New-York tribune., 1920-10-21
Republicans Out to Garry
Massachusetts, by Great
est Figure Ever Known;
Party Is Solidly United
irish to Knife
Wilson Covenant
Democrats Stand to Lose
Two Congressional Seats
and Full State Ticket
Bv Charles 7. White

gosTON, Mass, Oct. 20.-The Re-
,ublicans are all set to carry Massachu-
..tts on November 2 by record
Arsaking plurality. They will be dis
,nno;pted if it is not 100000. The Re-
,rbljcans are united and enthusiastic.
The Democrats are demoralized and ut
,erlv calloused to party ties. They
have thrown fealty to the winds.
Forty thousand members of the
rr;snds of Irish Freedom declare that
thew Will 60 one and all for Harding
and Coolidge III their protest against
the Wilson League of Nations.
Frank B. Hall, chairman of the Re
nrblican State Committee, who until
this week has been cautious about max
Inc predictions, was so confident TO-
day when The Tribune representative
called on MIN at state headquarters
that he was ready TO so on record.
10000 Plurality at Least
Massachusetts viii be carried by
Harding and Coolidge by 10000 plus,
with emphasis on the plus" he said.
@There is chance that the Republi-
can margin Will be as high as 100000.
President Wilson desires a solemn ref
erendum 1t will be not only solemn,
It will be emphatic. annihilating and
devastating. The old Bay State will
give q tremendous majority for the
Republican ticket and America First.
1.-THE Republican victory last fall,
when we elected Governor Coolidge by
plurality Of 125.101, made a high
record for a real contest, but the fig
ures on November 2 Will greatly sur
pass the Coolidge mark. We Will show
our sister states that no mistake was
made when Governor Calvin Coolidge
was put on the ticket.
Furthermore, the Democratic Ma
tional Committee list of one hundred
eminent citizens has no terrors for us.
For every Wilson devotee-for every
ong-haired man and short haired wom-
an temporarily misled and persuaded d
that they can stand four years more
Of Wilsonism-for every one like that.
We shall be able to show on election
night that from ten to twelve plain.
straight thinking Americans have taken
their places in the Republican column.
We are sorry to see some of them go,
for we know they will be sorry, but
they can depend on it that they Will
not be missed on election night
The straw votes in the State of
Massachusetts, may not be truly in
dicatlye OF what is going to happen,
but if they are within gunshot Of Civ
ing an inkling of the result the vote
Of the old Bay State will be split about
70 per cent Republican to 80 per cent
Democl tic
Irish All for Harding
Boston has q very large number of
men and women of Irish descent. If
the Friends of Irish Freedom ere strong
anywhere, they are strong in thi city.
They assert that Trey have an enroll
meht of at le st 40, 900 in their 100
councils in the state. Both the local
and state councils have passed resolu-
tons pledging support to Harding and
Coolidge on account of the Wilson
league
The prediction by Governor Coolidge
in New York that tie Republicans
stand to carry the City of Boston is
regarded here as reasonable GER
talnty. United States Senator David
l. Walsh has not as yet raised his hand
In aid of the national ticket, and his
friends say that he will not vote for
Cox.
A full state ticket and sixteen Con-
gressmen are to be chosen November 9
The Democrats hold four seats in the
delegation. The Republicans are conf
dent Of wrestling two of these Lieu
tenant Governor Charming II. Cox, Re
publican candidate for Governor, had
no opposition in the Republican prima-
rles. His Democratic opponent is John
Jackson Walsh, who is doing the best
taat prospective loser can, but he is
not making much headway
The contest for the nomination fol
Lieutenant Governor was a spirited
one, and for a time there was soreness