Milford chronicle., 1920-09-10
1920 ACCESSIONS TO
REPUBLICAN RANKS

Washington. September Especial
orrespondence) There are num-
Der of specific and well-known facts
upon which Republicans are basing
their confidence in success at the
polls in November. The first of these
is the manifestation of general sat
isfaction with the ticket. While the
nominees were not the first choice of
a large proportion OF the voters, it is
recognized that any other nominee
would have been the first choice Of
only a minority. and that there new
er could have been a nomination if
there had been no compromise. With
a large number of men under discus
sion, no one man was the first choice
of a majority. From every part of the
country, however. comes the report
that the rank and file of the party ap-
prove the selections and will sup
port the ticket with zeal The fact
that no Republican of previous party
loyalty was in any way connected
with the effort to organize a third
party is taken as proof that there is
no dissension in the ranks. The Re
publican ticket will have the support
of those who have heretofore classed
themselves as Republicans.
Contrasted with this harmony and
good feeling among Republicans is
the evidence from every portion of the
country. even in the Solid South, OF
determination of the better class of
Democrats to cease their afiliation
with that party. Democratic pOliti-
clans will be regular. of course. Their
political interest requires it. But
among business men who have here
tofore aligned themselves with the
Democratic party. there are many
and notable evidences of dissatisfac-
ton with the record of the present ad-
ministration in its handling of ma
tional affairs, both foreign and do
nestle. Men who have come to Wash
ington to transact business with the
governor or who have had business
dealings through correspondence,
have been thoroughly disguised with
the ineffciency of the Wilson admin
istration. The extravaganza, the
waste. the red tape, the coddling Of
the bolshevists. the drift toward gov
ernment ownership and socialism,
the burdensome tax laws and the
spread of bureaucracy-hav all COM
bined to drive the better class of men
out of the Democratic party. Never
again" is the declaration OF many a
man who admits that heretofore he
has consistently voted the Democratic
ticket.
Thus it is seen that among men
who have been voters in the past, the
Republicans will lose none of their
own support but Will make material
gains from the Democrats.
But it is from among the first vO-
.ers that the Republicans Will make
heir greatest accessions-from among
he men and women who have come
If voting age within the past four
Years and will choose their party af-
iliations when they cast their bal
OTIS next November. Large numbers
If these first voters are men who
vent overseas or who were in the
camps in this country, and
uttered a personal demonstration of
he inefficiency of the administration
n conducting business. Soldiers who
ielped win the war in spite of the =
Mistakes and wastefulness and inef-
cheney of the administration. are
against the Demo-
ldNlI patty OlAlGl guun6 lAlNA MAAO
1ere not in the military service but
Tho have so recently learned their
essons in patriotism and citizenship T.
y study of the American Constitu
ion and American history in the
chools and colleges will not only ally
themselves with the party that be-
riended Mooney and Hillstrom and
linor-the party that gave aid and
omfort to Tro,sky- the party that
ad to be Soaded and driven TO
OF the seditionists.
Largest accessionJ to tie Repuhli-
an ranks will be from among the
rst voters who choose to enlist un-
er a banner on which America
irst" is an unblemished slogan.
amer borne by such forward-look-
lg leaders as Harding and Coolidge
men whose sta.esinanship and
)urage all oiti :ans may well be
roud to Supp0ct.