The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
WISCONSIN WON'T EVEN LISTEN ID
 COX'S ADDRESS
Situation So Distorted It May Be Chased as a Caricature of the Rest of the
 Country
Fly CLINTON W. GILBERT


 Milwaukee, Wis, September 4.--
 Governor Cox's tour carried him
 into Wisconsin, state which
 would not listen to him. It makes
 no difference what Governor Cox
 says in the campaign, Wisconsin
 will not heed his plea. 1t makes
 no difference whnt kind of man he
 is or what his issues are, Wiscon-
 sin is not going to give him it's
 vote. Cox speaks today to n state
 which will not listen. It makes no
 difference what Governor Cox says.
 Wisconsin will not give him its
 ear.
 This state listens to all sorts of strange things. For example, one of it's prophets says: Ut is better that we should lose our beer. than that we should be slaves of Great Britain" And this in the city that & beer made famous.
 People here resolved to fill their ears with cotton today during Governor CoX's addresses. It is not a joke In Wisconsin, it is a bitter epigram, that, For every three American soldiers who died in France, one American mil honaire was born" Wisconsin thinks that under the League of Nations, Great~Britain could send our American soldiers to put down uprisings in her enslaved dominions." It is a bad place for Governor Cox
 The republicans count generally throughout the country upon the desire Of the public for change of party There is fine Berseker rage against me democratic party and against the existing head of it, President Wilson
 ONE POINT OF AGREEMENT
 This rage is the only point of agree ment among the extraordinary variety or races and creeds that are going to vote for Harding for President. Ii is gong to be enough to give MT Harding the biggest majority Wisconsin ever gave candidate for President. but the cement IS not going to be strong enough to hold the groups together for any other purpose.
 They are likely to split on the rest of the ticket It may be Harding for President by big majority and with him a democratic governor and demo- cratic senator LaFollette tried to start third party and a Non-Partisan League IS coming in Wisconsin. Perhaps it will swallow LaFollette. It almost did D) at the party convention in Chicago Wis consin is worth looking at The situation 10 oo uis,ofleu tilal IL IS eaSlty perceived as sort of caricature of the situation throughout the country What is else where sober determination to change parties is here blind rage to change parties.
 As in caricature the features are strik- ing. You have no difficulty in perceiv- ing that the League of Nations and the treaty are the issue. You have no diff ficulty in learning what factor the for eign vote is and where it is going a2d why. You see wet issue subordinated as in caricature and the labor is insubor- dinate. You see unmistakably here what you may forget elsewhere, that the big Sest single factor in the election is the determination to get rid of the party that made the war. It is determination that unites for that purpose alone radical and conservative Non-Partisan League, and stalwart Governor Cox cannot shake 1t. Neither could McAdoo if he had been nominated, nor the Archangel Gabriel for that matter. if the democrats had put him on the ticket Wisconsin is not thinking about Governor Cox at all. 1t is angry at the democrats
 THE EXPLANATION
 It is said that almost every foreigner in this country was aggrieved as result of the peace treaty except the Poles. Germans naturally were the worst az grieved. and Wisconsin is the great Ger man state in this country. Of the popu- lation Of Milwaukee, 17 per cent is of German birth and 40 per cent, though born in this country. had parents one or both of whom were of German origin
 Tn some of the rural districts of the state. 75 per cent of the population are of German birth or descent. Wisconsin