Evening star., 1924-07-29
HELPS
COP. AS 1912 SPLIT
DID WILSON, IS VIEW
Certain Defeat of Democratic
Ticket Prophesied by Re-
publican Leader.
RECOVERY OF FARMERS
COUNTED UPON HEAVILY
Hard Fight to Retain Control of
Senate Seen, But Nominal
Advantage Forecast.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

The La Follette-W Wheeler third
do to the Democratic party in this
coming campaign and election Just
what the Rooseyeit-Johnson ticket
did to the Republicans in 1912. 1t
is making certain the defeat OF the
Democrats through the abandonment
of the Democratic ticket by nun
dreds of thousands, probably mil
lions Of voters, in favor OF the La
Toilette candidacy"
This is the deliberate judgment of
one of the shrewdest and clearest
thinking leaders of the Republicans
in the Middle West, who recently has
had an opportunity to judge the SIT
uation in some of the industrial
centers of the East. In his opinion,
the Democrats, who fostered the idea
of a third ticket with La Toilette
at its head, hoping for another such
victory as came to the Democratic
standard in 1912, owing TO the split
in the Republican forces at that
time, were sadly mistaken.
Radicals Not G. o. p. Factor.
Not since 1908 has the Republican
party received any votes of the So
called radicals" he continued, indicat-
ing that the Republicans would not
have to look for victory through sup
port from that quarter. The more
radical element has supported either
the Democratic or the Socialistic
ticket. That element will now flock
to the La Toilette Wheeler ticket
The Democrats will find themselves
lamentably weak in Eastern indus
trial States because of this detection.
he said, and in the Western States
the radical strength will be SO divided
ocratic tickets that the epublicans
will be successful, as was the case
with the Wilson ticket in 1912.
The Republicans are placing much
reliance upon the recent increases in
prices of farm products. Not only
do they see the farmers with money
in their pockets-where before they
had none-more willing to vote to
continue the Republican party in
power, but they believe that 1t will
be possible to convince the farmers
that the Republican leaders have
been correct in their diagnosis of
the agricultural situation.
The application of the law of sup
ply and demand. they will say, has
righted in a few brief weeks what
all the Legislative nostrums proposed
by the radicals could not have accom-
plished at all. They believe that the
farmers will be able to understand
readily the object lesson.
Coolidge to Cite Help.
But the Republicans will not be
silent about the efforts which they
made to aid the farmers during the
present administration. 1t may be
expected than the President in his
speech accepting the nomination will
make mention of the legislation put
through by the Republicans, starting
with the emergency tariff, which
raised a tariff wall so high about
many Of the farmers products that
it virtually halted the importation OF
thereby prevented much greater dis
tress, which, they say, would have fol-
lowed had the cheaper grains and Other
products from other countries been
allowed to pour into the United
States unrestricted. The aid to the
farmers through the increased pow
ers granted the War Finance Corr
poration to aid in financing the sale
and purchase of agricultural products
will be stressed also.
1t will be difficult to persuade the
farmers in the expected changed con.
ditions due to higher prices because
of the failure of crops in Russia. In
Canada and other parts of the world.
that they should support a ticket
which promises artificial means to
maintain the prices of farm products.
Hit In Toilette ON Dry Issue.
From the same Republican source
it was learned that it is proposed to
take all possible advantage in the
dry" States of the Middle West and
West of the reported inclination-in
the past, if not now-of Senator La
Toilette to the cause of the VETS"
The record of the Wisconsin Sena-
tor on prohibition measures will be
spread throughout these States. Here
and there already, the challenge has
been issued by dyed-in-the-wool pro-
hibitionists to the La Toilette ticket.
The Anti-Saloon League of America
has not taken a, position in opposi-
tion to the candidacy of Senator La
Toilette. While Senator La Follette's
| record on measures of interest to the
prohibitionists has not been consist
emily for the measures advocated by
the league as they might desire, it
is pointed out that he voted for the
resolution to submit the prohibition
| constitutional amendment to the
| States. Furthermore, it is recognized
| that Senator La Toilette is being
strongly supported by many men and
! women who have been very active
| in the Middle Western and Western
States in favor of prohibition
During the Democratic national
| convention in New York, at one OF
| 80 g.