Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-12
Spit MAY DEFEAT
| cox IN MISSOURI
,,.d,s Faction Likely to Neg
Iect to Vote for Demo-
cratic Electors
RAD BREACH IN PARTY
~ CLINTON W. GILBERT
co,re.popdent Evening Public Ledger

Ns6 Correspondent s,,, ,z... ~
' ropvrOht, Ic'o, ov P"o"o hed0c' 90 "
a, Iouis. Oct. 12.--The Babbler'
-, incident in Oklahoma is moi
nt.,v m to figure largely In the result
!" tbis state. The Missouri Rcpub
a.,n. have already rid themselves Of
n.,h,cr as far as they can. The
.s,o, Of the Lowden campaign fraud
.,rdo, bas been pretty we'll wiped out
~ tbc reorganization of the party that
followed it.
The Democratic party is in much
vo,se shape than the Republican.
What Is left in the Republican party
/. souabble among politicians. In
ho Democratic party is bad breach
aver principles. The Republican party
q almost sure to win in the nation.
And the tendency of all factions Is
N support the winner. The Demo-
cratc party IL almost sure loser.
And there is little incentive for the
minority faction here in Missouri to
apport u.
Present Indications arc that thc fac.
tion which follows senator Reed VIII
neglect to vote for the Democratic
,lsctors and the Democratic candidate
FOR United States senator. They prob
,bly will not vote for Harding for
President. nor for Senator Spencer TO
succeed himself They will be likely
10 content themselves with voting for
the Democratic state and local tickets.
Reed Racks 1overnor
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lhcrg sa soou prut.,ea, reason lor
ms hu E; ,n..res,eu IN the sue
cess "I NV Do''ioc.u.u oanIlunte tor
governor an" Nv IN p".;lcuiarE anxlpus
70 hatc wv DeiiocIutN county ucket
wn IN oacHs1h COUNTY, embracing
hauaS ~ Me tnf cnIci sIrength
Oh tne necu iorceS Is iocated'
The Reed men cannot afford to stay
away from the polls. They must vote
70 preserve the state and county Offices
Tor the machine.
II has been puzzle to know lust
what they would do. The Missour; bnllot
.st' .sS ST Rood 'os1s tnIIs, u.h'nmi III, nc only
Harding and Sppncer md for tho Dsr
ocrstic state and local t;clcts wn,,i,,
N by writing in on Tho Dcmocr.t;, boi'
M tbr names of ali tbc Uar,i;nc olec
tors and the name of seldom u S,,.n
rr, That il n largo ta sk, and n 10 co "a
10 SAY that fcw would undertake II even
L habimaI Democrats in n state wbere
mrtisanship means 20 much as Il docs
n Missouri could bring Themselves 70
vote for Republican candidate for
President.
Thus the Reed men cannot vot, tbe
sraight Republican ticket without loa.
I'M state and county Offices witch aro
nsential to thcm, And tbey canno, voto
4 ,plit ticket without too much eiIort
Therefore they are likely simply "a vote
br tho Democratic state and county
Sckets ana stop there ''
n Reeds men follow this co,,rso tho
chances Of Harding and Snencer carrvs
ipr Missouri are excellent SnenSer m,v
run rather ahead of Harding in sn;tn 10
the fact TINT tho League of Nations 10
The issue with the Reed men md tbat
spencer's course m tbc league has besn
vobbly, ' ''
Spencer's Fight Helps Him
Spencer gained in the eyes of Reeds
followers by bringing down on himself
recently President Wilson'S condemna-
ton for uuvcracity. Any one whom
Wilson hates has n certain merit in the
eyes Of Reeds followers.
This will help Spencer. Then. too.
the feeling about the United States sen
atOrship in Missouri Is sharper than the
feeling about the presidency. Reed
bates Breckinridge Long. the Demo
cratic candidate for senator. Long has
s,'n an ast nsStslant a. secretary OF state and
and Is obnoxious TO Reed. Rumor has @
II that Long opnroached Reed recentIv
and was greeted with n sulphurous re.
cption. At any rate. the inclinntion
, 70 cut Long on the part OF th, Reed
following Is mnch stronaer then tbn ip
cinution to cut Cox. And The task of
writing in one single name for JJnitcd
States senator Is much less than that of
to,,i tl,ss, aon mm nepu..a puuean e'ec
B. content with cutting Long, Tbcy
may yot. for Spencer. Reed. who dis.
likes Spencer. recently sent him
friendly message in his controversy with
And thc roaso, whr sno,oo. ,,,.u ,,,,
better than Harding Is that Cox Is not
personally as objectionable 10 Reed as
Long IS Reed likes. Cox. He well
administration victorv And ,rb"n en' y
fake message from b;Sso,t ma, ~ne rnea "a "a
Kansas Citv Cnx naat;nn W." ,aeI u az
easion 70 dcSv SSnd;nc " ~ oo2h oc
helping Coz And 70 u ~; /, e ~ uoe no.
country, Reed would nrohobiU Use he .,aS InS
70 Sec him Ioso "%o a,1a Hyis,iy psoDa?'y pe g'ad