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ct THE BURNSVILLE EAGLE BURNSVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1932 News Review of Current Events the World Over Great Democratic Landslide That Carried Roosevelt and Garner to Victory—Gossip About the Next President’s Cabinet. By EDWARD W. PICKARD R IDIKG triumphantly upon the crest of a tremendous wave of discon tent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President of the United States. the thirty-second man win to that lofty • eminence. Herbert ! Hoover went down to cataclysmic defeat be- f ^ cause of conditions and circumstances be- J yond bis control and ■ J not of his making. ^;| The sovereign people I of the nation wanted m a change, a “new * deal,” that might con- 3. celvably bring about Roosevelt an improvement in business and indus try and provide jobs for the millions of unemployed. So they went to the polls and got the change. The defeat of the Republican na tional ticket was the greatest sus tained by a major party in more than a century. Governor Roosevelt car ried forty-two states and has a vote of 472 in the electoral college. Pres ident Hoover won in only Maine, Con- necticut. Delaware, New Hampshire, Vermont and Pennsylvania. His elec toral collego vote is Ofty-nine. The Democratic candidate was 206 votes in excess of the 266 necessary to a choice. Moreover, when the victor takes ofllce nest March he will have backing him a congress controlled by the Democrats, for they won majority In the senate and increased the ma jority they already had in the house of representatives. Among the nota ble Republican senators who were overwhelmed by the deluge were Hi ram Bingham of Connecticut, Reed Smoot of Utah, Janies E. Watson of Indiana. Otis F. Glenn of Illinois and George H. Moses of New Hampshire. ^ ■Rro'ikhP/rt of Iowa, BlaUje of Wiscon sin and Shortridge of California had been eliminated In the primaries. Though New York with its 47 elec toral votes had been considered the crucial battleground, Roosevelt as it turned out did not need it to win. However, he carried his home state by about 642.000 plurality because of the immense plurality of about 862.000 given him by Greater New York city. Lluet, Gov. H. H. Lehman led the na tional and state tickets, winning the governorship over “Wild Bill" Dono van by nearly a million votes. Sen ator Robert F. Wagner easily won re- election. Among the well-known New York congressmen defeated were Fio- rello La Guardia and Ruth Baker Pratt. D emocrats of Illinois, with the aid of thousands of Republicans, not only gave Roosevelt and Garner a handsome plurality but elected their entire state ticket. At its head was Judge Henry Horner of Chi cago, who swamped I.en Small in the race for the governorship. This was not surpris ing, for Small’s rec ord gs state treasurer and governor was pe culiarly open to at tack. while the only argument against Hor ner was that his elec- John N. tlon would add Garner strength to the pow erful machine built up by Mayor An ton Cermak of Chicago. Congressman William H. Dleterich was successful in displacing Senator Otis F. Glenn. In Wisconsin the La Follette follow ing, defeated In the primaries, threw Its strength to the Democrats, and the conservative Republicans, led by Wal ter Kohler for governor, were defeated. A. G. Schmedeman of Madison was elected governor, and F. Ryan Duffy defeated young Editor Chappie for the senatorship. Senator Jim Wat son’s victorious opponent In Indianc was Frederick Van Nuys; and Paul V. McNutt was chosen governor of the Hoosier state. Henry Field, who whipped Senator Brookhart in the Iowa primaries, went down in the de bacle, and Louis Murphy, wet Demo crat, was elected senator. Brookhart, who ran as an independent, received a pitifully small vote. Governor Roosevelt received the congratulations of President Hoover, and his promise to “dedicate myself to every possible helpful effort.” by wire from Palo Alto. He calmly heard the rejoicings of his close as sociates In the campaign, and then went to Albany to take up the task of adjusting the New York state budget A group of leading Demo crats in the senate and house, as soon as his victory was assured, tele graphed