U.S.A. PRESIDENT.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18220, 3 November 1924, Page 9

U.S.A. PRESIDENT.

♦ ELECTION TOMORROW CHANCES OF CANDIDATES. COOLIDGE'S SLOGANS. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT) (BELTEiI S TELEGH.VMS.) (.Received November 2nd. 0.0 p.m.) WASHINGTON. October 31. The victory of the British Conservatives and the losses of Labour are hailt cd by the Republicans as forecasting • the result of Tuesday's voting in the United States. Mr Coolidge's leaders hold that the pendulum is swinging towards Conservatism in the United States as in Great Britain. Tuesday will see Mr Coolidge sent to office by a large majority. Mr Davis, a Presidential candidate, has been endorsed by the Kxe-utive Committee of the Central Trades and Labour Council of Greater "Now York. This is hailed by the Democratic officials as a revolt against Senator la Follette in the American Federation of Labour ranks, and has assured Mr Davis of the support approximately of seven hundred thousand voters. In a speech at Boston, Senator la Follette assailed the foreign policy of the United States, which had been launched "upon a career of Imperialism which leads inevitably to war and to decay which has destroyed every great Empire in the world's history. Our Government lias adopted the aims and methods of European diplomacy, and slavishly copied the politics upon which the British Empire has been built. We are to-day creating in Central and South America our Irelands, Egypts, and Indias." With the national campaign rapidly entering the final stage, fairly definite indications are available concerning the probable outcome. There now seems to bo little question that the Coolidge i movement has gained such popular strength in the last fortnight that his election by a definite so-called Electoral College majority is discernible. The i earlier contentions that no candidate ■ would be able to obtain such a majority due to inability to obtain the requisite . popular majority in a sufficient num- ■ ber of States, now seem baseless. The » possibility that the election will be ' thrown into the House of Representa- ■ tives, resulting from such a situation, ! lias dwindled into a mere academic consideration. IVtr Coolidge's campaign managers have shrewdly utilised the element of popular psychology very 1 successfully, and no charge of corruption, inefficiency, or economic injustice ■ emphasised by Mr Davis and Senator ■ la Follett© has been sufficient to gain- > say it. Mr Coolidge's major slogans, i namely "Safety and Sanity," and "No Overturning of Existing Institutions," have appealed very closely to the greatest mass of the people, who are above all desirous of maintaining an economic and institutional equilibrium. Mr Davis- and Senator la Follette, by over-emphasising otherwise legitimate issues, have driven great blocks of popular votes to Mr Coolidge. i Possibly through fear, the campaign i funds enquiry continues to reveal di- - verse and often humorous details. The : Republicans have already spent four million dollars, but collected only 3,500,000. The Democrats have collected approximately 600,090, and spent a million. Senator la Follet'te's treasurer testified that a group opactors attempted to solicit a fee of fifty thousand dollars from him by offering to introd'uee helpful witticisms during variety theatre ! performances. The treasurer declined the proposal, and the actors bodily ', joined tho Coolidge campaign. It is cuiious to note that Mr Davis will probably prove the greatest sufferer from the loss of the popular vote, [ Senator la Follette apparently continuing to hold his original strength; The anti-prohibitionists claim that they have 23 Senatorial and 302 Congressional candidates pledged againßt '. prohibition, while the Anti-Saloon League asserts that a very small minor- [ ity of the candidates for the national legislature are openly against the maintenance of prohibition. Observers allege that the Conserva- ■ tive victory in England will have a notable effect on the American elections, • increasing Mr Coolidge's strength. Various candidates, including minor aspirants, are concentrating r their final efforts in the large industrial centres, and hope to command the * cupport of the Labour elements. ', SENATE AND HOUSE* PARTY CLAIMS. (AUBTBALIAN AND H.Z. CABUB ASOfOCIATIOH.) [ (Received November 2nd, 11.5 p.m.) v NEW YOR.K, October 31. The Presidential campaign, because > of its peculiar character, has tended to - overshadow the vitally important - Congressional and Senatorial campaign, ' which likewise exhibits extraordinary 5 features. Neither tlie Republic*ns~nor the Democrats have a clear majority in the present Senate due to the presence of two Farmer-Labour Senators and a

group of Progressive Republicans, followers of Senator la Follette. Thirtythree Senatorial seatß will be filled at the present election, of which seven-, .teen now are held by Republicans, fourteen by Democrats and one by FarmerLabour. The Democrats must capture twenty and the Republicans twenty-one in order to obtain the requisite ma- ' jority. The Democrats are certain of sciven Senatorial victories, since within seven southern States there are no Republican candidates for the Senate. Th© Republicans already have one victory, namely, in Maine, where a I Republican Senator has been elected. There arc no outstanding isSues in the Senatorial campaign, since upon the last two years' legislation there has been no party uniformity. Both parties therefore are emphasising ottly the need to give one party Senatorial control in order to make possible unity of policy with the Presidential executive. Although there is a nominal Republican majority in the House of -Wepr®sentatives, the "Republicans actually will need to win 288 seats in cTder to assuro effective control, while tne Democrats require to gain only 218. The Democrats have waged: a vigorous Congressional campaign, and whatever ■the result of the Presidential eleoticm, they will be able to secure m either the Senate of the Houbo Labour s active support. Many Democratic candidate# for the Housa during the campaign have lent weight to the Democraw claim that they will hold a majority in the new House. The Democrat® expect, to be victorious in the south ana [ west, while the Republicans claim that the Bast and Middle West trill be theirs. There being no la Follette candidates for Congress, the situation naturally is especially interesting. There are now twenty-two women candidates for the House.