The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-13
PIVOTAL STATES
SHOWING SWING
HARDING'S WAY
Indiana Canvass Indicates
$4,000 Plumlity--Hope- e.
full Of Kentucky.
NOMINEE Is CONFIDENT
Finds Parallels in 1920
With McKinley's Gold
f. Standard Fight.
ISSUES ARE PATRIOTIC
COx's Fund Charges Recall At
tacks on Mark Hanna That
Voters Repudiatcd.
ISSUES ARE PATRIOTIC
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MARION, Ohio Sept. l2,-Wlth elec-
ton day only seven weeks from next
Tuesday II may be OF special interest
to record that no candidate ever had
more confidence OF success and more
solid reasons for such confidence than
Warren G, Havding. II IL not over
confidence OF the treacherOus nature
that impels men to neglect their OBJ
vlous and necessary tasks II Is
simple serene faith that the great ma
jority OF the people, thinking more
seriously than usual at such times,
are behind him In the economic and
moral stand he has taken.
This is the reason that Senator Har-
ding has been little disturbed by the
campaign fund accusations flung about
the country by his adversary Even II
the charges had contained merit, In
stead OF having been made possible
as tricky campaign ammunition only
through the dulness Of the Republican
fund collectors It u probable that
Hardlng's confidence would not have
been impaired,
Senator Harding believes that the peo-
pie are behind the Republican party in
this campaign az they havc not 3een
aimee Mckinley ran In 1896, and that
they are supporting Republican prin-
ciples for the same reason as In that
wear. Therefore. he feels very posi-
| lively that the attention OF the voters
who are determined to end wretohed
Kind OF government has not been ana
will not be distracted by the sensational
but very superficial methods employed
by Cox.
Sees Patriotic Issue Involved.
To Harding II looks like the gold
standard campaign over again. and this
Ia the oplnion aeo OF the Republican
leaders OF real intelligence, of whom
there appear TO be number In spite OF
the revelations OF the Kenyon committee.
The Senator feels that In this campa gn,
as In that OF 1896, there IL tremendous
moral and patriotic issue involved.
sifted down II Is the Issue OF national
honor. II was McKinleys destiny 10
rally public sentiment against u dls-
honest monetary standard. Harding
feels that It is his privilege 10 rally pub
lie sentiment against dishonest eifort
10 wreck the Constitution
A candidate for the Presidency
naturally Ia in the closest possible touch
with the best information and the most
reliable sentiment surveys" In the pos
session OF the National Committee. The
facts thus acquired have supported strlk-
ingly his opinion that the election or
1920 bids fair to be the election OF 1885
over again. There are similar reports
of Republicans leaving the Republican
party and OF Democrats turning their
backs upon the Democratic party There
are similar sensationalisms, the cam
paign fund charges Of to-day being quite
comparable TO the vicious attacks that
were made against Mark Hanna,
There are vast numbers OF silent peo-
nile whose minds do not seem accessible
10 the seeker after opinion. The par
allel could be extended II II were neces-
sary Most important. there is discern
ible to the Senator and his advisers n
public mood as serious and determined
as was the mood OF twenty-four years
ato. To Harding II spells the quiet de-
termination Of the American people TO
turn out Of office every form OF Wilson,
ism and to put in office men who seem
likely to rebuild the dismantled Govern
inent
The daily reports he receives from the
New York and Chicago centres OF ma
tional committee work and the reports
from the States appear to corroborate
This point OF view. More accurately
thew are the foundation OF the convic-
tIon Reports from Indiana are typical.
In that state, which has been regarded
ag a kind Of political barometer, an in-
tenslye survey has been conducted.
Concluaive Poll in Indiana.
In every precinct in Indiana men se-
,ected carefully were instructed to test
nub,ic sentlment as follows: Find two
ministers Of the gospel, Ave lawyers.
ffteen business men and ffty citizens
selected from labor and small business.
and ascertain what they are going to do.
They do things thoroughly In Indiana,
and the result OF the canvass directed
from Chicago by Senator New Is very
satisfactory to Republican hopes, 1t
shows that Harding win carry the State
nv from $4,000 to 100000; that Watson
will, he reelected by n majority not much
less. and that the whole State ticket and
nrobably the entire Congress ticket Will
win.
from Kentucky come reports that are
almost too optimistic for ready credence.
kentucky Republicans are sending word
to Harding that they expect to carry the
state for him by $4,000. These reports