Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
POLITICIANS SENSE
VAST MAJORITY TO
c. 0.P. IN NEW YORK
Name 100000 Harding PIu-
raIity and 10000 for
Senator WadsWorth.
DEMOCRATS EXPECTED
TO SLAUGHTER TICKET
League Covenant Probably Has
Fewer Friends There Than
Anywhere on Continent.
BY n. o. MESSENGER.

Anywhere on COnllneut.
BY n. o. MESSENGER.
NEW YORK, October 9.-Honestly
1t is positively shocking, the wa!
well informed politicians here tall
publican plurality in New York state
They don't hesitate to name 100000
as Harding's plurality and 100000 a
Senator Wadsworth's. And they arr
betting their money on it, too, which
is more to the point. &.
These figures are the minimum.
am ashamed to tell you the maximum
claim. In these figures, 1 am not re
peating the gossip of national polit'
ical headquarters. That is the las
thing / would do to you, and ther
would not do it. The political man
ayers are allowed a certain leewa9
of exaggeration. You receive theil
claims with smile and then con-
suit your Judgment and other infor-
nation.
Reliable Figures Quoted.
The figures quoted are obtained
from sources of information which
have been tapped by The Stars cor
respondent over period of twenty
years and can be relied upon. They
are compiled by men who make il
their business to ascertain the facts
They do not care particularly, which
way the calculations point. beyond
the natural human desire to have
their side win, but If their side ID
going to lose they want to know II
first and fix up their fences accord
tneay.
They deal with facts, are not afraid
to look fact in the face, and do
not expect. to wish something desir-
able upon themselves II the fact
points to the contrary.
Well. what they say is this: That
New York city is going republican,
repeating the performance of 1908;
that Kings county, which includes
Brooklyn, is going republican. and
that ninety per cent of the counties
upstate will follow suit. This is or
the presidential ticket.
OF course, Tammany will look out
for its owpNin New York and Brook
lyn. which is as it should be. Who
would be selfish enough to wish poor
Tamnany to lose its meal ticket O,
anything like that?
Democrats to Cut Ticket.
Between times of writing the dis
patches already sent on the genera!
situation, / have been hobnobbins
with old friends down town who have
been playing the game in Tammany
all their life and checking up Oh the
situation. They say it is plumb scanda.
lous the way the democrats of this
town are going to cut the national
ticket this year.
1t is not SO much the league of ma.
tions, they declare, although that does
figure heavily with the Irish vote, but
general dissatisfaction with the dem.
ocratic administration and desire 70,
change. Outside of a small grouI
of what might be called super-intel
lectuals the league. of nations cove
nsnt probably has fewer friends IL
this lovely. wicked, practical towI
than anywhere on the continent. 1t i.
cherished by some.
There is our old friend, DIR. N,cno;a.
Murray Butler, stanch republican
who heaves a sigh Of regret that Car.
didate Harding has scrapped tn,
league and fears it will ALLEVIATE som.
important people. Now, that sigl
was not altogether ingenious;
think detected twinkle of inischie,
in the doctors eye, as If he were no,
half sorry after all that Senator
Harding had faced the music.
Rank and File Opposing.
But the rank and file, they tell M
here, do not want the league at all
The Irish are absolutely red d-headed
On the subject and think it is a de
vice to give Great Britain furthe
advantage in world control. Ma
after man has told me on this trim o
the intention of himself and neiehbor
In his block, good democrats all. VIII
never before cut the ticket, to slaugh
election day. And these are peopl
who go to the polls on election day
rain or dry. and drag their wome
folk along with them.
Reports from upstate are the sam,
The Stars correspondent is fortunat
enough to have access to the informa
tion gained by large concern in thi
city TO whom it is important to kno,
the political situation in New Yor
state at all times. It's business.
gets the information from it's agent
throughout the state and from sta
men who travel for that purpose.
The reports, of date last Frida.
were that Harding will have a land
slide. and that Wadsworth will ira
along safely. Republican candidate
for Congress were all reported i
fine shape. with some gains of seal
in prospect.
don't want to bore you with fir
ures, as that Is tedious reading as
rule. but they can be forthcoming O
demand. What 1 am trying to d
now Is to give the feel" of the can
paign, as 1t is sensed by observe,
whose interests rest in getting
right Well. the feel of it and tn
sensing of it is that New York sta,
and city are going republican by f1s
ures 30 stupendous as to sound 4
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