The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-16
LAWRENCE PUTS
NEW YORK STATE
IN HARDING LIST
Says Tammany Ignoring Gov.
Cox After Helping NOmi-
nate Him While Normal G.
0. P. Hold Increases.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
"a Special Correspondent of The
News Scinnitarl

! "a Special Correspondent of The
News Somitar)
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Oct. SEN
ator Harding will carry New York
state by a decisive majority, Senator
{ Wadsworth will be reelected by
many thousands of votes less, and
at this writing there is serious doubt
whether Al Smith, the pride of Tam
, nany's heart, will be reelected
governor.
That's the situation in the Empire
/ State, and variety of reasons or
factors are contributing toward the
! result. First and foremost, the hold
which Republlcanism has had on
New York voters has not been weak
ened, but strengthened. since the
s day, four years ago, when New York
: state gave Hughes a $4,000 major
( ity.
Second, the tide of discomfort over
the absence of reconstruction poll
icy at Washington runs just as high
here as in other states along the At
: lantic seaboard.
{ Third, Tammany, whose votes at
the San Francisco convention helped
TO nominate Gov Cox and achieved
! a notable victory over the Wilson
forces, seems to have been satisfied
:
William Gibbs MCAdoo for his au-
. dacity in endeavoring to purify the
s Democracy of this state, and since
the nomination of Cox, Tammany
has done little or nothing on the
national ticket. All effort is conCen-
trated on the reelection Of Gov.
Smith.
Tammany Likes Wet,
Fourth, so deeply Is Tammany in
I terested in the gubernatorial race
that II Is not only throwing" Cox,
I but also seems to have completely
forgotten Walker, the Democratic
nominee for United States senator.
And everywhere one goes there Is
talk OF how we'll Tammany likes
Ellsworth.
The latter is wet enough to sat
isfy Tammany and his views on
many other questions are not par
ficularly hostile TO Tammany de-
siders. Now 1t so happen that while
Judge Miller the regular Repub-
lican nominee for governor, liz mop
ular and has personality that
makes him an outstanding candl-
date. there are certain Republican
leaders who would not lose much
sleep or bemoan their fate II he lost
to AL Smith, whose maneuvers
with the Republican legislature
have stamped him as a flexible per-
son who recognizes that biparti-
san transactions are not only salts
factory TO himself, but the two par
ties concerned,
Fifth, Tammany is suspected of be-
ing ready TO trade Democratic votes
that ordinarily would go for Walker
4@,a 70 nj on oil
publican side that might possibly be
cast for Miller, the gubernatorial can
slidate. Thus AL Smith might be elect
ed governor again, whilst Senator
Wadsworth might be returned to the
senate The situation is just bit
complicated by the fact that State
Senator Thompson. who was unsuc-
cessful in the Republican primaries
has stayed in 4he gubernatorial race
and has the Endorsement of the anti
Saloon league.
Religious Issue Injected.
Moreover New York state. which
Is still so old fashioned as to furnish
a religious issue in almost every
campaign. Is experiencing an under
tow of Catholic Protestant prejudice
which seems to make THOMPSON the
beneficiary of the one and both Miller
and Al Smith the other. However.
as usual, this sort of thing balances
itself. and the election Will he de"
cided on other issues entirely. Al
Smith Is popular, and in norma
year would carry the state by 100000
majority. Judge Miller has a splen-
did chance of slipping in by narrow
margin.
Sixth, The national situation is al
hn &c
Coy campaign has not turned enough
votes 10 cause worry to the Republic
cans The speech OF Senator Hard
ing at Des Moines on the league is
sues in which he said he sought re
lection" not Interpretation" has
driven out Of the Republican party 4
number Of intellectuals who can net
follow the gyrations of political ex-
pediency in any party or individual.
The defeetions are few but notable,
Democrat Weak.
The current Of republicanism is so
strong that even Senator Wads- |
worth's opposition to woman suffrage |
will not cost him his seat. The
weakness OF the candidate the Demo-
Gratis put up and the apathy OF Tam |
many will help Wadsworth offset the |
certain loss of woman votes. What |
chance have even the women against |
the bipartisan understandings which |
have for years controlled elections in |
New York state? In the general up |
heaval Bill Barnes on the one hand |
and a Charlie Murphy on the other |
can still run things. And Mr. Murphy |
is far more interested IN the election
of Al Smith for governor than he is
in the success of the Democratic
nominees for the presidency or the
United States senate, wherefore the
reader may put NV York down in
the Republican column. and at the
same time make up his mind that the
verdict will reflect no affirmation or
negation OF the present league Oh ma
tions or any other kind Of a league
but a thoroughly local situation plus
grievances on purely domestic affairs
as managed at Washington.
(Copyright, 1920, by David Law