Show I NATiON WIDE NATION WIDE POLL RESULTS TIE to B By JOHN THOMAS S S WILSON ILSO More than a n quarter of oC a d million voters in small towns and rural rura liea Amer-liea have spoken They have registered their choh choice a of candidates a for the tho 1 1936 36 Pres Presidential election iu lu iua lua a wide nation poll The majorities of ot these voters oters want President Roosevelt as can on the thc Democratic ticket and Senator Borah of or Idaho as banner bearer on the tho Republican ticket Exactly ballots wore were cast castIn castin In to this wide nation Next President President dent poll The poll Voll was conducted b by newspapers located in small towns throughout the country of or wh cb tho the Mantl ManU Messenger was one The 1 poll was started iu late Jata September and brought to a close on November at t tho the end of or orthe the eight weeks of or balloting The state tate by state tabulation of ot the national vote ote was compiled by Publishers News Ser Ser- Service vice of ot New Now York a newspaper service company that serves the thousands of or newspapers which cooperated in conducting the tho poll Elsewhere In these columns are aro aroI I 1 r the We stale itale by stall aUl i of the votes the breakdown of the vote volo as to choices of ca candidates candidates candi candi- dI- dI dates percentage comparisons comparisons- of or poll vote voto with tho the presidential election In 1932 and the thou of or electoral vote in th Ill the various Parlous states as based upon actual popular vote major Ules at the conclusion con con- elusion of or t this s poll Results of or the Poll PollIn PollIn In summary presentation here bels are the results of or the thO poll Roosevelt leads in iu popular vote ote to t-o for all Republican lican Hcan choices Republican ca can n choices lead in twentythree tw twenty twentythree nty l three states to two twenty states for Roo Roosevelt evelt In voters voles the tho poll ends in a tt tin tte with Republicans for Roosevelt N Nine ne electoral elector l votes remain unplaced They are Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona 3 Delaware 3 and Nevada 1 3 No Ko vote yote was recorded from those thosa three states slates Tho tie in electoral vote yote was es- es es established established during the cloning ng hours bours of the poll Tho rho vote from readers of oC the tho Montana 1 Independent Independent dent gave pave that state slate and tho popular lOVU- lOVU popular lar vote yote lead there to Roosevelt velt Up until t these e ballots were received the Republicans ans were leading in ln electoral votes otes to for Cor Roosevelt Montana's 1 4 electoral I f M J k 1 1 1 I i I were Uv ed Iii la U at J. J e. e Suburban on In Interpreting this 1 poll the tho po po- minded r reader ader should keep keel keepin in that this vote ote represents represents only small town to and rural opinion No urban votes are arc represented Ju Judged ged solely from that standpoint stand stand- point political observers would no n doubt sum up tho trio finding at th this tuio as follows 1 That Roosevelt's popularity has declined From GJ per cent in 1932 to 53 per cent at this time 2 That Roosevelt Is 18 st still ll the popular p taking tho country a as a whole bole His 1 popular vote of ot to for all Republican lican choices 3 That Roosevelt's R margin of ot popularity has declined to a point where a close ba battle Ulo Is indicated next year so close th at tat no one can now accurately predict the tho result In other othor words w the tic tio in electoral votes rotes to t-o 4 That further proof a close battle Impends in 1936 is the fact that even If It Roosevelt obtained all of oC the tho other Democratic chokes choices votes voles and all aU Third Part Party votes In Inthis this poll there still would be but a 1 avery avery Ocr very slight material change chango in ill electoral electoral elec elec- toral lora vote of to 5 That the Republicans aro strong in the East that Roosevelt 1 la strong in lii the border states that thai Republican can an sentiment runs strong n f r d h t trio n UIl on tho 1 rt jun Coast an l UL a tuu LUU M Middle west Ic l states slates teG aro are divided sonic some supporting Roosevelt and somo some supporting Republicans GOB GOH Voters Liberal fi i. i That II llo j preponderant