The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-07-17
They Will
'j Vote 70: FOR Change
Cincinnati Inquirer, Dem.
Paper Gives Conditions.
People Of Middle West Will Wei
l,t come Chance to Vote
Wilson Out.

1 Chicago, July 7.-Juiging by what
hone hears on the street, in the note s.
on traias,and other PAGES where men
assemble, the majority Of the people
in the Middle West will Welcome the
opportunity to change the admins
tration in Washington.
Perhaps more than any Other part
of the country the Central West has
suffered by the policies of tho adm n
istratioD. RamUs~l Of the eariff has
not lowresH the cost Of living In any
respect, as q glance ut the current
prices Of food commodities will show
On che other hand. many factories
have cur'ailed thnir fOrccs and re-
.duced the working time, 30 that the
great army of idle men has been in
creased and the purchasing power OF
those who have employment has been
rdiuccd. ..
Railroads have been hit hard, not
especially by the national admins
trsltion, but by the cumulative effect
of years Of persecution and naging by
legislation. much Of which is Of the
half-baked variety.
IN some Western Btats2, deals are
ON between Republicans and Progress
slxes whereby they can combine upon
some candidate who is neither too
standpat nor Bull Moosey. Mutual
conccsS. ons have been made in Ne
braska aad Iowa along these Ines.
In SOM Of the Middle Wester,
States the Progressive party has
dwindldl remarkably once the last
Presidcn; al election. This is partc-
nlarly true in North Dakota. whore
tine party failed TO nominate State
ticket. la the Presidential election
not muster enough votes 10 quail fy
for a place on the ballot under the
law.
Michigan also affords an example
OF the practical collapse Of the Moose
ticket. In the Presidential election
the Progrcssives cast something more
than $4,000 votes. but unbiased esti-
mates now are that the vote prob
ably would not excedi $4,000. The
Michigan Republicans, It is said, are
Certain to elect all but one OF the
Representative, with p fighting
chance for the doubtful district. They
also expect to elect the entire State
ticket. f.--. Sc ".-'--
Perhaps the clcarest indication nj
what may happen In tho noxt nation
al election Is given by the recent
primaries at Gary and Indiana Har-
dor. Ind, great industrial center1
Ghe Progressves carried both these
steel towns in the last election
Since then, for various reasons,
work has been ''spotty" and scarce.
The steel companies and allied indus
Y.ies have been unable to secure
enough orders to keep the mills and
manufactures busy, hlrd thousands Of
men were laid Off. Those cities may
be taken Us typical industrial con-
tiers. In the recent primaries the Re-
publicans received 80 per cent of the
vote u Gary, the Democrats per
cent aud Progrossives per cent. In
Indiana Harbor tae Republicans re-
ceived 92 per cent OF tine vote, The
Democrats 6, and the Progressves
per cent
The people of these two cities
blame the Democratic administrat ON
for their condition. They say their
only hope for prosperity lies I'm the
Republican party and it's policies.
They argue that the Progressive
part is untried, and they have enough
of experiments for the present. Hun
dreds Of these men have been paying
for homes ON the istallmet nan
and the depression which has settled
over al the big industrial districts
has masde it exceedingly difficult Tor
them 70 save their homes. AS 1t as,
nsAaerous heavy mortgages have been
LAID upon thean, and there IS not
much prospect Of lifting them until
there is "a radical change for the
better
Business men Of Illinois, each a.
a2committee OF one" are working
for the hefeat. Of Representatives N
Congress WHO supported the Prssi-