Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-24
C. 0. P: |SCONF|DENT
WEST FOR HARDING,
DESPITE cOx'S TRIP
Signs of Desire for g;
Change" Are Evident on
All Sides.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

KENO. New, September 24-Nevaaa
is close state this year Nomina11v
! IL is democratic by a comfortable ma :
Jority, although the majority of 5.oOO
which Wilson got in 1916 was over
"heiming. Only about $4,000 to As, 900
votes are usually cast. 5000 is vir-
tuaiiy 10 per cent majority.
The republicans. who think Hard
ing will carry Nevada. count upon hin,
| 70 win by 500 totes. That's how close
a.. tney ngure maJorities in a small
! state The republican optimism is
based entirely upon the disaffection
among the democrats and the contin-
ued murmurings which have been 20
ing on against the Wilson admins
| ration The republican leaders es-
| .Indte the shi1t OF democrats to Hard
ing VIII be considerable but disinter
ested observers do not believe il will
, be enough
That Gov Cox will get Neyada's s
| three electoral votes would seem Ia ne
a more reasonable expectation than a
! recorded here. for whatever signifi.
| cance 1t may have. that the political
wayfarer encounters high republican n
hopes in states that are normally
democratic, and a shake of the head
and bit of anxiety. though by no
leaders In those same states.
Prospects Mt Low Ebb.
The truth of the matter is that
democratic prospects have been at low
ebb everywhere in the west for MANY
months and that whatever republicans
may say about the effect of Gov. Cox,s
trip. he has stimulated the working
democrats everywhere. He has put
n ssrnntn i,,f
file. Many of them were originally
Tor McAdoo and didn't know thing
ABOUT Cox until they read his speech
OF acceptance. Now they have seen
the candidate himself and in nine
cases out of ten the effect has been
instantaneous for. as a political miyar
and enthusiast Gov. CoX's magnetic
personality is unexcelled.
Right here in Nevada, where Sem
ator Henderson. democrat. is a candi-
cate Tor reelection and is. certain to
WIN since there is factional strife in
the republican party and Henderson
VINO is a conservative. can count upon
Dig republican vote, the said Hem
derson Is reported to have been wor
RE rIed by Cox's entry into the state.
way without dragging the national
ticket and its handicaps into the
situation. 'Ae
Even the league of nations was sort
OF TABOO as a topic of discussion. But
Gov Cox surprised Henderson and
everybody else by the impressiveness
OF ms argument for the league and
by his own forceful character. Dem
ocratic leaders went away believing
that while it might be disputed how
many republican votes were acquired,
there could be no doubt that the dem
ocrats and those instinctively friend
ly to the democratic cause. but stray
ing from Wilson leadership. now are
disposed to stick in line under the
Cox leadership. Henderson will run
far ahead of Cox on the democratic
ticket. So will Senator Phelan in Cal
ifornia, who. too. is understood to
have been worried about the effect of
the Cox trip on his chances.
He is reported to be feeling much
better since Gov. Cox himself put a
punch into the democratic camp and
said few stirring words about Sem
ator Phelan'S record. Californians
who will tell you that Phelan has
good chance of reelection will hardly
say that Gov. Cox has as good an
opportunity to carry the states cleo
toral vote.
AS a matter of fact. Gov. Cox's
whole attitude is one of confidence
He shows in his speeches that he be-
of saying "if l am elected / will
appoint a Secretary of the Interior
from the west,"Bhe says fatty, after
March 4 next l will appoint" etc. He
doesn't use the potential mood at all.
He takes it for granted that he will
be elected. That's one way to stimu
late democratic workers and any
other kind of political organizers.
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