The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-10-28

among the mine workers. There a
other nationalitles Of course The ltai
ian grievance Is merely an illuatra lion
The truth IL. the miners are more con.
7 sclous Of nationality than OF class, The
prejudice OF the rtume question Il
I something concrete. 1he promise o.
help TO the workers as class is ABB
stract.
No Decision on Merits ssasG
So Gov. Goa, who Is personally p0pu-
lar In West Virginia as ts proved ny
the success Of his meetings throughout
the state, both early In the campaign
and this last Week, cannot hope 10 get
decision on the merits OF his own. oun-
dldacy. The resegtment asaingi the &C
OF the Wilson administration Is bound
70 BE- vital factor In preventing sucn
being Gust Bolidly for Cox.
One cannot dismiss West Virginia
without recognizing the plausibility OF
the democratic case. For example, the
Rexall straw vote, which has been 10
Overwhelming for Harding in most
states. shows the two presidential cam
dsdates running more or less evenly.
The drug store votes represent the cities
which normally are republican. IL
these are evenly divided. the demoorh y
contend that the votes in the mining
district where there have been few
straw votes taken viii cast a large vote
for Cox. Even assuming detection on
the ground OF alien grievances. repub-
Leans will admit that such strength MS
Cox develops must come from the min
Ing districts, Furthermore the regis
tration OF white women Is far In excess
OF negro women, fact from which the
democrats insist on drawing optimistic
conclusions. Also. II viii be recalled
that Hughes carried West Virginia four
years ago by about 1900 votes. which
Indicated a powerful democratic vote In
N uta ~ kK, AZ
thousands.
The women are showing a marked In
terest In the league OF nations as an
Issue. Both sides will admit that while
the state looked easy for Harding In
August. something has happened TO
cause anxiety In the republican camp.
The republicans are disposed to recog-
nize q change In the situation here
since Auguat due to the faction1i ldis-i
turbances growing out OF the primary
race for governor. Samuel Montgom-
cry, who Ia making the race as an In
dependent or nonpartlsHn candidate.
manages 10 draw from both the Cox
and Harding camps. Although he HIM
self says he favors Harding. there are
plenty OF Montgomery and Cox clubs
and banners In the political parades and
demonstrations.
The democrats explain the change Of
sentiment as . rejection against Sena-
tor Hnrdings speech at Des Moines on
tho league OF nations. Many OF the
democrats nre confident that II the cleo.
tion were two weeks or three weeks
Off there would he absolutely no question
about the result. They fell that the
trend of the situation 10 In their direc-
ton. One interesting thing which pug
giles the political sharps Is the sponta-
sous denomination for Woodrow Wilson
son which occurs In the mass meetings
held by the democrats One editor In
sisted that II Wilson had been able to
como to West Virginia and make a few
speeches on the league. the state would
have been safely democratic. That.
however. Is purely hypothetical.
Summarizing the West Virginia sit
uatlon, one goes away with an insiinc-
tive feeling that Senator Harding win
win the state by a proportionately less
vote than he will carry in neiEhAaring
states like Ohio and Indiana and WITH
b readiness not to be surprised II Cox
lpsets all calculations and obtains the
vote by the bare majority. The
state Ia doubtful with republican prob
abilities.