It is generally agreed that unusually large num- Der of citizens have not yet made up ther minds how 10 vote next week One of their complaints is that s- sues between the two leading parties are not sharply defined In this there is some force and point Ii two
 lawyers representing respectively the Democratic and Republican parties to go into Court to argue their case, experienced and competent judge would be apt to tell them to go back to their offices and reWre
 their brief the ground that they did not present to him, the essential thing in the tral-namely an issue
 oned One result of this confused and doubtful feel
 ing the part of many voters is that they taking up for themselves the task of deciding what the real policies between which choice must be made. It ap- pears if popular book might be written under the title of 'Everyman His Own Issue-Maker."
 One consequence, at least for the present, is a
 large amount of perverse reasoning on the subject of politics together with decisions based upon Whm or personal freaks Thus voter will say: 'l am ag- ainst Roosevelt because I hate Hitler' Another will take the ground that he cannot possibly support Lan don because the Republican candidate has not come out against vaccination for smallpox the practice of vvisecton. It may be thought that such things have possible logical connection with the pending pot- cal contest. But know that the political ani- nal is often very poor at making correct deductions from given premises and can tell what may be the effect the actual election of judgments which are really fantastic.
 We have to consider also the large number of so- ciees and organization that have been quietly formed
 in various parts of the country each with destlncve
 
 City has made collection of the names of these "or ders', of them secret and oathbound They are extraordinarily and diverse in their aims. One proposed forbid any foregnborn citizen to hold office in this country. Another would insist upon the immediate deportation of all aliens. Others would make short work of religions and races which they dislike The whole is amazing congere of private preudces and passions not directly related to any political party but capable of throwing many votes into the balance in way to disturb it. We do not need to take seriously the exorbant claims of Representative Lem ke and Dr. Townsend and Father Coughn. The mill lions of votes which they pretend to be sure of will doubtless shrink into hundreds when the actual returns come in But there is now prospect of more cratic voting in November than accustomed to see in Presidential years
 Wholly apart from these political eccentricities, there is visible and growing purpose of many citizens make up their lists of issues between the parties Conventions and platforms and committees cannot dic tate them They will think questions over indepen denty and carefully by themselves and arrive at clusions very different from those asserted by pot-' clans to be the only true It has often happened before and may happen again this year. that decisive issues born in the minds of the voters and not made to order by party leaders.