Evening star., 1944-10-18
Republican Ticket
Is Expected 10 Win
By Sweep in Iowa
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

othr othlI Correspondent.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 49,
A clean sweep for the Iowa Re
publican tickets, national ant
State, will be chalked up on elec
tion day, November Z. Their,
seems no probable chance of al
upset that would give the Stat,
to President Roosevelt or re-elec
Democratic Senator Guy Gil
lette, or bring victory to tn,
Democrats in any of the congres
SiOnal districts.
Iowa Is essentially an agricul
tural State and a ma jority of tn
farmers are for Gov. Thomas
Dewey and against President Roose
Velt, a poll by Wallace's Farmer ant
Iowa Homestead, a widely read farm
publication, indicates.
This poll, which has been conduct
ed before elections for years, ha
been accurate in the past. The pol
published September 16 showed Gov
Dewey leading with 4S per cent o.
the farm vote.
Mr.. Roosevelt had 80 per cent, anc
l3 per cent were undecided. Another
poll is in process of being tabulated
1t may show some Roosevelt in,
crease, but not enough to change
the results.
1t is traditional in Iowa that tt
win, Democratic candidate fol
President must have Sc per cent o
the farm vote, so strong is thu
Republican town vote. The surve,
of the farm vote shows that Mr.
Roosevelt is weaker than he was at
the same time in the 1910 campaign
In 1910 Mr.. Roosevelt lost the State
to the late Wendell L. Willkie by
$4,000 votes.
The farmers in Iowa are greatly
prosperous. Many of them still IA
vor the AAA programs of the pres
ent administration. Yet the ma jority
OF them apparently will vote against
a fourth term for Mr.. Roosevelt
The farmers accept the Government
checks for compliance in farm pro-
grams, but they do not like to be
"regimented." and that. they feel, is
what the Government is doing to
them.
IT is in vain that Democratic lead
ers tell them to remember the DAYS
OF 1882, when they were burning
corn in school houses, because they
could not sell it, even at starvation
prices and get coal instead Farmers
have money and they are looking
forward to prosperous times. even If
the war should end soon. This coun-
try. they believe, will be called on
for a long time to supply food not
only to Americans, but to the peoples
OF many lands.
Another reason for the Demo-
cratic weakness in Iowa is found in
A total lack Of real Democratic or
ganization. This is clearly shown by
the fact that in 29 State senatorial
districts, the Democrats have failed
to put up candidates in IL of these
districts. There are elections in only
% of the senatorial districts this
year.
Democrats also failed to place
candidates in the field for IS of the
House seats out of a total of 108. Re-
publicans. on the other hand, are
strongly organized. They control all
of the State and nearly all of the
county patronage-off1ces. IN addi-
ton. Iowa is fundamentally a Re-
the voters to 60 back to their old
party allegiance.
CIO Weak in State.
The CIO Political Action Commit
tee has made some effort at getting
ont the vote in war production
plants in the State. But there ism t
very much of the CIO in the State.
The Des Moines Register con-
ducts poll of its own, covering all
ella sses of voters Published on Oc-
tober IS, this poll gives Mr.. Dewey
IS per cent. Mr. Roosevelt 80 per
cent, with is per cent undecided.
Gov. Dewey's percentage remained
the same as that of week previous
and Mr. Roosevelts percentage in
creased by 2.
Estimates of the Dewey lead on
election day range from 10000 to
10000 depending upon how large
vote is cast.
Next to the presidential race, that
for Senator holds the greatest nation
al interest. Gov. Bourke B. Hicken-
looper, Republican. is his party's
nominee against the incumbent
Senator Gillette. In 1888 Mr.. Gill
lette won by approximately 5000
votes over former Senator Dickln-
son. regarded in those days as An
Old Guard Republican. Senator
Gillette then had the benefit of a
lot of Republican votes. For the
State in that year elected Repub-
lican Governor by substs n; ial
ma jority.
Senator Gillette had stood out
against President Roosevelt's bill
to pack the Supreme Court in 1897
The New Dealers, through Harry
Hopkins, had sought to purge
Senator Gillette in the Democratic
primary. Also Mr.. Gillette had op-
posed some other New Deal meas
ures. And so, with Republican as
sistance he was reelected
Picture Different Now.
The picture this year is different.
Senator Gillette is running against
IA popular Republican Governor
whose administration of State af-
fairs has been satisfactory. It looks
as though nothing would save him
The polls already mentioned show
Gov. Hickenlooper we'll in the lead
For a couple of years Senator Gill
lette had said he would not be q
candidate to succeed himself. Bul
last winter, urged by the Demo-
cratic leaders in Washington. he
agreed to make the race There
was a rapprochement between him
self and the President and he is
going along in support of the
Roosevelt ticket.
The Republicans who favored him
In 1898 find no particular reason fol
l. l.