The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-09-23
BY FLOYD MACGRIFF
lsrAFF CORRESPONDENT J. N. SERVICE
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Copyright. 1920, by the l. N.sD
NEW YORK. Sept. 23-The cam
paign chieftains OF the two old parties
talked brass tacks today In cx-
elusive. thoroughly frank interviews
they toio the Internas sional News Serv-
ice not wha; they hope for. but :, hat
they expect Both were specife. cit
ing states and figures.
BREAK INTO SOUTH
VIII Hays, chairman n the r-publi-
can national committee. secs tho Who'll,
country. With The possible exception g.
ten southern states. going republican
He said the republicans this year
would break into the democratic
solid south
Kentucky. Hays predicted. would 60
republican, BY 80 600 while North
Carolina and Oklahoma and Tennessee
were republican possibilities-
CLAIMS MARYLAND.
Maryland. he asserted. would be re
| publican this year. Why do you claim
Kentucky. Maryland and Missouri, he
was asked
Because in Kentucky and Missouri
the republicans won two years ago in
the state and we only lost Maryland
by less than 800 votes"
Why do you consider North Caro-
Ina and Oklahoma republican posi-
bilities?"
HERE Is REASON.
Because the people in those states.
as elsewhere. are determined that = re-
sponsible political party cannot avoid
responsibility for eight years of mai
administration and because. too. there.
as elsewhere, they hold "Americs
| first
George White, chairman Of tho
democratic national committee. on the
other hand. claimed Oklahoma ken
tueky North Carolina and Maryland
would be democratic as usual. As TO
Missouri. he said:
WHITE CLAIMS ALL SOUTH
! We don't term Missouri doubtful bu>
the democratic majority there may D.
cut down"
Chairman White claimed l57 VOTES Of
the Solid South. while Hays conceded
but 11o.
| Chairman White listed the following
| thirteen states a. doubtful:
| Ohio. Indiana. West Virginia Illinois.
| Washington. Idaho, California. New
Hampshire Massachusetts New york
New Jersey Delaware and North Ds-
kota. Chairman Hays claimed all 3 ~
these states positively rcpu biIcan
Thus 1s9 electoral votes which the
democratic campaign chief cenEiders
| doubtful are claimed outright BY his
republican opponent
CHANCES NOT GOOD.
While not exactly conceding them TO
the republicans Chairman White ind
Gated that the democratic chancesfwere
not good in these states
Kansas, Nebraska. Michigan. VISION
sin, Minnesota, Iowa. Oregon, Wyorn-
ing South Dakota Connecticut Maine
Pennsylvania. Rhode Island and Yer
mont. These states have total OF 1s4
electoral votes.
Chairman Hays was emphatic u as
serting that New York Will be republ.-
can.
CLAIMS CLOSE FIGHT.
| Chairman White said the fight would
| be very close in that state.
The democratic chief declared fhat
Gov Cox's record and local issues had
split the republicans in West Virginia
! Illinois and Indiana and thought the
split would swing those states, pos
sihly. in addition to Ohio, for the demo-
Gratis.
The republican campaign pilot re-
torted that Ohio was positively so ng
republican and that the local issues tn
the adjacent states would not affect
the national issue in the least.
WHAT WHITE SAYS
The democratic national chairman
said:
| Primarily the doubtful states in tn
presidential election this year are:
Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. while
| Illinois within the past two weeks, he
cause Of the republican split there has
placed itself in the doubtful list.
IF We can carry these four states.
have no, hesitancy in saying that
Gov. Cox Will be elected president
The republican national chairman
said
"As to Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. the
local issues In those states among re-
publicans are not serious and VIII not
, even seriously affect the state elections
and they certainly viii not influence
the national issue at all"
WEST ron LEAGUEf
Chairman Hays listed all the four
states called "doubtful' by Chairman
White under those that were certain
for the republicans.
Chairman White said the west was
quite keenly for tho league OF nations.
while the cast was apathetic.
Washington and Idaho are DOUBT
full states. both being very strong for
| the league Of nations" said the demo-
| cratic chief
Chairman Hays counted both Wash-
I ington and Idaho in his -positiyeiy re-
publican" list.
FIGHTING FOR, CALIFORNIA.
we propose 10 make an astive fght
to win California said Chairman
White. The same forces that swung
that state for Wilson in 1916 are opsr-
ating now. There is dissatisfaction
with the Chicago republican conven-
tions presidential choice and Gov. Cox
has had an unprecedented reception
there"
Chairman Hays included California
in his positively republican list
There is no doubt" CHAIRMAN whlts