The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-08
By RAYMOND CHAPTER
 . leased Wire to The Age-Herald)

ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 7.-President Coolidge is certain to carry New York state with it's mighty forty-five cleo toral votes unless something approach ing an earthquake happens before cleo tion day. John w. Davis appears to be beaten in this state. Al Smith, be- cause of his great personal popularity, ought to pull through.
 Senator La Toilette is hurting the democrats more than the republicans in New York. There is reason to ex- pect that many democrats will vote for Smith and La Toilette.
 Even the presence of Davis. who is blowing doggedly through the republican upstate strongholds, fails to enthuse the democrats lack of confidence. He is carrying the burden on his own shoul- ders largely, and he finds it disheart- ening task.
 Smith Active
 Nobody around Davis believes for a minute that Al Smith is out to knife the presidential candidate in order to trade with La Toilette. Smith said, at Madison Square Garden just after Davis beat him for the nomination, that he was going to pull off his coat and vest and work for the ticket. He is up in New England now doing that. Smith is not false to Davis.
 What is happening is this-Any num- Der of democratic voters fear that Davis cannot win. These progressively inclin- ed believe that they would therefore do better by helping La Toilette throw the contest into congress. It is the only way they see of beating Coolidge. Then, too, most of the labor vote and the kind of progressives who would fol low La Toilette are in the Democratic party in New York state rather than in the Republican party. So it is nat ural that Davis is the victim of La Fol lette here.
 One prominent state democrat esti- mates that Smith will carry the state by 15O,OOO. He won by 366.00O from Miller two years ago. That shows how much shrinkage the democrats are pre- pared to take Young Roosevelt is re- sponsible for part of it. Coolidge is re- sponsible for part of it. Smith probably is the only democrat who could make the grade this year.
 Uphill Fight
 One discouraging thing to the demo- cratic presidential candidate is the lack of a good, hard-hitting upstate cam paign organization. On this present trip he has received almost shabby treatment from some upstate democratic centers. They have not given him the crowds, the advertising, the noise and bally- hoo that is necessary to inject some life into the fight, He spoke under difficult con- ditions in Schenectady Monday, climb ing up on small outdoor platform in I front of the General Electric works, like soap box orator. There were no amplifiers and traffic noise was distract ing. Davis has a tremendous asset in his personable, dignified countenance, yet there was not picture of him in sight.
 At Albany the entrance to the hall which is used as a theater was smeared with gaudy signs advertising '"The Lit tie Red Devil" and husky burlesque queens. Not a sign or a picture indi- cated that the presidential nominee of the Democratic party was to speak there. Albany gave him a big red fire torchlight parade which set record for the campaign, but one of the automo- piles leading it contained a picture of Al Smith framed in tiny electric lights on the radiator. Davis got an obscure Autograph in a rear window.
 At Utica there was not a sign of Davis poster. The upstate democratic organization appears never to have heard of the modern art of advertising so far as pushing Davis is concerned. Leave it to Davis" seem to be the upstate democrat slogan.