The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-19
Surprise Mingled With
Hope, the Feeling In
Pacific Coast State
BIZ DAVID LAWRENCE,
(copyrt&at By The InsslliSenesr.)

SPOKANE Wash. juno ls-WaEren
Harding IS little known out here, so th'
first reaction toward the man CHOSEN
by tho Republican National Convention
~ ono OF surprise mingled with hope
This part OF Washington contains not
few ProRrsssives. though the agrees
siYe number who are willing to DC chaE
acteriZed as such IS dwtndl,ng. SONIC
disappointment over the failure NJ tne
Republican convention TO name clthSF as
President or vics president some one
around whom the ProGresS!vcs could
ally Is inevitable.
-Four years age tho women Q! thi'
state gave the electoral vote 20 wilson
This year women seem 10 nave mace
themselves vocal only with respect 70
Herbert Hoover and now that he Is eIim-
mated in thN presidential contest the
feminine section OF the electorate mas
TO definite objective. Senator Harding
is being represented as good citizen. a
simple American born on the farm and
4 self-made man. II his managers arc
skillful in their approach 10 states like
this. they will win votes for Harding.
wood and Lowdsn Ilksd.
For, broadly speaking. the Repuoii-
cans here would have preferred cover,
nor Lowden, or Leonard Wood Indeed
there was a substantial confidence felt
IN the capacity OF the Illinois governor.
But Harding Is all new to the voters.
Tho people are favorably inclined. how
ever. They want TO vote against the
mistakes OF the Wilson administration.
but mostly they want an executive IN
whom they can have absolute conf
dence. II the campaign managers can
iustill such confidence with respect 10
the Harding personality. the result.
even at this early date, IS not difficult
10 conjecture.
But on the Democratic side there Is a
pronounced leaning toward AcAdoo and
as one Republican OF prominence eN-
pressed it, the nomination OF McAdoo
would give the Democratic a tSnting
chance hereabouts- He was o2sinS ms
assertion on the strength hold when
McAdoo has upon the railroad brother
hoods and organized labor and their
families.
Governor Cox has been vary little
known out here, but since the news
papers have been telling how he carried
Ohio three times during the same period
that Harding served. the people are be-
ginning to wonder IL the Democrats, too.
are. going to nominate man from ohio.
Curiously enough. however, there IS q
vital interest in whether or not Cox and
McAdoo are dry on the liquor question.
Cox and 1cAdoo.
McAdoo has the endorsement OF the
Anti-Saloon League, while Cox IS be-
lieved by local Democrats to have moist
cerned the drys would have better
chance. The people OF Washington are
tfrd eot the liquor question, but what
tshy are mostly tired of Is the liquor
question in politics. Any Democratic
candidate need not apply for votes In
wetness alone, he had better count on
some OF the populous eastern states
where the advantages OF prohibition are
still imaginary.
Another thing Is that william .Jen-
nings Bryan Is looked upon by the
faarhar nf ABRAHAM RO9Del
and this Is the country where he Is by
no means held IN such Light esteem rs
in certain parts OF the cast. To De sure
this Is an entirely different part OF tht
world from New York. New Jersey and
Massachusetts. For instance. while Re-
publicans dislike the Wilson administra'
.tion as a matter Of principle, they don't
dislike with. the bitterness OF depth OF
feeling that the average Republican II
the east releases when engaged In poll
teal conversation
wfliinx to rake . Chance.
Perhaps 1t Is distance, but the state
OF washinEton--or at least this end OF
it-isn't afraid that the League OF Ma.
lions or the pending peace tretay viii
work tho harm that Senator johnson
newspapers in this section are willing
10 take a chance on the treaty OF Yer
sailles and the league with reservations
They think II better than nothing and
" there Is any concrete disappointmen'
about the Republican convention. It Is
about the platform rather than the can
didate.
A straight out and out declaration
about the peace treaty with rescrva-
tions would have been very welcome
hereabout and folks now are inclined Ia
look upon the plank about the league OF
nations as q superb piece OF pussy
footing as one Republican expressed IT,
II Is pretty carly yet and such disap-
pointment as prevails may disappear
but the main things for party and a
candidate TO do to get the votes in tha
state Of Washington Is TO inspire conf
deuce This is the task that Senator
Harding and his campaign managers
have before them. And there are good
many progrcssives who will have 10 be
coddled II they arc 10 embrace heartily
the platform and candidate by the time
November comes around.