him urging that he enunci ate as soon as possible his program for combating the depression, and asking especially that he tell the country whether or not he planned to call a special session of congress Immediately after bis inauguration to deal with the tariff. It was intimated In Washington that Mr. Roosevelt might assume at cnee the leadership of his party and direct Its doings in the final session of the Seventy-second congress during the winter. Since the nation’s problems are so grave and really not partisan, It would be grati fying to the people to see the Presi dent-elect and his party co-operiting sincerely with the administration of President Hoover In seeking their so- iiitlon. With the election ended so decisively, this delightful dream might be realized. M r. ROOSEVELT at least proposes to try to get his program for na tional recovery started during the coming short session of congress. He let it be known that he would invite the leaders of the present senate and house to a conference at his winter home at Warm Springs, Ga., where he will spend two weeks at Thanks giving time, and will plan with them what can be done without waiting for his Inauguration. Farm relief espe cially will be discussed. Mr. Roosevelt has plans to aid agriculture, by a do mestic tariff to be levied on certain basic crops such as wheat, corn and cotton, which would be" Intended to give the farmers a better price for their products and strengthen their buying power. It is likely, too, that a measure to legalize beer will be put through the lame duck session of congress If the plans of the wets work out, though the drys will fight it us long as they can, and they are still in the major ity in both houses. Many of the states on election day voted to repeal their dry laws, and the next congress will be controlled by wets. G REAT Interest is now evinced In the makeup of Roosevelt's cab inet. Before the election he an nounced that he had made no com mitments, and to date he has made known none of his selections. Political gossip was that A? t^mith's recon ciliation with Roose velt was based on virtual assurance that the latter would not consider any of the Independent Republic ans for cabinet posi tions, and this was Alfred E. taken into consldera- Smith tion also by other con servative Democratic leaders who feared nothing else would so alarm business as the selection of radicals for positions of importance. It was not thought likely that Mr. Smith would himself accept a place In the cabinet hut possibly he might be appointed chairman of a commis sion to reorganize the federal govern ment. Mention as possible cabinet mem bers were John W. Davis or Newton D. Baker for secretary of state; Mel vin A. Traylor or Owen D. Young for secretary of Uie treasury; Nation al Chairman Janies Farley for post master general; Governor Ritchie, Sen- ator.s Glass. Walsh of Montana and Harrison; former Gov. Harry Byrd of Virginia and Bernard Baruch. O NE outstanding result of the elec tion was the Immediate launching of a general movement among the for eign debtors of the United States to obtain revision or cancellation of their debts. They seemed to think the change of administration would give them as well as the people of the United States a “new deal." It was said Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay Informed the State department Great Britain could not continue its war debt payments without seriously dis locating her financial structure; and Washington received dispatches from several other nations saying they would have to default on the pay ments due in November and Decem ber. Under the war debt funding agreements the treasury can allow postponement of payment on principal for two years, but only congress can arrange for postponement of interest payments. C 'l ERMANY also had an election, and ^ is struggling with the tangled condition resulting therefrom. It was held to choose members of the reich- stag, for the fifth time In 1032, and was /^|g||||p^|g|| as Indecisive as those preceding it. No po ^ Utical party won a majority in the assem bly, but Chancellor Von Papen neverthe less declared his gov ernment would not relinquish power. The , outstanding result of ''s- ^ the