New-York tribune., 1920-10-01
| Ee,,til,licarls I'M
IVeest W orried
Over New York
Concerned About Effect
10 Moist APPEAL ON Eni-
n;re State ami New Jer-
sev. HUMPHREYS Declares
en,,,cky Is IN Doubt
,,.;n,isr, Reai'ding Mis-
|. souri Disappears as Re-
i s,,l, of Factsi,al Dispute
Bv CarteF ield

n 4
~. Far WesNe worried about
ching this Action--how New
- anS New Jersa are going.
Il his was the Surprising story
light to lndianasy ex-Representa-
A Humphreys, ofgashington, a for
1 Hoosier. whohas come on to
81 no the state irbehalf of Senator
e ss E. Watson.
/ ST. Humphreys id there was moth
whatever to u fight out on the
e i6c Coast, thatdarding would not
ea.y carry Oregon~ ~hich Hughes car
ned, but Califorp and Washington.
hich Wilson cared in the 1916 cleo
ION.
! "Out on the coa" Mr.. Humphreys
told me, I'VE has been afraid that
Z the moist appeagef the Democratic
nat ational ticket weld win the big cleo
1to i votes of Ne orr and New Jer-
is which, with ts Solid South. would
En- that Cox wuld nave to pick up
o. a few smallnates in addition to
81 .lected
Mr.. Cox has md himself into the
SO ks of the drysince | left Washing
ton, but nothing he could do would
s him cut th8 We are going to
sp those stag The thing is so
: safe that am ns needed in Washing
ton at all, so, Barring there was a
! cal fight in my I'D state. l came here
10 DO what cold for Jim Watson"
Worry Aeut New York
This fear ofthe Republicans in
Washington ang Oregon about New
or. and New arsey is characteristic
oi Republicans aIl over the Middle
Vest. Everywnre they say that the
S!5aation is zig right in their own
tate, and in ths adjoining states, but
aoW about Cahtrnia or New York?
n re in Indianapolis, where the
League Of Mains is stronger for a
al ETY. Of as than anywhere else
oe country, aey do not realize that
= condition Is so local. and are
wor- led about d far off states. where
perhaps the Reublicans may not be so
wen organized. 4Also they think here.
Judging from IL local Democratic or
eAn!z& J'on, thaJ3he Democrats are very
n'ueh better oganized than they ac-
tuaAy arr
In Illinois th3 Republicans naturally
nave not many rose-tinted glasses with
v-tch 10 vcw the local situation, but
t1ey are not worried as to the final out
GENE OF the present miX-up, certainly
So ar as the national ticket is con
csrnfd
He'e in Indiana. however. while they
are veil satisfied with the local situa
iion, they We're intensely relieved to
hear that the Pacific Coast would be all
right. The reason for this is that, be-
Ing very practical politicians, they are
,ot enthusiastic about Republican
Lances in Kentucky and Missouri So
ar as Ksntucky is concerned they think
cat most of the negro vote has left
Aentucky and come over into Indiana,
cons derable percentage staying in
lnd.anapohs and most of the rest go
ng gp to Gary t. work in the steel
Mills.
Discount aim on Kentucky
Also they say that ''Tobe," as they
refer to A. T. Hert, Re
publican boss of Kentucky and for
ner Hoosier. was always optinlistic. so
-hey discount his rOse-colored opinion
that Kentucky is going for Harding
ard will elect a Republican Senator in
place OF Senator Beckham.
As to Missouri, optimism has rather
changed to pessimism here since the
factional troubles of the Republicans
in that state grew so bad that Joe Keel
Ing, national committeeman from In
diana and veteran at smoothing over
rough places, made a special trip there
to Try and patch things up. Keeling
says he is optimistic, but he doesn't
~
tina he has more than hope.
T trouble in Missouri grew mostly
out of the ramications of the owds N
moosy used in the pre-conventio can =
pa'gn. What might be called re
FOR element Of the party hs got
: attire control of the state naehin-
beel. unable to get National Comrnis-
sselnan Babler out. Also there is the
ukdal question Of whether a refofp
d. lent In control of the party machin-
er3 Will be anything like as hcient as
II old~une crowd, no matter how
sn .rfor in morals it may be and no
n ster how much more It appeals to
u u independent voters,
Indiana Seen as Pivotal State
Missouri should go not less than
So 900 for Harding and elect Sen ator
spance7 easily" said Missouri po It'll
~. who was comforting here ith
Keeling just after Keeiings rat prn
sroln the "Show Me" state. @It will do
60 il some of these elements get iron ID
out II Bablsr would step out tome r..
rcg there would be nothing to it."
As result Of this sort Of opinion o, -
sting hero about Kentucky, Missouri
.ud illinois. and of doubt about Ohio
mG aaiena' Republicans are more up
sr .neir toes in the fight than in most
81 :. 'sse so-calied doubtful states. TheYo
40 Iseiing here, which l have not see
- ~ ~ ere &c. 1T The situation hangs
on IM ana u ientally Indian has