| Show y t H. H VE C CITIZEN I T I II fr Citizen me government In m a sense is in your hands election elation l da day dav a y l lyou have until 7 p. p pm m. m to determine l jn in you a m measure asure the dt 5 of federal state and county government d you will ha have ve the next two years at le least st st. In the case of United States I ator your choice choke is effective for or six years y ars e Thus Thus- you will make y your ur own governmental bed and you 1 make will have h it ve for to lie r in ln it If If b by failing to vo vote y you u let others you you will have haye to lie in it anyway Regardless ss of f W which Ch side ide the campaigners f favored as to candidates and amendments they all H urged you to vote Whatever Whatever What- What ever everlI lI interests of f theirs Prevent Were at stake the to they w Y were re powerless prevent prevent yo you from exercising sing your own free will on these issues M J 9 ra P a today However they differed in views they were unanimous in the exhortation exhortation- Vote Today Mr Citizen you are privileged to exer exercise ise a franchise franchise fran fran- chise that hat early Amer Americans cans d died ed in an effort to o win wing In In many other countries the voters merely march to the polls in a sort of opera parade to mark yes after the names of a single list of candidates The government in other words is no longer in their hands Keeping the government in your hands means accepting t the r responsibility po of expressing yourself every every election day If you dornot know where to vote call The Tribune Tele gram information tion service Wasatch to learn the address of your your polling polling station You have until until 7 7 p. p m. m to fashion your government DEALERS I ICE ICE CE TEST IN INMANY ilE MANY STATES t w vi York Michigan Attract I Notice 1 By LYLE C. C WILSON LSON YORK Nov 8 UP UP- UP eather as variable as pre- pre ions of the outcome voters 47 47 states registered their then ices today in the general n in t ion of testing popularity of ofa a new deal weather e W ather was a factor in manye many e contests influencing as it did Elie of the vote according to al party power example was was-n in j wA ork state where one of the nest and estand and most significant conits con- con its generally was waged waged generally generally fair conn con- con hio B- B Bin n in the predominantly Re- Re bli an upstate agricultural area cored the effort of Thomas E. E wey to unseat Governor Herbert HerbertI I Lehman Democrat indorsed by Roosevelt Early showers Cg on important state ele elections will ill be found on page 4 Jl York City where the tried to roll up a a. big majority for Lehman Victory for Dewey would give givel e el l Republicans a powerful foun- foun in in Mr Roosevelt's home state tK 1940 presidential campaign R Republicans Publicans had no hope of win- win ng control of congress but they a a. sufficient increase in to demonstrate a a. cooling national favor for licie S BaJ Balmy iy weather prevailed In At- At Jt c seaboard areas A cold wave av oyed from the Rocky zone where snow meas- meas inches was reported id was expected to reach the coast night Rai and snow were moving into n but voters went to the theIn In ui unusually large numbers Decide the fate of Governor whom Mr Roose- Roose it t i indorsed last week Young toting was reported heavy in where Governor rge ge H. H Earle who inaugurated Tittle little new deal of his own in ine e state tate sought the seat of the theran eran ran Republican Senator James Davis The weather was warm t i cloudy loudy Ute titer a record high temperature 77 yesterday n rain and sleet fell i Continued on Page Two Column Two WEATHER NEATHER HOLDS KEY TO U. U S. S ELECTION RESULTS RESUL IS Continued from Page One in n Ohio where the Taft Bulkley-Taft senatorial race was another outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing barometer of new deal sen sen- Election day rain or snow generally generally generally gen gen- is counted a handicap to Republicans Re Re- p publicans in the big industrial states where the new Democratic deal-Democratic party finds its greatest strength in in urban areas 47 States Balloting Polling to took k place in jn 47 41 st states tes to complete the national referendum on the new deal begun September 12 in n Maine Business depression as a political factor actor has jumped the fence this time ime Republicans so sought to put Democrats on the defensive for the slump of 1937 President Roosevelt voted and awaited returns at t. t his N. N N Y home con electorate electorate elec- elec orate will wUl give gire the new Demo deal cratic party party a fourth consecutive indorsement He was wearing an Andrew Jacks Jackson Jn watch chain for luck uck G. G O. O P. P Gains Forecast As the polls opened the forecast II was for 1 Republican senate house and gubernatorial gains to end a 10 year period of consecutive Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic expansion 2 Possible delineation of a conservative trend away from the new new deal 3 A big but not necessarily majority vote for various plans to hike old age pension payments There are major offices offices con con congressional gressional and gubernatorial gubernatorial-at at stake of which Democrats now hold and Republicans 94 with other parties and vacancies accounting accounting accounting ac ac- ac- ac counting for the remainder Maines Maine's September election did not change party standings retained the governorship and the house delegation of three There here was no senatorial contest Today's election will set up the sixth seventy congress which will meet January 3 Principal Republican gains are forecast in iii New E England gland middle Atlantic and north central states Depre Depressed ed crop prices the 1937 38 8 business slump continued large- large scale cale unemployment and a possible reaction against new deal plans to reorganize the judiciary and methods methods meth meth- of dealing with acute labor problems are factors suggesting that hat the G. G 0 O. P. P may find the beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning