The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
FREE CONVENTION IN OHIO
REPRESENTATITE DOU0L,s
SATS moss RCLE ~ OVER

GrOsSonOF's successor in Congress Pre-
dlots That tho Best Man WI Ds
Named for 0SVeruor by Republicans
-ThinkS They Nnl Carry the state,
Abort Douglas. Representative in Con
gress from the Eleventh DISTRICT Of Ohio,
which ussd TO send Representative orOs-
VenoT TO Washington until Mr.. DouglA'
captured the machine after fght. stopped
At the Waldorf yeatsrdAy to rest for a
while betwean stages VI the automobile
trip hs u making TO Chilliootho. Ohio. by
way u the White Mountains He rxp~ctS
to get HON. by the middle Of tho month
We are going to have u strenuous time
out there this summer and fall. said Mr.,
| Douglas. and just as soon as ! get out
there ! AhAn here To 60 into the campaign
Ours Is a agh ing district. We had our
primaries on ,Ay II and l was repom-
mated. but that doss not settle matters.
My DISTRICT contains the big Hooking
Valley coal mines and the voters are
largely independent and the vote ls gen
orally CLOSE. The question Of wet or dry
has made things somewhat doubtful. but
personally | think tho Republicans are
stronger than ever
i have suoceedsd in acco mplishing tho
creation Of u bureau Of mines in the Into
nor Department. having been tho author
and prepayment Of the bill. and have the
pen with which il was signed. Both the
mine workers and the mine operators
wanted mining to have a special place in
the Government and To receive special
attention.
-Of course Gov HarmoA " strong in
Ohio: there il no questioning that. He 10
"A big. nice man and an able fellow. But
.lnce the war "A Democrat has never bsen
ele-,ed Governor Of Ohio twice In success
siOn There is no doubt that at the con-
ventIon this month the Republicans will
nominate "a good man. Three OF four have
issen mentioned and the best Of them will
L. nominated
There is one beautiful thing about the
situation in Ohio There will be free
Anv boss or trammel or dictation from
Washington We are going to elect the
best man the party has
i don have To take "A special stand on
the wet and dry question in my district
There are towns that want 70 license
the sale Of liquor and resent ths fact
that as parts OF counties they may be- con-
trolled by the vote OF the rural districts.
About three -iourths OF the counties in
Ohio have gone dry. including some Of
instance. which woult rather he wet.
bu, the county majority - the other way
In such "A community IL il hard to enforce |
laws which are against public sentiment. !
and 1t creates friction. but things aro
quoting down.
The Republican party in this State !
seems to te in a muddle II Republicans |
cannot get behind Taft and Roosevelt |
and Hughes it's no " ,nder they cannot /
sucCNeed
Insurgents in ohio? Well. there IL a
great deal OF independent sentiment in |
the party out there. but there Is a warm /
feeling for President Taft and admira-
ton for the way in which ho has managed
Congress and got u To accept hls will.
There il n general feeling Of belief that
{ congress has wound up by passing a
number Of bills that the country wanted. !
= think in the long run the railroads
will like the railway bill and appreciate
the fact that IL IL conservative compared |
with what they would have got bad the |
radicals been in control