Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
WEST IS ALL ABLAZE
WITH REAL SENTIMENT
FOR WOODROW WILSON
Middle West Also Literally on
Fire-Not Certain Hughes
State West of Mississippi,
Gays Chairman Mccormick
By RALPH SMITH.

CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-Twenty- -four
hours in Chicago with Vance c. McCor-
mick, chairman of the Democratic Ma
tionaI committee. has opened my eyes
to a political situation in the middle
west and far west that is scarcely be-
lievable The prairies and the high
lands are literally on fire with Wilson
sentiment, and there are multiplying
evidences that he coming election will
witness a Democratic landslide, that
has not been eQualed since Roosevelt
swept Alton B. Parker into Oblivion
in 1904.
Chairman McCormick's flying visit to
Chicago Che returned to New York
Tuesday noon) brought to this windy
city national committeeman and state
chairmen from every state in this sec
ton of the country. They came for
conferences with the national commit
tee. to tell them of details for a whirl-
wind finish of the campaign. The re-
ports sounded too good to be true.
There is not a certain Hughes state
west of the Mississippi river, but there
are a number that have heretofore been
classified as surely Republican that are
certainly for Wilson this time; there are
others that are "ifty-fifty" states con-
corning which the word of one person
is as good as that of another. These
states, of course, are claimed conf
IDENTIFY by Democrats and Republicans.
SAULSBURY'S OPINION.
Senator Willard Salisbury, of Della
ware, who is in charge of the senatorial
campaign committee, FASTENED back
from a western trip to meet Chairman
Mccormick in Chicago. Here is what
he has to say:
THE Democrats will certainly gain
three United States senators west of
the Mississippi river. l know the state
lnent sounds too good to be true. IL
sounds extravagant, but it isn't. L base
my judgment, not on my hopes ana
wishes, but upon first hand information,
gained by actual contact with the peo-
pie, careful observation and personal in
vestigations. 1 may add that the presl-
dent is stronger than the party and
that in all of the states wherein L ex-
pect the Democrats to gain senator's
confidently believe the president VIII re-
ceive unheard-of pluralities.
"On my tour l was in touch with
leaders and with voters from the states
of California, Washington, Nevada
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Ne
braska and Missouri.
1.-THE people are for the president,
and they are going to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket They are happy, they
are prosperous and they are at peace.
They are unwilling to swap horses I'M
der such conditions. They want to let
we'll enough alone" They are unwll-
ling tod take a chance with a pig in
a poke The Republicans are panic
stricken The election will witness the
collapse of several of the finest Repub-
lican state machines west of the Missis-
sippi river"
TREND IN MIDDLE WEST.
Every indication justifies the belief
that the Democrats will sweep, in me
so-called middle west, Ohio, Missouri,
Indiana, Nebraska, probably Minnesota
and one of the Dakotas, if not both. the
trend toward Wilson in these states,
more especially Ohio, Indiana, Missouri
and Minnesota, is so positive and OF
such volume that it is almost unbelleV-
able
AS Senator Salisbury points out, The
farmers in the great agricultural, grain
raising sections are for Wilson and the
Democratic party because today they
are receiving one dollar and a half for
their wheat as against seventy cents
The workingmen are for wilson ana
the Democratic party because they are
enjoying better hours, better pay and
better working conditions than ever be-
fore There are more jobs than there
are men to fill them.
Behind all of the sentiment for the
president is the knowledge that he has
kept us out of war and has maintained
the national honor unblemished. The
people want no war, they want no in
dustrial dissension."
1t seems silly to talk about Michigan
being doubtful, Michigan that is nor
mally Republican by $4,000 votes. But
it u.s. There are lots of smart poll
ticians, and they are not all Demo-
Gratis, who believe that in the great in
dustrial center of Detroit the president
will receive plurality enough to over
come whatever vote Hughes may re,