election, In which 35,500,000 voters cast Franz von their ballots, was the Papen loss sustained by Hitler’s Nazis. They have only 105 deputies in the new relchstag instead of their 230 in the last chamber. On the other hand the Communists made big gains, electing 100 members. The Von Papen government can count on only about 60 votes in the assembly, and the opinion was expresed in Ber lin that President Von Hlndenburg would have to effect a reorganization that would retire the chancellor to private life. C UBA suffered the greatest disaster in the history of the island when a tropical hurricane struck Its south ern shores. The entire province of Camaguey was devastated, the town of Santa Cruz del Sur was ut terly wiped out and other places. In cluding the city of Camaguey. were partly wrecked. The number of dead is uncertain at this writing but the mayor of Camaguey said his Information was that it would reach at least 1,500. The first official figures at Havana were considerably less. Thousands of persons were Injured and the proper ty losses were immense. At Santa Cruz del Sur a wall of water described being 20 feet high was driven five igues Inland by the terrific gale. A rmistice day was selected as the date for the wedding of John D. Rockefeller III, heir to all the i counted Rockefeller millions, and Miss Blanchette Hooker. e 'H The ceremony was , : performed in River- side church. New York ii city, by Rev. Harry B. _ *1 Fosdick, the pastor. The bride, who Is daughter of the Elon Uuutington Hookers of New York and Greenwich, had as her maid of honor her ' ‘ sister, Helen, and two J. D. Rocke- other sisters, Barbara feller III and Adelaide, were attendants. The bridesmaids were Mrs. H. Edward Bilkey and the Misses Mary French, Faith Rockefeller. Diantha Walker, and Virginia Fm-man. Nelson A. Rockefeller was best man for his brother.'and the ushers includ ed a cousin of the bridegroom, Avery Rockefeller, as well as three brothers, David, Laurence and Winthrop Rock efeller, and a brother-in-law. David Milton. M easures designed to save at least 8800.000.000 annually in government expenditures for veterans and other purposes are recommended in a report made by a special com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, of which Mat thew S. Sloan is chairman. The com mittee believes that $400,000,000 a year at least can be saved in the vet erans’ administration. The report has been sent to 1,500 business organizations throughout the country to synchronize the efforts of the commercial associations of the i tion in a movement "for tin aggressive renewal of the economy drive.” The comniittee declares that "at the rate we are going now, disburse ments for veterans’ relief will at least equal, if not surpass, the total cost of our expenditures during the World war, totaling $2;l.500.000.000.’’ By 1950, the report continued, veterans’ relief will reach a peak of $4,500,000,000 a year “if the present trend of legisla tion and interpretation is followed.” D irector of the Budget j. Law- son Roop is busy now with the work of reducing by at least $150,000,- 000 the estimates of expenditures for the Iy34 fiscal year as submitted by the heads of government departments and independent establishments. As a first move the budget director’s office weeded all items of expendi ture in the 1933 appropriations which wilt not recur this next year. These included some .$60,000,000 expended for wheat for Red Cross distribution, around $200,000,000 slated for ex penditures on public works under the $2,000,000,000 reconstruction bill, and about $90,000,000 In other items. S ENATOR BORAH of Idaho, chair man of the senate committee on foreign relations, went to Washington Immediately after the election and be gan hearings on the treaty providing for joint construction of the St. Lawrence wa terway by the United States and Canada. He will give a chance to all interested par ties, and probably hearings will be held in both New York and Chicago. Vigorous opposition to senate ratification Senator Borah of the treaty already has developed. Indications were that the opposition will be centered around the section permitting Canadian au thority over Lake Michigan to the ex tent of