Evening star., 1952-11-02
Gov. Stevenson Ends
His Final Trip With
Victory Prediction

AS he ended his eight-State
12-day tour, the Democratic can
didate was given spectacular
welcome in his home State. Later
he told an audience at the Chicago
Stadium that there has been al
electric feeling of victory in tn,
air all the way home"
The Governors speech, which
repeated much of what he had tolt
whistlestop audiences on hi
homeward journey, amounted t,
a bid for the support of libera
Republicans in the coming elec'
ton.
He spoke scornfully of the cam.
paign coverage of newspapers anc
pollsters and charged that 8
Republican victory would NEAR
triumph for the Old Guard.
Recalls Mccarthy.
In a passage prepared for de-
livery, the Governor asserted that
these men :, emboldened by
victory would regard 1t as the
result and the vindication OF
squalid tactics in these closing
days Of the campaign" He re-
called that Senator Mccarthy OF
Wisconsin admitted last Monday
that "his power depends upon the
generals election"
Three things, Gov. Stevenson
said, had illustrated the shift of
the Republican candidate toward
the reactionaries during the cam
paign.
"The first" he said, "is that the
publisher of the Chicago Tribune.
who was revolted by the Republi-
can convention action in July.
now finds the Republican candi-
date acceptable.
THE second is that Senator
Wayne Morse OF Oregon. Repub-
lican leader who welcomed the
Republican candidates nomina-
ton has fatty rejected the
nominee.
1.-THE third is that never once
in this campaign, so far as !
can determine, has that nominee
ever mentioned the name of Wen
dell Wilkie-who was really the
founder OF the modern tradition
of progressive Republicanism."
Gov. Stevenson sharply chal-
lenged the argument that an
Eisenhower victory would aid the
cause of Republican liberals.
This seems to me about the
most fantastic argument Of the
year." he declared. For it sug-
gests that Senator Taft, having
laid down the generals program.
will be humbled and routed by
the novel experience Of Republi-
can victory. It suggests that the
junior Senator from Wisconsin
will be chastened by the heady
wine Of triumph"
The Governor argued that
nothing has happened to indicate
that the general, having yielded
to these men throughout his cam
paign. would suddenly be able to
take his administration away from
them-even if he wished to- do so. -
"They are the men who domi-
nate the Republican Party he
declared. land they are the men
who would run the country"
Plans Quiet Sunday.
The Governor flied to Spring.
field tonight. He will spend a
quiet Sunday except for a motor
trip to nearby Bloomington to his
sisters home and an afternoon
reception at the State Armory in
Springfield.
In the course of today's home
ward trip across Ohio and Indi-
ana. the candidate seemed to have
recovered from earlier exhaustion
and his speeches had both bounce
and bite.
Still, he was ready to admit
that after travelling $4,000 miles
through 35 States and after max
ing about $50 speeches, he was
ready for rest. At President Nc
Kinley's home town of Canton,
Ohio, the Governor spoke wistfully
Of old-time campaign methods:
II must say that the thought of
campaigning from ones front
porch has a very real appeal. At
this point, I feel as though I had
been on everybody's front porch
but my own, and I'm sure Gen.
Eisenhower feels the same way"
Sees Chance for Durable Peace.
At Alliance, he spoke of the
world situation, finding nothing
hopeless" in it.
"On the contrary" he declared,
1--WE are seeing every day how the
strength of the free world is grow
ing and the chance for a durable
peace that grows with it. 1t IS
becoming palmer month by month
that communism will not dare to
strike. The pressure is beginning
to turn inward on the Soviet Un-
ion, which has the iron crust but
the hollow center of all tyrannies. "
At Fort Wayne, Ind, the candi-
date summarized the campaign to
the delight of an audience of
some 10000.
I'm August" he said, "the news
papers tell us that the Demo-
Gratis might just as we'll save the
expense of campaigning because
they don't have a chance. The
polls show that the Republicans
will carry everything. and pos
sibly Georgia. Succeeding weeks
bring a slow admission of i'm
provement in the Democratic
position and a rapid step-up of
the Republican attack.
COP. Never Ahead, He Says.
"And then, by the end of Oc-
tober. the newspapers say the
election is hard to predict. The
polls show a neck-and-neck situa-
ton. And usually at that time
they begin to despair on the
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