El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-11
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ANALYZERACE
IN THE WEST
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
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usually agrees not to disclose the
source OF his information and thus
picks up-invaluable Information. This
is the season Of the year when many
reporters viii travel extensively to
find out how other sections Of the
country are politically inclined and, If
one has built up a string OF friends
in every important city from coast to
coast and knows the personal equa-
ton Of each man and his ability in
The past to judge his own state, the
task Of analysis is bound to be rea-
sonably accurate
Democrats Don't Claim Minnesota.
Take Minnesota for instance. Both
Democratic and Republican neWspa-
permen will confide to you that as
things look now, senator Harding viii
carry the state by a good majority.
The third party movement failed to
materialize and the only question in
dispute among observers IS whether
the state viii 90 for Harding by
100, 900 OF. as some conservatives put
Of standing is claiming Minnesota It
is as close as it was in 1916, when
Wilson almost won the electoral vote.
The reasons for Harding's strength
here are quite simple. Much Of the
electorate is scandinavian and Ger
man. The Germans are bitter against
Wilson for his war record They
voted for the he kept us out Of war
slogan in 1916, because they wanted
to be kpet out OF a war with their
fatheriand. They cherish resentment
and viii show it at the polls.
The ScandinaFians are much i'm
pressed by the pacifist doctrine and
many have been persuaded to believe
the Republican campaign idea that
the league OF nations means war in
stead Of peace.
Even though Norway and Sweden
have Joined the league OF nations, the
Scandinavians here are against the
league. Their opposition has been
carefully cultivated by a Republican
press. With only one or two excep-
tons, all the influential newspapers
or Minnesota are Republican and have
been feeding the people the Hiram
Johnson doctrine Even those who
favor the league take their stand be-
mind senator Kellogg. who voted for
the LoQge reservations, and the num-
Der who want the league as brought
back by president Wilson is negligi-
bly, small.
VIII Get 3Iinnesota's Votes.
This territory is so friendly to
Harding that IL even draws a distinc-
ton between the managers Of the Re
publican candidate and the nominee
himself For instance, the writer en-
countered considerable dissatisfaction
here among Republicans with the
course OF the Republican national
investigation Of campaign funds. 1t
IS a matter Of common gossip that
Gov. CoN's figures OF a 100000 quota
mere were correct and that the Re
publican leaders made a big mistake
when they failed to explain it. Here
aDouts they don't think IL Is sinful to
contribute 100000 TO run q campaign
and they would have preferred an ad-
mission OF the quotas, coupled with a
demand that Cox prove that any OF
the money was used or would be used
Ior corrupt purposes They think, too,
that II was unwise 10 fan into Cox's
trap by permitting the diversion OF
the public interest OF the league to a
discussion OF imaginary quotas, the
SIZE OF which Is not as important as
the size OF the funds actually raised
and The method OF their expenditure.
Minnesota likes Harding and win
give him its u electoral votes next
November.
(Tomorrow's article viii deal with
the situation In North Dakota COPY
right 1870 BY David Lawrence