Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — SWEEPING VICTORY SEEN BY LEADERS [ARTICLE]

SWEEPING VICTORY SEEN BY LEADERS

Indianapolis, Ind. — A sweeping Democratic victory, both national and state, is predicted by party leaders here who are in close touch with the situation. Reports from all parts of the Union tend to show an Irresistible drift to Cox and Roosevelt, the tide having become pronounced after Harding announced at Des Moines that he had definitely turned his back on the league of nations. The sudden flop of men high In the councils of the Republican party has cast consternation In the ranks of the Old Guard leaders. They are doing their utmost to stem the flood, but eMin the uncertain utterances of Senator Harding on a “new association of nations” is proving of no avail.

Watson Defeat is Spen. x Senator Watson is a beaten man, in the opinion of all unhiased politicaf observers here. His long record in the senatq with nothing but a string of unwholesome political deals to his credit, is proving a boomerang and Thomas Taggart fs making terrific inroads on his simple stand as a business man. Taggart is known throughout the state and the. public knows him as a good business man with a record of economy during the short time he was in the senate. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch and the entire Democratic ticket is assured of election, according to a pi*evalent belief, the doctor’s stand for a business administration that will actually bring about needed reforms, his pledge to curb extravagance and his clean business record is arousing powerful support. People are conl rusting hi§ brilliant performances ■ 5 . erseab where he won the croix de guerre for bravery under fire with that of his opponent, who is credited with having made a fortune on the Chicago Board of Trade at the same time, and the balance is ‘Well in of the Demdcratic nominee.

(Resent McCray Advertising. Farmers especially are resentful that Warren T. McCray should pose as a farmer, when he never lived on farm and when he is a member of the board of trade. They accuse him of having falsely advertised his campaign and there is a noticeable drift from the following he had built up in two primary drives. -Then the Republicans are'carrying another dead weight in the person of Ora J. Davies of Kokomo, nominee for treasurer of state. Davies was found short* in his accounts while treasurer of Howard county and was only kept -on the ticket through the insistence of Watson and McCray. Davies alone, Republicans admit, will seriously impair their chances for victory.