The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-09-21
A NON-PARTISAN
NEWSPAPER
Political Observation,
By ALFRED CASEY

with regard 10 the casting OF the Nerro -.
was the heaviest Negro vote ever cast IN D..
election in Michigan From the figures h.,.-
my estimation is that there were 5sq2S xovro
cast in the Detroit area in the election ~ e.,
that 1881 OF them Republican votes ana a..
Democratic votes: that with the casting Of M. Ivy
by each party in Negro districts there we're M
nominations won on either party ticket for am 49,
but the two customary offices the Republican -.
nation for congress in the First district. -. !.
publican nomination for senator in the Third s.,,
torial district and the Democratic nomination !,
senator in the same districts After discussir, :,
record making runs OF Donald Marshall and S.,...I
Digs and the nomination by Robert Lee Ward y
will examine the results of the runs made n, \
house OF representatives both tickets which "a
reveal some interesting facts about this election
DONALD MARSHALL broke record in psp, !
vote of 1875 in the First Congressional dl.,,.
on the Republican ticket. The best vote piled IN !,
this nomination before this was sS49 or there sbou
fee in 1884. Mr.. Marshall's vote topped Roxborou,.
by little more than thousand The circumstsnr
have some similarities and some differences r..
rr
were backed by we'll directed and effective orsaui.
tons. Both sought to set new marks in the pol,
OF primary vote and both carried on extensive 4
forts of preparation leading up to the campaign 81
son.
had the expectation at the time Mr. Roxborora
ran that he would poll 5000 votes or better In N
Primary election because every known weapon Va
used TO register and get ont large vote in I'D
election. | understand that the same disappointms
occurred In the Marshall camp. There are abot
twenty to thirty thousand registered Negro votes
the 5th eth and 9th wards that have never been 20
duced either in a Primary or November escrr
Those were the votes that we We're shooting IA
and that we hoped to deliver a good part Of lhfz
But we failed to do IT just as Marshas organizair
failed to deliver them II is one OF the great conur
drums that Negro Republican faces IN the FN
distict. Those are potential Republican 'otes-ba |
how can they be registered AT the polls on electn
day? We have spent many sleepess nights trying
to unravel this problem for the benefit Of congrssI
sional candidates. little more has been accom- I
plished than was done 1--WE years ago. bu TIE PROB
lem today is essentially the same y was iha
This same problem now faces Mr. Marshall in M
November election. In the last election ior coz
gress the Democratic candidate polled over eirhv
thousand votes Those thirty or more thousand
Negro non-voters would be big help toward The ga
OF catching up with the Democratic candidate
CENATOR DIGGS set new record 10 The last ~
mary election in polling 1894 votes for the
fee OF Senator of the Third district. The best ~
vious record was also established by former s'H
tor Roxborough in 1880 when he poled 7''-
the nomination on the Republican Ticket Mr. pse
was challenged by what appeared 20 he ioFma''
opposition by two Polish candidates from ne ne''
voting district OF Hamramck and he popular yoa
and aggressive Louis Taylor leader OF me if''
association. Mr. Taylor would be an excellent
TO win any election for such an office against I"
ponent not entrenched in office as Mr. DIES
the Third Senatorial district Mr.. Talor mas ~
formed an excellent service against REM sous
landlords for unorganized tenants who did mol Sn'
how to protect themselves But Mr. Dies f'",u
also equally impressive with services 10 m"lN u,
tion as we'll as on the housing trent ;" WIZ ..,
threatening opposition developed Mr.. Dies We"
work TO make sure OF his reelection ana mus :"
new record vote in the Third Senatorial district
IL REGARD 10 the state Representative election
both the Republican and Democratic hcAeN'
look al the record James King. Repuohea., -
the only candidate OF the race VINO po'eu ,.aora
The five Democratic candidates were as ~
Horace White who received Il asa William ~, s.S
rill. 1901: Petry Fischer 10o9l; Margare ~
ins. a.973 and Richardson, 5,4a4. 49,. -,
or 18th place was OHara with ~ ,oi .n,,.~,
place on the Republican ticket was fhup W." ". rU
with 257S2. Let's pick out for examlnA' ." ~, IN
didacies OF James King on the Repunn'aD w.
Horace White was the 23rd on the list ana wv n.~n
william Sheriff. and Margaret Hawkins ." ~ ~, n,
cratic ticket James King made an eN'ei' n N,
polling 21.7O2 votes is a very nice felo~' ,a,.U
other hand william Sheriff., who exef'ep so", ,,,,
able EFFORT electioneering; using All "n" 4, MU
weapon known TO the game to get on Wv ..,,rE
favor polled only 1i041 There was also ~. " N,
and the pioneering effort Of Margaret haNn. .oua
first woman TO run for public office from ou' ., .,r
who made no extensive campaign ana SP. 4,
little money vet she polled nearly as many 49,, ,-
william Sheriff.. What Is the meaning :" .orrsfr.
nomena In our Primary election for s'a'' - ia nd
tative? I believe the following reasons
proper explanation: Ind
On The Primary election for offices ,1s nH
county state and federal tickets clutter wv ~
lot with so many names that Il Is too hu ". n M
problem for the average voter from the s.seu,e
people who are overwhelmed by the lop Us 4,
There were more than five hundred cahu'. H. aid
more than two hundred of these were io ~, d n
OF state representative. (2) James hins - nerd
votes on the Republican ticket because .,..d ra
In the Republican party was better oIs curpa
precinct workers who carried out comm. -r,d,d N
In regard to this office and whose siass .ss an N
mass OF voters through the mass OF ns .s.. gas
ballot sheet The Democratic dstrouu. ,r,ctivsf
a. uniformly set out OF rthis ONCE nor