The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-25
MARK SULLIVAN SEES CLOSE CONTEST
BETWEEN THE PARTIES IN INDIANA

Indiana supporters Of tho Other three.
who had been worked UP to hiGn pltcT
Of LOYALTY by the bitterness OF me pri.t
mary fight, resented HardinGs succeas.,
There are many fos ssnsc,.il1 who ags
not very loyal to the Republican tioSeE
and many of the rank-and-hle Repuei..
cans who were worked up into inteisa;
devotion to Wood or johnson yil quie..
ly express their bitterness ~ yot!ns
for Cox. There Is more OF TINS tnAn rue
Indiana politicians realize.
In addition the Republicans hAvs iosq
some popularity in Indiana W wnaS
many consider to b just e Tirtu0us
ana. undo re- Republican governor. Good
rich, revised the whole system OF Tx.
alton in the State. stranger p .HS
through hardly has time TO pass JUL
ment on the merits OF the nov s,'c 49,
working business man. and IT 70 PROB
able that the change in tho AxAuon sys-
TEN was meritorious.
Nevertheless, taxation Is 2 nela IN
which the most mertorious things are
freQu entity the least popular. Tne tect
is that there is widespread resentmens
against the Republicans. heard OF one
great business concern In Indiana wness
81. SOC. 900 to 3l7.O0O.O00 Naturally this
concern and the community In which u
exists feel tho change.
WNAE 1ApuhN0AA CA2o1o1<oo =
Further yet, parts Of the Repupiica1
stata ticket here are very weak. One OF
the Republican candidates for an mn
! portant state office ID more or Nss
openIy charged with some extremely un.
desirably conduct In former official
| career.
FINALLY. tho Republican Senatorial
! en- ndidhto In Indiana. Watson. who '
rocking reelection, II pretty generally
recognized AZ q weak brother.
i aI-l
som oitapublican leaders. say that Wtt-
non js not Of Senatorial calibro: that he
ought mover to hnVs been SAINT 20 tnet
Senate. and that II - an in1uStioe 20
Watson, a. we'll ~ to tho state. TO Hutl
n man In tho Sonats whose personality
md natural nbilition ARD not up to tn>
nrlce. II this waro n normal year Win.
out n presidential contest thorn isnL3
doubt In tho world that Watson would
' IT'S "pponsnt IN tn. old-tims D.mo-
cratic leader. ThomaA TagEart. TAG.
CART. by comparison With his opponentI
M we'll m by the paaMEo 81 tho year.
neenr TO hnvo moasurabiy elevated hin'
! r,Ir in tho opinion OF tho Indiana pAo-
pIo. Ho rtill has n connidcrnble way 20
no. but he IL thought Of worry diffsrSntly
I from what wan the case ten years aeo.
! Many poopls in indianapolis who Wese.
now dinp0rod 10 Eivo him some HupGOrL
or al least default in supporting wat
non. ~ =,
Three RspubIioaA Advantages.
J Tho rum OF all this In that the Rspdh'
Leans will carry Indiana, X they carry
+ Il ut pll. by only n slender margin Ana
by means Of assets which they most
{ recognize ns neither worry dependable nor
very durable. The threa aaHeth That
may carry tho Republican, through are,
first. dislike Of Wilson ond Of tho DEM
onraiic administration md determihA-
ilon to havo n change; Hscond. lArhs
German vote. which yoars ago, was so!.
Idly Republican; and. third. the eonaM-
I ~rnblo negro vote In tho state indiana.
rollp IL probably tho largest negro Guy
, in tho north. and thoy are all Repubil.,
cams. Considerably moro than hair the
whIto cItizonS OF Indiana will vote the
Democratic ticket
| Tho ntntc OF things in Indiana II PIC
, iured In tho words Of n strong Repupn.
can, who said: "Ws ara going 70 elect
Harding In order to get rid OF M!son'
and we arc oven going to elect WATSON.
because We want TO run no risks OF
, Dcmocratic senate. But on the DAY ~.
Tor election. you watch US. We are
going to start a house cleaning that VIII
raise some dust
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