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Show NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Implications and Incidents of the Great Victory of Hoover Over Smith. By EDWARD W. PICKARD VERWHELMING victory for the Republican party In the national election is old stuff by this time, but one of the surprising, not to say tartling, features of that victory will remain fruitful topics for conversation conversa-tion for a long while. To say that Hoover captured forty states with 444 electoral votes, while Smith curried cur-ried only eight states with 87 electoral elec-toral votes, tells only the record-breaking record-breaking triumph of Hoover. On the other hand Smith received a total popular vote in excess of that given any successful candidate for the Presidency Pres-idency in former elections. This Is accounted for by the tremendous total vote brought out by the unprecedented unprecedent-ed Interest in the election and by the ' tact that Smith materially reduced the normal Republican majorities in many states though he could not win those states. Despite this, the Democrats Demo-crats as a party had little of which to boast, for Hoover smashed the eolld South by winning Texas, Virginia, Vir-ginia, North Carolina and Florida, while Smith carried only two Northern North-ern states Massachusetts and Rhode Island, In both of which there Is a huge foreign-born and Catholic population. popu-lation. The case of Virginia Is In teresting. The Democrats of that state never forgave Tammany for knifing the Davis-Roosevelt ticket In 1924, and this year they quietly went out to get revenge. Smith was supposed by the wiseacres wise-acres to be the popular candidate of the "urban" Americans, yet Hoover carried eight of the country's fourteen four-teen largest cities, including Chicago. The farmers of the Middle West were alleged by various prophets to be In revolt against the Republican party and led to Smith by the bolting of Senator Norris and others. But Hoover Hoo-ver carried every state In that region without difficulty. The prohibition and religion issues, the former declared bunk by Charles Evans Hughes and the latter ostensibly ostensi-bly disowned by both parties, cut both ways, as was long ago predicted, but each candidate profited by one or other oth-er of these issues in certain states. It does appear to be demonstrated that the American people do not wish, at this time, to have a President who Is wet and a Catholic. Sober analysis of the vote shows, above all, that Americans realize they are the most prosperous nation on the globe and believe the continuance of their prosperity pros-perity is best assured by continuance of Kepublican rule. That prohibition as a national issue must now disappear disap-pear is the view of many. Others see the prospect of a new alignment of the electorate, wet and dry, in the not far distant future since the vital differences dif-ferences between the Republican and Democratic parties are fast fading Into nothingness. Republican control of the next congress con-gress Is assured. The party gained seven scats in the senate and made I net gain of 2S seats in the lower house. Unofficial returns give this as the complexion of the two houses: Senate Republicans. M3 (including racant Vare seat In Pennsylvania) ; Democrats, 3f; Fanner-Labor, 1. Republican Re-publican majority, 16. House Republicans. 2Co; Democrats. Demo-crats. ICS ; Farmer-Labor, 2. Republican Repub-lican majority. 95. Many states elected governors last week, and often the result was not In accord with the state's vote on the Presidency. An outstanding instance of this was the victory of Franklin Roosevelt, who carried New York Willi ease though Al Smith lost it to tiooer by nearly 100.000 votes. HERBERT HOOVER was amazed by the magnitude of his victory bin displayed no unseemly exultation. In a statement to the press he said be fell there had been imposed on him a M.nse of solemn responsibility of the future und of cocipleie depend- j ence upon divine guidance for the task which the greatest electoral office of-fice In the world Imposes. "That task Is to give the best within me to Interpret In-terpret the common sense and the Ideals of the American people," said Hoover. "I can only succeed in my part by the co-operation and unity of spirit of the leaders of opinion and of action, for the common service of our country." While the President-elect has decided de-cided upon no details of specific plans for the future, he has stated emphatically em-phatically that his induction Into office of-fice will be attended by a simplicity equal to that of any Inauguration that has been held. He expects to remain re-main In California for several weeks and to spend the Christmas holidays In Washington. Speculation now. turns on the makeup make-up of Hoover's cabinet. He has told the public nothing about this yet, but It Is believed Mellon will continue as secretary of the treasury if he so desires. de-sires. Secretary of State Kellogg is said to wish to retire and Ambassador Ambassa-dor Dwight Morrow is most frequently frequent-ly mentioned for that portfolio, though some believe It may be offered to Senator Borah. Gov. Al Smith took defeat with a smile and promptly wired his congratulations con-gratulations to Mr. Hoover, receiving an appreciative message in reply. The governor told the reporters that he was all through with running for public office but Is undecided as to his future business or professional activities. ac-tivities. The New York Herald Tribune Trib-une said he was to be offered the chairmanship of the board of directors direc-tors of a new $55,000,000 Wall street bank when he retires from the governorship gov-ernorship on January 1. VOTERS of Arkansas had something some-thing else to decide on besides candidates for office. The so-called "ape law" was on the ballot for acceptance ac-ceptance or disapproval, and unofficial unoffi-cial returns show that It was accepted accept-ed by a considerable majority. Thus the fundamentalists score another victory, vic-tory, for the law makes illegal the teaching of the theory of evolution in schools supported