opinion ion of or the Republican voter is lib liberal eral Senator Borah being being- easily tho first choke That the next nest most fa jred fa red Republic in is ti Go Governor o Laudon Landon of Ut If Kansas Kansas- Of special pedal in interest interest iu- iu terest hero is the fact fad that Borah obtained his leg bg majority In and 11 the earl early weeks of the tho p poll with Landon Laudon Laudon Lau Lan don constantly creeping up In thelast tho the last two weeks of votes voles for Cor Landon London virt virtually ua lly equalled those ca cat cast t for COl Borah 7 7 That the ups runner-ups to Doran Boran Continued on page two MANTI AN WIDE NATION NATION WIDE POLL RESULTS RESUL IS IN TIE TIEI I IC C Continued from page cue oue and Landon in Republican choices I Is Knox and Hoover Hoover in th first fourth furth place showed moro choice strength than third Knox during the clos closing ng week we-ek of th the poll S. S That there thero is i no largo large dem demand for a Third P Party rt That Townsend haR hafl appealed to the elderly electorate elec toi placing him first among tha I Third Party choices That Governor Gover Goyer- nor nr Olsen Olson of oC Minnesota g second d and Is s favored over oyer I Irm Norman rm n Thomas S Socialist who A olm u 4 It 1 n 1 t 1 Wits tug w u Jill JUi 81 i i Ut 1 two weeks In ConcI Conclusion us tOil In nC the final results In Inthis Inthis this Next President poll we fulfill ful fUI- fill the original purpose and that I was to know who the voters oters I throughout the nation preferred 23 as major party candidates tes In the 1930 Ii I Presidential electron We re herewith I Ithe pr present sent the findings as d closed b h. h by bythe the accompanying tabulations of th th's s poll on page 2 I h Plant Refreshes Thirsty The old oaken bucket has Its counterpart counterpart coun coun- In a plant which grows In barren stretches of Madagascar Called the travelers tree the plant contains con can talus water In Its large sheathing leaf leat bases It has refreshed many a thirsty wanderer The Traveler Tre Tree The Travelers Traveler's tree Is a remarkable tree of ot Madagascar and Reunion with witha a straight stem reaching SO 80 feet teet In height and bearing at the top a n number num I ber of ot large stalked long leaves which spread vertically like a n fan The lent leaf has hns a large sheath at the base In which water collects In such quantity as to yield n a copious supply hence the popular popular pop pop- ular name The plant Is known botanIcally Lotan botan- as ma 1 I I Ii I I Flab Fish Croak and nd Cry Fish that croak like frogs and others oth oth- oth em ers which cry like mice have Ilave been found oft off the coast of ot England Chronology of Time The present s system stem of ot chronology I In which refer reter the D. 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D by the monk but Its adoption was slow am and It was not until after atter the year ear 1000 that the system tem teni was generally employed throughout through through- out Europe Various other s systems stems were wele employed before that time Lit Literary Digest I DEMOCRATIC PARTY t t LICAN 1 For For Other A Ail Rep STATE eSTATE Party Roosevelt Democrats Choices Choice Cho ALABAMA I II I 2301 1156 30 ARKANSAS I II 2976 Ii CALIFORNIA I II 1011 COLORADO Ii 2075 II CONNECTICUT II 56 II 14 1460 O FLORIDA II I 1598 GEORGIA II 1097 II 39 IDAHO II II ILLINOIS II II INDIANA I 2802 84 II 1515 74 IOWA I KANSAS 1510 1 I si 57 KENTUCKY I II 2126 II 67 LOUISIANA 1889 3 II I 76 MAINE 69 II 1434 U 72 MARYLAND I f J 1317 fl MASSACHUSETTS I fl 2676 fl MICHIGAN I i H I MINNESOTA 94 2 II 1 fl MISSISSIPPI j 1403 I Ii 11 MISSOURI j L fl ECI II fl MONTANA 19 ii 11 20 NEBRASKA 2569 II II 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1057 I II 1662 I. 89 NEW JERSEY 2252 52 II J I NEW MEXICO 1027 NEW YORK 1505 1 19 9 II NORTH CAROLINA I I 2228 63 NORTH DAKOTA 2201 lil 2408 W 6 OHIO 1648 1 2322 66 OKLAHOMA II OREGON 32 II 81 PENNSYLVANIA II 2270 k l' l I 45 ISLAND I i- i II SOUTH CAROLINA 43 II 97 SOUTH DAKOTA I 1294 17 I 2043 TE TENNESSEE I 1301 86 I 1053 69 TEXAS I 1128 UTAH VERMONT t 96 II 9 VIRGINIA I 1656 j II WASHINGTON f 1 74 II WEST VIRGINIA ii 2431 2431 1 II 1774 IJ 31 WISCONSIN U 1861 I It 2957 WYOMING II 1057 I 5 5 Ii II 32 I U 1 I II I |