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Show SEJEN SIZN EN ENanO SEJENH SIZNHE1RuD anO anONATIONAL.CAPITAL H HE1RuD HE1RuDar RD RDar&tnd ar&tnd artnd ar & andlthe andltheNTI "the the "theN " NATIONAL.CAPITAL NATIONALCAPITAL N NTI TIONM TIONMCAPITAL ONAj ONAjCAPITAL NATIONAL.CAPITALSy CAPITAL ' l . Sy y lCarter Carter Fie1dWashington Field Fie1d . ( ) Washington Washmgton - Governor All AI Alf ! M MLandon's MLandon's MLandon's MLandons Landon's Landons ' strength in 10 m the farm farmstates farmstates farmstates states , , now demonstiatcd demonstlated serves to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep him in 10 the prcsidentnl presldentI\l presldentI l presidentril ' \ race racebut , but leaves him lum still dependent upon uponsuccess uponsuccess uponsuccess success in 10 m the parlay of bi bif bIt f ' statese states e . , st 5t of the MISSISSIppITInt MississippiThat Mississippi MississippiTint Tint That parlay has had but one onechange onechange onechange change as a result of Landon's Landons Lando.l's Lando.ls Landols . ' Im- Im Improved improved im improved - proved chances vest nest \ est of the 1\11SS15 1 11SS15 Missis 111SS15SIppI Mississippz \ Mississippi SIppI sippz Before the farm speeches at atDes atDes atDes Des Moines Momes and Minneapolis Minne3polts whIch which.repercussions whichrepercussions . , i ireperCUSSIons reperCUSSIons have 1 i indicatedcinched n dIe d i c ate a t e d dcmchcd demchcd cmchcd emchcd for the Republican Republtcan nommee nominee nommeeNebraska nomineeNebraska nomineeNebraska Nebraska , Iowa Io"a Ioa Iona , " and South Dakota Dakotaand , and put Minnesota and Color Colori ? do 10 in 10the inthe inthe the * ' leaning Republican " columnthe col column columnthe mn mnthe the group of states east , . of the theMISSISSIppI theMississippi theMississippi MISSISSIppI that Landon musi mUSL must carry carryto carryto carryto . to have a chance chmce : stood as toIIows follows follows'New followsNew ' New York , New Jersey , Pennsyl PennsylvaDla Pennsylvania Pennsyivania vaDla vania . , Ohio , Indiana , Illinois IIImOIs andMichIgan andMichigan and | Michigan And even c\en c en \ thisas this \ was \\as as \ pred prod prodicated predJcated prodicated Jcated icated on the premise that he must mustalso mustalso mustalso also carryall carry all the New England Englandstates Englandstates Englandstates EnglandstatesWith states statesWith With his present prescnt strength in the thefarm thefarm thefarm farm belt , Indiani IndIan Indiana " ! . may be ehminated elImmat eluninat elImmated eluninated ed from this must list listAs . . As is general in 10 such cases . , In Indlana Indiana Indiana dlana diana begms begIns to show more Repub RepubIlean Republican Repubhcan Ilean lican strength at the same moment momentthat momentthat momentthat that it loses its status of being bemg ab absolutcly absolutely absolutely solutcly solutely vital vltal to the Republican Repubhcan can candldate candidate candidate dldate didate Present indications 1OdlcatIons rtre 1re ire < that thatIndIana thatIndiana thatIndiana IndIana will Wlll go Republican Repubhcan In fact factthe factthe tactthe the same farm speeches WhICh WhIChc10ched whichcinched whichcinched c10ched cinched Iowa and Nebraska and andSouth andSouth andSouth South Dakota for Landon helped him himcnormousb himenormously himcnormousb cnormousb enormously in m Indiana and in m south southcrn southern southern crn ern IllInOISBut IllinoisBut Illinois IllinoisBut But the fact remains that Landon Landoncannot Landoncannot Landoncannot cannot lose a single smgle one of the themodIfied themodified themodified modIfied must list . . There are Just lust Justnot lustnot justnot not enough electoral votes wlthm within wlthmthe withinthe withinthe the realm of ot probabilities to make makefor makefor makefor for one of themThe themThe them themThe The most interesting mterestmg phase of this thiscampaIgn thiscampaign thiscampaign campaIgn to an any > ) disinterested dismterested observer ob observer