Evening star., 1924-10-27
FINAL FIGHT WAGED |
FOR TWO STATES.
Three Parties Concentrate
Forces to Carry New York
and New Jersey.
\. q. MESSENGER.
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK. October 27.-This is
cross their fingers against the jinx as
they sally forth, for it is the week
when the "burchards" bloom, when
the political canard quacks and all
kinds of political bad luck is likely
to happen to a fellow.
1t is also the week of the big
brag." f% now is the time the re-
spective managers make their tallest
claims of victory. each trying to out
boast the other.
And it happens that it is going to
witness the most intensive drive" by
the three parties of the campaign, the
scene being New York and New
Jersey. 1t might be asked why all
this furor and frenzy if all the
parties were as sure of victory as
they claim, to which they answer,
'oh, just to make certain"
Drives in New York.
John w. Davis is to make a drive
for New Jersey and later in greater
New York: La Toilette is to tackle
Brooklyn, Gov. Smith and Col. Roose-
Welt are to wrestle for the city vote
on the governorship, and hundreds of
minor speakers are to harangue the
neighborhood until they are blue in
the face.
Naturally the eyes Of the country
will be turned to New York and New
Jersey, for it is realized that the
carrying of these two States in the
presidential election is necessary to
victory. Davis is classed by the poll
ticians as having made some gains in
New York, but no one except the
most PARTISAN Democrat thinks they
have been sufficient to imperil the
long lead which President Coolidge
has been building up daily through
the preceding months, and the same
applies to New Jersey.
Solid Row for Coolidge.
There is that solid row of Cool
idge States backed up in New Eng
land which will march down and
joining New York and New Jersey,
sweep up Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Michigan, in the full ex-
pectation of the Republican man
ayers, and the prediction of most po-
litical observers who have visited
them, and then reach out for the
Western States which are expected
to put Coolidge over with a substan-
tial ma jority of the electoral college.
In the fight over the governorship
task before him to try to break into
this tremendous Tammany vote
Gov. Smith claims for himself lead
in the five boroughs of $4,000 He
could give Col. Roosevelt the stay
at-home vote which Gov. Miller
missed two years ago and then beat
Roosevelt in the State by 100000, Sc
the Democrats feel they are on easy
street and the governor was never
more optimistic in his life.
Showing for La Toilette.
If it is asked what Senator La Fol-
lette is doing projecting around the
East in the face of the certainty that
he cannot win the electoral vote OF
New York and New Jersey, the an
swer is that he is trying to make a
showing of third party strength for
the future in these States and to
cripple the Republicans as much as
possible.
MANY Republicans think that the
returns will show the La Toilette
strength to have been very much
ovarestimated, while the opinion
among Democratic leaders is that he
.awill surprise them ALL" While the
candidates and workers of the re-
snectiye parties are to fill the air
with sound and fury this week, 1T Is
notah,e how calm the populace
seems to be without outward evil
dence of taking unusual interest In
tho campaign. The impression given
is that of an electorate "nlch mas
already made up its MIND.