The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-04
COUNTS HUGHES
 AS WILSON HELP
Vance Mccormick Chair man for the Democrats
 Has, RoSeate View.
MEETING WITH LEADERS

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.- Special - This is the view of Vance McCom- mick. Democratic national chairman, takes of the campaign situation.
 While President Wilson is in the White House delivering, Mir. Hughes is tearing over the country trying to find an issue. The Hughes speeches are helping Wilson"
 Mir Mccormick came to Chicago yesterday to look over the Mississ- ippi Valley situation, and after con ferences with committeeman from states adjacent to Illinois he declarei that Wilson is proving far stronger than Hughes in the middle west, the home Of the dyed-in-the-wool inde. pendent electorate.
 "An our reports" said MT. Me. Cormick. show that Mir. Hughes campaign has gone flat His speech es have not struck fire with his audiences. He has been shooting with bird shot and at that has missed the mark. He is in the pain full position of a big-game hunter who discovers that he has started out with no ammunition. He is out now trying 10 scare up an issue.
 Calls Harmony a Myth
 His failure to rouse tntlusiasm cnlminatcd in California. Here hc alienated a large Progressive vote. He made it plain he was the enub. lican candidate. The two old ele- ments cannot be reconcilcd that way. and this talk of a reunited Republi can party is a myth. Mir. Hughes is in the difficult position of one who is trying to unite two elements which travel in different orbits.
 "Our reports are more than en- couraging of the middle west. The campaign of 1912 got great many voters out of the habit of being bound 10 party circles, and do yoa mean to tell me that the hard.heart. ed independent voter who makes no fetish Of party symbols is not going to weight the achievements Wilson is delivering day by day! We have something to show the people oi things done.
 Again. reports are coming in tha. many old-time Republicans are fo1 Wilson because they don't want t5 swan horses crossing the stream.
 illinois will be in the Wilson column from the present outlook, and so win most of the remaining mid. Vest"
 Meets Western Leaders
 Mir. Mccormick was met here by Joseph Martin, national committee man of Wisconsin, and Otto LaBudde state chairman: E. c. Hoffman. ma tlonal committeeman, and Bernard Korbly, state chairman of Indiana; Judge r. Conoly. national commit teeman. and A. E. Stephenson, state chairman of Michigan; General w. B. Hardeman, national committee man from Kentucky and Charles Boeschensten, Illinois committeeman
 'Indiana will elect the Democratic state ticket and give its electoral vote to Wilson" said Mir Hoffman.
 "Wisconsin will go Democratic, said Mir. Martin. Wilson is far more popular with the masses than his Republican adversary The April primary proved the President will carry our state With no opposi- ton and no contests. he still polled nearly as many votes in the large centers as in 1912, when vigorous campaign was made"
 School For stumpsrs
 Democratic county campaign man. agers held school of instruction for spellbinders yesterday at the Ho- tel sherman. Fifty orators were in. structed in the arguments they are to spill from the platforms in 15O ward meetings that will be held be- tween now and primary day. They were told to dwell particularly on the rec9-d made by Democratic
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