The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-10-15
SILENCE IS
PUZZLE TO
POLITICIANS
Not Enough Talk to Satisfy
the Professional
DOpeSterS.

1872 AClC ORR Ave.
EU6 ASHINGTON. oct. 1.-The
iW[ low-down on the presidential
campaign is that the politi-
clans don't know any more about
how the people are going to vote
than they did month ago.
And the newspapers don't know
any more about it than the politi-
clans do. Correspo- dents sent into
the West by easter newspapers in
attempting 20 90 behind the varying
claims Of rival political managers
and get at the truth. don't appear
TO find much but uncertainty.
What bothers both politicians
and correspondents Is the terrifying
silence Of the great mass OF voters.
Very few voters are advertising
their preference by wearing buttons
Most Of them refuse TO get excited
over the campaign. They seem to
know how they are going 70 vote
and to feel. rightfully. that it IS
nobody's business but their own.
Four years ago any observer could
md evidence everywhere that a Re
publican landslide was on.
Party Lines Shot
This year. however. party lines are
shot to fragments. In many States
candidates for Congress are looking
after their own fences and letting
the presidential fight take care Of
itself
The tactics Of the hackers Of the
Ia Toilette Wheeler ticket in putting
up no State or congressional candi-
dates. hut in supporting their
friends whether Democrats or Re
pubICans. have made candidates
timid about houting the Progressive
voters
The baclfcrs Of Coolidge and Davis
have not been able TO agree on which
candidate all conservatives should
support in order TO beat Ia Toilette.
Coolidge hackers urge Democratic
conservatives to drop Davis and get
back Of Coolidge. but Davis hackers
with equal earuestnese urge that the
surest way TO prevent chaos is for
Republican conservatives to 20 over
to Davis.
ltN A'tAi4'f' AFiti' az 3 hAAAANtAt 10 fiifA1
with the solid South Davis has more
to start with than Coolidge has. and
that all Of the States where Ia Fol
lette IS strong enough to win are Re
publican States.
Dawes Disappointing
Dawes has been a disappointment.
He was expected to start a forest
fire for the G.. o. p. ticket in the
West so that Coolidge could sit
quietly in the White House and let
the Coolidge myth work while he
slept.
But the expose Of tho Dawes CON
neclion with the Lorimer bank scan
dal has set old "Hellenmaria" back
on his launches. The fact that
Dawes has ignored the charge Of
completely in the bank deal. which
/ finally resulted in Lorimer's bank
going busted and leaving some 1000
/ depositors in the lurch. hasn't
/ helped him any. The truth Is, Of
course that the records Of the SUI
preme Court Of Illinois prove the
charge is true.
! Much OF the Republican strategy
/ has failed. Those Republicans who
We're outraged and shocked by the
/ exploits Of Fan, DENLY. Doheny,
/ Sinclair, Daugherty. Burns. Forbes,
and all the rest Of the gang that
/ cut loose as soon as the Republican
/ Administration got into power have
not been treasured by the selection
/ of a Dawes for Vice President and
/ Teapot Teddy for Governor of New
York.
Progressives Strong
While stupid and absurd claims
are being sent out from Republican
headquarters giving nearly every
northern and western State to Cool
idge, there ia actual fear among the
/ managers that the Progressive
movement may develop into a land
slide that will come from the West
and sweep over Illinois, Ohio and
Michigan and wind up by taking in
some Of the eastern States.
The confidential reports brought
back East by correspondents sent
West by strong eastern Republican
papers is causing some of them to
soft.pedal the gush sent them by
headquarters publicity sharks. In
fact, newspapers are psying little
attention now to the ridiculous
claims and are trying to find out
something for themselves.
There is real fear among the poll
ticians that the silent vote, includ-
ing the so per cent who didn't vote
in 1910. is going to La Toilette. They
don't know, but they fear If it