of the come-back come trail Must Exceed Average But more than mere gains will willbe willbe wille be e necessary to establish a significant significant cant Republican upturn The average average average aver aver- age year off-year shift in the house from the he majority to minority party is 50 seats The G. G O. O P. P must thrust well beyond that number and gain gaina a handful of senate seats to to justify burning more than a dimes dime's worth of political red fire Governorships offer a bett better r field fieldor for or conclusive Republican victories Substantial gains in all categories would mark a spectacular turning of f the year 10 tide which has all but submerged the G. G O. O P. P since the presidential elec election ion of 1928 Party Chiefs Comment Chairman James A. A Farley of the Democratic national committee predicted predicted predicted pre pre- another Democratic landslide landslide land- land slide lide but bout conceded limited Republican can an congressional gains Chairman John D. D M. M Hamilton of f the Republican national committee commit- commit tee ee countered with polling day instructions instructions in- in to all state chairmen to keep a close watch for evidence of f coercion of relief beneficiaries because an effort was being made madeo to o coerce those on relief rolls He le said there was a Republican Republic n trend rend among persons receiving government government government gov gov- aid Hamilton who pr predicted the presidential pres pres- election of Governor Alf M. M Landon a few hours before voting voting vot- vot ing ng started two years ago made no specific claims today May IMay Vote Mr Roos Roosevelt velt won in 1936 with all but two of the 48 states and a popular vote of to for Land Landon n. n Their aggregate v vote te probably p will not be reached today but as many as 40 votes may b be cast S 'S The charge that W P A and others receiving government aid are becoming an effective new deal political organization tion echoed generally from Republican platforms platforms plat- plat forms torms during the campaign D Democrats concede probable Rep Republican Republican Re Re- p publican gains of around 30 30 house seats well under the normal turnover turnover turnover turn turn- over and possible slight senate and gubernatorial success Republicans variously say they expect to increase their house membership membership mem mom by 80 seats obtain control of key industrial state capitals and add seven seven maybe maybe ten ten to to their senate senate sen son ate strength There is no recognized recognized recognized chance today that the G. G O. O OP P. P will obtain control of either house orsen or sen senate te N N. Y 1 Is s Battleground But the gubernatorial grand prizes are in doubt Governor Leh Leh- man of New York lukewarm to the new deal but drafted for a fourth Democratic nomination is having the fight of his life against Dewey y 36 year old old ar-old rackets prosecutor who will sweep across the sky brighter than a comet if he comes out on top today Two out of three straw polls give Dewey a slight margin If it is Dewey today New York state not only will be establishing a rich and bulwarked Republican fortress in the industrial east but may be sending the young Mich Mich- igan-born igan lawyer directly into a campaign for president of the United United United Unit Unit- ed States in 1940 Republican victory victory vic vie tory here would hurt the new deal prestige and do more damage to the administration political machine than a dozen well aimed monkey wrenches It is almost the same story in Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania and Massachusetts From coast to coast it is the Democratic party which has most to lose and least to gain today Three unprecedented electoral electoral electoral elec elec- toral triumphs have created a situation situation situation situ situ- in which there scarcely are more political prizes for Democrats to capture Today's election is more than a contest between the major parties inevitable dissensions such as beset the Republican party during its long reign plague Democrats now To some extent the 1938 voting will sample conservative and new deal se sentiment within the Democratic party itself Pensions Complicate Belief that Republican gains may discover a e. conservative trend are confused by a crossfire of old age pension and relief proposals and the fact that both Republican and Democratic candidates in various states have indorsed schemes criticised criticised criticised for their departure from sound money principles Republicans Republicans Republicans have made a deal with Townsend Townsend Townsend Town- Town send plan pensioners in Governor Frank F. F Merriam Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican in California is allied with the but repudiated the 30 every Thursday pension plan which helped Sheridan Downey Downey Downey Dow Dow- ney and Culbert Olson to win Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic senatorial and gubernatorial nominations respectively Nevada and ana Colorado are among states where Democrats complain of an alliance between pension planners planners planners plan plan- ners and Republicans and the issue is big in other states Polls indicate that the California plan best advertised of the year will be rejected New deal prestige is in the balance balance bal hal ance in Michigan where Governor Murphy a new deal seeks reelection against former Governor Frank D. D Fitzgerald Re Re- publican Murphys Murphy's handling of sit- sit down strikes in automobile plants is the specific issue The tabulated vote voto In Michigan and a cross-country cross survey will indicate indicate indicate in in- whether new deal labor policies policies policies poli poli- cies have alienated some of the legions who rolled up the spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- Democratic triumphs of 34 1932 Mr Roosevelt personally Indorsed pressed hard-pressed Democratic candid candidates tes in Michigan Pennsylvania New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and California |
