Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-24
COX'S STRONG FIGHT
AROUSES OPPONENTS
Remarkable Reception to the Governor at
Columbus Has Soldering Effect on
Republicans Inclined to Jollify.

, senator's part would have no serious
effect on the situation in THIS sta.e'
1t was stated in this Correspondence
early in the campaign that mere III
Ohio economic conditions were tne
principal determining factor as 10
political sentiment, and that is more
evident now than it was then Inc
people are simply tired of bearing a
heavy load: nearly everybody 1eeis
that he has been discrimina.edd
underpaid, and without attempting
logically to trace the effect to cause,
as usual, in such cases. simply chaihs
it up against the administrator any
decides to vote for the candidate VI
the other party. Nothing, thereio,e'
that has been said or done In 'he
campaign SO far, or is likely TO ne
said or done, or omitted to be salo
or done, is likely to have any pro-
nounced effect on the result OF lne
election. Gov. Cox is making mag
nificent fight, it is generally admit .eu
here, and seems to have some stronS
arguments. but they are falling LOT
the most part on deaf ears. he is
talking to a jury that has ALREADY
made up its mind irreyocably as ~
the verdict that is to be returned.
Women Largely for Harding.
The sentiment in favor of the repup-
licans among the woman voters mere ~
if anything, more pronounced ,nah 80
the beginning of the campaign. anu tme
tainly going to both the national anu
state tickets of that party promises ~
be vastly more than enough 10 Pus po.H
Of them over. Polls taken by anler .,ne
and hostile agencies and covering tne
entire state and every class OF voters
agree in showing that there is treno
in favor of the republicans among tne
male voters as compared with the Vote
kof four years ago, when the s dao sare
Mr.. Wilson a plurality OF S9,oov. InGtv
than sufficient to wipe out that piuIaaHannSS
and give Senator Harding from lo'ooV
to 25 900 plurality.
Apparently realizing that the woman
vote is against their tickets, tne ueIiio
Gratis have in the last week cehteIsu
their fire on Harry L. Davis. the repuo-
Iican candidate for governor, making
morality the grounds of their attack. II
has been generally known that mayor
Davis is liberal in sentiment. anu llla.
seemed to have no adverse erect on Iiis
candidacy. Now there is charge Una.
under his administration as It's mayo.
Cleveland was wide-open town, ana
that the prevalence of vice was Winkeo
at by the heads of his administrator.
Ineffective Attack on Davis.
Good ground to base these charges on
is given by action taken by the present
and a half ago. While the legislature
was in session a crime wave swept over
Cleveland, producing so many murders
and robberies that the city was shocked
and an appeal made to the legislature
for relief measures. The legislature re-
sponded with a resolution for an investl-
eating commission. The commission
which Mayor Davis director of safety.
A. B. Sprosky, ignored. The crime
wave spent itself as crime waves usu.
ally do. and the wave and the actlon Oh
the legislature had been alike forgotten
until just now
are appealing to the women to pre-
vent the election of a man to the
Office of governor who might give the
state such NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as he
gave to the city of Cleveland. AT the
same time the new voters are re-
minded that they were given the
suffrage that they might rise above
party and stand in such case as TINS
for Righteousness in government. IL
does not appear On the SURFACE as
vet. that this campaign against mayor
Davis is having any pronounced eHect;
expectations, the mayor has been run
ming ahead of Senator Harding. and
last week it seemed that but for the
fact that the weakness of his dem
ocratic opponent will give former
Gov. F. B. Willis long lead In the
contest for the United States senator
ship he would lead the republican
ticket in the state.
The situation referred to above
the complete engrossment OF the
voters in economic conditions as
seems likely to prevent this attack on
the head of the republican state
ticket from having the effect intended.
On the whole. the situation in Ohio
cannot be said at this stage OF the
campaign. to be greatly different from
what it was at the opening, except
that, as usual, in such cases, the
fairly we'll established trend OF polit-
ical sentiment toward the repub-
licans then, has become more pro-
nounced as the weeks have passed.
But the democrats who are standing
true for their party are full of fight,
and no one need expect to see them
let the case go by default.
J. H. GALBRAITH.