Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-20
REPUBLICANS FEAR
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There is no question but that Democrat
ie chances improved 25 per cent according
to Western Manager Doremus, with
whom talked. This percentage is mount
ing by leaps and bounds, and within the
next two weeks will have wiped out the
unqucstioned lead that the Republican
national ticket still retains.
STILL SURE OF VICTORY.
The Republican managers asserted that
even their own candidate cannot prevent
them from winning the election two weeks
hence. The basis for their confidence IS
that resentment against the Demcc nc
party for grievances, real and fancied, Is
too deeply imbcdded in the minds OF the
average citizen to be eradicated because
Of the weakness of the Republican candi-
date.
Republican National Chairman Hays
and George White, the Democratic man
agcr, both gave estimates of the probable
result of the contest Naturally, they were
very far apart. and consequently are to be
taken with a grain of salt, as IT were.
Hays, who is something OF wizard at
figures does not see how the kepubilcan
Presidential ticket can WIN less than o'o
Of the electoral votes, or 10y more than
are necessary.
w TlfR : GStfffldlf II tiidt tiN '.'fto
versal of public sentiment due to the
League of Nations issue, will insure
Governor Cox $50 of the electoral votes, or
IL more than ne needs. Hays produces
figures that appear TO be definite and based
upon n convincingly comprehensive sur
ycv of actual conditions to support his
claim. White admits that the figures pre-
sented by him are largely contingent on
prospects" due to the rapidlty with
which sentiment in favor of the League of
Nations is crystallizing in the Middle and
Far West.
COMPARISON OF CLAIMS.
Both of the natiopal managers lay
claim TO the so-called doubtful States of
MARYLAND, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana and Missouri. Hays doesn't give
the Democrats anything west of the Mis-
sissippi. with the possible exception of
Nevada, Colorado, Montana and per-
hans Arizona" White asserts that re-
ports reaching him indicate so tremen-
Ilous change of sentiment IN Cali
fornia. Colorado. Idaho, Utah and South
Dakota that there is no question OF us
carrying those States.
Both sides are quite as Tar apart IN
their estimates as TO the probable dIstrl-
button of the women vote as they are on
the EtftTal u'A1 ttlNi - w Aiibt-
cate that the women will poll in the
neighborhood of 60 per cent of the total
vote One feature of the new vote which
is disturbing TO both sides, and particu-
larly the Democrats, is that in the doubt
ful and border States, the bulk Of the
registered woman vote represents the two
extremes Of feminine classification. In
other words, the women OF the ''silb
stocking class and those of the colored
race seem TO have taken advantage of their
new privilege to a greater extent than
those of the middle class
The colorcd woman vote is, of course
claimed to be for Harding and the Dem
ocratic management admits that Cox has
V,ry little hope of securing any of it, 1t is
this fact, more than any other, that en-
courages the Republicans to believe that
they will carry all of the doubtful States
because Of their convection that the color
cd vote viii prove the decisive factor in
determining the result
But while the Republicans assert that
Mr. Harding Will be elected in spite Of
himself, there is much less confidence
among the managers Of his party that they