by public taxes. The act will affect textbooks now In use in the various high schools as well as In the state colleges and the university. It will cause revision of the university textbooks in biology, geology, Zoology, psychology, and possibly pos-sibly English. CABINET crises occurred In several countries last week. In France Premier Poincare and his ministry resigned when the Radical Socialist party adopted a resolution condemning condemn-ing his finance bill and especially its religious articles which provide for the return of Roman Catholic monastic monas-tic orders In France. Financial circles cir-cles were dismayed and confusion reigned In parliament. Poincare resisted re-sisted the demand that he form another an-other ministry, and It was considered probable that, If he persisted, Foreign For-eign Minister Briand would be made premier. Vintila Bratiano, premier of Rumania, and his cabinet, were forced out at the demand of the regency re-gency council, which insisted that the National Peasant party should participate par-ticipate freely in the celebrations of Rumania's annexation of Transylvania. Transyl-vania. Juliu Maniu, the famous peasant, peas-ant, leader, was believed the natural successor to Bratiano and the peasants peas-ants of the country prepared to become be-come its real rulers, but complications complica-tions that are difficult of explanation prevented this consummation for the present. The South African government govern-ment of Premier Hertzog resigned to got rid of one member and a new ministry was at once formed by Hertzog. Hert-zog. In Portugal the cabinet gave up office and Its president. Col. Vincente Freitas. formed a new government. TTNG GEORGE in his address open-lng open-lng parliament expressed his great satisfaction with the signing of the Kellogg pact to resource war. In opening the debate on the address Ramsay MacDonald. I.nhor party leader, strongly criticized the government's gov-ernment's action with regard to the now discredited Anglo-French naval compromise, charging it with hampering hamper-ing the activities of the League of Nations Na-tions and putting obstacles in the way of disarameiit. Nett day this aitaek was resumed by others aud drew from Lord Cushendun, acting foreign secretary, a vigorous defense of the compromise. ' I 0RAL, the confessed assassin of President-elect Obregon of Mexico, was sentenced to death by a firing squad. Mother Maria Concepclon, the nun accused of being the "Intellectual author" of the crime, was sentenced to 20 years In prison. The verdicts were appealed. T TNDER the supervision of an American commission headed by General McCoy, the election In Nicaragua Nica-ragua passed off quietly and Gen. Jose Maria Moncada, Liberal, was chosen President, defeating Adolfo Benard, Conservative, by about 20,000 votes. The polls were guarded by American marines and bluejackets commanded by Gen. Logan Feland and there was no serious disorder anywhere . Each voter was required to dip his finger In a chemical stain as he cast his ballot, to prevent repeat lng, and in submitting to this regula. tlon President Diaz, other high officials offi-cials and the two candidates led the way. MT. ETNA Is in violent eruption again, and while it Is furnish, lng a magnificent spectacle for tour, lsts to Sicily, It is bringing destruction destruc-tion and terror to the Inhabitants of cities and villages on the slopes of the volcano. -Before the end of the week two or three towns had been almost al-most completely wiped out by the rivers riv-ers of molten lava flowing from the crater and the entire zone was Isolated Iso-lated from the outside world. Volcan-ologlsts Volcan-ologlsts said this eruption was likely to be long continued. HrROHTTO, the 124th emperor of Japan, in an unbroken lineage older than that of any other reigning family, was formally enthroned on November No-vember 10 In Kyoto, the ancient capital cap-ital of the island empire. His progress prog-ress from Tokyo to Kyoto, consuming several days, and the ceremonies of enthronement were accomplished with solemn rites so ancient that no one knows what they originally meant, and all the festivals were picturesque In the extreme. The emperor and his empress and all the dignitaries connected con-nected with the affair were attired in the old traditional costumes. Thousands Thou-sands of Japanese and a great throng of foreigners gathered In Kyoto to see all they could of the ceremonies and to shout "Banzai" as Hirohlto mounted mount-ed the throne of his ancestors. AN ALLEGED embezzlement of $25,000 of the funds of the Loyal Order of Moose school at Mooseheart, 111., was disclosed when warrants were issued for the arrest of Hugo Doebler, controller of the school, and Harold Cook, his assistant. E. N. Roselle, superintendent, suid an audit of the books might raise the amount charged in the warrants to $100,000. Cook was arrested but Doebler is in Germany visiting his wife. The school is the national children's home of the Order of Moose, and those who know of the excellent work done there will be sorry to learn of its financial loss. DR. FRANK CRANE, one of tha best-known "inspirational" writers writ-ers of the United States aad formerly a prominent pastor in Chicago, died in Nice. Italy, of cerebral hemorrhage. With Mrs. Crane and a party of friends he was on a tour of tha world. Doctor Crane's syndicated writings reached an estimated audience audi-ence of 5,000,000. He was also editoi of Current Opinion and the author of a number of books. Another author who died last week was Eliza Scid-niore, Scid-niore, who gained fame by her books on the Far East. "TpRAGIC death overtook Capt. C. B Collyer, pilot, and Harry Tucker passenger-owner of the monoplane "Yankee Doodle" in which they had made two record-breaking flight.1-across flight.1-across the continent. While en ro'.iti from Los Angeles to New York the aviators were caught in a rain anil fog in the Bradshaw mountains 01 Arizona and struck the wall of Croo) canyon 23 miles south of I'rescott- Tht-heavy Tht-heavy load of gasoline apparently ex ploded with the impact and the plan, was blown to bits. |