The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-29
TREN1D)TO,COXAS
VOTE DAY. NEARS
Harding on Eve Of Election
\ LOST J Strength, Due to Y
League Issues.
toy MARX sulLivAN. Neuensl 20.
tltcal Correapondent,l


toy MARK suLLivAN. Neuensi 20.
iltlcal correspoBdehtD
Baltimore. - .eAs than one week Of
the eve OF the election, ther4 can be
no Doubt that there 10 hidHsnrable
r sa have ri
In other pnrts OF the country this
trend. 10 whatever degree II exists In
other sections. IL dua. In, ~ ar as N
IL connected with any me Issue, ~
the Increased prominence o. ne leasg.i
issue Enthusiastically l,aiIsss I "a, lonsIa.
eeahie elements Of the totimunity
But here in the border stnteE TITS
trend II, also and more markedly. due
10 the race Issue. ID re 4
The zeei ~ local republicans IN or
Fanizlna and stimulotlnE the rerlsira.,
When w" the ree'stSstipn which i fs.
cordod aepa rnteiv 70 scxes and eoiors
in BaltIr,ors. shoeti heavy inten.
tion 10 vote on the part OF ncRto
women. who win vote the republican
ticket IN. democrats we're s,ltnulnte.d
which IL In contrast TO the apathy
thai the Democrats suffered from dur.
Ing the early paris ~ the cnn,paign..
Has "Wet" Vote Advantage.
For years AFRO the reElatv3ilon rg.
urcs OF Baltimore SHOWED dethocrntic
mn ,orlty OF ahoutN sN,nnfta., SWBh the
addition Of the women this yenr. u
denyocratIc majority Hnf ahdHt $1,000
nnght a. have Hnpehreds = Actually the
Democratic majority In the n"itlmore
reg'stratlon IA only about t6hoO.
Maryland has one ~ those senatorial
eiertinns IN which the rapdhlfcnns are
trying 70 r1pture q seat FROM the dem.
ocrata TIVE sitting democrats urefil-
hsr, John Waiter Smith In very popu.
lar NORMALLY. he would be hard 70
candidate. o. ". wcI'cr. hns ma.
answered himself into position where
he has the ADVANTAGE OF the "wet"
vote. The "wet" vote IN MARVIN ~
h good Tor o. nm votes and II was the
| 20, ono votes which NJ the election fotr
nrcsent Senator from Maryland.
France. n,.s !, M ~
The present demoSthticp esrasBr
smith, voted for The brohibli,on
| amendment THIS ought TO insure him
Of women; and Il hnppens that sen.
ptor Smith. while he, voted for the
nrohlhitfon amendment did mot vote
| FOR The wor,an suffrage sr'rnnment.
| West Virginia Doubtful.
N the other border states, West
sonahly certain republican tlrree weeks
can can leaders 10 be doubtful. Also. In
Kontlctv, for the snnies reason given
~ 10 Maryland thu trend han been
favorable II democrate iniely 40 far no
| Inc presidency Ia coffrerncd. 'yF
nut Kcntucky also thas a. sHRRtortri
race, and II In the ono atat~tln witch
The republican candidate for Scnntdr,
| pichard TGrnst, In txtDtrtcds'to rfYh
stronger than Hardings The. sitting
derrocratic senator from Kentucky.
| a. 81 =.
amendment That aitenntcs the ''wct'
vote. and Kentucky. like EIgryiaua.
| ia. ono OF the stntes IN which the
wet" vote Is a principal Factor.
| Weak Republican candinafHs.
Further yet, parts Of the republican
state ticket here are very weak. onc
i,npo",an ,V state once, " Is more, or ,esa
openly charged with Soma extremely
undesirable conduct In d former ofiicial
career. at.e3s VS..
Finally. the repuhilcsni senatorial
aceklng recollection, N ffrtiw neneraIly
| rocognlxcd ms (. weakq hr0fherr ~
MANY sihata initial hetTov,s, ihcjud,na
entne republican leaders, ahy that
| Watson In not OF eensf ariaI. caIIhre
| thM hS ouyht never IL hive heen sent
irstIce 10 wat ann. Ms !. we'll AZ 10 ma
state. ID nut 4 man IN M aeuafd
whose personal and NNAtuyAf abilities
are not up to the ofica. If ti,ls were
normal year wlthou. a presidential
that Watson would 10 badly beaten.
cra h 9 cnssr bo ,ns 9a%s dsro
rart. by coinparlson with his ons..
nent as well a. Nv The pnsrams 81 the
ysscS ssnae,, ~ ,ns npIn,nn e ~.
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