The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09
COX IS PLEASED THAT LEAGUE ISSUE
 IS NOW DEFINED
Negro Women Causing Serious Complication In Tennessee. Republicans Making Very
 Hard Fight There
By LOUIS sEIBoLD

Louisville, October S.-tSpecial)
 In opening his campaign to carry
 the doubtful border states for she
 democratic party, Governor Cox
 did so with the full realization of
 the vital importance of Kentucky.
 His appreciation of this fact ex-
 plains his unusual activities fin
 the Blue Grass state during the
 ,ast two days. In that time he has
 addressed more than score of
 audiences ranging from 200 to
 5000 in numbers. winding mp here
 at Louisville tonight.
 He also found time to slip over the border into Tennessee, which the re- publican managers described as doubtful to make speech at Nash ville. the state capital.
 The receptions given the democratic candidate. both in Kentucky and Tennessee, have been wholly flatter- ing to him in personal sense. The actual value of his appeal to popular sur port is naturally a matter of dis pute between the managers of the rival state organizations. Making allow ances for the obviously extravagant
 
 candidate is sure of adding the cleo toral votes of Tennessee to his string and has shade the best of the con cest for the thirteen electoral votes o9 Kentucky
 FAVORABLE TO LEAGUE
 He is personally convinced that the majority popular sentiment in the two state; is favorable to the League of Nations, over which there is now a distinct line of cleavage by reason of Senator Hardingss positive declaration .taf Des Moines yesterday that he is opposed to the project in any form
 The democratic candidate is inclined to accept the pronouncement of his competitor as final and is seemingly content to fight out the issue on that line.
 At last" he told me today while his was journeying from Paducah #a Louisville. I've have the issue 8sEhs rely before us and the result will Fcn flute popular referendum on the A'ss a1e issue. believe that the ma " or the voters will approve of ths- xessct that commits the United States perform its duty to civilization l fssY,e Senator Harding does not again alsssage his mind"
 &e Harding is scheduled to make at ses1st one speech in Tennessee back of 70 decision of his manager to send him Rs~ee. s the conviction warranted by fnAsty new angles of the contest, that electoral vote of that state may be Toa if sufficient money and labor are 9oTtted to it. Governor Roberts and the dsnocratic managers of Tennessee. while epmitting ''cross currents in the situa- tAen that tend to encourage republicans, fAsssrt that there is only a very remote chance of Tennessee breaking it's record and fiopping into tIe republican column
 NEGRO WOMEN A PROBLEM
 The nineteenth amendment has de- veloped new agency of uncertainty in the state and inspired an atmosphere alien to democratic understanding. To what extent the participation of womer of the colored race will be permitted in the contest next month win be deter mined on October H. when voters wilI qualify for the exercise of the franchise Tn eastern Tennessee which embraces the two republican congressional moun- tain districts. the fullest opportunity will he given this new type of voters to enjoy their newly acquired privilege. Tn the middle and western sections there are certain to intervene local laws and cus- toms which will not only make 1t diff ficult for colored women to vote, but are certain to provoke disorders of a char acter that have mp to date been sup pressed
 The nineteenth amendment is also likely to cause trouble for the dem ocratfc party in one other respect This is due to the resentment of great many of the male voters caused by the ratifi- cation of the suffrage amendment Re- publican managers assert that a great many thousand democratic voters VII, come over to them this year to instance (Continued on Page Two,