Evening star., 1948-10-05
Colorado Is Expected
To Vote for Dewey
By Huge Majority
By Gould Lincoln
Stor StoH Cosrsspondsnt

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 5.-Colo.
RADIO has had a checkered career
In national politics, favorine
Democrats and Republicans ir
turn. In the last two presi-
Dental elections 1t has gone Re-
publican. This year is will plunk
tor the Dewey-Warren ticket.
Democrats here continue to insist
they have q chance to win tht
State for President Truman, but
when they are asked, why should
Truman be . stronger candidate
against Dewey than was Roosevelt
four years ago, in the midst of 8
war" they founder around.
One Of them came up with a sug.
gestion that this year the veterans
vote might turn the trick for thei,
candidate. They seemingly overlook
the fact that President Roosevelt
In 1914, had the vote of the soldiers
who now are the veterans.
Republican Leaders Confident.
President Truman was here not
long ago, and drew a big open-air
crowd in the noon hour, which
some Of the more enthusiastic esti-
mated at 100000, but which compe-
tent newspapermen cut down to
75,000. Further, and it may be sig
nificant. hundreds drifted away
when Mr.. Truman had been speak
ing only few minutes.
The Republican leaders have NO
doubt about a Dewey victory. What
worries them are the contests fol-
Senator and Governor.
The senatorial seat, now held by
the miraculously successful Senator
Ed" johnson, Democrat, is a prize
OF great Importance in view of the
probable closeness of the political
makeup of the Upper House in the
next Congress. If the Republicans
can win this one, taking it away
from the Democrats, they are vir-
tually sure of hanging on to the slim
margin they now have in the Senate
Senator Johnson Popular.
Senator johnson, former Governo,
and Tor IL years a Senator, is i'm.
mensely popular He has done favors
big and little. for thousands of his
constituents, Republicans as we'll al
Democrats, he is almost as great q
letter writer as was Jim Farley
when Mr.. Farley was running the
Democratic National Committee ano
campaigns for President Roosevelt
Thousands Of Republicans have
voted for Senator johnson in the
past.
In 1912. when the Republican.
were beginning their return from
the depths into which they hae
been plunged by the Roosevelt land.
slides. they thought they had 6
chance Of defeating Senator John.
son. He was up for reelection
Their candidate was Gov. Ralph
Carr.
When the votes were counted, Sen.
ator johnson had won by approx.
mately $500 votes. Gov. Carr hae
run far behind the Republican ticket
In strong Republican districts, This
was due in part, but oi1Jy In pArtxte
the fact that Gov. Carr had antak.
onized a good part OF the Republican
organization.
In that same year, Senator Mill.
kin, running for the short term Sen.
ate seat to fill a vacancy caused By
the death of Senator. AlYa Adams
won out by 10000 votes. Seaat
Aillikin carried Bould6f CountysS
1000 votes and Gov. Carr 1ostsif6 81
300. There were other equally 'giar.
ing instances of Republican support
Of Senator johnson.
So the Democrats are confiden
Senator johnson will win again
He may well do so. However, thu
Republicans have not given up hope
They figure it this way. If Gov
Dewey could carry Colorado against
President Roosevelt by $4,000 votes
as he did, he will carry the State
against President Truman by 6
minimum of $4,000, and they arr
hoping for $4,000. In that event
they figure the National ticket viii
pull their senatorial candidate, Will
r. Nicholson, along with it to vic.
tory.
Bet on Lead of $1,000.
Professional gamblers are betting
even money today that Gov. Dewey
lead will be 50000-and there art
few takers. A Statewide poll, taker
in September by Research Services
Inc, for the Denver Post, showed
Gov. Dewey with so per cent of tht
vote, President Truman with Al ane
Henry A. Wallace with 3 per cent
This does not give Gov. Dewey a.
wide a margin as the gamblers ane
political observers expect.
The poll, however, showed lot oi