Evening star., 1924-10-24
COOLIDGE SPEECH
HAILED BY VOTERS
Frank Discussion Believed to
Have Made His EIec-
ton Certain.
By n. o. MESSENGER.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, October 24-Reaction
to President CooIidge's speech was
instantaneous and enthusiastic in
business and political quarters here
and is deemed political asset to
the Republican presidential ticket of
inestimable value, to be registered
in thousands of votes. If anything
was needed to tilt the scale and put
him over" it is the opinion in these
quarters that he accomplished it in
that address. He has been taunted
by the Democrats and the La Fol-
lettes" with being chary of speech
but his friends here claim that charge
that he is on record now as having
said what his opponents can justly
appreciate as. being IAN earful.''
The temperate tone of his speech,
addressed to thoughtful listeners,
utterly devoid of demagogism and
appealing to reason: Its clear think
ing and logic, forceful expression and
lofty purpose are all recognized.
Considered Vote-Getter.
The speech is classed as being more
effective by virtue of his previous
comparative reticence and by it's
coming with sledge-hammer force
at this closing stage of the campaign.
1T is a clincher," is the expression
heard about town.
1t is regarded as giving John w.
Davis and Senator La Toilette some
hard nuts to crack. Both are bound
in this direction and will have to take
notice of his remarks. If Senator La
Toilette continues in his radical
strain pursued throughout the West,
+, will nt,yo ha ,yt
between his radicalism and the Presi-
dents common sense and conserva-
tism, and further ALLEVIATE the sober
thinking classes from him.
Looking back over the marvellous
political progress of President Cool
idge, beginning with his overwhelm-
ing victory in the primaries, when he
won what was practically the unani-
nous nomination of his party, and
along through the steady gains he
has been shown to be making in all
the polls and tests, it can be reason
ably said that the country "sensed"
him to be the man last nights speech
shows him to be, and that he vindi-
Gated in that speech the voters pre-
conception of him.
Poll Shows Coolidge Ahead.
The Literary Digests poll of the
country, 10 De puDllSneQ tomorrow,
gives him more than 800 votes in the
electoral college, with only 266 need
ed to elect and keep the election out
of Congress.
The most interesting DEVELOPMENTS
of the past week or ten days are in
dications that John w. Davis is forg-
ing ahead of La Toilette and that the
Wisconsin Senator is, in fact, losing
ground at a rate that threatens to
make him third in the race instead
of maintaining second place, which
he has held for several weeks. 1t is
thought that this change is coming
about through a more general under
standing by the voters of the fall
lacies and dangers of the La Toilette
doctrines as they are being explained
in the campaign.
Odds among the bettors in favor
Of President Coolidge have increased
to to 1, with few takers. Earlier
quotations were to 1.
Roosevelt Is Stronger.
The politicians are beginning to
expect slump in the odds favoring
Gov. Smiths re-election,r now to z,
as result of the progress of Col.
Roosevelt's campaign upstate and of
increasing prospects of the colonel
hitching onto President Coolidge's
kite, with the further indication that
the Republican disgruntlement with
the State ticket of two years ago has
disappeared, and that there is more
disposition to refrain from sulking,
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