Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-30
IDAHO APPEARS
SAFE FOR c.. O. P.
NOW, CHANGE.
ny DAVID LAWRENCE
Ueased Wire Service to The Journal.
Cartwright 1927

Copyright, 1920
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 27.-Not that
they love Harding more. or Cox even
less. but trey want change. That
is the way people who know Idaho's
political habits analyze the drift to-
ward the Republican national tick
ct this year. Dissatisfaction and UNI
rest are due to variety of reasons,
some of which have nothing to do
with the Wilson cabinet. But, just
the same, the Democratic party Will
suffer because Democratic admin
istration happened to be in power
when these ills and Invitations came
upon the land.
They will not be voting one ~ >
and one party out" said RepN5':-
can editor privately. And tiHN
haven't any particular promise th2t
the next administration will be any
better, but they want to turn back,
we will have to educate them up
afterwards to understand that they
have chosen rightly, and we hope
that events will justify their votes"
The foregoing opinion indicates
that Senator Harding is by no
means popular In this stronghold OF
Senator Borah. but that the Repub-
lican party is. Moreover, Senator
Borah made about twenty speeches
in this state against the League Of
Nations and all factions of the Re-
publican party are united behind
chat doctrine.
Clean-Cut Fight
So it is a clean-cut fight between
those who favor some league and
these who favor no league. Senator
Nugent, the Democratic candidate
for reelection, voted every time he
could to ratify the treaty of Yer
sailles. He voted for it without res
ervations and with interpretatlve
Lodge reservations. He made his
record on the principle of a League
of Nations, and took every oppor-
tunity to try to get America to join
The press of the state is predom-
inantly Republican. Out of about
140 publications only twenty are
Democratic and four or five indie
pendent The bulk of the newspa-
pers are against the league and be-
hind Senator Borah.
Nevertheless, Senator Nugent IS
confident that when the Democrats
get their organization perfected they
will be able to swing the state to
Cox. Nugent himself will run far
ahead of the presidential ticket and
unless there is a landslide for Hard
ing even Republicans concede that
senatorial race again.
May Help Cox
He defeated two years ago, for the
short term. the same man who is
running against him now. Practl-
cally the same influences are lined
up on both sides. The Non-Part1san
league has Withdrawn its candidate
from the senatorial race and in
dorsed Nugent This strengthens
the latter very much and the Demo
Gratis think it also helps the presl-
Dental ticket.
To this the Republicans answer
that the Non-Partisan league vote
consists largely of farmers, who are
Republican on presidential issues.
The Non-Part:san league newspa-
persN openly declare they will not
take sides in the presidential con-
test.
So it would appear that as a
league the Non-Partisan membership
will be left to it's own devices and
the bulk of it's vote is Republican
for for cbareS
which is the other large factor i'll
Idaho's situation, is not being in
structed in this state on how to
vote. The leaders of the church in
Utah, who are for the League of Ma
lions, kept hands off and, unless
something unforeseen occurs, the
Mormons who have been impressed
in Idaho by the Borah argument VIII
vote the Republican ticket.
Next Few Weeks VIII Tell
As matters stand today. even the
Democrats are not over-sanguine,
though they admit they have an up
hin fight and that it ali depends upon
the effectiveness in the next few
weeks of the speakers and organic
ers who are just being put into the
race. The Mormon elders and the
league leaders could
swing the state to Cox without any
trouble but there is no sign of
extraordinary interest on their part
in the success of the Democratic
presidential nominee.
The Republican papers have. fed
the people practically the Borah
argument and nothing else, and the
people in many sections have been
led to believe, for example, that the
League of Nations means America
must dig into her pockets to pay
Europe's bills.
Governor Cox made a fine impress
sion. People liked his campaigning.
They applauded him enthusiastically
and gave him a reception that was
termed by a leading Republican as
magnificent" But the effect of the
COA SpG6Cu was " IOlo WdNCL lll5
Democrats and proselyte scattering
votes.
Inclined to @. o. p.
All the straw votes taken in this
vicinity show Harding. to be much
stronger than Cox. The most CON
servative estimate in Republican
quarters is a majority for Harding
of $4,000, which was about what
President Wilson got four years ago.
Among the Democrats, the esti-
mate of a few thousand majority for
Cox indicates how closely fought
they hope the contest will be. Sem
ator Borah has finished campaign
ing here, but will come back If his
friends think the state is in danger.
They haven't sent for him yet, and
say they will let the east have him.
The state of Idaho would cast it's
electoral vote for Harding by large
majority if the election were held
this week. AS with other states, I'M
less some sensational development
occurs to switch public sentiment
everywhere throughout the country,
the result will be unchanged on No
vember 2. Idaho is inclined to be
Republican.