The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-16
Harding Will Garry
New York; Tanmany
MAY Lose Governor
By dawn LAWRENCE
(copyright By the mtslAEeneerl

Syracuse. y. Y. Oct. i5.-Senato'
Harding will carry New York state by a
decisive majority, Senator Wadswort,a
OF votes less. and at this writing thcre
is serious doubt whether Al. Smith. the
pride OF Tammany's heart, VIII DC re-
elected governor.
state and a variety OF reasons or rae
tors are contributing toward the result
First and foremost, the hold which IKE
publicanTsm has had on New YORK Iot
crs has not been Weakened by strength
ened since the day four years ago when
New York state gave Hughes a SILKY
thousand majority.
Second. the tide OF discomfort oyA
the absence Of a reconstruction polio,
AT washington runs just as high here
as in other states along the Atlantic
seaboard.
Third. Tammany whose votes at the
San Francisco convention helped 10
a notable victory ever the Wilson toress
seems TO have been satisfied with the
vengeance wrought against William
GIBBS MCAdoo for his audacity In en-.
ehis state, and since the ness Elton Of
Cox, Tammany has done netle or notn-
ting on tho national ticket. All eflofs
Is concentrated on the reelection OF
Gov. Smith.
The aovsrnorsAip. ..
Fourth, so deeply Is Tamm9ny inter
essod in the s1SsTnSeSsiat a Tsff sut "a also
seems TO have completely forgotten
Walker. the Democratic nominee for
United States senator And eyerywhere
one goes, there il talk of how we'll
Tan1many likes Jim wadsworth. The
latter is wet enough to satisfy Tam
many and his views on many other
questions are not particularly hostile
to Tammany desires. Now. It 50 hap
pens that while Judge Miller, the regu-
lar Republican nominee for governor. ~
popular, and he has 4 personality that
makes him an outstanding candidate.
there are certain Republican leaders
who would not lose m. sch sleep or Pc
moan their fato IL he lost to Al Smith
whose nsanoevres with the Republican
legislature have stamped him as tfcxi-
BILE person who recognizes that bi-parti-
san tranSac tons are not only sStistac-
tory to himself but the two parties
concerned.
Fifth. Tammany Is suspected OF be-
ing ready to trade Democratic votes
that ordinarily would 40 for Walker
for the senate and votes on the Eepno-
tlfcan side that might possibly be cas-
for Miller, the guberuatoriu tcandi-
date. -
Thus Al Smith might be electsdl gcy-
srncr again wagss ssaf 40 , MsNe M
the fSci that Etats> seaatef TAensRsDp,
Who Was pTaoccesssai In the Rsp9Ai tte,'
primaries has stayed N The goSe s - &.
e rsss and has ,ss Is Fs@
york state which is stiil 80, old-fashicn-
ed IS TO furnish . religious issue In al
, nSse tone Of GstSs,,e,FTetestsat pre-
iudIce which seems TO make Thompeon
: the beneficiary OF the one and both Mt-
Ter and Al smith the other. However.
as usual. this sort or ming oSlanees
Itself and the election will be decided
on other issues entirely. Al Smith !?
ssrry the state by 100000. Judge Nil.
Ter has a splendid chance OF slipping
II, BY a narrow margin.
Sixth. the national situation Is al
most hopeless for the Democrats. The
Cox campaign has not turned enough
votes to cause worry TO The kepuoucanS
the speech OF Senator Harding At pes
MONIES, on the lea que issue In which no
SsId he thought rejection" not inter
pretstIon" has driven out Of the Repuo-
lean rarity number OF jntellectuals
who cannot follow the gyrations Of po-
litical expediency In any party or IN
The OBJECTIONS ere few hut notable.
The SSnStorshtp.
Tho current OF Republicanism Is so
strong that even Senator Wadswortos
annositlon to woman suffrage Will not
coat him his seat. The weakness OF the
esndidate the Democrats put up and the
snathy OF Tanmany viii help Wsds-
worth offset the certain loss OF woman
votes What chance have even the wo-
mon against the bipartisan understand.
inrs which for years have controlled
elections in New York state? In the
General upheayal a Bill Rarnes on the
one hand and Charlie Murphy on the
other can stiil run things. And M.
Nh,Snhy Ia far more interested In tho
q sisction OF Al Smith for governor thai
bs Ia In the success of the Democratic
noroInees for the presidency or the
United States senate. wherefore the
RenISbltcar, column and at the same time
make up his mind that the verdict VIII
rcflect no affirmation or negation OF
the present lea CUE OF pations or any
other knid OF league but thorougniy
iy domestic affairs as managed at