New-York tribune., 1920-10-20

For Harding
By $4,000
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taken cognizance of the ancient his
tory and are eloquent in their de-
nunciation of the party that stood for
abuse of Lincoln.
On the refusal Of the Times to ac-
cept the advertising as agreed, Chair
man Roraback instructed counsel to
begin an action for breach of con-
tract, alleging illegal discrimination
Another unlocked for development
Of the fight is that the Republicans
have organized marching club and
named it the Lincoln Wideawakes,
after a similar Hartford club in the
Lincoln campaigns. The organization
of this club has aroused the greatest
enthusiasm. Ex-senator Morgan G.
Bulkeley, of the Aetna Life Insurance
Company. Civil War veteran and
friend of Lincoln, more than eighty
years old, has accepted the post of
chief marshal, and ex-Chief Justice
Samuel O. Prentice is his chief aid
The club will make its first appearance
at mass meeting on tomorrow night,
when Senator Brandegee will speak in
Hartford. 1t is expected it will be the
greatest meeting ever held in Con-
necticut.
Connecticut this year elects United
States Senator, five Congress ssmen, a full
state ticket, including Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer
and Comptroller; thirty five Senators
and 260 members of the lower house.
this year." said Chairman Roraback
to-day to a Tribune reporter at the
state headquarters in the Allyn House.
81 do not care at this time to put
down the figures. Just say to the Re-
publcans of the country that the Re-
rublicans will give Harding and Coo
ldge a bigger plurality than the Re-
publicans had in any of the Bryan
campaigns. There is still one day more
of registration, and until the figures
are IN on Wednesday night or Thurs
day, it is hardly practicable to say how
big the Republican margin probably
viii be. Probably 125,OO0 women will
register. That being a fair estimate,
1T means that there will be a total
registration in the state of above $780,
OOO
I'VE had male registration of 22o,-
900 two years ago, so that with the
natural increase and with the women
voting, we should pass the $4,000
mark.
"We are not chasing rainbows when
we say that we have the Democrats
beaten. Even the Democrats them
selves, when they get down to brass
tacks and talk frankly, admit they
are IN for record breaking trimming
Many women voters in the state are
making hard fight on Senator Bran
degee. Less than one-third Of the anti
Brandegce organized women are Re-
publicans, third arc Democrats and
the other third are nar1 to classify
They include prominent candidate on
the Farmer Labor ticket. Brandegee
VIII run we'll up with Harding and Cool
idce
"Without asking for it, or going out
or our way to cultivate it, the Repub-
means will receive a large boost this
year from the activity of Irish Demo
Gratis, who are disguised with the VIII
son Administration and who will not
stand for the League of Nations. The
antl-league Democrats have a state or
ganlzauon with headquarters at New
Haven. Senator Borah addressed them
the other night. s.
Il have been through five Presiden-
tai campaigns and I never have seen
the PLAIN laboring men of Come cticut
more kindly disposed toward the Re-
publican ticket than this year. The
TRENDS of Samuel Gompers some time
ago tried to give labor a slant toward
COX and Roosevelt, but they were not
sUuoeSsi ul. am IN daily receipt of
reports from the industrial centers of
the state and they are all pretty much
allke; The people seem to be thor
oughly weary of the Wilson Admins
tratlon and they regard Cox as the sort
OF Q, man who if elected would take up
the burden in the White House lust
whore Wilson dropped it, as he said he
would.
ne Republicans have nominated
Everett j. Lake, a leading business