The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-09-17
Twenty-Five Killed. zoo Injured in I. N I.
Explosion in the Heart Of Wall Street District
Large Republican
Majority Predicted
In State Of Oregon
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright BY The IntslltSenccr

Portland. ore. sept In.--''O' cru
cox has been and gone and has l't'
N his wake trail of admirers but no.
cHnurh 20 carry the State nt oregon.
For this State will 90 Republican hN
= much larger maturity than Il did .cur
years ago when President Wilson lost
the state ny about I.oan votes. Ihat
was clos" decision. THIS year X ~
not cv~p r good contest. pem"crats
privately admit the position - hopeless
unless by some eleventh hour miracle or
development the Who'll" aSpCc, oS the
campaign shall be changed nationally.
Estimates as 10 the size OF the ma
tority which Harding will get are rarted.
sore vanturing the opinion that II Will
hs as big as Names. But conservative
observers who know tho stat" and are
not swayed by hopes or partisan desires
look for az least 2h.ooe majority. ore
Eon Is rock-rhhcd Republican, state
on Presidential matters.
II even went Republican in 1925 when
the western wave OF Bryanism was
sweeping the land. II stood Staunchly In
the Republican column when the cry or
he has kept US out OF war won the
electoral votes OF California on the
south. Idaho on the cast and Washing
ron on the north Governor Cox was
warmly received. CnQuestionaely he cut
down what mi Eht otherwise have ree"n
an overwhelming majority. Indeed he
won back many OF those Democrats who
had strayed from the fold. on the other
hand he failed 70 satisfy either vets or
drys by his statement that the liquor
issues IS dead. Most every oody IN tns
cities knows that II is not dead and that
attempts 70 weaken the enforcement
laws will be constantly made and VIII
he presented 70 the next Pres tdent oil
rho United States FOR consideration. And
aaed chis,iw hscanSa tbe nrnhihition ari-
tators will not let them believe u dead.
wegterrars for McAdoo.
Then there's another straw that shows
tho way the wind blows. The western
Democrats didn't bring about the nom
ination OF Governor Cox. They were for
McAdoo because he was dry and said
30 openly and unequtrocaIy, Perhaps
lGcAdon will SOME day be active in the
Presidential game. perhaps not. Any
way the httLe stotSment ne 'SSuTu Oh
me eve OF h'S uePaItu "a a Jt.,i I',e
TRIP TOT SoN mas al''No ,'o -, 80. ~,
ten,ion, In Dnt' ,aG,toa,ion n ~ ,hs
ha'ly aEaoinst any n''u'''e1''o" VI tue
dry laws. ,,s.
1t has occurred 20 many ooserners Inas
brother MCAuoo utSh st out On "
campaign SIp 'or tne 80, cianr
didate without makIhs NeEf CLea'
that ne hlmseIt WaS nol " oe HiLs 1Tn
stood as favorinS ~st Sanoioaee: me me
"araneSS OF S|atetieiNUSen +-ASS. 81 80. w.
viii be noted moreover thaI hCaooo
friends are not contributing very muSn
the reason lof thelr reiuSIasSe 80. go
70 DO their uncertah.sS epout MS a''S-
tude on prohioltlon. .,,,
Ot course ~ was the Ses states
mnritn2Isd CoS' -teSsrs' t pr Set'"a,,, ,, Z
ltnots; Murphy OK New Org. h ana HuS
ont OF New JerseF lnCVkn, .ne IN" ,Sstes 60
'Fnor "ou!u SwtSp u az 'nUe' tSS,ocrs,jT.
nE n;S WeSnSsSi SSS IN .dES no 80
!FcSt'ie''..a. , J if,,>s - -. ~ p,E
H.0tI!"h ISSGe A'Iu ~ Soy go a sTcn
.F ne "Vu'G Intoo u UpPGTs ;TSsra Ts an
In @,toh O. .'S - arr~sss birnscIS defi
.Hh1 4o' mn Irt W s,-, A.. .,otes ara
aiSsIS,.L -. -. raII,hItrSn uets
ii''eu "''H w. 80. ~, - i :, -
IN ptesUn N,tS utsa'py.'n.H ~ STL.Str
nor |ON St1>SWenS 49, StI't
oelnS teod ana reaAiy tne uESS u'uF
lake his remarks seriously ," re "aS
hurt in otn camps.
League Not Major ISSUE
As for the other issues. the league OF
nations isn't cutting as much figure as
4 was thought would be the case. partly
due 70 the Sktltul editorial dctences
made BY the Portland Oregonian. which
has been q staunch advocate OF the
league II nations from the beginning.
hut which has aged 20 convey the
same impression that Mr. Taft and Mr..
W.Ickershan have given out. namely that
aa soon as Senator Harding Is safely
.iactad and there is no chance Tor Hiram
Tohnson or any othar anti League factor
- rncE ,hs Rcnublican boat IN mid
sTre,rn tho Rapublican nominee will
.n,o- A,arIc. in ,ha Iea rue with nroner