U.S.A. ELECTIONS

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1930, Page 6

U.S.A. ELECTIONS

DEMOCRATS HOPES. [United Press Association—By Eleotrie Telej^aph—Copyright!] ; . ' NEW YORK, Nov, 3. ’ Emotion eve throughout the nation find's the Democrats more and more justifiably confident of capturing conI •trot of the United States House of v Representatives, if not alpo the Sen- .. ate : to-morrow. *Ju : ;

The most optimistic estimate indicates that the Democratic'majority in the House may be as high as twenty. That the' Democrats wit make substantial gains has been more clearly indicated than ever, and their ultimate majority will probahly lie from six to ten seats.

As for the Senate.- it k now believed that the Republicans probably will retain a nominal control, the Democrats claim a gain of ten Senate seats, but this figure is far from certain. Nominal control, however, would be insufficient for the Republicans and thd result would really be tantamount Of Democrat Congress, and would be 'if the nature' of a repudiation of the. Hoover Administration similarly -to the "repudiation of President Wilson’s administration in 1918. . East, impute efforts have been made by mdmhers of the President’s Cabinet. " They have"- thrown themselves actively into the campaign with until On*wide radio addresses. They have 'not mdf with any particular success, arid all the observers agree that White H»uiS^ N ‘is gloomy —gloomier Qian it lias ever''been since 1918; ■ ' 'Another 'important indication as to the trend in 1932, when the Presidential election occurs, is expected from t-lxe results of td-mofrow’s election of Governors in thirty-one States. Probably the most interesting and sensational contest occurred at Illinois where Mrs Ruth McCormick is the Republican candidate for the Senate and she lin£' pledged herself to abide by a State-wide prohibition referendum, the results of .which will avowedly jbe “wet.” She is opposed by the former Senator Lewis, a Democmtj who is anti-prohibition, and by Mrs Lottie O’Neal, who k an Inde-' pendent, and a “dry.” Tlie economic'-v depression issue throughout the country was given a hew and interesting ’ turn, by Chanv man Raskob of the Democratic j National Committee, who has announced the Democratic programme, three of the most important points of which were:

A five-day week for all. Nd limitation to industrial mergers where they are not inimical to public interest. '. .. . ' .. The creation of a non-partisan Tariff Commission whose members shall have a’ life term, and shall be surrounded with dignities similar to that of the United States Supreme Court. As’Mr Raskob is one of the richest American Industrialists', his last-min-ute proposal's .h'ave' created a furore though* it is "impossible to judge what their, ultimate effects, on the election will prove to he.