Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-20
COOLIDGE ASSURED
Of CARRYING OHIO
La Toilette Will Poll Good
Vote, But Has Little Sup
port From Farmers.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

| CLEVELAND. Ohio, October 90
This j. a hot bed of La Toilette senti-
ment Straw votes show that in the
I city hall. in the Federal Reserve
Bank itSelf--in fact. in quarters where
| one would least expect ito find the
! third party represented at all-there
is a strong following.
1t must not be forgotten that Cleve-
land is the headquarters of the rail-
road brotheEhoods. who are the head,
shoulders and pocketbook Of the La
Toilette movement in this campaign.
Workers disappointed in Industrial
disputes, foreigners of German ex-
traction and radicals of the parlor
variety have fioCked to the standard
of La Toilette.
Cleveland is normally Democratic.
Here as in Toledo La Toilette has
drawn heavily from the Democrats.
He will run second in this county, II
not first. as John W. Davis is almost
certain TO he third. Had McAdoo
been nominated. this would have been
one of his tSronGholds. as labor Is
particularly asScttiNc here.
Rural Drift Checked.
Reports from other parts of the
State indicate thai the drift to La
Toilette in the rural sections has
been checked. La Toilette Is
wet" and there are farmers IN ONO
who wouldn't vote for wet NO
matter how friendly he is to aGrl-
culture. The Republican manage
ment has been spreading WORD
throughout the State. too, on the pro-
posal of La Toilette to upset the SUI
preme Courts power and vest some
of it in Congress- The Ohio farmers
are not as radical as those or the
West. They haven't reached the
point where they VIII exchange eA-
pc rimentalism for the conditions
under which they live to9aS me
West is in much more of mood as
a rule to accept change. ONO Is ii
Progressive state and has on NOR"
than one occasion shown It's lndc-
pendence, but the La Toilette move
ment hasn't taken hold in the rural
districts of Ohio as it has in some
of the agricultural areas or inc
West. This means that the Repun-
lican party. whose greatest strength
is on the farms, Will retain proper
tionately more of ITS strength IN
Ohio than is true Of Western states.
La Toilette WY be third IN TINS State
and John w. DAVIS second.
For il looks almost certain that
Coolidge will haze Il tremendous ma
Jority in Ohio.
Majority for Coolidge.
Some estimates run as high as 800
600 plurality. But THIS would appear
to be exaggerated. There can be little
doubt that President Coolidge Will
have a majority OF tho votes cast
that is that he Will have more than
La Toilette and Davis cembined-but
there are reasons, for Il lesser vote
this time for the Republican national
ticket than in 1920. when OHIO was
voting for its favorite SON
So far as electoral votes are con-
cerned however the Ohio group OF
electors may be put down for Presi-
dent Coolidge Even Democrats are
inclined to concede the vote when
they speak nf having "a fighting
chance" in the state.
The gubernatorial race has. as
usual ii bearinS ON the situation.
Two years ago Gov. Dohaney, Demo
crat, was elected, Notwithstanding
an overwhelming Republican VIC
tory of 1920. Local issues always
enter into campaigns. and there
are some people who think Donaher
is stronger than he was in 1920.
though one hears u great deal about
scratched tickets which would lndi-
cate that the state and National
tickets are not necessarily OF the
same strength. Donahey is probably
stronger than John w. Davis In TINS
State. and may help tho latter along.
President Coolidge, the Republican can
didatc, probably is stronger than Harry
Davis. who might be assisted INTO
office by the Coolidge vote.
Republicans Well Organized.
The Republicans are fairly we'll or
ganized The Democrats are cam
paigning intensively for their ticket,
but the La Toilette movement has
the backing of the Scripps newspa-
pers in Cleveland, Akron, Cincinnati,
Columbus and Toledo, which means
that the third party will make a good
showing numerically in this state.
The Scripps papers helped Wilson
carry the State in 1916, which tends
to corroborate the view that La Fol
lette is drawing most heavily from
the Democrats.
Here as in other States there Is not
much real enthusiasm for Cooildge
7, doesn't manifest itself as enthusl-
asm but rather silent approval he
hasn't been President long enough
to really impress his personality on
the electorate, but his championship
of the cause of conservatism, which
means at this moment economy IN
Government and a maintenance of the
present status Of business, has cap
tured the business men so completely
that even Democrats who might or