Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-30
Harding Slated
ToCarry Ohio
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;. By Huge Vote
canvass of State Shows No
Doubt of Decision of Home
Folks Who Know Both
Men.
BY CHARLES N. WHEELER

81
BY CHARLES N. WHEELER.
Cincinnati, o., Oct. 29-The mini.
mum plurality by which it is esti
mated that Harding will carry Ham
Oilton county, which includes .Cincin-
matt. is 10000. Leaders OF the party
have put the figures as high as 3s.-
sOo0 and Chairman Charles Hornber-
ger, after checking up on all inside
reports, says that while Harding
may lead Cox by considerably high
er figures, 10000 is what he feels
absolutely certain of.
Republicans on both sides Of the
Ohio river are in better condition
than they have been since 1904. The
trend OF the home stretch Of the race
tavors the republicans. Governor
Cox was here Wednesday night for
his final speech in this county and
made drive for the Irish and the
o-German vote. Leaders say that
he did not even make a dent. Cox
called on Cardinal Gibbons the
other day in Baltimore and Wednes-
day night made a pro-Irish speech,
but the republican leaders say that
since the Wilson administration has
remained silent on Ireland for two
whole years without lifting either
hand or voice the eleventh hour re-
pcntancc Of Cox does not get him
anywhere.
Resort to Roorbacks.
sTsSThe democratic leaders apparently
hold that anything Cox may say at
this late hour in his home state will
not set beyond the Mississippi river
or get much attention in the east.
Accordingly they have mapped out
the drive in the home state on the
roorback and race prejudice pian.
They are making desperate effort
..tMing the Irish back to Cox and
~ league of nations. They also
have raised the race issue and are
calling the republicans the "nigger
rMrty" in an effort to drive southern
sympathizers in Cincinnati back to
!. the democratic party.
Chairman Hornberger says that
the republican stand here is stone
wall aud that nothing his opponents
can do in the last few days will
change a dozen votes. The advantage
OF the last drive in Hamilton county
will favor the republicans. Cox has
gone but Harding comes today for
what promises to be one of the
greatest demonstrations in the city's
. history.
The business element of Cincin-
natl is Overwhelmingly republican,
fearing falling prices and demoeratic
free trade if Cox wins.
According to the district leaders.
Cox will fail down in his effort to
land the labor vote here. Practically,
all the labor forces here are skilled
artisans who either own or are buy
ing their homes. In proportion to
its population, probably no city in
the United States has as many
laboring home owners as Cincin-
ilati. There is.a dearth here of un-
skilled workers, and men of the
radical type.
The "wet" and 7"dry" issue on
which Cox had a big vote in the
astc for the governorship, is not
figuring in this campaign to any
great extent, all other issues being
c,ershadowed by the league OF ma
ticns. Ex-service men and the new
women voters cf Hamilton county
have been against the league of ma
tions from the start. Cox, however.
will get the majority of the organized
labor vote in the state, and will get
a fairly good labor vote here. but
this will be more than doubly offset
by the new women voters and the
anti-league forces.
An outstanding feature of Cox's
last drive in his home state is his
abandonment OF Wilson and the
league in an effort to overcome the
anti-Wilson and anti-league senti-
ment.
Lee Heine, Cincinnati betting COM
missioner, has $4,000 left by one
client to be bet, even money, that
Harding carries Ohio by 100000. He
also announces that he has an un-
limited amount left by clients TO be
bet six to one that Harding is elected
president. A we'll known horseman,
now at Latonia race track, is stake
holder for a wager of $4,000, even
money, that Harding carries Ohio
by 125,000. Zone enthusiast at Gov
ington yesterday put his money on
\ Harding to carry Tennessee.
Bishop J. c. Hartzell of the Meth
odist Episcopal church has issued
an appeal to the voters OF. Ohio to
support Harding, declaring this the
most important election since Abra-
ham Lincoln was candidate.
Rural districts in the southwest
, section report the same as the CEN
c,,.s, and northern parts.
- More Propaganda Found.
Evidence that talk of drift to
Cox in the last days of the CAM
paign is part of a prearranged propa-
ganda plan of the democratic ma
tional committee was disclosed in
Cleveland yesterday.
The democratic afternoon paper
here carried a double column scare
head clear across the front page,
that "Victor Murdoch bolts Hard
ing for Cox" Murdock quit the re-
publican party eight years ago. Four
years ago Murdock, Colonel Parker
of Louisiana. Matthew Hale of Mas
sachusetts and cambridge Colby,
now secretary of state, definitely
joined the democratic party over the
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