NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
What the Great Democratic
Landslide Means and
What Caused It.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
USINESS depression, hard times,
unemployment, dissatisfaction of
the farmers with farm relief, local
political conditions, and last, but not
least, the wet and dry issue, all con.
tributed to the Democratic landslide
on election day. The Democrats de-
clared the people of the nation had
thus registered their emphatic disap-
proval of the administration of Presi-
dent Hoover. This the Republicans
denied. Take your choice.
In the new congress, it appears,
neither party will have a constitutional
majority in the senate, and the same
condition may prevail in the lower
house, The Republicans will have 48
senators, the Democrats 47, and the
Farmer-Laborites 1. If the last men-
tioned, Shipstead of Minnesota, votes
with the Republicans, they can organ-
ize the senate, Otherwise it would
take the deciding vote of Vice Presi-
dent Curtis.
Unless a recount gives the Eighth
Indiana district to Vestal (Rep.), in-
stead of to Ball (Dem.), the member-
ship of the house will stand: Repub-
licans, 217; Democrats, 217; Farmer-
Labor, 1. A constitutional majority
is 218,
In both the progressive or
radical Republicans will hold the bal-
ance of power in matters of legislation
and by coalition with the Democrats
can continue successfully their habit-
ual course of hampering the national
policies of their party.
houses
NINE gains of senate seats which
the Democrats are sure of at
this writing were made in Massachu-
setts, West Virginia, Ohlo, Illinois,
Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma, South
Dakota and Colorado. They lost one
seat, In Towa, where Representative
Dickinson defeated Senator Steck.
Three administration senators who
were beaten were Allen of Kansas,
Robsion of Kentucky and McCulloch
of Ohlo. However, two anti-adminis-
tration senators lost out—Pine of Ok-
lahoma and McMaster of South Da-
kota. Two administration senators
who were victorious in hard fights
were Metcalf of Rhode Island and
Hastings of Delaware. Hastings ran
a8 a dry In a notoriously wet state,
and against him was all the influence
the anti-prohibitionists could muster,
but he decisively beat Thomas F. Bay-
ard, former senator, wet and a Dem-
ocrat.
There was much rejoicing among
the wets. They elected four new wet
senators: Lewis of Illinols, Bulkley of
Ohio, Coolidge of Massachusetts and
Gore of Oklahoma, and they claim
Metcalf of Rhode Island will vote wet,
However, three drys replace as many
wets: Dickinson of Iowa, Huey Long
of Louisiana and White of Maine, As
for the lower house, the wets claimed a
gain of about 70 members. Of course
the drys will continue to control both
houses by heavy majorities, but the
leaders of the wets assert the elec.
tion presages the eventual repeal of
the Eighteenth amendment,
Heavy wet majorities were shown
In each of the three states, Illinols,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts,
where there were referendum votes
on various phases of the prohibition
question,
OME of the election results were
spectacular. For instance, in New
York state Franklin D., Roosevelt,
Democrat, was re-elected governor by
the unprecedented plurality of 725,000
votes, completely swamping his Re
publican rival, Charles N. Tuttle, The
“Happy Warrior” thus becomes the
outstanding figure of the Democratic
party and a potential candidate for
the Presidential nomination in 1082.
He supplants Al Smith as a getter of
Empire state votes both metropolitan
and rural. There was a Tammany
tidal wave in New York city, but Mrs,
Ruth Pratt, Republican, was re-elect.
ed to congress, defeating her Tam-
many rival and Heywood Broun, col-
umnist and Socialist; and Representa-
tive La Guardia, also Republican, re-
tained his seat.
James Hamilton Lewis, picturesque
and able Democrat, swept Illinois like
a prairie fire, having a plurality for
the senatorship of about 720,000 over
Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Repub-
lican, who straddled the liquor issue,
and Mrs. O'Neill, independent dry,
who was a very poor third. This was
the climax of one of the most In-
teresting campaigns in the country.
The Democrats also captured almost
all the offices In the state and In Cook
county, which includes Chicago.
Pennsylvania clung to Its rock.
ribbed Republicanism and Gifford
Pinchot, radical and ardently dry Re
publican pominee for the governor-
ship, was elected despite the defec-
tion of many of the party leaders and
the adverse vote of Philadelphia.
Ohio seemed to indicate its wetness
by electing Robert J Julkley, wet
Democrat, to the senate: but on the
other hand George White, Democrat,
who was chosen governor, Is a dry.
Wisconsin, as usual, went La Follette,
electing young Philip F. of that fam-
ily Its governor. Like his brother,
Senator LaFollette, he is nominally a
Republican. Democrats of Indiana
elected nine congressmen, to four Re-
publicans; among the latter {8 the
veteran Will R. Wood who has repre-
sented the Tenth district for many
years. Mrs Otis T. Wingo of Arkan-
sas easily won the seat in congress
held by her late husband.
