Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
PRESIDENTIAL. RACE
IS YET To BE WON.
LAWRENCE ASSERTS
Uncertainty of Trend Has
Leaders of All Parties
Worried
BY DAVID LAWRENCE


BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Especial Leased Wire to The Journal-Copy-
right, 1920
NEW YORK, August 26.-What
is really going on inside the two
big political camps these days will
hardly be discerned from the OPP
timistic publicity which the Repub-
icans and Democrats are issuing,
nor will it be cleaned from the con-
fident utterancea of the nominees.
But the truth of the matter is
there is not any real confidence
underneath Many and various are
the conjectures and hopes with re-
spect to what will happen after the
campaign gets well under way and
the candidates have toured and ra
diced the country Yet if the cleo
ton were held tomorrow-it is an
oft-used phrase to express the
actual situation at the moment
the leaders of the Republican as
We'll as the Democratic ncrtias
would be doubtful as well as nerv-
GUS about the outcome to the point
OF expecting close result The in
side talk of landslide" is slowly
vanishing. 1t is to be a real race.
Sometimes when the managers do
not talk for quotation they give an
insight to their real feelings, their
Tears and their true calculations.
If the election were held tomor.
row. said one of the highest in the
councils of the Democratic party
today, the result would be thrown
into the house of representatives
for decision, as one of the three
candidates would get a ma iority of
the electoral votes.
West Very Uncertain
The west is all split up. We NAV
pun out certain states but it looks
more than ever as if the battle
there is between Davis and La Fol |
iette, with the chances Of the lat
ter carrying many states unless
conditions change. OF course, I am
counting on Davis to prevent theI
drlIt TO La Toilette but [ am con |
Vlnced the west is lost to Coolidge. |
ANA it may be lost to US. That's |
the rock bottom truth"
From Republican sources cores
the Well-guarded statement that
the La Toilette tide is ebbino ana
that were the elections held tomor. !
row IL would be dangerous but that
by election time the improved AZ.
flcuItIra1 conditions will send votes
now inclined to La Toilette bacl. -
Coolidge. 49,
1hese comments on the situation |
are not tie kind that would he NH |
ll"iy admitted, for politics is a game
IN which the strategy of confidence
- supposed to play an Important
part. The politicians frequently
'iiillk' ana so 90 some partisans. that
Iil1dlSnS are Woa by PROPAGANDA
MHIch Is only another word for arti. |
l,cl3I publicity. But they are NOT
NJ Misrepresentation swings a number !
OIL votes but every election usually /
SHOWS definite trend based upon
some fundamental conviction in
GRAINED not during the camnaion
but in the months when the candi. |
oates were on their natural and nre.
suI1aply OnpOlitiCal behavior. |
" hateVer imrre ssicns the co,1ntrr |
mas oil The rugged character of Cal. |
e4n oooil"Se were obtained in the |
lew months after he took the oath
% ONCE ana all the pictures ana I
stores atout his simplicity recently /
distributed as a publicity effort are
simply repetition.
Impression of Davis
SO it is with the Democratic
cause. The impression of John w
LAWS character and Intellectual
aplhty which was conveyed to the
country when the attention Of every.
body was focused on the Democratic
national convention, is already en-.
planted as n every phase Of his
career as lawyer and a public Off.
ria! -
Persons are relatively secondary
IN this campaign. The candid1cv Of
La Follette is more of a symbol than
d matter OF personality. The issues
ere becoming clearer every dav In
the west they relate to agricultural
coIl,lllops and the Teapot Dome
controversy as it relates TO CON
sSfNatlCn OF natural resources. In
the east 1t IS mostly the Ku KIux
Man problem. The Democrats are
IamdIy developing a distinct anti
KAN complexion while the Republic
!. rs are puzzled and uncertain as to
now TO tre2t the issue. 1t NAV alter
me campaign in the east especially
II religion becomes a vital factor
inns has been feared by Republicans
but they are hopeful shat strong
utterarces from President Coolidge
W L save them embarrassment, espe-
cIally in this part of the country.
In nut shell, the men who bet on
elections are simply venturesome in
dlVlduals who enjoy the sport of
gambling. for at the moment the
political situation is so full of cross
that anyone who feels sure
OF the outcome has usually a wish
father TO the thought
The political managers themselves
know in tier hearts the situation
is not a certainty for any candidate.
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