The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-30
Y DAVID LAWRENCE.

by DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Despatch to The Reformer
Copyright 1920
DENVER, Colo, Sept -3e.-Dissension
in the Democratic party and the intrusion
Of the Partisan league in state affairs
by capturing the Democratic primaries
have Just about ruined the chances of
Governor Cox in Colorado.
Although the Democratic nominee for
governor has endorsed Cox, the rank and
file of the Partisan league voters are
free to vote the Farmer-Labor ticket
aad many of them viii. This will cost
Cnx more votes than the Republicans
Similarly the regular Democrats have
been 50 antagonized by the Non-Partisan
league forces that many of them were
not ut all pleased when Governor Cox
received the leagues nominee for gov
crnor in his private car and hobnobbed
with him while in Colorado.
So much more attention, however, has
been given to the bitter fight on state af-
fairs chat the effort to drive out the Non
Partisan league overshadDws all else.
| Thus the Denver Post, hitherto Demo
cratic paper and one of the big influences
i'm the 1916 campaign for Wilson, being
largely responsible for his success not only
in Colorado but also in Wyoming, Ari-
IONA, New Mexico. Idaho and surround
ing states, is mkewarm on the preslden-
tial business IT has developed more or
less neutral attitude on the CoX-Hardlng
controversy and is devoting all its eft
forts to a fight on the Democratic Nom
Partisan league ticket.
Similarly, the Denver Times, although
a strong advocate of the league of ma
tions is supporting Harding on the the
i ory. evidently that he VIII abandon Sena-
r fs< a. II Av,,-
there is not a newspaper Of large intiu-
ence in Colorado that is helping Cox.
The Ohio governor is up against a diff
cult proposition. The Democratic organ
ization is disrupted and disorganized.
The audience that GREETED the governor
on his arrival in Denver was enthusiastic
and cordial. Some of those who heard
him said the governor showed the effects
of his fatiguing journey.
/ find sympathy Tor Governor Cox for
his gallant fight against big odds. The
feeling here seems to be that Cox is
struggling. alone and unaided. For in
stance. today. the Denver Post has car
toon displayed prominently on its first
page with Governor Cox standing In an
imploring attitude before a row of sphinxs
including Bryan, Clark, McAdoo and
other Democratic leaderS-and asking
them, Aren't you ever going to say any
thing%" .r,ata r.s7o.s.as.r,a,. T. aiHot
Even Democratic chieftains who know
Colorado's politics very well talk dis
couragingly about the outlook for Cox.
They say nice things about the governor
and think he is making a good campaign,
but they don't think he will carry Colo
RADIO.
How different things are from the 1916
campaign. When the writer reached Colo
RADIO in his swing around the circle four
years ago the friendliness to Wilson was
unmistakable. Every straw vote i'm this
vicinity favors Harding. Republican
leaders in 1916 told me privately they
couldn't carry Colorado and would lose
the state by 10000 majority President
Wilson carried it by 10000 and this time
the Democrats who ought to know predict
a Harding victory by at least 10000.
The league of nations is not a c0ntrol-
ing factor in the election There is only
one factor, the Impotence for a change
of administration.
Furthermore, the Democratic label has
got black eye by its association with the
Non-Partisan league In the desire to
vote against the Democratic state ticket
many old-hne Democrats will vote for
Harding and the whole Republican ticket.
Some farmer votes that are ordinarily Re-
publican would go to Cox if it were not
for the Farmer-Labor ticket to attract
the radicals, The outlook for Cox is
gloomy. Many of my friends here who
are going to vote for Cox don't think he
has chance to carry Colorado and they
know the state like a book