Show WHY TIIE THE landl SLIDE tuesdays big political landslide is accounted tor for variously diehards say it was the relief relict vote that you cant defeat santa claus claua that the people on the federal payroll reelected re elected tile the president some of them assign asin other and similarly uncomplimentary reasons there them Is no doubt that these things were factors in the election but the magnitude of the presidents vote indicates other and greater reasons than any or all of these Fru probably bably the biggest reason lor for tho the reelection election re of the president anas as the lack of any fundamental arason for a change Bo Do conditions are steadily improving and the rank and tile file ot of voters are more interested in that tha than in whether democrats or re are in control the cami offered no convincing reason to expect greater Improve improvement men ii a change so those voters not concerned with the battle between the i ins is and the outs wt their ballots to continue as Is naturally there wore were other factors including the personalities of the can candidates deates tho the individuals and organizations backing them the nature of the campaign they conducted etc the influence luenA of the liberty leagues millions appeared c bally as menacing as the alleged communistic tendencies of some ol oi the roosevelt supporters their use ct cf millions to discredit misrepresent and abuse the president un lin doub edly boomeranged boome ranged and tho the support which al smith jim reed j 34 ill hn W davis and other self styled jeffersonian democrats might have to the republicans was lost through the methods employed by them 0 no one believed seriously that the constitution is threatened valid and there was no other really important 1 issue no reason to expect a change would bring better conditions similarly the battle in our state was largely one between those who were in office and those who wanted to be with no non n combatants given little reason to expect that a change would materially improve conditions the I residents presidents popularity was undoubtedly a factor in dragging into office hundreds of people who found themselves on the same ticket with him but had there been anything seriously objectionable in the administration of etota or county affairs or had candidates of the opposition party offered promise of superiority r there is abundant evidence that voters know how to and would have scratched tor for them th the lack of af any fundamental reason tor for a change then seems to us to bo be the biggest reason for the tuesday landslide |