The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-13
REPUBLICANS ARE EMBARRASSED BY
 HARDING BREAKS
Remarkable Campaign Being Made Among Negro Women of the Central States by
 SpelIbinders
By LOUIS sEIBoLD

West Virginia and Maryland. Sen
 ater Harding. flOunderfng tn .
 esnfusfsa sf views regarding the
 League of Nations. is to prospect
 during the next week tho states
 recently tr1versed by the demo-
 cratic candidates.
 His managers concede their embar- rassment as a result of their candi- dates indicisiop. but they are confi- dent that .ft will take a more serious break than he has yet made" for 6im to lose, as one of them put it at St. Louis last night
 The rival managers are far apart on the ultimate result of tho presidential contest, and are scarcely any nearer in their view as to the states that are considered by them to be really douOt- fuI. The democratic candidate, carry ing his mission into republican Illinois and Indiana today, does not concede the possibility of the opposition carry ing Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia and Maryland, with total of 4s.
 RIVAL CLAIMS
 The republican managers in Indiana and Illinois are smugly confident that the 68 votes from those states will fall to Senator Harding, and that he stands better than even chance of winning Kentucky. West Virginia and Maryland The fight made by the Harding managers in Tennessee Is In the nature of a speculative long shot, due to their ability to finance 8 de- termined effort to break the solid south. There is no question but that the republicans will make better showing in that state than ever before, but it is not at all probable they will carry it for Harding.
 The outstanding impression obtained at close range in these states which Governor Cox has visited during the last week is that the republican lead CTS do not believe their ticket will have walk over in the country at large. They are extremely sanguine. however, that even Mir. Harding will not be able to defeat himself by lack of decision. They are not particula fly concerned about him personally, but theywant to win and tiful supply. or money and conditions enable them 10 retain the advantage
 NOT FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE
 The great majority of these men do not view the League of Nations as the controlling factor in determining the result. They say their experience and surveys have established that he average voter in both sexes is only mildly interested in this academic is- sue. which engages the attention of the high brow leaders of those parties. but does not affect the ordinary citi- zen.
 That is the professional republican esulmate Of the one issue which the democratic candidate and his advisers have by persistent agitation made the acme of partisan division. It is even possible to encounter republicans of importance who express the hope that the democratic candidates and advo- cates will continue to exploit the issue on the theory that it will take the mind of the people off other features of the campaign.
 TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT
 Spellbinders sent out by the repubti can national committee keep off the League of Nations and talk of the de- Hnquenc1es of the Wilson administra- ton and predict . continuance of it's policies if Governor Cox is elected. The democratic voters who have flocked to hear their presidential candidate in ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Indiana have provided rather con vincing proof of that. They hold the President in very high regard An aud ience of 16,oco in St. Louis last night cheered the stricken President for IS minutes, extending a most cordial welcome to the democratic presidential candidate.
 The St. Louis gathering, by the way. was most impressive event. even for that emotional state The enthusiasm was literally unbounded. but if came before and not after the earnest and painstaking analysis of the League of Nations covenant by Mir. Cox He was greatly encouraged by the demonstra- tion, nevertheless, as also by the as surances of Champ Clark, David R. franeis ana other veterans of the party. They told him that Missouri would duplicate the 5000 it gave Will son four years ago. and that St. Louis would wipe out the 1000 it gave to Hughes. The republican managers told mo last night that Missouri will be close, but I've will win 1t by 10000 on the League of Nations issue, which will bring us at least 10000 votes"
 Next to Indiana and Ohio, the repub- licans are paying nore attention to Missouri than any other state in the middle west They count heavily on the influence of the Reed faction, al-
 
 apparently supporting candidates, of his party. The republican managers are making . particularly aggressive campaign to re-elect Senator Spencer, but the impression seems to be pretty general that Breckenridge Long will beat him.
 RACE ISSUE IN MISSOURI
 The race issue is destined to play an important part in deciding the battle Tor Missouri, as 1t unquestionably will In ohio. Kentucky and Indiana. The republican national committee is con. ducung most systematic canvass of the colored vote in all of these states.
 Women of that race have no just cause Tor complaint of lack of attention They are apparently proving most euI- libie victims of loquac;ous and pers,,a- : sive organizers of their own rass who are working under the di, ect.on of the republican state managers with profit. Some of the Inducements held out nv shese organizers would be most ludicro,is were 1t not for the se.-ious accentanoe of them as gospel Appointment to office ana social recognition at the white house gre brazeniy suggesfe.i- The republican managers in Indiana. Ohio, Kentucky, and Missouri ara seemingly stopping at nothing to line the colorei votes up fer Harding.
 Governor Cox has encountered evidence where and has once or twice called at.
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