The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-26
RAIL MEN WILL BOLT
LEADERFORHARDING
Polls Indicate Nearly Half of
Workers Will Vote for G.. O.
r. Nominee.
READY FOR ELECTION
Senator Feels Issues Have
Been Settled and Minds Of
People Made Up.

Special Despatch to THE New York Hrnarp.
MARION, Ohio. Oct 25.-The support
of tie railroad worlmen of the coun-
try, numbering about 100000. it is
estimated, is about Afty-fifty Harding
and Cox. This, at least, Is the report
sen. to the Republican nominee by
scouts who assert that they have made
dependable survey OF the brother
hoods and OF union railroad men gen.
orally.
Possibly the estimate can be taken
with slight pinch of salt. Special
single polls taken among railroad
workmen IN Ohio have tended to show
more of a sixty-forty division, with
Cox on the sixty end. Even this 40
per cent. was much more than the
campaign managers in this State had
expected, and sfSty-forty division Of
the total railroad vote would insure
in all probability the election Of Sena-
tor Harding.
Poll Of Shops Surprises.
MOT so very long ago one of the prin-
cipal newspapers OF Ohio. the control of
which Is not especially enthusiast site
about the nominee of the Chicago con-
vention. issued daily straw votes picked
here and there. The trend was definitely
toward the Republican national ticket.
as had been expected by the editor. He
had card M, his sleeve. however-or so
he thought. Tfe delayed taking a poll of
the railroad shops. feeling pretty sure
this would show an overwhelming senti-
ment for Cox and that he would have
the satisfaction OF taking a baclShanded
swipe at Harding W printing the RE-
suits and thus taking the Joy out of the
general poll previously recorded.
To the astonishfnent of the editor ano
to the Amusement also of the Republican
managers in Ohio the poll showed al
most an even split between Harding and
Cox. The expectation had been that 20
or so per cent of the ra llroad men would
straw vote for Cox. The actual result
showed Cox having something like 100
and Harding something like, f,oQ9. round
figures.
SO that, even discounting the bulletin
received to-day by Senator Harding as
to the trend among the railroad work.
men the country over. II Is pretty obvious
that they are not being pushed or coaxed
into the Cox camp in anything like the
masses promised to Cox by Gompers and
the other big chiefs Of unionism. There
has been a good deal of comment lately
in this part OF the country that railroad
workers. as well as other divisions 'of
union labor, were telling their bosses
one thing and getting ready to do quite
another. Various explanations are given
for this attitude. Some are racial. hay
ing to do with the Irish and the Ger
mans and dozen other natfonalitics
who do not seem to care for the League
Of Nations One OF them is. that HIr-
ding's defence Of the Esch- Cuinmins bill
as the fairest piece Of legislation for
railroad workers In the history of the
country has had IT'S educational effect
Still another is that the railroad men
they read the newspapers. and they SIM
ply don't like the way the country has
been run.
Harding Feels Election Settled.
Inc erection ~ now OILY n week away.
It IL Senator HardIng's opinion that few
votes can be made or lost IN that in
tervsl. excluding. of course. the inter-
position into the campaign of some most
unlocked for matter. The Senator In
three months has said all he possibly
can say about his programme and the
things he believes In and stands for
His position is fixed, or should be, in
the public mind. Therefore. except for
a few speeches to be made In the rip
roaring Ohio windup this week, he II
through. He sees no reason to reply to
the questions that come pouring in from
all sides. largely from the camp of the
open enemy or the obviously camou-
tagged enemy
The news he gets continues to be good.
of course. Nobody cares to bring bad
,avvu fr. a rorptnaa Among bta vf~ifors