Evening star., 1924-10-05

/ the La Toilette column. Democratic
! leaders do not see how this can be
! avoided and in their calculations they
are claSSing Iowa with the States
which they expect will follow Wis
conSin iu the electoral college. They
look 70 see the La Follete campaign
ers take up Senator Erookharts de-
nunciation of the President nd Can
didatc Dawes and spread it through
out the West.
La Toilette campaign plans con-
template a big drive by the Senator
in the industrial sections of the East.
Senator La Toilette is going right
into the heart of the enemy country
by campaigning in Pennsylvania and
New York. 1t is said that reports
to La Toilette headquarters portray
conditions as very favorable to the
Senator in the coal mining region of
the supposedly rock ribbed Republic
can stronghold of Pennsylvania, and
in manufacturing sections of New
Jersey and New York.
The Brookhart charges are counted
upon to take readily among the rad
ical voters of those sections and. of
course. they will lose none of their
force in repitition by Senator La
Toilette. He will point to Senator
Brookhart's diSaffection as an in
stance of the refusal of a Republican
candidate for Senator to further sup
port the party which elected him to
office, for its alleged unworthiness.
X x x
The Republican managers count on
the note of warning being sounded
against the danger of the selection
of a Vice President going to the
Senate and the choosing of Charles
W. Bryan, the Democratic candidate
for the vice presidency. who would
then automatically become President
of the United States.
The charge that this is not only
possible, but is actually being worked
for. made by Chairman Butler of the
Republican national committee, at
tracted widespread attention. Rep
resentative Nelson of Wisconsin, ma
tional campaign manager for Senator
La Toilette, denied that the Progress
sives are party to any conspiracy to
that end. In the East. where Bryan
Is anathema to old line Democrats,
the Butler statement is expected 20
have effect in driving conservative
Democrats to the support of Presi-
dent Coolidge.
X x X i,
Senator Ashurst of Arizona believes
that Republican propagandists are
throwing dust in the eyes of the
voters in making this charge. He
thinks there is more likelihood. il
there is not decisive election at the
polls, of the House choosing the
President, the existing deadlock in
| the House to be broken by Republi-
can votes for John w. Davis He says
that Davis selection through the
medium of conservative Republicans
could be brought about by absentee
Republicans changing the political
! complexion of State delegations and
by casting an affirmative vote for
Davis, and he regards it as possible
that this may be done.
X X x
The conviction is growing among
Republican leaders that the election
is not going to be thrown into Con-
gress. but that President Coolidge
will have a decisive majority of the
electors to be chosen November 4.
They do not make this assertion for
political effect or in mere loose
speaking, but they thoroughly be-
lieye it Reports from the supposed. /.
ly disaffected Western States are
growing brighter. and all reports
from the crucial States of New York,
New Jersey. Ohio. Indiana and Illi-
nois continue encouraging.
* X
If you ask thoughtful Republican
leaders upon what they base their
confidence of decision at the polls
November obviating action by Con-
ogress to determine the presidency
they will tell you that the tagging of
interest in John W. Davis candidacy
as shown by expressions of sentim ent