The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-09
New Jersey Expected
To Go Republican By
Big Margin-LawronCe


which was Ounnd"ntly o"untod upon 4"
cast a.. electoral Vutr T"r cox hncauas
Of his supposed frirndllnrsn TO tn" ""t
aide OF tho prohibition C"ntr"vsrSy 10
today moro Republican than democratic
though tho Democrats hRYn at last DO
gun To work effectively and may r"duve
what might VthNTWlan hRva been an
overwhelming majority.
Aa II IN the ChanosH ara that Now
Jersey viii 90 Republican by 10000.
MaiorltIeS thia year should DO cut In
half or doubled AZ tho CaHo may be on
account Of tho woman vote and while
50. 900 II normal Republican majority
In Now Jersey. the woman vot" could
easily brlnG Il IL an 100000.
New IrTSsy. II will bn recalled.
pressed the wot movement In tho Dem
oGratic party Governor Edwards car
risd the state two years ago with his
statement that no would make Jersey
an wet aa tho Atlantic o"oan' but times
havs changed r.u'" then. Witness tho
spoctAcle OF tn same" Governor Edwards
presiding thi> w'"h at the Democratic
state convention While u vet plank OF
fsred for tho oHa,r platform was re-
lsctsd on IN, ETu.Inda Of sEpedloncy.
Woman's Suffrage
Woman auu rhEo IL responsible for thu
tArticS OF tho Democratic leaders. TIE
women In The Democratic party forced
n change Narrower tho wot elements
had bcon sIsn unCompFomiAInK f"sh OF
woman suffrage with two such cauaoh
for dlaanSCtlup. II MAS cssentlRl from
a political viewpoint TO forget tho wet
question aud end~aNor Ia muster tho
woman vote Tor tho Democratic Candl'
date on the league az nati"nH laauo.
Governor Edwards. himself. In quoted
a. having sEpla mod tho situation thus
The plat form uf tho democratic par
~ Of New JsrreS lEn"roH the liquor
question AZ mnttor "r policy | adm
vote on tho rsHolutiou hooauEo a. pre-
sliding officer ~ tn" con- "ntlon was
not called upon 10. Th"H" VII" "pPoH"d
tho resolution ,fRNorinR Not plank
mad ~ ma JoritS 80 nyc In tho convention
A. presiding officer 81 tho convention
I VAS not called upou To vote Those
who opposed tho NuE"nt resolution had
q majority OF nIe In tho convention. As
presiding officer { gave them oil and
mora than n coming TO them. Ignoring
tho dry l&Huc cannot no Interpreted To
mean that tho rRrty la Now JCrrny In .
undergone - ChhnE" OF heart Tho mai
GRITTY simply hrli"N"d u was good policy
10 leave such plank out OF tho plat
form this year
nawArda auhmsrHsd
The same reporter who interviewed
Governor Edwards asked him how he
would have voted on the NuKant rssolu-
tlon had ha bssn called upon TO make
a public expression before tho eohysa-
tlon ~ ~ .,Lta -, -. ..
- viii be Intsecns,rusd BY uh1 puzzle:
ths Democratic camp when the Wost
ardent advocate OF wetuess 10 opllgcd
TO submerge his views Tho Republican
Sarty itself has Rons on record as bono
fore. the Jaw The apti-Saloon league
would have been better rnvsned Win
aome pledge thai the Nolstead law
wouldn't BE- weakened or that tho tto-
publican party would, enae, sss
Howsyor. tho NuEsnt faction OF tns
Democratic party has boon conspion-
oualy Not and tho slSnincaft thing ~
that tho platform In tho stats OF AZ,
.tats, which might have boen expected
10 .xuds Wrtubas does exactly what was
dome nj tho Democratic national con
ventIon n, San Francisco-iEnoroS mo
isEu~.
r.at what Governor Edwards did TWO
Years ago-wIn New Jersey on wot
Ia.us by narrow margin-but mo
enfranchlacment or tho women nhN H'"""
that ImpoSAihlc. The Democratic nom
Inas who spoke dry doctrine In Fortsnn.
Oregon. and hogan getting morn anu
MORA arid on the prohibition question as
he faced western audiences evidently
must have been told about the ground
swell In the East coming from tho t""-
'"'"' League Of Nations
But with New Jersey trying To SIDE
track the wet question what are tno
other Issues Tho Democrats prNS'ot'
concade that tho Republican press IL
more influential In the state and that
N has saiA many things about INC
league OF nAtions which have appe"iod
10 tho pre- Iutices Of tho different eie-
ments In the electorate. For Instance
the Irish have besn alienated by Talk OF
a british League" Tho Germans nave
their own grievances against tho IA
ministration that fought succasaini
war AGAINST Germany. tn" ltSllahH
have been stirred up too. ana many
women voters cherish "a Erudks against
tho NuHant machine r"T Its oppositloh
To woman suffrage iiut on top OF mat
m, undsrcurrsnt OF rastlosAhnss when
Ia proyalant In Now JoTHoy as aIss"herS
In tho country, Considor lndood tho ala
content ovor tho high cost "r living Anh
the ITTlIatlons which ara lhsNltabis IN
q raannstIurti"n IsTtod following war
Of auch magnitude a. that through
which America haS passed ahd your 80"
CitiAion ,ann"t u. hut tina Itl." Democrats
have about a. much chance I" s"sIeHS'"
the league ~ tiuns 4" tho ssolurI"n
Of all sIao domestic ~ tho r'"N"Th'"'
snoubaIl New IoIseY Isn't voting -"
tha league ~ naIi"na Homo ole""h'"
undouhI adiy viii vote ~" and """. hn'