Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-04
Wisconsin Won't
Heed COr's Plea

Continued from PaEc One
1t almost did so at the party convention
In Chicago.
Wisconsin is worth looking at. The
situation is so distorted that IL Is casily
perceived as sort Of caricature OF tbe
situation throughout the country. What
Is elsewhere a sober determination Ia
change parties is here a blind rage 10
change parties.
AS in a caricature the features are
striking. You have no difficulty In ner
ceiving that the League Of Nations and
the treaty are the issue. You have no
difficulty in learning what factor the
foreign vote Is and where is It going and
why You see the wet issue subordi-
mated as In a caricature and the labor
issue insubordinnte as In caricature.
You see unmistakably here what you
may forget elsewhere-the biggest
single factor in the election is the deter
mination to get rid of the party that
made the war. 1t Is a determine
tion that unites for that purpose
alone radical and conservative. non
partisan league and stalwart. Governor
Cox cannot shake it. Neither could
have McAdoo II he had been nominated,
nor the Archangcl Gabriel for that
matt r If the Democrats had put him
on the ticket. Wisconsin Is not think
ing about Governor Cox at all, it is
angry at the Democratic party.
Most German State
1t is said that almost every foreigner
in this country was aggrieved as the
result of the Peace Treaty except the
Poles. The German naturally was the
worst aggrieved and Wisconsin is the
Urnat (.arfnan NJ 70 IN, Ia.
the population of Milwaukee, II 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.
In some Of the rural districts of the
state 70 per cent of the population are
Of German birth or origin. Wisconsin
furnishes the answer how the German
vote Of this country will go. VIII It
60 to Cox because Of the whisper that
he has lenient eye toward modifca.
tions in the Volstead act? Not at all
VIII Cox's labor record appeal to the
German laborer 30 that he will forge,
his grievance against the Versailles
treaty. No, says every one who knows
him here where he is vocal.
The German vote Is lost definitely
to the Democratic candidate and no
other issue like beer or an advanced
attitude on labor will tempt it back. 1t
is for Harding, not because it expects
him to be any kinder to Germans than
Cox would be. 1t Is for Harding to
punish the party In power when the
Peace Treaty was made, to express its
approval of the defeat OF the treaty In
the Senate. The German vote is the
decisive factor here. II may be the
decisive factor in Ohio and certain
other doubtful states.
The sentiment for Cox which Prof.
Calvin Fisher, Doctor Eliot and other
eastern independents are trying to
organize is evident here. The Demo
cratic candidate is said by political
observers here to have considerable
support among Republican college pres
idcnts and professors ministers, school
teachers, editors and some business
men, among the intellectuals so called.
These men support Cox on the
League Of Nations issue and because
they think the Democratic candidates
platform Is more progressive than the
Ordinarily, their sun
port of Cox would be impressive, but
IL ayails nothing against the will TO
make an end of the Democratic admin
istration.
As said before. the situation here
seems to be a caricature OF the situa-
ton generally, but a caricature with a
lot Of truth In 1t.