limiting the Chicago water di version, the power features of the $500,000,000 project, and the divisions of cost between the United States and Canada. F or three days the United States fieet held maneuvers off Los An geles harbor under simulated battle conditions, with nearly one hundred vessels participating. The ships in cluded three plane carriers, about six ty destroyers from the San Diego base, thirteen cruisers, four of the V-type submarines and ten auxiliary craft, In addition to the battleships now present In that area. S OVIET Russia, especially In Mos cow, celebrated the fifteenth anni versary of the October revolution, which by the standard calendar now in use there comes on November 7. The famous Red Square in the capital was the center of the ceremonies and a million persons took part in the dem- monstration of the nation’s military and labor power. Dictator Stalin and his colleagues reviewed the proceed ings from a stand on top of the mas sive Lenin mausoleum, and for many hours the red troops, the workers and the peasants marched by cheering and singing. ©, 1932, Western Newapapec OotoB, _ PRESIDENTIAL VOTE BY STATES Electoral PLURALITIES Vote — - • — 1 1932 (Estimated) II 1928 STATE u ■ v u II Hoover o 0 Hoover Roose-|| and 1 a » veit 1 Smith Alabama .11 185,ooo; - .7,071 D . Arizona ...3 .35,000[ .13,996 R Arkansas . .9 190,000 .41,445 D California ..22i V • • 465,000 547,958 R Colorado . . ■ • • • • • .. .6 .52,000 120,741 R Connecticut . . ... . • ■ • ..8 .... 6,481 .44,574 R Delaware . . • . ' • • • 1. .t.. 7,030 -33.577 R Florida - ...7 128,000 .44,404 R Georgia . ,12 225J)00 .05404 D Idaho ...4 .33,000; -44,396 R Illinois . .29 426,240,1454,324 R ..14 185,OOOli285,599 R Iowa . .11 173,000 244,882 R .. .9 -75,000 320,668 R Kentucky ..11 226,030 276,989 R Louisiana -.10 280,000 113,495 D Maine ...5 ... 40,003 .98,744 R Maryland ...81 129,983 .77,853 R Massachusetts ..17 -62,372 -17,187 D . .19 140,030 563,634 R Minnesota - .11 245,000.|164,526 R Mississippi .. .9 156,030 .97,407 D Missouri ... - ..IS 49I,000|;172,004 R Montana .. 4 .43,000 -34,722 R Nebraska ' . ...7 160,000; 147,786 R Nevada .. .3 .15,000 . .4,237 R New Hampshire ...4 .... 2,554 -34,689 R New Jersey ..16 .40^000: 309,123 R New Me.xico . . ...3 .53,000 .22,392 R New York ..47 592,000, ;i03,481 R North Carolina .-.13 335,003 .62,696 R North Dakota ...4 .96,000 .27.793 R Ohio . .26 .95,100 i763,336 R Oklahoma . .11 341,000 174,872 R Oregon ...5 .66,000 !.96,118 R Pennsylvania . .36 .. 179,500 ,987,796 R .. -4 .25,200 ..1,451 D South Carolina .. .8 j 119,300 -59.512 D South Dakota •. .4 .84,800 .54,943 R Tennessee ..11 121,800 .38,045 R ..21 425,000 .33,057 R ...^ -30,800 .13,633 R Vermont ...: ... 22.90{ .45,964 R Virginia . .11 120,000 .24,463 R Washington ........ ...£ 126,000 179,072 R West Virginia .. .£ .44,400 111,767 R Wisconsin ..12 355,000 -93,946 R Wyoming ...3 .16,000 .23,449 R Tnt 1- . .59 .472 New Hampshire New Jersey ... New York .... North Carolina North Dakota . Ohio Oklahoma .... Oregon Rhode Island .. South Carolina luth Dakota . Tennessee Texi Utah >nt Virginia Washington ... West Virginia .. Wisconsin Wyoming (x)Mlnnesota J Democrats Control Both Branches of Congress The next congress will be both Dem ocratic and wet. The house will be overwhelmingly Democratic, and a comfortable Demo cratic majority in the senate was as sured by Tuesday’s voting. President Roosevelt should have a congress working harmoniously with him to carry out his program. Among familiar faces that will be missing in the United States senate after March 4, it appears, will be the following: Hiram Bingham of Connecticut. Reed Smoot of Utah. Otis P. Glenn of Illinois. James E, Watson of Indiana. George H. Moses of New Hampshire. Smith Wildraan Brookhart of Iowa. J(-hn J. Blaine of Wisconsin. Samuel M. Shortridge of California. Bingham, Smoot, Glenn, Watson and Moses lost in election. Brookhart, Blaine, and Shortridge were defeated in the primaries. In Illinois Roosevelt’s plurality is estimated at 410,000. Horner, for gov ernor, led the Democratic landslide with an estimated 550,000 plurality over Small. The rest of the Demo cratic ticket, with the exception of a few congressmen and