The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
A Bright Outlook
Atlanta Constitution ]

Prior to the nomination of Governor Cox for the Presidency, the Sun and New York Herald carried election forecast in which it conceded the Demo- cratic party than an even break for success in the election next fall.
 It listed the States of North Carolina South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Ten nessee Mississippi, Arkansas Louisiana, Texas, Okla homa, Kentucky, Missouri Maryland, New Mexico and Arizona being safely Democratic
 These seventeen States will cast 1S1 votes in the electoral college. The total number of votes in the electoral college is 531 majority of which, 266 votes is necessary to elect the next President.
 Deducting the 1S1 votes of the ''sod South" with Arizona and New Mexico included, leaves, ac- cordng to the Sun and New York Herald's reckon ing, 1850 electoral votes out of which the Repubi- cans must get 266 to win the election
 Starting with almost certain 181 votes to their credit before invading northern feld our New York contemporary-which, by the way, is Republican through and through, and staunch champion of Hardings candidacy
 the Democrats need to find only 85 votes
 among all the northern States to elect the
 President. If they carry New York State,
 with it's 45 votes, they would have to pick
 up here and there, only 40 votes
 to win the election, and these votes should
 not be difficult to find, especially since
 Ohio with it's 24 is this year mighty
 uncertain asset to the Republican party
 Since that written, Governor Cox of Ohio. and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt of New York have been nominated for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, respectively by the Democrats.
 Owing to his extreme popularity in his home State-which is atested by the fact that he is the only man. with the exception of Rutherford B. Hayes, who has been thrice elected Governor of Ohio coupled with the fact that Ohio is always considered doubtful battle-ground for the Republicans, it is al most good as a foregone conclusion that the Buckeye State, with it's "A electoral votes, will next November swing to it's "favorite son. who is, for the third time, it's Governor.
 Which will add "A to the 1S1 electoral votes-a total of 205-that any frank political prognostcator will concede to the Democrats at this stage of the campaign
 That leaves 30 States, with an aggregate electoral of 326, from which the Cox Roosevelt ticket must draw the 61 additional votes that it must have in order to win.
 What is true to Cox's popularity in his home State is largely true of Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York State at all times and at best, all other things being equal is doubtful between the Democrats and the Republicans This year the chances of carrying it are more than favorable to the Democrats
 If New York, with it's 45 electoral college votes, goes Democratic next fall-as it probably w-Cox and Roosevelt will have skirmish for only 16 ad- ditional votes, with 29 States from which to draw them
 Indiana, with strength of 15 in the electoral count is one of the proverbia doubtful" States. But this year. with it's "favorite son. Thomas R. Marshall, Viee-President of the United States" and ''Tom Taggart. one of the most powerful men ill the State, politically, both in complete sympathy with the Democratic ticket and both working tremendously and aggressively for its election Indiana hardly be classed doubtful It is almost certainly Dem ocratic
 But even II Indiana should happen to be Repub- ican, there still 2S other States besides New York. Ohio New Mexico Arizona and the solid South from which the Democrats might gather the requisite sixteen electoral votes
 Among those States are. for example, California with 13 votes-the 13 that elected Woodrow Wilson four years Minnesota, with 12 in which State the CoX-ROoseyelt combination will make unusu- ally strong appea Colorado, with 6; Nebraska with s. Montana, with 4; Michigan, with Is, etc, in each of the States the Democrats have than a fighting chance for indorsement at the polls.
 With such c. O. P. newspaper as the Sun and New York Herald-whose chief pride lies in the his toric accuracy it's prediction orecasts-predict- ing in advance of the Democratic conventions nom nations that the Republicans will have to comb the countryside in order to pull through next No- vember. the outlook from the Democratic viewpoint now, with Cox and Roosevelt in the field, is indeed more than encouraging.