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independent Republican"
The Democrats claim that he will
take far more votes from Judge
Ferguson than he will from Senator
Brown. There are others, however,
who deprecated this claim. They
insist that many of the votes Mr..
Smith received in the. primary were
drawn from Democratic ranks, par
ticularly those of the Hill Billy"
type, workers who have come into
Michigan from Southern States in
the last score of years t. work in
the many industrial plants here,
and who have a Democratic back
ground, but who are inclined to
listen to man like Mr.. Smith.
The Primary vote In Michigan.
including both the Democratic and
Republican vote, was the lightest
in any Michigan primary since 1922
less than 100000. This probably
means light vote in the general
election, too. But even so, the diff
ference in the vote cast in the Re-
publican primary and that in the
Democratic candidates for nomina-
ton, Gov. M. D. Van Wagner and
Senator Brown were unopposed
Yet that does not entirely account
for the fact that in the Republican
senatorial primary a total of 367. .634
votes were cast, while in these DEM
ocratic primary there were only 1885,
l67 In this Democratic primary
Senator Brown received 155.l03
votes, with 81 scattering for Sena-
tor, and Gov. Van Wagner, 17s, ,266:
with Is scattering.
Mr.. Smiths entry into the race as
as sticker candidate and its cause
have been variously estimated. There
is no possibility that he can win.
Rumors that his candidacy is being
financed by persons who do not
want Judge Ferguson elected have
been circulated, but without support
ing evidence. AS a matter of fact,
Mr.. Smith, who has inherited a
good deal of the Father Coughlin
following, has done very we'll in the
matter Of raising money. He takes
up collections at his meetings, and
gathers in very considerable sums.
He has another four or five weeks to
keep in the limelight and also to
take In these collections.
"Tires for People" a Slogan.
Mr.. Smith announced today he
would place stickers in the hands of
every tire dealer, garage owner and
filling station owner in Michigan
Because of my hard fight to get
automobile tires for the people," he
said, most Of the tire dealers and
filling station and garage men are
my friends" This demand for tires
for the people has been one of the
main campaign issues put forward
by Mr.. Smith in his best evangelical
style. Mr.. Smith. who calls him
self the head of "the committee of a
Million" said. too. that he has 20 900
special workers in the State. Each
one of them will receive a thousand
stickers with instructions to dis
tribute them through 10 others, who
will be asked to distribute them in
turn to 10 more.
This the Bible plan of organiza-
tion," Mr.. Smith continued, las
worked out by the father in law of
Moses when the load got too heavy.
My names not Moses, but If I can
succeed in smoking these politicians
out Of the place where we could
get some tires, making gasoline ra-
tioning unnecessary, there will be a
lot of people who will want to call
me Moses for leading them out of
this wilderness OF boondoggling and
bureaucratic stupidity
Getting voters to paste stickers
on = ballot In large numbers Is
big task. Mr.. Smiths vote may
dwindle, and probably will fall ma
terially from what 1t was In the pri-
mary.
Mr.. Smith and the Democrats
have attacked Judge Ferguson's can
didacy on the ground that under
the State constitution q Circuit
Court Judge is barred from running
for other elective ofiice for q year
after the end Of his term Is Judge.