Evening star., 1940-10-27
Capital SideIights
By VIII p. Kennedy.

In view of the draft Roosevelt cam
paign this year amid wars alarm mem
bers of Congress and others politically
minded are making studies of the war
time votes given other Presidents. When
Abraham Lincoln first was elected in
1860, he received 180 of the 3o3 electoral
votes with a popular vote of 1856 ASP,
while John c. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
Democrat. received ~ electoral votes
with popular vote of only 847953, and
Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Democrat,
with popular vote second only to Lin
coins, Of l,375,l57, had only u cleo
toral votes. In his second election in
1864 Lincoln had 212 of the 314 cleo
toral votes and popular vote OF 22l3-
665, while George B. Mcclellan. New
Jersey Democrat. had 81 electoral votes
and a popular vote of 1902 237. When
William Mckinley of Ohio first was
elected in 1896 he had 27l of the 447
electoral votes and a popular vote of
7,l04779, against l76 electoral votes for
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska,
who polled 6.5O2 925 popular votes. Again
in 1900 Mckinley received 292 of the
AT electoral votes with 1907 923 popu-
lar votes. while Bryan had 155 electoral
votes and 6,358,1 1873 popular votes When
Woodrow Wilson first was elected in 1912
he was given 435 of the 53l electoral
votes and popular vote of 6293 454,
while William Howard Taft, Republican,
got only electoral votes and 3.484 $50
popular votes and Theodore Roosevelt,
Progressive, had 88 electoral votes and
4ll9.538 popular votes In 1916 Wilson
dropped TO 277 of the 53l electoral votes
with popular vote of 9129 606, while
Charles Evans Hughes of New York re-
ceived 254 electoral votes and 8.53822I
popular votes. When Franklin Delano
Roosevelt was first elected in 1882 he
had 472 of the 53l electoral votes and
popular vote of 22,8l5 7s5. against SO
electoral votes and 15759,266 popular
votes for Herbert Hoover In 1886 Roose-
velt piled up 523 electoral votes and "a
467 673 popular votes over Alfred NJ Lam
don's electoral votes and l6679.583
popular votes.
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Recent suggestions in Congress that
part of the operating and administrative
costs of the new National Airport should
be saddled upon District taxpayers have
provoked considerable discussion among
the members of Congress. The argument
generally is in favor of recognizing that
the new airport is strictly Federal prof.
ect and should be so supported Mem
bers from various sections of the country
emphasize that the local municipal air.
port managers, seeing expenses mount
with the growth of aviation, are now
fearful of still further increases through
the national defense program A sum-
mary shows that of the $50 municipal
airports in the United States not 10
per cent are self-supporting and the
other 80 per cent drain heavily on tax
receipts. Members of Congress are con-
sidering asking the Civil Aeronautics
Board to make a survey TO determine
proper schedule of charges to make the
airports self-supporting, following the
example of Great Britain Suggested
SOlICcS VI TeNellue IOT airport SUPPORT
include: taxes On gasoline for aviation
use which is now exempt in % States;
aircraft manufacturing plants located
near airports could pay for use of the
field for test flights; space now furnished
free to governmental agencies such as
the Weather Bureau and post office
might be rented, as is now done in some
cities, because these agencies serve others
besides flyers
Many varieties of ballots will be
marked by the voters on November S
throughout the States. Forty-five of
the 48 States now use some form of the |
Australian secret ballot. This was first
adopted in this country in Kentucky in
1888 The three States that have not |
adopted some form of the Australian |
ballot are Delaware, Georgia and South
Carolina. Delaware allows party leaders
to distribute ballots In s.vance Of elec-
ton day.