legislators, won by substantial margins. For United States senator Dieterlch’s plurality over Glenn is put at 225,000. Indiana—Senator James B. Watson, veteran Republican legislator, was de feated for re-election by Frederick Van Nuys. Paul V. McNutt, former American Legion commander. Demo crat, was elected governor. In a neck-and-neck race Governor Roosevelt and President Hoover fought for the electoral vote of Michigan, which had not gone Democratic in 80 years. Latest returns gave Roosevelt a lead of about 6,000. For governor, William A. Comstock, Democrat, was victor over Gov. Wilber M, Brucker, Democrats led congressional races. The Democrats swept Missouri's 13 house seats, all of which were elected at large. They picked up two In Con necticut, four each in 'Missouri, New York and Pennsylvania, one each In Rhode Island, Virginia, South Da kota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Illinois, on the basis of Incomplete returns. Former Senator James W. Wads worth, Repuhlican, was elected to the house from the Thirty-ninth New York district. Speaker John N. Garner was elected from the Fifteenth Texas district, but plans to resign from the seat when he becomes Vice President on March 4. DEMOCRATS SWEEP SOUTHERN STATES States Voting for Hoover in 1928 Come Back Into Democratic Fold—Other Election News. I Farmer-Labor SENATORS ELECTED Following Is the popular vote President since 1900: 1900 13,881,535 1904 13,374,982 1908 14,761,616 1912 16,031,982 1916 18,496,849 1920 25,676,180 1924 29,091 1928 36,807.102 1932 40,302,000 Alabama Hugo L. Black (x), D Arizona Carl Hayden (i), D Arizona Ralph H. Cameron. R Arkansas.. .llatlie W. Caraway (x), D California William G. McAdoo. D Colorado Karl C. Schuyler, R Colorado Walter Walker (x), D (Short term) Colorado Alva B. Adams, D (Regular term) Connecticut-.. .Augustine Lonergan, D Florida Duncan U. Fletcher (x), D Georgia... .Richard B. Russel], Jr., D (Short term) Georgia Waiter F. George (x), D (Regular term) Idaho John Thomas (x). R Idaho James P. Pope, D IllinoU William H. Dieterich, D Indiana Frederick Van Nuys, D Iowa Louis R. Murphy, E Kansas Geor.ge McGill (x), D Kansas Ben a Paulen, R Kentucky... .Alben W. Barkley (x), E Kentucky Maurice II. Thatcher, P Louisiana John H. Overton, E Maryland-.-Millard E. Tydlngs (x), E Missouri Bennett C. Clark, E Nevada Patrick A. McCarran, E New Hampshire...-Fred H. Brown. E New Jersey Percy H. Stewart, E (Short term) 7 York R. F. Wagner (x), E North Carolina. .Robert R. Reynolds, E th Dakota... .Gerald P. Nye (x), F North Dakota P. W. Lanier, E Ohio Robert J. Bulkley (x), E Oklahoma Elmer Thomas (x), E Oregon Frederick Steiwer (x), F Oregon Walter B. Gleason, E Pennsylvania.James J. Davis (x), R.-I South Carolina.Ellison D. Smith (i), I South Carolina Clara Harrigal, F South Dakota. .. .Peter Norbeck (i), P Utah Dr. Elbert D. Thomas, E Vermont Porter H. Dale (x), P Washington.. .Wesley L. Jones (x), P Wisconsin John B. Chappie, P Wisconsin F. Ryan Duffy, I (x) Incumbent. THE NEW GOVERNORS Arizona—Dr. D. B. Moeur (D.). Arkansas—J. M. Futrel! (D.). Colorado—Edwin C. Johnson (D.). Connecticut—'Wilbur L. Cross (D.).» Delaware—C. Douglas Buck (R.).* Florida—Dave Sholtz (D.). Georgia—Eugene Talmadge (D.). Idaho—C. Ben Ross (D.).» Illinois—Henry Horner (D.). Indiana—Paul V. McNutt (D.). Iowa—Clyde L- Herring (D.). Kansas—Harry H. Woodring (D.).* Maine—Louis J. Brann (D.). (Elected September 12.) Massachusetts—Joseph B, Ely (D.).* Michigan—William A. Comstock (D.). Minnesota—Floyd B. Olson (Par.- Lab.). Missouri—Guy B. Park (D.). Montana—John E. Erickson (D.).» Nebraska—Charles W. Bryan (D.).* New Hampshire—John G. Winant (R.).* New Mexico—Arthur Seligman (D.).* New York—Herbert H. Lehman (D.). North Carolina—John C. Ehringhaus (D.). North Dakota—H. C. Depuy (D.). Ohio—George White (D.).* Oklahoma—Jack Walton (D.). Rhode Island—Norman S. Case (R.).* South Dakota—Tom Berry (D.). Tennessee—Hill McAllister (D.). Texas—Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson (D.). Utah—William W. Seegmiller (R.). Henry H. Blood (D.). Vermont—Stanley C. Wilson (R.).* Washington—Clarence D.Marton (D.). Wisconsin—A, G. Schmedeman (D.). •Incumbent, Atlanta, Ga.