Evening star., 1924-11-02
CONGRESS CONTROL
EXPECTED IN WAKE
OF HUGE COP. VOTE
Party Leaders Confident Of
House and Gain in Num-
Der of Senators.
, DAVIS WINNING FROM
RANKS OF LA Toilette
Possibility That Great Silent Vote
May Upset Form Discounted
by G. o. P. Leaders.
BY \. o. MESSENGER.

by \. o. MESSENGER,
STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
NEW YORK, November 1t is al
most over. The last words will be
spoken Monday night. the last ad-
1 monition given, the final appeal made,
and on Tuesday the case will be sub
mitted to the jury. the great Ameri-
ran electorate, for a decision on
choice of administrators of the Gov
;rnment and arbiters of legislation
for the next four years.
The preponderance of indications
now favors the Republican presiden-
tial ticket. The best judgment of OBJ
servers is that Coolidge and Dawes
will win handsomely. and that the
election will not be thrown into Con-
! gress. Many thoughtful politicians
20 so far as to predict a Republican
landslide that may carry along with
1t a Republican House of Representa-
tives and several senatorships.
See Voters Playing Safe.
The confidence of the politicians
who feel this way is derived from
consideration of the elements of the
campaign and the issues involved. 1t
Is essentially campaign Of utilitari-
anism. The voters are looking about
for an administration on sound busi-
ness lines. safe policies and consti-
tutional government, and the surface
. indications point to their being about
ready to put their faith in the Re-
publican party and it's candidates.
Elements of doubt as to the out
come were injected early into the
campaign by the entry of third
party into the field, leading to the ap-
prehension that a free expression Of
the will of the people might be frus-
trated by throwing the election into
Congress. where. in the peculiar sit
uation there, it could readily become
the foot ball of factional manipula-
/tion. But the best Judgment of many
Vleaders is that this has been fore
stalled and prevented by timely
warning and arousing the attention
of the voters to the danger of such a
course.
CooidEe's Unusual Course.
The bulk of political opinion in
clines to the belief that President
Coolidge has distinct lead over his
two opponents and that position has
been contributed to by the nature of
the campaign he has made In no
previous campaign has an incumbent t
in the presidential Office asking for
renewal of his power been to such
an extent what may be termed an
impersonal candidate. He has re-
mained at his desk, seeking by serv-
Ice and deeds, rather than promises,
to command the favor of the voters.
His opponents have been compelled
10 depend upon promises of what they
propose to do if elected, to pick what
faults they could find in the Cool
idge performances. Candor and
frankness must admit that there have
been scanty pickings in their show
ing. Their promises of what they
will do if put in power will be
weighed in the judgment of the
voters on election day. The promises
of the radical candidate seem to have
shocked some of his followers who
in the closing days of the campaign
have been slipping from him. The
promises are not startling nor a de-
parture from form of the Democratic
party and its we'll known policies.
What Election VIII show.
The election will be test of
whether there are more Republicans
than Democrats, more protectionists
than low-tariff men, more League
OF Nations advocates than anti
leasHers.fn the country. The closing
days OF the campaign are unusually
quiet. The whirlwfnd finish in New
York and New Jersey does not seem
to have blown off any roofs. . The
three parties are closing their ranks,
but except in the. case of the labor
switch are not showing indications
OF violent changes.
That case is deemed important
An influential section of labor, with
real votes to cast, abandoned it's sup
port of the. La Toilette ticket and
Endorsed John w. Davis. BY that
acton they vitalized their vote and
made it count for something instead
"i risking throwing it away.
Old time politicians say that the
Lack Of excitement toward the close
indicates to them that the voters
have long ago made up their minds
and that now the cry is vote, vote!"
suppose these surface indications
upon which. all the confident Cool
idge predictions are based should
prove TO have been misleading and
that the so-called Silent vote upon
WHICH the Republicans, are banking
of protest? When the old-time poll
ticians discuss this suggestion they
protest that it has not followed that
line in the past and that there are
no indieations of it threatening to
change form now.
Cpset Believed Unlikely.
tucS pctHt out tndL tnere seems to
have been such unanimity of opinion
among observers engaged in trying
to get the truth as to the big Cool
idge sentiment that it seems incredi-
BILE that everybody should be mistaken.
Every presidential election is i'm
portant in this country, but at vari-
Gus epochs there befalls a contest
which seems at the time to be OF
overwhelming importance and this
one might be placed in that category.
The close divisions in the legislative
body, the sharp lines in House and
Senate, with the existence of blocs,
the tendency of European affairs in
which this Nation is interested. the
delicacy of Asiatic questions, the de-
mands of commerce and agriculture
and their leaning upon government
aid and encouragement, all combine
to raise questions Of vast import to
all the people. The coming election
should be a prayerful thing. ~