New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Jority will surely reach 10000. and
may easily go above zoo. 1000.

may easily go above 10000
AT the San Francisco convention il
was thoroughly understood that tbe
Democratic nominee, no matter WIN
he might be nor what his issues could
not possibly expect to sweep the West
rs did Wilson IN 1916. When the nom-
ination after the long deadlock SUI.
denly went to Governor Cox aid vic
tory perched on the banners Of the
vets it was generally conceded that
Democratic hopes centered on five
states Ohio was placed among them
because Of Cox's record of having been
elected Governor three times. New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Wis
consln were all confidently counted on .
because of the moist appeal it was
thought Cox would make. These states
also were counted on, though not so
much noise was made about this. be-
cause it WAS thought opposition to Will
son was stronger there than elsewhere,
and it was thought Cox was widely re-
moved from the Wilson influence. He
was nominated by men out of SYM
pathy with the President.
Anti-Wilson Men Shocked
But the anti-Wilson men were
shocked at the speed with which Cox
assumed the Wilson burden, and the
vets felt betrayed when Cox, discover
ing the fervor of the prohibition senti-
ment in the West, hastened to declare
that the prohibition issue was as dead
as slavery. The result is that there is
no enthusiasm for Cox anywhere. He
lost his devoted adherents, who were
simply delirious with joy the day after
gained none in their places
SO far as New York ls concerned II
is questionable whether Cox will carry
the greater city, while Harding will
come down to the Bronx with ma
jority up in the hundreds Of thousands.
Senator James W. Wadsworth jr..
about whom there was some concern in
national Republican circles early in the
campaign, will be swept through to
victory by a huge majority and the
probability is that even Governor AL
Smith. the idol of Tammany Hall, will
be defeated
Cox's desertion Of the vets led to, an
open row in the Democratic organiza-
tion in New Jersey. Incidentally, the
moist appeal was the only hope of
Democratic victory there, for Jersey
repudiated Wilson in 1916 by about
10000 majority.
This overwhelming Republican vic
tory is not, as matter Of fact, the
result of a Solemn referendum" on
the League of Nations, nor for that
in favor of Harding and Coolidge as
against Cox and Roosevelt. The ire
mendous majorities which viii be
rolled up for the Republican national
ticket. a careful canvass Of all the
normally doubtful states shows. will
actually be populations of Woodrow
Wilson and the Democrats A lministra-
ton.
Democrats Must Pay Penalty
A very considerable element of them
will be the price now being paid by
the Democratic party for having won
the election of 1916 on fake issue
the "kept us out of war; cry. The
solemn warning" issued to the Ameri-
can people just prior to that election
by President Wilson that Hughes, if
elected, would lead the country into
war, had its effect then in turning the
pacifist West to the Democratic ticket.
The West had its first chance to show
It's resentment at having been tricked
in the 1918 Congressional election, it
being admitted by most Democrats that
their chances in that contest dwindled
and died from the moment President
Wilson made his appeal for a Demo
cratic Congress.
WV tHN SdihS ilcll dIO women VINO
voted their resentment in 1918 are
eager to vote it again, and turn the
party out Of power which fooled them
in 1916.
This, of course, is only one of the
things the people of the country are
cherishing against the Democratic Ad-
ministration. Another element which
apparently has brought more men and
women into the Harding camp than
either the League of Nations or the diff
ference in the candidates of the two
parties is the waste and extravaganza
in the national government.
Never before in the country's his
tory, probably, have the people been
over this kind of an issue But
this is the first time in the country's
history that throwing money away in
" Washington has made itself stick out
like sore thumb in the household
budget of every man and woman in
the country. No one likes to pay taxes,
but it makes she taxpayer especially
Indignant when he realizes that the