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner swept the South in the presidential election on November 8, bringing back into the democratic column by tre mendous majorities the states of this section which went for President Hoover fouj years ago. -lOver the en tire country he carried 48 states. South Carolina and Georgia, two of the six Southern states which stood behind Alfred E. Smith in 1928, show ed the way. The Palmetto State snowed under the republicans, who had made their first bid of any mo ment in forty years. Georgia broke an all-time record In the state with its smashing pres idential victory for Governor Roose velt. North Carolina. Tennessee,. Florida and Virginia, all in the republican column in 1928, returned to the dem ocratic fold with overwhelming votes. North Carolina not only gave a rec ord majority to Roosevelt, but elect ed Robert R- Reynolds to the senate and a complete democratic congres sional ticket, Tennessee gave a smashing plu rality for Governor Roosevelt and, in a hot three-cornered gubernatorial race, sent Hill McAllister, democratic nominee, into a commanding lead over John E. McCall, republican, and Lew is S. Pope, democratic independent. Governor Roosevelt had a three-to- one lead over President Hoover in Florida, and Dave Sholtz was away out in front of W. J. Howey, his re publican opponent for governor. Florida returned Senator Duncan U. Fletcher without opposition for another six years and a complete slate for congress. Senator Walter F. George, demo crat. overwhelmed his republican op ponent, James W. Arnold, In Geor gia, and Governor Richard B. Rus sell, Jr., was elevated to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator William J. Harris. Senator E. D. Smith, veteran demo cratic member from South Carolina, snowed under his republican oppon ent, Miss Clara Harrigal. Senator Smith goes bax;k for his fifth term. The popular vote in Florida gives Governor Roosevelt 148,481 to 62,029 for President Hoover. In - Georgia the democratic presi dential candidate received 156,060 to 11,541 for the republican nominee. North Carolina polled 399,122 for Roosevelt against 37,589 for the pres ident. In South Carolina the vote stood 3,423 for the democratic candidate and 1,690 for Pi;esident Hoover. In Tennessee, for Governor Roose velt, 221,832; for President Hoover, 108,818. Anent state politics in Florida J. M. Lee, democrat, turned back the bid of A. F. Knotts, republican, for state comptrollershlp, counting 42,- 036 votes in 478 precincts against 15,942 for Knotts. In Tennessee the state’s constitu tion of 1870 remained unaltered when a proposed amendment that would have increased legislators' pay from $4 to $10 a day was defeated over whelmingly. Pulton county, Georgia, rolled up a tremendou.s vote for the democratic presidential ticket in giving Franklin D. Roosevelt a ratio of 10 to 1 over Herbert Hoover. The city of Atlanta, which went for Smith in 1928 by a vote of 7,221 to 6,893, this time went overwhelming ly for Roosevelt, who carried every precinct but one, the First Ward. The three counties in Georgia which have a leaning toward the Hoover column are Fannin, Gilmer and Towns. The vote as compiled on the con.’ stitutional amendments, follows: Changing the date of the inaugu ration of the governor, 37,716 for and 4,363 against. Making pol/ tax sole requisite to vote, 35,066 for and 6,767 against." Creation of a new senatorial dis trict in South Georgia: For, 9,618 to 12,447 against. Providing for repayment of high way money to counties, 38,368 for and 8,070 against. Giving the state sole right to tax intangibles, 16,908 for and 34,825 against. Returns from Congressman Homer C. Parker (democrat elected over W. K. Overstreet (republican) in the First district. The five democrats favoring re peal of the eighteenth amendment elected to the senate were; Fletcher, Florida; Russel! and George, Georgia; Reynolds, North Carolina, and Smith, South Carolina. Also Congressman M. C. Tarver, democrat, defeated Mrs. Regina Ram- bo Benson, Marietta, independent. In the Seventh. Eugene Talmadge was elected gov ernor without opposition. Talmadge will become chief executive in Jan uary and Russell "wil} then easuiiBe his seat In the senate.