observer server must be the way this list of ofstates ofstates ofstates states , , all of which Landon has to tocarry tocarry tocarry carry , sh shifts shifty t : . about For a time bme aft after after after er Governor Herbert H L Lehman Lehmanwas Lshmanwas hman hmanwas was induced mduced to run for re electIon electionin 10 in New York , it seemed as though thoughthe thoughthe thoughthe the Empire state was the weakest weakesthnh weakestlink weakestlink hnh link in m the Republican chain cham Then Thenfor Thenfor Thenfor for one reason and another Repub Republlcan Republican RepubLean llcan lican prospects in m New York began beganto beganto beganto to improve until now they aie ale ate muchbrighter much muchbrJghter muchbrighter brJghter brighter than in 10 Penns Pennsylvania Iv ma , , OhIO OhioIllinois , IllmCJs Illinus or MichiganDrift Michigan MichiganDrift Drift in PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Pennsylvania PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvama was the second state stateto stateto stateto to play havoc with the nerves nervcs of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Landon backers But there has hasbcen hasbeen hasbeen bcen been a drift dnft back there , and now nowPennsylvama nowPennsylvania nowPennsylvania Pennsylvama Pennsylvania , the RepublIcans RepublIcansthmk Republicansthink Republicansthink thmk think , is responding respondmg to treatmentNext treatmentNext treatment treatmentNext Next one of the important unportant pollsshowed polls pollssho pollsshored sho\\ sho shocd shored \ cd Michigan swinging swmgmg to toFrank11l1 toFranklin toFranklin Frank11l1 Franklin D Roosevelt , and all the thetremors thetremors thetremors tremors that New York and Penn Pennsylvama Pennsylvanza Pennsylvania sylvama sylvanza had caused in 10 the Repub Repubhcan Republican Repubhcan hcan lican high command were repented repeated repentedFor repeatedFor repeatedFor For all realize : that they cannot cannotwm cannotwin cannotwin wm win without Michigan's Michigans ' 19 electoral electoralvotes electoralvotes electoralvotes electoralvotesThere votes votesThere There is no evidence eVJdence of any swmg swing swmgbach swingback swingback bach back in 10 Michigan but for varIOUS varIOUSreasons variousreasons variousreasons reasons the Republicans Repubhcans are now nowworrIcd nowworried nowworried worrIcd worried more about Ohio than any anyof anyof anyof of the othersPrunarlly othersPrimarily others othersPrimarily Primarily Prunarlly this Is due to dlsap disap dlsappomtment disappointment disappomtment pomtment pointment . . From the moment of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Cleveland convention they had hadnssumed hadassumed hadassumed nssumed assumed that Ohio was in 10 the bag bagIt bagIt bagIt It had gone tor for Roose\ Roose Roosevelt Rooseelt \ elt in 10 1932 by byonly byonly byonly only about 74000 74 000 Many of its im irn irnportant Im- Im Important important - portant leaders were known to be belukewarm belukewarm belukewarm lukewarm to Roosevelt . . Both ItS ItSsenators itssenators itssenators senators had voted against agamst theRoosevelt the theRoosevelt theRoosevelt Roosevelt tax bill Senator VIC Vie VICDonahey VieDonahey VieDonahey Donahey had , " walked alhed out of the PhIl PhIladelphla Philadelphia Philadelphia adelphla adelphia convention despite the theearnest theearnest theearnest earnest pleading of James A Far- Far Farley Farley Far-ley Far ley - ley that he make a seconding secondmg speech speechfor speechfor ' for Roosevelt Finally Fmally Landon had hadspent hadspent hadspent spent his boyhood in eastern OhIoBut OhioBut Ohio OhioBut But the polls being taken by the theColumbus theColumbus theColumbus Columbus Dispatch and the SCrIPPS SCrIPPSHoward ScrippsHoward ScnppsHoward Howard papers are showing that thatwhile thatwhile thatwhile while the Republican Repubhcan nommee nominee torgovernor for forgovernor forgovernor governor is running runnmg v . ' way 'ay ay ay ahead ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the Democratic incumbent mcumbent , , the thesame thesame thesame same voters are favoring favormg Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt - velt over Landon by a substantial substantialIpad substantialload substantialliad Ipad load * . . So the jitters litters of John D M MHamIlton's MHamilton's MHamilton's MHamiltons HamIlton's HamIltons ' lieutenants heutenants are now re resultmg resuiting ultmg sultmg from OhIOIn OhioIn Ohio OhioIn In a couple of ot v . weeks eeks it will vvill prob prob- probably prob- prob probably probably - - ably be New York again , or Penn PennsylvanIa Pennsylvanza Pennsylvania sylvanIa sylvanza A parlay is rather hardon hardon hard on the nerves Two-Edged Two Edged - SwordAlthough Sword SwordAlthough Although the Democrats have havefaIled havefailed havetailed faIled to capitalize capltalize the insurance 10surance is- is issue is issue ' - sue sprung by Col Frank Knox Knoxthere , there i 1 : ' s an element amo among amo'1g amo1g ' ig the Republlcans Re- Re RepubUcans Re Republicans - publicans pubUcans publlcans which whJch is frightened to todeath todeath todeath death about it it . . What they are afraid afraidof afraidof of ( ) f is that so many life Me msurance insurance msurancesalesmen insurancesalesmen insurancesalesmen salesmen will run into mto stiff stifI ' sales salesresistance salesresistance salesresistance resistance on the part of ther- ther their therpros theirpros the I " - pros pros- prospects prospects prospects - pects , and blame Colonel Knox in inparticular inparticular inparticular particular and the whole Rerubhcan Republican Rerubhcanticket Republicanticket Rerubhcanticket ticket in general for their dlfficul diflicul- diflicul difliculties diflicul.ties difliculties diflicul.tiesActually . - ties tiesActually Actually the big men in the in insurance insurance insurancc surance business are in absolute absolutesympathy absolutesympathy 8 sympathy mpathy with Colonel Knox's Knoxs Knox'sViews Knox'sviews Knox'sviews Knoxsviews ' Views , on two counts But the bIg bIginsurance biginsurance biginsurance insurance men have very few votes voteswhereas , whereas the number of life l1fe 10sur insur insurante 10surance msurance ance ante salesmen is legion legionThat legiOnThat legionThat That is where the two edged edgedsord edgedsword edgedsv/ord edgedsv ord s\/ord s ord sword \ / of this issue comes in m And Andprobably Andprobably Andprobably probably no one will know for some sometime sometime sometime time to come , perhaps not until aft- aft after after aft after - er the election , which wh.ich . edge did the theJnost themost thexno Jnost most t cutting cuttlng . , 1 Tll There re are arc tv two to . a entirely dlrrelt different differentphases difTeientphases Jlt Jltphases phases even of the one side-the side the sidetheside sidetheside side - - theside side that Colonel Knox is present prcsent- prcsent present- prcsent109 presentmg presenting - ing 109 mg so vigorously . . One is the charge that 01at Roosevelt Rooseveltspcndmg Rooseveltspending Rooseveltspending spcndmg spending , with the constantly In- In Increasmg Increasing In Increasing - creasing creasmg national debt due to thefact the thefact thefact fact that the government go\ernment go ernment gosernment \ every year yearspends yearspends yearspends spends more than it tak2s takes tak s in , wUl will wUlmcvltably willinevitably willinevitably mcvltably inevitably lead to inflation Infla Infla- Inflation Infla- Infla Inflation Inflation - - tion , once stirted st-lrted st lrted started - , cannot , " well "cll cll be bestopped bestopped bestopped stopped Few governments in m thehistoiy the thehlStOlY thehistory hlStOlY history of the world , once they tI'ey tIey tl'ey tley ' em- em embarked embarked em embarked - barked on printing prmtmg pres press < ; money moneyhave , have been able to do anything nnything about aboutIt aboutit aboutit It it . . The latest spectacular case Cdse , of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course , is Germany . On the other otherhand otherhand otherhand hand , the United Umted States government governmentfinanced governmentfinanced governmentfinanced financed the CJvIlar Civil CJvIl \ % War \\ar ar tar \ with print prmt- prmt print- prmtmg printing printing - ing mg press money , and eventuaIIy eventually eventuaIIymade eventuallymade eventuallymade made good redeeming all the thegreenbacks thegreenbacks thegreenbacks greenbacks with goldThe goldThe gold goldThe The story of that recovery , how how- however however however - ever , is so dl dieary eary , e.tendmg etendmg extending e.tendmgthrough extendingthrough e\tendmgthrough e tendmgthrough \ . through the Grant admmistratIon administration admmistratIonscmdals administrationscandals administrationscandals scmdals scandals : : , and with repercussIons repercussIonsleadmg repercussionsleading repercussionsleading leadmg leading up to the McKmlcy McKinley McKinlcyBoansound Br Brian Briansound ) an ansound sound money versus free slIver silver slIvercampaigns silvercampaigns silvercampaigns campaigns In fact , that story IS ISso isso isso so unhappy that few tew of the actJ\ actJ actJe actite actJ1Ofiahomsts actiteinflationists activeinflationists \ e 1Ofiahomsts inflationists in 10 public life hfe such for formstance forinstance forinstance mstance instance as Sena Senator tor Elmer Thomas Thomasof of Oklahoma , have manifested mamfested any anydesIre anydesire anydesire desIre to mention itThey it itThey They Talk Figures FiguresTo To this phasr the answer of the theDemocrats theDemocrats theDemocrats Democrats of course is that Presi PresI- PresIdent President President - - dent Roose\ Roose Rooset Roosevelt Rooseelt \ elt is just as strongly stronglyopposed stronglyopposed stronglyopposed opposed to printing prmtIng press money as asis asis asis is Governor Alf AI ! M Landon hlmsclf himself hlmsclfThey himselfThey himselfThey They talk about balancing balanc10g the budg budget budget budget et after the emergency is passed passedand , and then slowly sloly slonly slo\\ slo \ ly paying paymg oft oU oil some of ofthe ofthe ofthe the debt They do not talk very verymuch verymuch verymuch much about this tor for an obvious rea- rea reason rea rea- reason reason - son If they thcy start talking talkmg figures figuresnaturally , naturally it looms inevitably 10evltably that thatthere thatthere thatthere there must be higher ta taxes , < : cs Dur Dur- Durmg Dur- Dur Durmg During - - ing mg the campaign the Democrats do donot donot donot not want to talk tail . about higher lucher t\xes t xes taxes txesIn taxesIn tixcsIn ' \ In fact , the White Willte House went to tosome tosome tosome some pains palOs to make it clear to the thecountry thecountry thecountry country that there would be no new newta newtaxes newtaxes ta taxes , < : es ne-tt ne tt next ne " < : - t year . . There is another reason why the theDcmocrats theDemocrats theDemocrats Dcmocrats Democrats do not want to talk so somuch somuch somuch much about higher taxes ta.es taes . just lust at atpresent atpresent atpresent present Everyone Every one knows hat illat ghat Pres Pres- PresIdent Pres- Pres President President - - ident Roose\ Roose Rooset Roosevelt's Roosevelts Rooseelt's \ elt's elts ' own idea about aboutthese aboutthese aboutthese these higher taxes ta > es is very ddl.Dlte ddlDlte definite ddl.DlteHe definiteHe definiteHe . He expects to make the big corpora corpora- corporahons corporations corporations - tions hons and the big incomes mcomes pay more moreWhen moreWhen moreWhen When he proposed the original orlgmal slId sliding sliding 109 ing scale tax on corporation 10- 10 in- in 10comes incomes in incomes - comes , nearly eighteen months ago agohe , he wanted the scale to run up much muchhIgher muchhigher muchhigher muchhigherWhen hIgher hIgherWhen When last spring spr10g he urged the thepresent thepresent thepresent present tax law , he wanted a much muchbIgger muchbigger muchbigger bIgger slice of undistributed earn earn- |