The Washington times., 1920-10-18

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Democrats, However, Rely Upon
Ground Swell" From Jersey,
. New York and Illinois.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
international New. Service.

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With only two more weeks to go
before either Governor Cox or Sena-
tr Harding must take the road back
to Ohio while the other begins to
pack his kit for the move to the
White House, Democratic and Re
publican leaders here today were
busy with pencil and paper trying
to figure the final dope" Both
sides claimed everything is going
their way.
y FIGURE ON BACKsIaDERs.
The Republicans worked IL out like
ried every State In the Union, with
the exception of Michigan. Minnesota
Pennsylvania. South Dakota. Wash
ington, Utah. and Vermont. He split
California with the Progressives. get
ting two electoral votes to the lat
ter's eleven.
In 1915. they point out. no less than
thirteen other States-Connecticut
Delaware. Illinois. Indiana, Iowa,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
New York, Oregon. Rhode Island,
West Virginia. and wisconsin--which
had gone Democratic in 1912, side
slipped into the G.. o. p, West Vir-
ginia dividing it's vote in the cleo
/ toral college. giving one to Wilson
and seven to Justice Hughes.
Whereas 1912 had been a Demo
cratic landslide such as the country
! has seldom seen, giving Wilson 435
electoral votes as against lightweight
for Theodore Roosevelt and eight for
President Taft Senator Harding's
friends here observed. the 1916 cleo
tion was won by margin OF but
, twenty-three electoral votes. Had
; California. which was one of the few
States which went against Wilson in
1912, gone Republican In 1915, az did
many of the States which had gone
Democratic in 1912, her thirteen cleo
toral votes would have thrown the
election to Hughes. That is, Cali
fornias thirteen votes taken from the
Democratic column and added to the
Republican would have made the fina
count 267 to 264 in favor of the
q. o. p.
CLAIM SEVENTEEN NEW STATES.
Republicans today claim as abso-
lutely certain all the States which
went Republican in 1915, plus such
States as Ohio, Colorado, Idaho, Kan
sis. Missouri, Montana, New Mexico.
Nebraska, Nevada, Maryland, North
Dakota, Utah. Washington, and per-
haps Kentucky, Oklahoma, Arizona,
and even Tennessee.
In other words. they predict a
smothering landslide.
Democrats here were not talking
in terms OF "landslides," but OF
''ground-sweils" They insisted they
will hold all they had in 1915 and in
yddition would carry Indiana and
New Jersey. with good chances in
New York and Illinois. They said
. they have more than a ghting chance
IN other States. Reports from Ore
gon, they say, tire ''fine." Also Mime
sofa.
The League of Nations, supporters
Of Governor Cox declare, win carry
the eWst. where, in 1916, all but Ave
states went for President Wilson.
The Presidents opposition to war,
save as a last resort, Is said to have
proved the big appeal in that section
n 1910 and the League of Nations,
tho main object of which is to keep
the world In peace, will, according to
Democratic belief, keep the West
Democratic In 1920.
HARDING BLOCKED FOE.
Democrats say Senator Harding
himself blocked an early trend in his
direction by his speeches against the
League Of Nations. Joseph p. Tum-
ulty. Secretary to the President char.
acterised Senator Harding as an out
and-out irreconcilablc," while other
leaders here now insist their reports
show an unmistakable majority of the
people Of the country want a league
in some form. They admit there was
-trendr toward Harding in the
early days Of the campaign. but argue
tho Ohio Senator han stopped the
movemsnt by his opposition to the
League Democrats also report that
there was prevalent in the country
"a natural desire for a change" but
emphatical1y deny II is strong enough
TO overcome the better judgment of
tho voters who demand a League to
keep them cut of war
Latest reports from Democratic
workers throughout the country,
leaders claimed, show an unmistak-
able -Eround-sweir' in favor OF the
League and Cox
These arc the principal arguments
used by Republicans and Democrats
hero to prove they can't lose.