DEMOCRATS: Pioneer Goes West

It was possible to paint another and entirely different picture of the state of the union than that given by the Republicans (see p. 10). Eleven million men and women were growing grey with joblessness. Farmers were angry. Banks, though stronger, were fewer. Business at large was running in the red.

But with all the ingredients for a polit ical change at hand, Democrats were by no means so sure as they were two months ago. On their side was the great historical fact that not...

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