Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-15
REPUBLICANS CAN WIN
Will Be Hard Work to Land Eastern
States That Are Wet

Harding's election, while most
probable, is far from foregone con-
clusion, in the opinion of j. G. OAR
dean of New York City, original
Harding man and member of the
Harding pre-convention campaign
organization, who stopped liz At
lantic enroute east from visit to
the Oklahoma oil fields.
Ohio and New York are both de-
batable states, with the chances at
present about even between the re-
publicans and democrats according
to Mr.. Dardean. Only by the most
strenuous work can the success of
said.
There was a time when Ohio
could be safely relied on to go re-
publican" said the New Yorker.
THAT day has passed. During the
war upwards of two hundred thous-
and southerners came into the state
to take jobs in the factories. They
are democrats, almost to aman. That
makes the state very debatable
ground.
I'm New York, with Governor
Smith heading the state ticket, the
republican chances are discounted.
Smith is anti-suffrage and wet, both
of which policies make him popular,
especially with the New York City
voter. He overwhelmingly de-
feated Governor Whitman, who es-
poused woman's suffrage and the
prohibitory amendment.
but | do not wish to be misun-
derstood. / expect Harding and
Coolidge to carry both these states.
But it will take work, and lots of
it, by the republican leaders. In
those states, as is the case through
out the middle west, the farmer and
small tradesman will largely support
the republican ticket. The indus
trial centers will go democratic. The
laboring man is wearing good
clothes, has plenty of money and is
receiving the highest wages in the
history of the country. 1t will be
difficult to convince him that the
democrats did not give him all these
things. Even many farmers will be
lured into support Of the democratic
ticket by the plea that the farmer is
better off today than ever before.
But look for the sober second
thought of the common people to do
the business for the republican tick
ct.
1.-THE republicans will this year go
after Missouri, Kentucky, West Vir-
ginia and other southern states.
There exists good chance to win
these states for harding and Cool
idge. / look for the ticket to have
more than $50 votes in the electoral
college"
Asked about the closing hours of
the republican convention at Chi
cago and the final swing to Harding,
Mr.. Dardean said:
There was confidence in the
Harding forces f.--- - Tune the
convention opened. This confidence
bordered ON certainty. We knew
that IL the delegates wnom we held
on second choice pledges delivered,
our man would be named. We
played waiting game. We let
Wood and Lowden have a chance to
develop their maximum strength.
When it was seen that neither could
he nominated we were in a position
call on our second choice dele
gates to deliver. This they did and
Harding won. 1t was the simplest
kind of politics. While the Wood
and Lowden forces spent money
like water, the Harding campaign
cost comparatively little. Our plan
campaign did not call for the
pending of large sums.
r Harding, whom have known in
timately for long time, is one of
the best men in the world. He is
L.. l.
those men who grows on people. He
was the best man in the field. Will
Hays, chairman of the republican
national committee, is one of the
greatest organizers in American
politics. He is a marvel. There
will be no miscarriage OF plans with
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