The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-13

a wonderful vote getter. 4ndiana, that has usually been doubtful terri tory since Hendricks time, slipped into the republican column in 1916, but the democrats are optimistic this year. They are almost sure to cap- ture Indiana's fifteen electoral votes in November.
 Illinois is debatable ground. Will son carried that state in 1912, but it went to Hughes in 1916. Harding may carry it this year, but the Cox forces are going to make stren- ous fight for it.
 The republicans are figuring hope fully on New Jersey and New York. There has been a great deal of the reactionary spirit in the east gener- ally, but the campaign never opens in that section until October. We will know more about it then. Time was when Wall street found it easy to swing the eastern group into the reactionary line. Cleveland in 1884 and, in 1892 and Wilson in-his first campaign broke old precedents. Today there are signs of progressive ism in New York and Connecticut to say nothing of New Jersey. Some observers are telling us that the republicans are better organized than the democrats.
 Harding supporters have less money to spend corruptly than they would have had but for Cox's start Ing exposure. But as it is, they will have slush fund, while the demo- crats will confine themselves to nec- essary expense money. Reactionarv politics must some day come to naught. Its end seems to be well nigh in sight now. When it does come good-by republican party forever. commenting on the retirement of min. isters from the ministry because of noor na pay blshop Mcdowell of Washington, D. C., said one minister who was ratirins told him he could not keep a sealskn family on a muskrat income" This is a variation of the old proverb about a champagne thirst and beer income
 uncle Joe' Cannon, with characteristic recklessness, spent s76o in the Illinois fongresslonai race. Every penny of it was spent in one place-for a newsn. rer advertisement. Uncle Joe" meyer "puts out' anything for cold cream and snls hose
 It would be gratifying to know that
  Alexander Berkman is worf+ng with a pick and shovel in Russia, but there is m evidence at hand to show that he is mak. ing himself any more useful in Russia than he was in America.
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 railway section foreman at Allentown. Pa, refused to take the back pay due him, declaring his regular wages were enough His name should be inscribed on bronze tablet.
 New York school teacher left s4.50o in a taxicab, which waa returned to her by the chauffeur. Extraordinary, but may years.
 At any rate, as the Sun and New York Herald points out, the exposure of the 'money' diggers' methods will harden the hearts of prospective victims in the future.
 pretty howdy-do has been created in Indiana, where the election laws require women to give their exact age. In vulgar parlance. if they want to vote they'll have to "ceme clean"
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 A prisoner recently electrocuted at Sing Sing astonished all the prison officials by declining, special dinner for the night of his execution. He probably felt that he had nothing in particular to celebrate. Eighty barrels of grain alcohol, en route from New Orleans to Kansas City, mys- .teriously disappeared. There is not much mystery about where it went. It is now being distributed to the consumer.
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 The republicans are slow in acting on Governor Cox's recommendation that Will Hays be discharged. Yet. there is no doubt of Governor Cox.s sincerity,
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 It is reported that the two guards from whom Grover Bergdoll escaped have been acquitted. Occasionally poor boob gets justice.
 Those new skirts from Paris which come a little below the knee demand certain degree of symmetry in the lower