The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-19
ISSUE IS
 CHIEF FACTOR IN
 INDIANA CAMPAIGN
Striking Differences of Opinion Found In State Where Ma tionaI Campaign Is In
 Most Advanced Stage
By CLINTON W. GILBERT

Indianapolis, Ind, Septem- Der 8.-(Special.) = If you ask the democratic leaders of Indiana what the issue is, they tell you the League of Nations. If you ask at republican head quarters what the issue is, you are. told that it is the desire for a change of administration and the League of Nations, of some times they phrase it the industrial situation and the thinks it isa big hope. As he SC turns out to be about the same thing, but always you hear of the league as one of the main issues.
 Indiana is a good place to study the League of Nations as an issue because the people of Indiana are more politi- cally minded than those of any other state and because the campaign there is further advanced than elsewhere Besides the two leading papers of In- dianapolis are both strong and intel- ligent supporters of the league. It's case has been pretty we'll presented. What Is the result?
 It has already been explained in the correspondence that the ministers. the college professors. the writers and the intellectual independents generally are pro-league and pro-Cox. When you get down stratum or two lower for political information you find curious state of things. leader of public opinion in Indianapolis tells this story:
 TWO STRIKING EXAMPLES
 Among women of moderate circum- stances within 8 sewing circle that he knows of every member of 1t wears Cox button. Many were former repub- licans.
 SHe asked why they were for Coxr'
 Because of his League of Nations." was the. reply.
 Why are you for this League of Nations" was asked.
 Because we don't want our sons sent to Europe to fight again.' came the answer.
 About the time of this colloquy . republican politician had some women in his house instructing them in the art of voting. All were for Harding.
 Why were they for Harding?"
 Because of the League of Nations"
 And why are you for the League of Nation2" was asked'A
 Because we don't want our sons sent to Europe to fight again." came answer in the same words.
 WOMEN'S CLUBS FOR LEAGUE
 
 news on one of the Indianapolis pa pers brings in the word that the club women whom she meets are pro-league and including toward Cox. Especially do the war mothers an organization strong here object to the separate peace with Germany. Senator Wat son has unfortunately emphasized that issue In his speeches, even going far on one ocasion as to say that we were never officially at war with Germany but the club women are limited in numbers and not typical. They corrs spond generally to the old fashioned independents among the men voters If is not surprising that they are pro- league, Ys To the mass of voters the best in formation Is that of political re- porter here who has attended many meetings and heard the league dis
  1 voters are interested in the league | They like to hear 1t discussed. Those | who opposed it and those who ad- !, voca ted 1t get great deal attention 1 and equal applause. Everybody Is in 1 favor of keeping out of war. but the public generally does not understand the league and has not made up its mind about it and except with.a com | paratively small section of the voters | the league is not going to be the con trolling, issue.
 1 Practical politician that h~ s, Thomas ! Taggart. who, as candidate for the I United States Senate. is especially inter- est-d in the election, sees in the league the only hope of democratic victory He i thinks it is big hope. As he sees 1t n I per cent of the state a few months ago was pro-ieague. Then the Senate propa-i ganda, as he describes 1t, confused the minds of the voters. The public does nos
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