The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-11-03
WEARS WATCH
CHAIN OWNED
BY JACKSON |.
Luck Charm Received
As Gift From Kin Of
odd Hickory
BY GEORGE DURNO

sons massive gold watch chain for
luck, President Roosevelt cast bal
lot No. 312 shortly before noon
today in Hyde Park Town Hall.
s. Nine votes in all were clicked
off by members of the Roosevelt
household under the glare Of Kleig
. lights. Five movie cameramen and
a large group of still photog-
raphers recorded the scene. A
broadcasting announcer described
it to the radio audience.
The President went into the
Town Hall on the arm of his son,
Franklin, IT., just recently 81 and
casting his first vote this year.
Ask Presidents Name
Name please?" inquired James
Finch, election inspector.
Upon being told, Alma Van Cur
ran, another inspector, checked
the list of 1853 registered voters IN
the district, and Mr.. Roosevelt
was told to go into the voting
booth.
As he emerged, he registered to
qualify himself to vote IN next
years primary.
Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt,
the Presidents 82.year.old mother,
followed him into the booth.
Mrs. Roosevelt was fourth, fol-
lowed in order by Mrs. Anna Boet-
tiger, the Presidents daughter;
John Boettiger. her husband;
Nancy Cook, close friend Of Mrs.
Roosevelt; Miss Marguerite Le-
hand, the Presidents personal sec
rotary, and Mrs. Malvina Schneider
Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary.
The President displayed Andrew
Jackson's watch chain to reporters
with pride. He had just received
it as gift from one of "Old
Hickory's" collateral descendants,
Carries Fathers Watch
The chain was a heavily wrought
!. bit of gold with hounds alter
:. nately chasing foxes across the
. links. Attached to the chain was
a watch which had belonged to
the Presidents father-an old.
fashioned hunting case affair
which strikes the hours and quar-.
ter hours.
About q hundred Hyde Park
citizens were assembled around
the door of the modest frame town
hall when the presidential party
arrived. They cheered Mr.. Roose-
welt both on his arrival and de-
parture.
The Executive was in high good
!, humor and showed no strain from
the strenuous campaign he brought
to q close last night. This after.
!. noon, he said, he was going out in
: the woods on his estate with the
!, boys and look things over.
= Supremacy Confident
Tonight, with a party Of i'm
mediate relatives and intimate
!. friends as his guests, the Presi.
dent planned to receive election
returnS-brought into the Hudson
River estate by special wires of
International News Service and
other press associations.
Mr.. Roosevelt and all those in
his official party were Supremely
, confident the country would re-
turn him to the White House for
, another four years.
Mr.. Roosevelt wound up his
Summer-long campaign over the
radio by pointing out late last
night that 100000 citizens were
! entitled to vote today. Express
ing the hope they exercise their
franchise, regardless of party af-
filiation, he reminded his fire
side audience:
"And when you 60 to the bal
:. lot box tomorrow, do not be
: afraid to vote as you think best
: for the kind of q world you want
to have. There need be no
: strings on any Of us in the poll
ing place."
Visits POughkeepsie
Shortly before he went on the
air, Mr.. Roosevelt motored down
from Hyde Park to PoughkeepSie,
where the temporary executive Of
ficeS are located, and received a
rather surprising reception in the
county seat of his normally Re
publican hometown county.
Despite a drizZling rain, ap-
proximately 10000 people packed
themselves solidly into the entire
block fronting on the hotel bal
cony from which the President
spoke and gave him an enthusi.
aStic welcome.
Earlier yesterday the President
had taken his customary pre-.
election tour through Duchess,
Orange and Ulster counties, max.
ing four very informal speeches
and waving at comparatively
small crowds