Evening star., 1916-10-23
BOTH SIDES TRAIN
BIG GUNS ON WEST
Democrats and Republicans
Making Special Effort to
Capture Silent Vote.
UNCERTAIN ABOUT WOMEN
BY N. @. MESSENGER.

q CHICAGO, October oS-Big guns of
Doth political parties parked in Chi
caeo over Sunday are being deployed
today in the surrounding field of bat
lie, including Illinois and neighboring
states. Secretary McAdoo. Secretary
Baker, Secretary Houston, Senator
Taggart, Senator Kern. Senator Lewis,
Charles Warren Fairbanks, the republi-
can candidate for Vice President, and
Raymond Robbins. the progressive
leader, were here and are now depart
ing upon their respective itineraries.
The democratic spellbinders are very
Jubilant. Senators Taggart and Kern
came in from a drive through the in
dustrial towns of northern Indiana, in
which Secretary McAdoo and Secretary
Houston also participated
To The stars correspondent. Senator
Taggart said that the reception given
all the speakers convinced him that
the republican managers were wrong
in their belief that organization had
put Indiana in the republican column.
Say Tide Turns Toward Wilson.
All day yesterday the democrats were
here, congratulating each other upon
the big Wilson Swing" and planning
to keep it going. Senator Walsh and
Senator salisbury were in high feather
and both declared that the Swing"
could not be stopped. Senator Sauls-
bury thinks the campaign is all over
that it is too late to stop the Wilson
drift and he is going east.
The republicans rea lize the trend to
President Wilson, and are not delud;ng
themselves as to the seriousness of it,
Their view is that the crest of the
Wilson movement mas been reached.
however. and that during the ensuing
two weeks things will come their way.
Illinois is to be fought for by the
two parties, to the nail. The demo-
Gratis insist that they have even chance
IN this state, where a few weeks ago
the republicans We're claiming it by
100000. then 100000. next 100000 and
now are talkinf; down to $4,000.
The democrats are basing their hopes
on Illinois first upon the independent
yote and next upon the woman's vote.
The state has a record for Changing
Is mind' politically
Counting on the Women.
III 1922 Cleveland carried Illinois by
5000. and in 1896 Mckinley swept 1t
BY t42.s05. In 1900 McKiniey's plurai-
isy dropped to $1,000, while in 1901
Roosevelt rolled up more than 900 0,000;
IN 1908 Taft carried it by $4,000, and
in 1912 President Wilson's plurality
vas 1850.
1t is evident that President Wilson
will have to get s. per cent of the
vomen's vote to overcome. the normal
republican male strength. The demo-
cratic managers say that all their re-
ports show that the suggestion that
Wilson kept US out of war is winning
the women by the thousands. The
yublicans are concerned, but by no
means dismayed. over the perceptible
drift at the time to President Wilson.
To repeat. they believe the crest has
neen reached end that hard work from
now on will turn the tide the otn"I
way They do not concede Sena ator
Taggarts claim ii Indiana, all their
INFORMATION which is of practie i /
nature indicating taat the state will
DE republican
Ohio continues 10 worry them and
does Wisconsin, but they are going
INTO those states for the remainder of
the campaign, with renewed vieor and
viii put in their bes: ticks in the
naming DAYS.