Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-02

Ing 24.000-mile tour reached Chi
oago with a statement that 1t was
apparent from Mr.. Roosevelt's utter
ances that there would be -four more
years Of dictation" II the President
should happen to be reelected"
Vice President Garner, who made
only one speech on q NATIONWIDE
hook-up during the campaign,
planned to get the returns at Uvalde,
Tex, though if he follows q long,
time habit. they won't keep him out
Of bed much past 9 pm.
Both sides issued statements about
the congressional contests. Besides
electing a President and Vice Presi-
dent the voters will select IS men for
seats in the Senate and 432 House
members. The other three seats in
a House total Of 435 were filled by
Names election last September.
Because of the present Democratic
senatorial strength that party is sure
to remain in control in the Senate,
with so of the Sc Senators at the very
least.
Sharp fighting also has been going
on for governorships, with 1913 per-
sons campaigning for SO guberna-
torial seats. A host of contests for
State offices plus many State refer
enda ranging from Louisiana pro-
posal to make Huey P. Longs birthday
. holiday to weighty questions Of
taxes, added interest to the voting.
With both sides laying aside the
task Of campaign debate there were
only . few scattered campaign pro-
nouncements last night, most of them
by anti-New Dealers.
James A. Reed, Democratic former
Senator from Missouri, continued his
attack with charge that President
Roosevelt thinks he has the right to
make himself dictator; Henry Ford
declared the chief beneficiaries of
the New Deal have been the bankers;
Father Charles E. Coughlin called
Mr.. Roosevelt the "upstart President"
and the "reviver of the heresy of the
divine right of kings"
"A PAo-4NCW OCdlCl, Representative
Jones, Democrat, Of Texas, chairman
OF the House Agriculture Committee,
declared. IT am convinced agriculture
will stand by the President, which
means the Roosevelt administration
will win"
John Cudahy, Ambassador to Po-
land. praised New Deal foreign policy
as an outstanding" contribution to
world peace. at ~
With these and other parting shots
today and tonight, the campaigners
prepared to wait with intense ex-
citement for the voters verdict on a
campaign which has ranged over q
tremendous assortment of issues.
What meaning may be read into a
marked jump in the number of regis
tered voters Is q question on which
there have been many conflicting
opinions. Unonhciai estimates have
placed registrations at 55,427 900, q
boost Of s,527,ooo as compared with
1892.
Campaign Expenses Hit High.
Latest figures bore out previous
assertions that the campaign would
be the costliest in history. Expendi-
lures reported to date have been
more than $l3,000,000.
The big vote indicated may make
the returns later than usual. More
over, In New York State, one of the
States often pivotal in the past. re-
turns are sure to be later than here
tofore, because the poll closing time
has been extended three hours, from
pm. to 9 pm.
Besides the Republican and Demo-
cratic standard bearers, other nomi-
nees continued active last night. Rep
resentative Lemke, Union party, placed
before q North Dakota audience q
proposal for vast reclamation project.
DR.. r. e. Townsend, reiterating sup
port for Lemke, asked his followers
again to vote for Landon in States
where Lemke Is not on the ballot.
Socialists gathered in Q Madison
Square Garden rally last night heard
Norman Thomas criticize both major
parties and declare that only the So
cialists stress q concrete program for
world peace at q time when foreign
skies are "black with the clouds Of
war" \