The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-01
b. DAVID LAWRENCE.

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b. DAVID LAWRENCE.
ESPECIAL Despatch to The Reformer
Copyright 1920
OMAHA, Neb.. Oct Nebraska has
had the same layer of Republican conf
dence spread over its electorate as has OBJ
:cured the Democratic chances of other
states. Governor Cox's visit made some
votes but mostly it revived a moribund
organization. though the task of achiev-
ing victory in Nebraska in the remaining
weeks of the campaign Is an uphill climb,
with the prospects that the summit cannot
ae reached in the short time available be-
ewccn now and election.
Democratic confidence in the rightness
# the league of nations issue is album
| liant. but with many of the voters who
9vor the league. there is a conspicuous
Itlistrtst of Cox's views on the prohibition
question They are dry in Nebraska ana
prvau's influence is strong on that phase
If the campaign On the other hand, the
wet Clements in the state are predoml-
nantly German and Irish, both of which
! groups have a grudge against Wilson and
| Cox or the league of nations and the Tor
| eign policy. -,
| gets II SnllE anu totiitttS III ANtbAttS tAt'"
There will be n considerable number who
will vote for Cox, because he appears
more friendly to the league of nations
] than Harding But the other groups who
are opposed to the league will be suth-
cient. with the dry vote to insure a victory
| for Harding.
Governor Cox received an unusually
impressive welcome in Omaha. The city
! and county is Vet and the fight for the
league of nations has been successfully
waged by the Omaha World Herald,
owned by Senator Hitchcock.
4 Governor CoX's audience and the re-
ceptiOn he got was AZ big as anything
II Wilson or Bryan received in recent wears,
II And the governor made a big hit with his
crowd. He was not slow To draw ques-
tons from his audience-hiS handling OF
hccklCrS has always been adrOit. Every
now and then a crowd shouts its disap-
Uroval of interruptions and calls Put him
out" are hurled toward the section of the
hall where the intruder sits. With q
wave of the hand and a generous smile
on his face. Governor Cox Gains his audi
ence and says: This is a free country
and / believe in free speech. Let the
man have his way This wins roar OF
approval and applause.
Naturally, Governor Cox is making
capital out Of the fact that Senator Hard
ing failed to give his protection at Balti-
/ more to a heckler and did not protest
| NAth lllf NlltAAl man VI tiAt iAAN'AtA@ t'NA'
Il vote about Ousting the interrogation
The incident win hurt Harding TO some
extent.
But hardly anything can hurt Hard
ings chances of carrying this state The
lpress is friendly to Cox. but the elements
with a grudge and a desire for a change
are numerous. Enthusiasm for Harding
| himself is conspicuous by its absence.
| Yet Republicans who tell you this say
that with the women voting the majority
for Harding will be in the neghborhood
| of 10000. Democrats who know the
state we'll but who. of course. cannot be
quoted. told the writer they would not be
| surprised if the Republican majority was
as large as 10000. Normally they would
expect a 10000 majority, but the women
vote is counted upon to double the Ordi-
nary Republican majority.
| Although Governor Cox's visit made
| friends, fair example of the Nebraska
| situation is afforded by the attitude of
| a newspaper like the Nebraska journal,
| which is staunch advocate of the league
| OF nations and takes the Democratic nomi-
| nee to task for his failure to say unequiyO-
cally that he will not weaken the Vol
| stead act and critcizes Harding for not
| coming to Lincoln, though he plans to
speak at Omaha two hours away.
For the present" says the Journal,
which is published in Mr.. Bryan's home
| town, I'VE must compare the Cox seen
| with the Harding heard about and the
| familiar figures of previous campaigns.
| No one will disagree when we say that
| in general Governor Cox is to be classed
as a less imposing figure than Bryan,
| Roosevelt. Taft, Hughes or Wilson. That
| list of old-tmers is a hard one to stand
up against. Cox's speech was as well
| thought out as most of Bryan's, but in
| the personal charm and effectiveness of
manner they are not to be compared.
| Compared with Wilson as a prevailer
over audiences, Cox is in the apprentice
stage. Taft is perhaps the only one of
the five who is less effective as an orator
| than Governor Cox.
1T is not enough, however, to confine
comparisons of today's candidates with
the giants of yesterday. We should guess
that Governor Cox's audience found him
more impressive and convincing than they
| had expected, for as a matter of fact ex-