Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-30
CLAIM
 TO SEE THE END OF
 SOUTH'S SOLIDARITY
Recent Victories in Kentucky and Oklahoma Declared to
 Be Opening Wedge.

NeW IOIk, NON. ZA.-l HG NcW York Suns (Republican) Washing ton correspondent says that, encour- aged by recent victories in Kentucky and Oklahoma, Republican leaders here believe the "Solid South" really has begun to swing away from it's virtually unbroken allegiance to the democratic party for more than 50 years.
 Already extensive plans are being made for real invasion of the south in the next congress and presidential elections. The republicans have gain ed five seats in congress from the south in the last two years and now have total of eight. That the lea que of nations stand of the president in injuring the democratic strength is evidenced in two recent cases those of King Swope in Kentucky and J. w. Harrell in Oklahoma where it was made the issue and the Republicans won, wiping out large democratic majorities. In the sev- enth Alabama district, on the same issue, the democrats lost hundreds of votes, but managed to win by small majority
 The next immediate attempt of re- publicans to win in the south will be in the ninth North Carolina dis trict, which Edwin Y. Webb, who re- signed recently to accept a federal judgeship, has represented for F years. Despite the fact that MT. Webb was one of the most capable men in congress and is popular in the district, his average majority has been under 1900. With the tendency prevalent throughout the south to break away from the democratic col> umn, leaders believe republican can be sent to congress from this dis trict, which has large mountaineer population.
 The Wilson Vote. In the presidential election in 1912 Roosevelt and Taft combined boiled more votes than Wilson, although in 1916. Wilson majority was about 25OO or about 10000 votes. The cleo tion will be held next month. Republican representation in the south now is as follows: Slemp, Vir- ginia; Ogden, Langley, Robison and Swope, all of Kentucky; Morgan and Harreld, Oklahoma, and Taylor, Ten nessee.
 Representative Fess (Ohio), chair man of the republican congressional committee, in statement tonight predicted large gains throughout the south in the next election. "The opportunity to make republ- cans in the south in presidential year never seemed more inviting than now," he said. "The solidarity of the democrats is broken, and the usual issues, based largely on preju- dice, are assuming less importance. Industrial development in the south has brought about change of sentiment toward the republican party. The south is no longer devot- ing itself merely to single industry, the growth of cotton. The south is enlarging it's field of operations not only in farming, but in many other ways. :, Ut is growing corn, wheat and other crops comparatively new to many sections. Factories are devel- oping and in short the whole area seems to be emerging from what seemed almost stagnation into di- versified industrial and agricultural section.
 "This development has made the principles of the republican party more attractive to the south. This | is the information our committee has received from many quarters, like Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee and elsewhere. Believing that the time has come for enlarging the scope of our ap- peal for support, the committee in- | fnv,Ic &n rriua ,,,NnI, foY Y1Sp a to the south."
 The Kentucky Figures. Republican leaders. also are jubi- lant at the large majority James D.. Morrow received for governor in Kentucky. Official figures place tt at 40,500. Representative Robinson (Ky.) feels that the state is per- Imanently in the republican column. Allied Concession