HERE will be no sorrow in Wash-
ington or the country at large over
the elimination of Senator J. Thomas
Heflin of Alabama. Forced from the
Democratic party because he opposed
Al Smith two years ago, he ran for
re-election as an independent and
was thoroughly beaten by John Bank-
head, the Democratic nominee. His
peculiar role In the senate, as the
source of sensational news stories,
may be partly taken by Huey P. Long
of Louisiana. Mr. Long intimates that
he will complete his term as governor
of his state before taking his seat in
the senate,
different caliber will
Morrow who was elected by New Jer-
sey Republicans; Secretary of Labor
Davis, sent to the senate by Republi.
cans of Pennsylvania, and Robert J.
Bulkley, the choice of Ohlo Demo-
crats. Mr. Morrow and Mr. Bulkley,
both wets, are looked on as Presiden.
tial possibilities two years hence.
Thomas J. Walsh, Montana's veter-
an senator, was returned to the upper
house, but he had no easy time defeat-
ing Judge Albert Galen, the Republi-
can aspirant,
California escaped the Democratic
flood and James Rolph, Jr, known
sometimes as “Sunny Jim” and some-
times as San Francisco's perennial
mayor, captured the governorship
with little difficulty.
Nebraska's new governor is Charles
W. Bryan, brother of William Jen-
nings Bryan. He held the office once
before and was the Democratic vice
presidential nominee in 1924. He de.
feated Gov. Arthur Weaver by a rath.
er narrow margin,
OMMENT by some of the party
leaders Is interesting as represent
ing widely divergent views depend-
ing on party affiliation.
Chairman Fess of the Republican
national committee sald no outstand-
ing Issues controlled the results, which
he viewed as a “crazy quilt.” It was
to be expected, he added, that the
Republicans would lose 35 seats even
without the disturbance caused by the
economic depression.
John J. Raskob, Democratic na-
tional chairman, termed the Demo-
cratic sweep a “notable victory on
clean-cut political Issues.” He an.
nounced he would do everything in
his power to have the Democratic
party view the tariff as an economic
rather than a political question, “thus
removing from business minds all
cause for alarm and uncertainty as
to how business will be treated in the
event that this election and future
elections give control of congress to
our party." »
Robert H. Lucas, executive director
of the Republican national commit:
tee, asserted that “everything consid.
ered, the result must be taken as a
vindication of the national administra-
tion.” Explaining this, he sald no ad-
ministration had ever goue into a con-
gressional election under such adverse
conditions. The results, he added,
were “convincing evidence of the
abiding faith of the thinking people
of the country in the leadership of
Herbert Hoover.”
The view of Jouett Shouse, chalr-
man of the Democratic national exee-
utive committee, was:
“The Democratic campaign was
conducted on the Issue of the failure
of the administration to meet its re-
sponsibility and carry out the prom-
ises on which it obtained election two
years ago. Embraced in a subsidiary
to this maln theme were such [tems
as the enactment of an Indefensible
tariff and the breakdown of the farm-
relief pian of the administration,
which had pledged itself to rehabill-
tate the agricultural Industry.”
WHILE the representatives of 32
nations were gathering at
Geneva for the conference of the
League of Natlons' preparatory dis
armament commission, efforts were
being made to bring about an agree-
ment between France and Italy with-
out which the parley would admitted-
ily be American Ambassador
Hugh 8. Gibson took the lead in this
attempt to get the two nations to-
gether and after conversations in
Rome and Paris he announced that
France had formally agreed to re
sumption of its naval negotiations
with Italy. These were to be strictly
secret and held during the sessions of
the commission. It was understood in
Paris the Italians had consented to
bring forward the actual figures of
their proposed bullding program for
comparison of those of France, and
that there was a chance of an agree
ment based on strategic needs and
building capacity In 1088. with such
questions as parity being excluded
futile,
Dispatches from Rome, on the other
hand, said Italy had made no fresh
that France must take the initiative.
France,
that
and the French
proposition.
still reject
a few minutes, Dr. Getulio Vargas
assumed office as provisional
dent of Brazil, and immediately an-
nounced the members of his cabinet,
all the factions of the revolutionary
movement being represented. His
minister of finance Is Jose Maria Whit.
aker, of English descent, who has
been a strong opponent of Washing-
ton Luis’ coffee marketing scheme.
His appointment means the certain
reorganization of
financial policy, and especially the
revocation of artificially sustained cof.
fee values,
INCLAIR LEWIS, American novel.
ist, has been awarded the Nobel
novel “Babbitt,” which is regarded in
Sweden as his masterpiece. The
money value of the award Is £46300,
and Mr. Lewis, Interviewed In New
York, said he would accept It “with a
feeling of the highest honor, gratifi-
cation and pleasure” He Intimated
he would spend the money on himself
and his family. The presentation cer
emony takes place In Stockholm on
December 10.
