Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-25
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NEW YORK, Oct. 24-The mos,
perplexing problem that confron,s
the Democratic and Republican ma
tionai managers is this: Can
the moral conscience CT America be
sufficiently aroused in support of the
League OF nations during the next
eight days to nullmy Republican
propaganda
Governor Cox. the Democratic can
diaate, told me in the Waldorf Hotel.
few minutes before ne departed to-
day en- his mission to convert the
doubtful States OF the Middle West
that lie believes that an inte,ligen,
study OF the problem has provided an
antidote to which the voters are re-.
spending. lie expressed complete
satisfaction with tho result OF his
efforts to expose the cmotionar
fake" which the Republican party hus
ouilt up with the support OF various
nationalistic groups hitherto deceiv-
ed by Republican propaganda.
DiHsipntes G. D. l.. Fog.
Gorernor Cox is quite certain that
he has succeeded in dissipating tn,
fog which tho Republican party had
created to obscure the vision of tn,
Irish. the Italian. and, to some ex
tent, the less refractory German min.
regarding the true meaning and in
estimabic value of the league cf ma
tons TO nationalis,ic ambitions RI.
ncct"d by them. lie exprcssod th,,
opinion that the hclated awakening a.
the people would transform the cor
Test for the presidency into "real
fight" before November ..
National Chairman White. Treas
urer Marsh, L. II. Moore and Senate.
Pat Harrison, who are managing IN,
cox campaign, expressed greater con
idence than the Governor himsei.
that we will show the other side
fight during the next week and We
nave every reason to believe that we
VIII win. That there has been !,
vast Improvement in Democrati,
chances is not disputed by the more
important managers of the Repub,.
lean campaign.
This Improvement is attributed ne
them to three causes:
CD The wabbling and evasion ot
senator Harding. the Republican
presidential candidate. aggravated
oy tact!onal rows In some OF IN.
most important parts of the country.
t2) The aggressive and enfectiy,.
teamwork by President Wilson anil
Governor Cox. plus thorough CO
operation of the party organization
generally; and.
CD The tremendous interest re-
Gently displayed by voters. particu
iafiy women. In the league OF nations
Hun Up Di.tresS signals.
The Improvement noted I, Dcn,.
cratic chances has been sufricientlv
marked to make Republican leaders
or several states express concern
over the state senatorial and con.
Sressional candidates. causing many
OF them 10 run up signals for finan-
cial help and to revise their obviously
extravagant estimates as to major
tiles and pluralities for their pres
iuent'ai candidate. Suffrage indica-
tions reflected in the report to tho
New York, Chicago and San Fran
cisco Headquarters OF the two parties
SIM point to victory for Mr.. Hard
ing. There is no question about that.
But to balance this. these same re-
ports point Enthusiastically to the slip-
P'HS VI WI. ttaEulnS nl!nSeIf In DOp.
ular estimation. In some parts OF
the country this retrogression ma.
been so pronounced as to encourase
the Democratic leaders to assert that
ir the campaign had another month
to go Mr.. Harding would be beaten
and the emotional Republican fake
fail in its purpose"
\, circumstance that contributes
largely to this conclusion is the adj
mission OF both parties that they
have not succeeded in getting a line
on the probable distribution OF tn.
new women voters, of which IL ia
estimated there viii be about Ie.-
100000.
Women VIII support Cox.
IL the Democratic theory that
women generally favor the league Of
nations because of their conviction
that 1t provides an insurance asains,
war Is correct. tho greater percentage
OF the woman vote will go to SIR.
Cox. This. in fact, is the great de-4
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