The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-08
LAWRENCE CLASSES
MARYLAND AMONG
DOUBTFUL STATES
nv DAVID LAwnnHun
C"pyTiHhI by The intalllEsnoer


Maryland 80 yet somsbody with tai
ont for orru"uninE might portray both
tfsrdInH aud cox singing tho hlH'"TI'
hymn nT this ptnto but neither ono can
confidently any My Maryland" Ito
puhIicana undoubtedly had Il up 1" ton
days aEo but things are looking hclt"r
for Gov. cox It's nip and tuck. SlRce
Maryland IN normally a Democratic
state and cIiuEA to the proJudlcos which
have kept tho Rolld south from voting
thu Republican ticket. there's an cHp"-
cIal EiEninCRnco In tho fact that tho
rnCo iA even. II means that tho Rc-
publican lido has Invaded Maryland
Tho Democrats arc desperately trying
to stem the It'd" and turn II In tho other
direction. Confidence that they WIN
do 80 and win TIA" state Tor Gov. Cox
IL at tho m"m, nj based entirely on tho
efficiency Of tho Democratic orgnnlIa-
ton la the cIIy OF baltimore whero
the battle-ground Ia this year IL seem"
Ia DO CunoydS' that the counties Out
side nf nulumurs will not 40 heavily for
either candidate and that III" real ma
loTiIy WIN 10 furnished Ia this Clty
The state went for Bryan aa aAAlnht
Taft aRd oven Parker carried IL In 1907,
against N""Bavrit When tho antlft oast
vas sWUpt by Hukhea. Maryland stood
nTn fuI Wils"u With the unpreCodontsd sd
uIaIuuty 81 t~oUtJ Thousand IL ~"ulh
iaks "a i,"IlI,aI earthquake I" shift tho
stuta tu tho uorubiI,a" Ticket Ia"
ngpuhllIaua thlnh tho 'GsSnlhsh
ssaisai the Wil-"n ad"i"IS,i"il" 10
sUTnGisntis si,""n =" produce Hat Sn"h
.n ughsay"l b,, ~hiia i"'""h" ""i"s"
tlunalty Hav, ha.E ,,,"d.. thc l's''""'a's
he" nee" "'"".Ah W ,n" r."%rS. 80
~hs, iLinea iasa sh,,y- - h"I'si."s 'i's
t.,"...sti" ia",i"," h-y" "-"aEsh ."
,.riu,. ih- atsi" D" thH is-i f"~ ~""h"
~ -" r"'rr"IE" ""' 49," "''''''''
si,,t D.. 10 ihs s.,u,. 'hi"E ""~
p.sir. tn, . Us.-a-
~. is-i,s IT,, q "hp"s" ~ phml"l"
lraiIun nud tho 's',rEiS'"n' rTr""l'l"r
~ 4u,h rstEc nawrusr"ts 49, the Init,
,nore Hrws ." tho League ~ N"''""~
hsvo he'd thsr sffeu' "r tho "l'""u""
TN tho uthrr hsnd tha WRllim"t" Nun
which hpa remained frI"nhly 70 thN
Isakua ihnnHhuut hos managed MA" ~
rot ain Tor WIla"n relatively "pe'H'ns
more Jrlsrda In Maryland than sup
porting n"wlpaprTS hRvo b"en NbIN tn
kssp IN othcT states Also many 0f tho
prominent independents or NepubllcanH
who Hspouaed tho League OF Nations
before II bocane u political issue have
sP"s,oS % friend of the league than
Harding. frlncipal among these sse
Dr. william ~. welch OF Johns Hop
kinn who IL rayersh a. ono of tho Intel
lsetusls Of tho state. and Theodore her-
burx who was TaftH minister To Bol-
sium and cannot be suspected OF excess
sivs chaTppiOnship or thinss DsraocrAslc.
The sort OF campaign tho ltepubilcnns
have bson making wan oalcuIsisa 20
win the state. They quietly nurssd
along tho Anti-RdHlnlatiatlQn sentiment
snd did not STIR aR party fastinH nps
the rpaistration hkarss IN me ms.
dinary situation of y Republican major
tiy even Though sIisbt acted as an alarm
clock for tho Democrats. Thay ps?mhs.
iy got beIsy aud u 10 their Naetiyltk
which rnaksa many an obssrysr, th'nh
thAt after all tho state viii 80 pSiao'
tfaIia ny - fsducsd majority Orsr tour
yaaTs ago,
nspubiioaa Growth
The growth or Hspnhii"nhlHn ennn"t
no discounted. Tor t"Soi""T Hltohle'
psinurrat. VII" msh" his campaign al
,n1at onIirrIy "n national ishuS" two
years aye Won by only faw hundred
anvaTnur cox himself. viii ha hafo
soon aud hslp along tho "I"y"nth h"ur
drive being mnd" by tho p"""'f"'a
fheTp hRvS haru fRctl"nRl diHturb"nces
inside tho Democratic party locally
which tho prezouce ~ tho prcHldsntlRl
nominee will help smooth out.
senator Harding got good reception
In Baltimore but Il rocmR to DO tho con-
ssnsuE OF opinion that hc didn't get
many more votos than h" alrandy had
before no came rh" nlS-up or tho man
who was lnvltcd by Scnntor Harding To
was unfortunately nrr0Ntcd. didn't help
the Republican candidate. Senator IN
derwoud on the other hand. had a very
big meeting tho other night and even
Democratic lrudcra were surprised by
the spontaneous demonstration which
greeted a casual mention OF the namp
Of Woodrow Wilson.
Wet Element
Fundamentally there has always been
a strong wet element In the Democratic
party Early In tho campaign this state
wRS looked upon certain for Cox on
that account alone hut hlH friandllnsss
TO prohibition exhibited In Western
speSrhos have dlminishod his strength
som swhat with that part OF tho oLector-
ate. Large numbers OF women are rex.
laterinE-somothinK that Ia considered
parti :ularly signinrsnt by Republicans
who point To Maine and who alno re-
mark that Maryland was an hnti-sun-
rage state The Democrats think tho
woman voto IL II League OF Nations ar
fair No do the Republicans. but each
that Issue
ThU difference bstwsen Maryland and
Many other statos la tha existence of
an affective Democratic Organization
which Ia getting buhy. II has won aisC-
lions before Nobody has a tight hold
on Maryland to-day y-nsithar Cox nor
Harding but Tho ohhRCeH arc that tho
state wlIl ~" Democratic hY loaS than
hair tho maIuTity TINT Irshlhont wa
son obtained four yonrS al"
Cromorro~s dispatch will dsal with