AS explosions and fire In a mine
of the Sunday Creek Coal com
pany at Millfield, Ohlo, entombed 98
men, of whom 78 were killed. The
others were brought out alive and
taken to hospitals, many of them seri
ously burned. The disaster occurred
Just after an inspection party had de
scended to the lower levels, and all ity
members were among the dead. They
included William Tytus, president of
the company; Howard Upson, field
manager; Hubert Lancaster, chief en.
gineer, and other officials,
The terrible accident took the lives
of a considerable percentage of the
little village of Millfield. It was esti
mated that approximately 300 children
were left fatherless, but there was a
ray of hope for the dependent families
left destitute. Gov. Myers ¥, Cooper
ordered representatives of the indus
trial relations department to forget
“red tape” and arrange for Immediate
payment of workmen's compensation
funds,
(@. 1930, Western Mewspaver Union.)
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bu
Says Federal Observer
Rural! communities, that Is, areas
with sufficient territory und populn-
tion to give them considerable unity in
thelr affairs, are being shaped by new
Communication and transpor-
distances
Social
regarded as be-
mast of the
desired,
township of 84 miles,
many agrarian regions
ns nn sultuable pattern, does not ordi-
narily suflice in the Central West, Dr,
C. J. Galpin of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, holds, A sur-
vey has shown the number of families
resident therein to vary between 100
and 200, They and their property
holdings once were adequate to cre-
ante a village trading center and fash-
ion other requisites of solidarity. Doe-
tor Galpin is emphatic In asserting
that the old conception of n communi-
ty. from the standpoint of size, is ob-
solete. His conclusion is that “a com-
munity of at least 1,000 rural! families
is needed in order to maintain and
support schools, libraries, hospitals,
parks, playgrounds, churches, fire
companies and the like. The total
population of this community should
he at leust 5,000 persons and the min-
area about 100 square miles,
the cuter boundary of the community
being live to eight miles distant by
highway from the center of the town,
over longer
dually transactions,
formerly
contnets
attainment of
now
the
widely
The square
Lay
trends tends to
the
of rural
the view expressed by
Through United Effort
The schoolhouse lot in the country,
familiar to all tourists, with its ragged
. broken turf, rusting pump and
orners, is
in Vir.
However,
y kept
ubbery and
growing all in the
not more
inh s
in evidence
in other sinless,
swrmation into neat
reanged shr
flower gardens is planned
renin’s educational authorities,
us stand rural
sthovses of
hive heen prepared by are
simple biue
stutes, so mi prints
cation of school lots
placed at the
incal districts hy competent landscape
No state funds are
for the but residents
in fixing up the school lot, ax the;
the hill
the beaut
ve been
disposal of
gardeners, avail
cost, Cun
UX up top ceme
subscribed
3 wt can afford
nmower, and the boys and girls
are relied on to keep the weeds out,
» grass down and the shrubbery and
flourishing Town
been known so com-
pletely monopolized by effort for lawn
that it for a
ind or lass to set foot on it,
tchool lots have
elects became a crime
playful
though lacking other place for sports,
ig an extreme not to be fenred
country
Louls Globe Democrat,
spaces, — St,
City's Campaign for Beauty
Two decades when the steel
]/Z0,
Lorain, Ohlo,
of "Where Coal
program,
the slogan
and Iron Meet"
It was accepted as the official bat-
And the great steel mills still
munity.
But today Lorair has picked some.
different for a slogan. It has
turned to a flower, the lilac, to make
Only a few months ago the move
was started, but in the short
time since. the idea has spread rap-
idly. Organizations, societies. busi.
ness men, schools, churches, the city
government all have indorsed the
plan. Nearly 50 organizations are sup-
pected to join the movement.—Cleve.
iand News,
Decentralize Industry
Experts who are considering the
subject say that the restoration of de.
centralized industry offers the best
solution for the problems that con.
front the nations today. They assert
that the influences which caused the
crowding of Industrial plants into
relatively small areas was not a com-
munity of interest or other resistless
economic trend. It was rather so ar
bitrary a business as the making of
freizht rates and the marking of rate
Bones,
The hard experiences of times like
the present are prompting serious ia.
vestigation of the question,
Keeping City Clean
Only if every one In the community
will stop dropping trash around will
we ngain have clean streets, For the
antomobilists who come in from out.
tide we might put up signs on the
muin thoroughfares leading into the
city, something like this—"Welcome
to our clean city—please help us keep
it 0." We might offer p izes for the
shortest and best legends to put om
these signs. Exchange,
always safe,
depress the heart.
not
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