Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-26
CARTER HARRISON
SEES COX VICTORY
Trip to Southwest Shows Big
Democratic Power.

/ CHICAGO, Oct26.-Carter a. Harrison,
five times mayor Of Chicago, who has
just returned from a stay of two months
In Arizona and New Mexico, says he Is
convinced Cox and Roosevelt Will be
elected and that one Of the powerful fac
tors In their success viii be the support
of the bread winners Of the nation.
while on my western trip l talked to
many working people, large numbers Of
whom were railroad employees, conduc-
tors, brakemen and hagmen, and found
that the feeling generally held by them
was that their salvation for the future
demanded the defeat Of the forces and
influences which nominated Senator Hard
ing" said Mr.. Harrison.
I He continued:
! Frankly, the sentiment was not so
much pro-Cox as it was against the fac
tors that nominated Senator Harding,
and they will vote almost soidly for the
Democratic nominees, Is my prediction,
based upon my own observation and con-
versations."
LAY OFFS ATTRIBUTED
TO POLITICAL MOVE.
| In this connection Mr.. Harrison re-
ferred to the fact that workingmen were
being laid of in some sections for po-
litical effect
He said:
THE Republicans are trying TO play
the same old game, as in the days Of
Mark Hanna, that Of discharging and
laying off men just before the election,
trying to terrify them into the notion
that they viii have to vote for Harding
to get Jobs.
This but shows the dominating con-
troll # business by the interests; but
the workingmen Will not be fooled, for
they know the election Of Harding, with
sll that would follow it, would prove dam
gerous to their future welfare"
Discussing the League Of Nations and
Senator Hardings attitude toward it,
Mr.. Harrison said:
Senator Harding found himself be-
/ tween the devil and the deep blue sea,
and he decided to jump toward Old Nick.
THE political game that the Repub-
ncans are now playing is one that would
sacrifice everything for expediency and
party success.
Everyone knows that there viii be a
League Of Nations and that the United
States viii be the most influential mem
Der, so really the Republicans in their
opposition to the league favored by
President Wilson are playing to the vot-
ers Of the element that was not American
during the war.
PLAY FOR GERMAN
VOTE is POINTED.
"They are playing for the pro-Kaiser
vote and are willing to sacrifice America
great name and the future Of the ma
ton for their own temporary success.
The patriotic German is in the great
majority in this country, and he Will.
when be gives the matter sober thought,
hardly lend himself to that brand OF
propaganda because he realizes, as do
other patriotic citizens that the United
States is the strongest nation IN the
world anG can not keep removed fren
world affairs.
WARS Of the future necessarily would
involve the United States, and it is as
necessary for the United States to take3
every possible chance to avoid future
wars as it is for other nations to &c.
so. !
NO one can say the League OF Ma
tons is a positive prevention against;
war. but surely it will immensely lessenl
the possibility Of war, and that Is what
interests the citizens OF every civilized
country in the world"
In discussing the chances of the cleo
ton OF Governor Cox, and his opinio
as TO the situation in Arizona and Net
Mexico. Mr.. Harrison said:
TELLS OF STATE
FIGHT IN NEW MEXICO.
~ spent two months in Arizona ard
! New Mexico and am familiar with
situation there.
Arizona is conceded to GovernorF
and it is generally believed that =
Mexico viii be Democratic. owing TO the
/ gubernatoriaI fight, which is even more
intense than the one In Illinois
Il am sure New Mexico VIII give her
three electoral votes TO Governor Cox
'In 1916 these went to Mr.. Hughes by
{ an extremely narrew margin"
Mr. Harrison said that he probably
would take an active part in the cam
( paign, but would confne his speaking
engagements to Chicago and vicinity.
Mr.. Harrisons guess is that most
women will support the Democratic
ticket OF this he said:
The more the American voter thinks
/ OF existing conditions the more certain
for success are the chances of Governor
Cox.
This is true as TO the men voters, and
especially true as 10 the women voters.
who, in casting a general vote for the
first time in a great national campaign,
| viii be controlled by what the regard
as the great moral principle involved in
THAI campaign.
This is one reason I predict that Cox
and Roosevelt viii be swept into Office
next month"