Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09
UPSET IN POLITICS
BY WOMAN VOTE
DEEMED UNLIKELY
Former Utah Senator Gives
Estimates of Campaign in
Western States.


tional elections. in the opinion of for
mer Senator George Sutherland of
Utah. is unlikely to cause any big po-
litical upset.
He believes that the women will d.
vide into party lines just as the men
do. and in about the same proportions
when it comes to the democratic and
Republican parties.
THE difficulty is that many persons
lin discussing the woman vote figure
on a woman'S voting as woman,
whereas the women will vote as
American citizens just as the men do"
said Senator Sutherland today.
Il venture to say that you will find
a conservative woman for every con-
them by and large. and that for every
radical man, you will find radical
woman. In all probability you will
/ find that for every republican man
there is republican woman, and for
every democratic woman there is a
democratic man.
Merely Increases Vote.
I'm other words. the granting Of
equal suffrage will merely have the
effect of doubling the size of the vote
without changing in any marked de-
gree the outcome. But I have always
c cont De- that was no reason for de-
1T may be that in certain localities
where questions Of social improve
ment are issues the women may vote
las women. But in the national cleo
| ton. where there are no such issues,
but where questions of national policy
are involved, the women will judge of
them as the men do. and vote accord
tingly.
in the states Of the west, where
women have voted for number of
fyears. this has been found to be the
case-that they divide very much as
the men do when it comes to cleo
tons"
! Senator Sutherland came to Wash
| ington from Marion. Ohio, where he
| spent two weeks with Senator Hard
| ing, the republican nominee for Pres
| ident. He will return to Marion in
| day or two to rejoin Senator Harding,
! at the nominees request, and remain
| with him throughout the rest Of the
campaign.
| Senator Sutherland has for years
! been warm personal friend of SEN
| ator Harding. More than once it has
been predicted that if the republic
cans carry the country in November
\ an important place in the cabinet
| either Attorney General or Secretary
| of State.
Service In Senate.
During his long service in the SEN
ate Senator Sutherland was regarded
as one fthe ablest men in that body
| and as an authority upon constitu
| a member of the foreign relations
| committee.
For weeks before he went to Marion
Senator Sutherland had been in the
| west observing the political situation.
| ut looks SO good from republican
! standpoint that it makes me a little
| distrustfu1." he said, with smile.
He added that he had spent month
| in California. and that he had talked
| with men of all kinds in every part
| Of the state. HIS estimate was that
California would go for Harding and
Coolidge by 100000 to 10000. The
F.! national ticket he considers strong in
practically all of the western states.
There will be strenuous contests over
several senatorial seats, however. in
| states which are strong for Harding
/ and Coolidge. in his opinion.
Running over q list of the western
states, Senator Sutherland said that
Washington, Oregon. Idaho. Wyoming.
North and South Dakota and Wlscon-
sin will be found in the republican
column. Contests will be waged in
Nevada and Utah, with the chances
favoring the republicans montana
probably will go democratic. though
claims are being made by the repub-
In Illinois there is bad fight be-
tween the Lowden and Thompson fac
lions, but while that may have its
effect upon the state elections. it Will
not prevent the republicans from
sweeping the state for Harding and
Coolidge, according to Senator Suther-
land In Colorado the republicans
have an excellent chance of winning
not only the electoral votes. but also
Senate seat now held by the demo-
Gratis. The contest over the Senate
seats in California, Oregon. Nevada
and Idaho, now held by democrats,
will be hard fought and close.
Republican Harmony.
Normally the country is repub-
lican,' said Senator Sutherland.
What mean is that under ordinary
conditions there are moro republican
voters than democratic, and that the
republican national ticket wins ex-
cept when there is a factional fight
among the republicans. Today the
republicans are better together than
for years.
Senator Harding has the support
Of the entire party. The progress
sives and the conservatives both are
supporting him. Senators Hiram
Johnson and Borah, opponents of the
league OF nations, and former Presi-
dent Taft and former Attorney Gen.
eral George w. Wickersham, advo-
Gates of the league, are all working
for q. republican victory. Governors
of western states who have opposed
the policies of the so-called con-
servationist and Clifford Pinchot,
leader Of the conservationists, have
lined up for senator Harding"