The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1924-08-07
COOLIDGE TIDE
OVER EAST
President Will Sweep Section
In November, Moses Says.

New Hampshire, chairman of the Re-
publican senatorial committee.
Completing a three weeks survey
of the campaign situation in the At
lantic seaboard and New England
states, the senator went to Washing
ton to report the results to the Pres
ident. He leaves this week to open
senatorial campaign headquarters in
Chicago and will make a similar sur
vey in some ten middle western states
including Kansas and Nebraska, early
in August.
AS chairman of the committee d.
recting the campaign to elect Re-
publican senate, Senator Moses said
the Republican party would concen-
trate their fight on eighteen seats in
seventeen states under present plans.
Included in this number are these
seats now held by Democrats-Walsh
of Massachusetts, Adams of Colorado
and Walsh of Montana. The Republi-
cans, he said, hoped to hold all their
present places and gain these three.
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,
Senator Moses predicted, while a
worthy foeman," would be engulfed
by the huge Coolidge majority that
would be rolled up in Massachusetts,.
He said he would not discuss pros
poets on the other senatorial fights
until he made his western trip and in
vestigated the condition in each state
first.
"The Coolidge fight is as good as
over in the East" Senator Moses
said. "Of course, we will put on
a strong campaign, but there can be
no question the President has a decid-
ed advantage as things stand today,
and it is my judgement the trend is
all his way, especially since the New
York convention. There are two fac
tors contributing to it,
First, Senator La Toilette will poll
large vote throughout the East and
will draw far more of it from the
Democrats than from the Republi-
can. If there had been before any
doubt Mr.. Coolidge would carry the
East, this factor alone would have
made the result certain.
" Second, the independent business
and professional vote is swinging to
Mr.. Coolidge very definitely. found
right after the Democratic convention
some of the state leaders were bit
dubious about how this vote would 90.
The Davis nomination was about as
satisfactory one as the Democrats
could have made for the East. Lots
OF business men were saying they
would just as soon have Mr.. Davis as
Mr.. Coolidge. But while the Davis
nomination pleased, the Bryan nom
ination emphatically did not. 1t is
producing about the same reaction
throughout the East as w. J. Bryan's
nomination used to.
They want to take no chances of
throwing the election into Congress.
So this vote will go to Mr.. Coolidge.
| found the state leaders with whom
| talked very certain this was the
case"
Those who believe Senator La Fol
lette will not poll large vote in the
East are mistaken, Senator Moses
said. He did not expect the Indepen-
dent ticket to carry single eastern
state, but the vote polled would be
large enough to pull very materially
from the Democratic presidential tick
ct, he asserted.
Senator La Follette's vote in the
East will come largely from two sour
ces," the senator continued. "He will
get the organized Socialist vote,
which does not 1alteT the relative
standing of the Republican or Demo-
cratic tickets bit. He will get in a
good many states the votes of GER
tain groups that hitherto very gem
orally have voted the Democratic tick
ct. This is particularly true in New
York, New Jersey and one or two
New England States"
Senator Moses spoke of his home
state, New Hampshire, which has
quite labor vote. In Dover, he said,
there was a La Toilette organization
of three hundred members, practically
all of whom voted Democratic in the
past. New York leaders with whom
he conferred for several days made
this same report, he said. Nearly all
the leaders in the La Folletts move
ment in these states were men who
has been Democrats in the past and
many of them, he said, had supported
W. G. McAdoo in the recent conven-
ton.
Regardless of whether New York
decided the election, there is not a
bit of doubt who will cry it in No
vember," Senator Moses said. Mr..
Coolidge will win New York beyond
any doubt. The two factors | men,
ton as operating to his advantage
generally through the East are es-