Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-14
HARDING BACK
FROM SOUTH
IOWA GOVERNOR THINKS TEN.
NEssEE IS DUE TO GO
REPUBLICAN.
CONFIDENT SENATOR
a HARDING OHIO CHOICE
Governor Harding Takes Especial
Pains to Sound Sentiment In Home
State Of Republican and Demo-
cratic Nominees-cox Not tho Vote
Gsttsr az Generally Credited.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. July 14.-Governor
W. L Harding has returned from at.
tending atate conference OF repub-
icans at Nashville. Tenn, convinced
that there is at least one southern
state which will break away from
the democratic ranks OF the solid
south at the poles next November,
the state OF Tennessee. He also sat
isfied himself that Senator Harding
VIII win over his rival, Governor Cox.
N the home state OF Ohio, and as to
the democrats possibly CARRYING n.
hnois. there's nothing to IT.
There were republicans from all
over the state OF Tennessee In att
tendance at the conference at Nash
viie," said Governor Harding, :and
Tennessee has 4 good many repubii-,
cans. They were enthusiastic over the
prospects Of their state going repub-
lican. They said the democratic par
y down there was split wide open.
Tha democrats are particularly
strong In support OF Senator John X.
Shields, who. althp a democrat. on
posed President Wilson Id his stand
on the league Of snatidaxThe Ten
nessee danlocraM ar@ akainst the
San Francisco platfsrm on ths ieagSe
Of nations. They don't like tho way
Wilson has managed things. and they
arc sore on the democratic party.
Tennesses ban not always gone
democratic either On other erection
issues the voters of that state have
shown their independence and broken
away from their old party.
it Thinks Harding Ohio Favorite,
took particular interest while
travelling thru Ohio. both going down
and coming back. to inquire as to the
sentiment in that state. Tho people I
met, and the sentiment as I.hesrd 1t,
expressed In an off hand way. cons
vlnced me that Harding Will carry
Ohio.
Il remember particularly, tho exc
precision OF an insurance man I talk
cd with. who said he was q democrav,
and had lived in Marion and also In
Dayton, and knew both Harding and
Cox personally. This man told me
that altho he was democrat. he
would vote for Harding, because he
believed that Handing was by tar the
best man. 81 .'ss, ZEE. /,
T notice also in studying - polit-
heal records Ia Ohio that Cox Ia not
the. vote xetter, In Ohio that he 10
claimed to DO. and that he never did
win q straight-away victory over the
republicans. He won in 1912 because
OF the progressive split in the repub-
lican party. He was decisively defeat
"a In 1914. altho the proglessives still
polled q big vote. In 1915 he won on
q plurality of only s.61A, Largely be-
cause OF Wilson'S vote on his plea
that He kept us out OF war Ohio
republicans further declare thar
Coxs election In 1918 was q luke.
due 70 the disaffectipn on the part OF
. special interest IN single county
which IL normally republican. Cox
had 2 plurality OF less than $4,000 in
1s1s.s
s,sS progrssslvss Back In Fold.
Governor Harding quoted figures
he had secured from Ohio showing
that In 1914. whom Cox lost the state
for governor by ~. 27o votes. Harding
carried It for United States senator
BY 103,S7S votes. not only defeating
the democratic nominee, hut also
losing S7.so9 votes which were cast
Tor Garford. the progressiNA candi.ss
date Tor senator.
ne pFosressives in Ohio arr now
al back ID tho republican ranks. carr
ford. HardinEs opponent for the SEN
ate n1sN on the progressive ticket.
presided recently at an old-fashioned