The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-18
WOULD GET RID
OF DEMOCRATS
That Ambition Paramount in
WeSt-Women for League.
Fear Cox on Prohibition.
10y MARK SULLIVAN, National
Political Correspondent.l

Political Correspondent,)
Chlcago,-I had intended to treat
each Of tho western states that were
! eithor large or doubtful in individual
articles. But have come TO the feeling
that the public interest does not Justify
| 50 extended IA use Of space.
| There is no real news In this western
situation; II cTystall2cd weeks ago, ana
1t still remains in the shape In which It
| originally crystalli2cd. Such change as
| there Is runs in the direction OF con-
! llrninE the early trend. Indeed. the
| tendency 70 far as there IL any change
Just now. is toward increased determi-
nation to get the democrats out OF
| power.
Cox's fortunes in the west are in OK
tremoly poor shape. Such elements as
support him are too diverse to be of real
| help' They antagoni2c each other pull
aEainst each other, md neutrallze each
other Instead OF helping Cox they
whipsaw him. The spots where there
Is strong league sentiment which
might have helped Cox happen 10 be the
same spots which are fundamentally re-
publican states. On the other hand. the
| states which are normally democratic
| and might have been expected to give
their electoral votes TO Cox happened
n
able Irish vote, or some other sort OF
vote that Is hostile to the league.
Those women who might have sup
| ported Cox on the league are drawn
away by their suspicion that democratic
victory, especially in the lower house OF
congress. might tend to endanger pro-
hibitlon. The labor vote that might
have supported Cox is diminished by the
fact that many who are laborers are
ftr IuI
opposed to the league OF nations.
Hoover Touched Weak Spot.
The largest single element In the
western situation is the thing that
Hoover emphasized the other night: A
deeply held conviction that tho demo-
cratic party has not managed the coun-
try well. and determination--to put
II In words that Hoover might hesitate
to use--a determination to fire the
hlred man. a mood OF evaporation that
has reached the point where It isn't
willing even to talk about or listen to
the possible shortcomings OF the new
man, but Is determined to get the pres
ent one off the premises. bag and bag
gage, on the earliest possible date. As
one politician said. 1T IL just plain raw
anti wisconsin"
or course, 1t would be Inaccurate and
grossly unjust to say this mood Is uni
NeTSol among the voters. But II is uni
versnl geographically. And such
mood, when It Ia widely distributed
geographically, does not need to affect
more than ten or at most twenty per
cent. OF the voters to change the pro-
Wilson majorties OF 1916 to anti-Wil-
son majorltles in 1920.
In the Northwestern States.
Minnesota will go for Harding by up
ward OF one hundred thousand. When
Harding visited Minnesota no was ac-
corded n reception which for sincerity
and enthusiasm equallcd any reception
over given by Minnesota to any Candi-
date, barring only Theodore Roosevelt.
The democrats have really thrown up
their hands in Minnesota; not officially
OF course, but practically. All the lem
ocrots really hope in Minnesota is to
hold their party organization together
by soft pedalling on Cox and Concen-
trating their activities on one OF the
minor candidates for state office.
North Dakota win go for Harding.
Tho nonpartison league on tho presi-
Dental issue Ia officially more or less
neutral but the members Of the league