Evening star., 1924-10-26
LAST. PREDICTION
FIGHT E.IN EAST
Spokesman of Three Parties
Wage Fight as Campaign
Nears Close. .
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

The East. has become the battle
ground of.the last week of the presi-
dental campaign "a circumstance
open to as many interpretations as
Carter had. oats. Everybody is ac-
cuSing everybody else of abandon
ING the West and everybody is COM
Ing away from the West saying it is
already won. Therefore the West
has got to go Democratic, Progressive
and Republican all at one and the
same time-a difficult task even for
the energetic and yirile West.
The East. 1T seems. trembles in the
balance. Gen. Charlie Dawes spent
the better part of two days cam
paigning in rock-ribbed Pennsylvania
For a Republican vice presidential
candidate to GO cunning in the Key
stone State looks very much like
carrying Goals to Newcastle, but he
did 1t just the same.
Mr.. Davis and AL Smith are going
. to whoop il up in New York State
Without New, York it is admitted by
the Democrats their candidate cannot
win. Therefore the final intensive
drive is to be made there. Originally
1t was planned to send Mr.. Davis to
New England. but the wiser strate-
Sists Of the campaign thought this
would be Well-nigh useless ma
neuver. New York has more cleo
toral votes than all the six States of
New England combined, and New
York is a better battle-ground fer the
Democracy.
Hope e Make Showing.
Sena>.r La S,llette and Senator
Wheeler. encouraged by the reports
of their cohorts in the industrial
centers of the East have also turned
their thoughts to the left bank" of
the Mississippi, and, while they have
no idea of capturing any of the East
ern States. they want to make as fine
Il showing as possible in this section
so as to establish themselves as a
national party, if possible. rather than
being classed merely as sectional
movement
Perhaps some light on the impor-
Sance suddenly attached TO the East
has been thrown by the Senate COM
mittee investigating campaign funds
1t has been shown that the East is
not alone potent in the number of its
electoral votes, but is extremely Pile
thoric in the matter of campaign
funds. Perhaps the country at large
can get fuller appreciation of tha
situation when it is explained that
two States of the EaSt-New York
and Pennsylvania-are putting up
more than one-half of the entire Re
publican campaign fund. The total
Republican budget was placed by
Chairman Butler at sS,O00,OOO. OF
this sum New York was asked to
raise s1,000.0o0 and Pennsylvania
100000. Both States hope to over
shoot the mark.
East Fairly Liberal.
The East has been fairly liberal in
sending campaign funds to the West,
but great many of the leaders in
this section feel they should get some
immediate effects of their liberal Civ
ing. Perhaps that is why Gen. Dawes
went to Pennsylvania-to show IA
proper appreciation of what the State
Is doing for the party.
The Democratic campaign fund has
been raised in the byways and
hedges. Its budget, placed at S750,000
j.; likely to fall short of that sum
according 10 the party managers at
headquarters here. At best the Demo-
cats viii have but -one-fourth the
amvunt used by the Grand Old Party
Some of them facetiously explain that
this is the reason the betting in New
York is four to one in favor of the
Republicans. New York believes that
money talks" and that the side with
the biggest war chest is bound to
win.
Charles y. Hilles of New York,
wee chairman OF the Repubilcan ma
tional committee, when he testified
before the Borah committee, refused
to admit that the side with the larg
est purse had q distinct advantage
over its opponents. Being a good Re-
publican he said he thought MIR. Cool
idge could win even if the Republi-
cans hadn't raised but million dollars
Likewise he thought the Democrats
would get just as many votes with
their lean purse as if they had q fat
one. Chairman Borah and his fellow
Senator's shook their heads at this
bit of philosophy. but Mr.. Hilles said
he wanted his testimony to stand just
as it was.
President Coolidge has virtually
closed his part of the campaign. With
the exception of his speech of ac-
ceptance he feels he has not made
Il real political speech. He has been
almost disdainful of politics. He has
refused to be drawn into any con
troversies. Taking advantage of invi-
tations to speak at formal ceremonies
Of one sort or another he has stated
dispassionately some of his views on
foreign and domestic policies, but he
has spoken in the affirmative manner
of a President declaring a settled pol
icy rather than a candidate discussing
the possibilities of the future.