The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-31
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Of the West by the Democrats in
the last week Of this unusual,
complex campaign.
Making Sure Progress.
The Democrats are making UNI
deniable progress in this ,:oncentra.
Ton. Whether they are making
enough progress to overcome the
admitted Republican, leai In these
two States only November can
reveal. The Republicans pooh pooh
the idea and point derisively to
every poll, every straw vote, con.
test, and every other barometer that
indicates Coolidge is uanning about
. to- in this territory.
But the Democrats are grinnly
indicated by the surprising about
and Labor Council in the last
tWenty-four hours.
Last September this council in
dorsed Senator La Toilette, along
with the greater part OF all organ.
lied labor, at the behest Of the
American Federation of Labor. To-
day. this same council has back
tracked on its Endorsement of the
Wisconsin Senator and is now out
with a, manifesto appealing TO its
enormous membership to vote for
John w. Davis.
Remarkable Manifesto.
I'VE now realize" says this &c.
markable document. that MIR. La
Toilette has no chance Of being
elected and that a vote for him
anywhere in the East is a vote for
the enemies Of labor Coolidge and
Dawes.
mo clear thinking man or wom-
an can compare Davis and Coolidge
and their records without coming to
the conclusion that in every way
Davis is the better vandidate. We
hereby indorse John w. Davis and
recommend to our entire member
ship and to all interested In the
cause Of labor to vote and work
for the election Of Davis"
The Central Trades Council Of
Greater New York is the greatest
single unit in the Al. r. Of L. It
comprises some 100000 members
constituting more than one-fifth
the entire membership Of the fed
Grafton.
Democrats JubiIant.
Naturally the Democrats were
jubilant today. Here in one big
thrust, they say, they have in,
creased the Davis vote In New
York State by hundreds Of thou
sands"
Whether this is true or not can
only be revealed, Of course, on
November 4. The La Toilette
managers, somewhat taken aback
and not little resentful, declared
this last-minute switch will have
little or no effect next Tuesday.
This action, they pointed out, war
taken by q group OF d dozen lead
ers. And the labor vote, they said
is so solidly entrenched behind Ls
Toilette that 1t cannot be coaxed
out or blown out by the manifesto
Of any such group OF leaders.
| Irrespective of this controversy
over the. result Of labor,s last minute
switch in New York, the whole mat
/ ter is indicative of the intensity OF
the drive that the Democrats ara
making for these forty-five votes OF
the Empire State.
Claim Five I'm West.
One of the Democratic generals in
this final offensive here is Senator
Key Pittman, of Nevada He knows
his West. And irrespective of straw
votes and barometric polls, he SAID
today that Davis will carry at least
five States west of the Mississippi
exclusive of the border States, Mis-,
souri, and Oklahoma. The five he
| named are his own, Nevada, Kansas
Nebraska, Arizona and New Mexico
Coming eastward, he claimed In
diana, New Jersey, Rhode Island
| Delaware, and New Hampshire
These, combined with the solid
South and the border States, will
bring Davis to within. six votes OF
a majority in the electoral college.
And we have an equal chanc0