Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-11-03
REUBEN ARNOLD. BACK
FROM CAMPAIGN, SEES
A WILSON LANDSLIDE
Republicans Working Desper-
ateIy and Spending UnIimit-
ed SumSI but to Little Avail
He Says

Reuben r. Arnold, the prominent at
torney, after a two weeks speaking
campaign in Maryland for the Demo-
cratic national ticket, has returned TO
Atlanta, full of enthusiasm for the DEM
ocratic cause and predicting Wilson
landslide next Tuesday.
Wilson will sweep the country" said
Mr.. Arnold. There are evidences
everywhere of a landslide for him. The
Republicans are working desperately
and are spending an unlimited amount
of money. My belief is it will avail
them little. The Republicans are even
undertaking to import negroes into all
the close border states, from the south
ern states, so the Democratic managers
believe, and from very good evidences,
too.
at every point the enthusiasm for
Wilson Is unbounded. There is 20 en-
thusiasm for Hughes anywhere. Even
those who say they win vote for him,
take him as an unpaiatable dose. a
very large percentage of Republicans
win vote foT Wilson; still another large
percentage of Republicans will stay
away from the polls and will not vote
for anybody.
81 made number of addresses in
Maryland, together with Governor Har.
rington, of Maryland, ex-COngressman
Montague, Of Virginia, Ex-Governor
Dockery, of Missouri; Congressman
Lewis, of Maryland. now the Democrat
ic nominee for United States senator;
Congressman Price, of Maryland, and
other gentlemen.
1--WE covered every portion of the
state, from the eastern peninsular TO
the mountain region OF the west.
have never seen more enthusiastic audi
ences, and they were confined by no
means to Democrats. Republicans and
Progressives Joined in the meetings foI
Wilson.
THE truth is that previous cam.
paigns are no precedent whatever for
what is going TO happen in this cam
paign. Party lines have been wiped
out almost entirely in many places The
labor vote is solid for Wilson; the farm
ers are for him. In the smaller towns
everybody is for him practically, in
Guiding the bankers, merchants, bust
ness men and everybody. 1t is only in
the larger cities that a small element
occasionally will be found against him
If there is anything in Indications, ii
is a landslide.
Those who figure on the basis of
previous party alignment in former
presidential elections as a test for what
is coming next Tuesday, are reckoning
without their host. The times are I'M
usual and the minds of all the public
including those who usually take lit
tie interest in politics, have been To-
cused on the events of the last three
and one-half years, and the voters have
made up their minds on Wilson as an
individual outside of party considera-
tions. They are putting their patriot
ism as Americans above any party af-
filiation. 1t is customary to say that
there are more Republicans than Dem
ocrats in this country, but that cuts
no figure in this election. Especially
does it cut no figure when we consider
that in 1912, of the supposed approxi-
mately seven million Republicans, four
million of them cut away and voted for
Roosevelt.
There is no doubt whatever that
Wilson will get majority of these vot-
ers and will get many Of the three mil
lion who voted for Taft. Indeed
would not be surprised to see Wilson
carry forty states.
MIR. Hughes everywhere is conceded
to be a failure. In the city of HageTs-
town, Md, at which we spoke, Mr.
Hughes had had a meeting the week
before, and conservative estimates put
his audience at less than half of the
audience which greeted the Democratic
speakers. Mr.. Hughes visit left the
temperature in Republican circles con-
sderably below zero"