The sun., 1916-10-17
REPUBLICANS BUSY
ON PIVOTAL STATES
Hert and Hitchcock Here to
Consult on Illinois, Ohio
and Indiana.
WOMEN'S VOTES AT STAKE
Labor Men Also Worrisome
and Plans Are Made to
Swing Both Glasses.

A. T. Hert. Western manager OF the
Republican campaign. and Frank II.
Hitchcock. who has been acting as his
adviser. arrived from Chicago yester-
day to see Chairman Wilcox Of the Re-
publican National Committed. with Mr..
Wilcox they went over the Republican
situation In Illinois. Indiana and Ohio.
which. with New York. are considered
the pivotal States.
Mr.. Hert said he had no doubt con-
corning the election Of Mr.. Hughes. and
Mr.. Hitchcock concurred with him. But
troublesome factors are appearing. one
being the way the women in Illinois are
going to vote and another being the
situation In large Industrial centres.
where the w%orklngmen seem inclined
toward Wilson. The labor problem Is
being found In It's most acute form In
Ohio and Connecticut and to n lesser en-
tent in certain Eastern States.
Evidence Is reaching Republican head
quarters that the Wilson forces are
planning a tremendous drive In the last
week of the campaign In those States.
In Illinois the greatest effort is being
made with the women. To every woman
voter In Illinois the Democrats are send
ing this appeal: Wilson kept us out
OF the war. 10 you want your son and
husband TO fght?'
After 30 Electoral Votes.
This drive for the women in Illinois
has the Republican chieftains in tina
state stirred. II was decided yesterday
that more none should ne spent in "A
campaign OF education among the WON
en- voters. and a host Of women spell
binders will be turned loose. with the
100000 ONE voters in Illinois for VIII
son the States twenty-nine electoral
votes would be lost to Hughes. but the
Republicans do not believe tina, this is
going to happen. They are sure they
can make the women see that Mr..
Hughes IL a man OF peace and that
there will be no soup houses after the
war II the Republicans win.
indian Is not giving as much con-
Germ as Is Ohio. where the situation.
from the Republican standpoint. Is adj
mittedly bad. this being chiefly due to
the Wilson trend of the labor vote.
IL has bcea decided TO have Mr..
Hughes do more campaigning In Ill
nois. Indiana and Ohio. and he Is Of
course to put in a week of speaking in
New York. Mr.. Hughes is to pay par
ticular attention to the w~orkingmen in
| these States and Is to dwell on ia. coer-
Give feature OF the Adanson law and
! the benefit Of a Republican tariff to meet
the post-bellum economic situation.
Array Of Republican Orators.
To meet the Democratic drive In Ohio
the State Is to be treated To the best of
Republican oratory IL has been de
Cided TO send at once. IN addition to
Mr.. Hughes. ex-senator Beverage. ex-
President Taft. Comptroller ~I'r.nder-
CAST. Senator william Alden Smith. Me-
dill Mccormick. rhilander e. Knox. OK
Governor blneen Of Illinois. Nelson
Dingley Of Maine. Theodore +. Burton
ard senator Harding.
ON Of these men were added to the
regular programme after the Rcpub-
licans learned yesterday that President
Wilson had changed his plans and was
to appear in the State next Friday a,
Alliance. In short both sides are making
the same kind OF II fight for Ohio as they
did in Ma!ne
While some pessimistir reports are
coming into Republican headquarters