The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-29
WYOMING SAFE :.
FOR REPUBLICANS
Democrats of That State
Have No Pep or Active
Organization
COX PLEASED IL .lln ia
| LARGE AUDIENCES
But He Cannot Reach Enough People -
Wyc1ning Farmers Want Tariff ON
Neol and Live Stock - Bitter To-
ward Administration. Ss


ward Administration. Ss
Especial Despatch to The Reformer
Copyright l92O)
CiEh ENNE, Wyoming, Sept 29-If
there are many more states like Wyo-
ming the sweeping prediction of Repub-
. lican victory made by VIII Hays may
not he lar afield. Splendid Republican
organization at work ever since last
January; Democrats neglect and not
even a state headquarters established at
this late date, that tells the story
Governor Cox himself put such life into
the Democratic party as it has. Before
his arrival in the state, the morale of
the Democrats was low If his speech
did nothing else. ii convinced the men on
the platform that they had an agrees
I'VE candidate with a good case
But the problem in Wyoming as else
where with the Democrats Is to get THAT
case before the independent voters. The
Republicans have in the last year or so
secured control of an increasing number
OF newspapers 50 that today about IS
publications., the largest IN the state, are
supporting Harding and only Is are in
ciined toward Cox.
The real trouble is that Democratic
prosnectF got so low last spring that the
leading Democrats thought it hopeless to
do anything. They voted for McAdoo at
San Francisco and didn't know much
about Cox till rc got here the other day
and made some stirring speeches. The
Democrats grew enthusiastic and private
w sand that If the nominee could stump
the state thoroughly he could carry it.
. ] nat. however, Is nothing more or less
than Il convection as to the strength of
the Cox argument if it could be pre-
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The crowds greeting the Ohio governor
were fully as large as those President
Wilson had a year ago, Even Republ-
cans say a good word for the nominees
matchmaking and admit it made votes
But the Republicans have such a big
handican that they are not bothered
about the few thousand people reached
by one voice.
1t is true that the Democrats have
taken On a now lease of life, bat they
have no money or organization and some
of the Democratic chieftains, whose
judgment given privately to the writer
can certainly be accepted az accurate,
predict that the state will 90 Republican
by 1900
The Republicans showed me their
canvass of the state and while this
would indicate an overwhelming victory.
the most conservative Of the Republicans
placed the probable majority at 5000.
1t viii he recalled that Bryan carried
the state in 1896 by SEQ: that Harrison
got il by zoo and that Wisonalm 1912
won the electoral vote by only ZOO. How
ever, Mckinley carried the state by
5000: Taft by about the same figures in
| 1903 and Wilson by 6.000 In 1916. Roose-
welt alone carried it by the record figure
| of 1l.000.
So it will be seen that an estimate of
| four to five Thousand for Harding is
about the normal Republican majority
apain. The reasons for the shift from a
! Wilson majority to Harding are not hard
! to find
a Farmer-Labor ticket is in the field
and viii draw votes from the mining
camps that ordinarily 60 Democratic
| Much of the railway employees vote will
! 90 Democratic, and will to some eX-
| tent. offset the loss Of the miners. But
| on the ranches. the fall in the price o.
wool has revived the cry for the tarIti
aud Influenced stockmen to argue TOR 2
| change of administration as a possible
means of relief from financial embarrass
ment.
Bankers testify TO the depression in
| the stock raising business and blame II
! on the absence OF a tariff. Some OF the
| same symptoms of discomfort because OF
| declining wool prices were encountered
/ Whether it is true or not the fashion
oF the day seems to be to blame every
thing on the Democratic administration
| For instance, many stOckIlen are beliIh
| led to believe that the federal reserve
banks are giving credit to the cotton
growers and discriminating against the
| sheen raisers This has been denied, but
an impression of fact sometimes gets
far ahead Of any denial and thus be
| comes a fact for voting purposes anyway
Unless there is break in the Republ'
lican campaign and the Democrats sud
denly acquire wealth enough at least
to put banner of their candidates some
where in CHEYENNE. the state capital, the
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