Evening star., 1936-10-09

braska during his address here. Nor
ris will join the presidential train and
will sit on the platform tomorrow
night. Burke also has been invited to
Join the President. If any such invi-
tation has been sent to Terry Car
penter, who won the Democratic NOM
ination for the Senate in the primary
last Spring, and has refused to give
It up and get out of the race in favor
of Norris, 1t has not been disclosed.
The Carpenter Democrats. who have
made 1t practice to hiss and boo
Democratic speakers at rallies here
who speak for Norris, have been
warned that if they try anything like
that when the President speaks Of
Norris they will find themselves In
Jail.
ANY one who starts any sort of dis
turbance is going to find himself in
JAIL said Mayor Butler Of Omaha.
He said that such a demonstration
would be an affront to the President
and the Nation, and show Omaha up
In a bad light.
Carpenter Opposes Tactics.
Carpenter and his manager declared
they are opposed to such demonstra-
ton on the part of the Carpenter fol-
lowers However. if persons attending
q political meeting-as this will be
are put in Jail for expressing disap-
proval of the speakers remarks, the
reaction in the country will not be
all one way. The chances are there
will be no such disturbance, particu-
larly as Carpenter himself has spoken
strongly against it.
In Nebraska there are many foreign
born citizens and many more who
are immediate descendants of immi-
grants. The largest group in the State
is the German-American. There are,
however, many Scandinavians, Bohe-
mians, Italians and others. The Ger
man-American vote is variously esti-
mated from $4,000 to 100000. 1t is
quite likely to vote strongly as
group. Many Of the German-Ameri-
can farmers are still for Roosevelt
In one quarter this was estimated as
high as IS per cent. The Bohemians,
too, are said to incline to Roosevelt.
Senator Norris, who is allied with
Roosevelt in this election campaign,
has had a great following among the
German Americans. 1t was largely
their vote that brought about his re-
election to the Senate in 1918 while
the World War was going on. He had
been one of the Senators who voted
against American entry into the war
with Germany. 1t is this element of
strength which the New Dealers have
sought particularly for the President,
and they have hoped that Norris
would bring it to him. However hold
ing vote for ones self is a very
different thing from throwing that
vote to another candidate.
Mass Shift Indicated.
After the close of the World War,
Nebraska voted three times running
for the Republican candidates for
President and then backed Roosevelt
in 1882. Many of the German -Ameri-
cans were Democrats before the World
War and now they seem to have re-
turned to their old allegiance Before
the World War it was by no means
unusual for the Democrats to carry
the State in presidential elections.
They did in 1896, 1900, 1908, 1912 and
1916. The backbone of the State,
therefore, cannot be considered en-
tirely Republican, not by good deal
1t is rather amazing, as a matter
of fact, that Nebraska should be con-
sidered debatable ground. Roosevelt
carried the State by $4,000 votes in
1882 in total vote of 100000. That
IS huge plurality to overcome Hoo
yer beat AL Smith here in 1928 with
. plurality Of $4,000 votes and total
vote cast Of $4,000. During the four
years from 1928 to 1882 there was q
tremendous swing from the Repub-
lican standard to the Democratic.
Unless the resentment against Roose-
welt has been very great, the Repub-
lcans seem to have a huge task to
bring this vote back to their side. Yet
there are Republican leaders here who
insist this will be done; that they will
carry the State by from 10000 to
10000 The Democratic claims for
Roosevelt are higher, ranging from
$4,000 to 100000.
The opposition to Roosevelt grows
out of dislike for the manner in which
large sums of Federal money have
been expended as well as dislike for
the huge public debt which has been
rolled up. The voters, they say, have
seen favorites win favors because of
political pull and men sent into the
State from outside in large numbers
to administer" relief of various kinds.
Farmers have resented the manner
In which their quotas were allotted to
them IN the A. A. A. program. This
year the State suffered terribly from
the drought, and while farmers are
glad to have the drought relief ac-
corded them by the Roosevelt admin.
istration, they think that If last year
they had grown more crops they would
not now be so badly Oh.
Large Numbers Undecided.
When you talk to the voters they
say. in support Of Roosevelt: HE
tried to help us and he did help u.s."
That goes for many of the workers,
for many Of the farmers, and for some |
of the small business men. A large |
block Of the voters. however. have not |
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