The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-19

Myron T, Herrick. OF Cleveland. will
probably be the strongest The so-caled
Endorsement OF Dick viii amount 10 little
or nothing when the determination Of tie
Issue comes; that is II we have { Republi-
can legislature of which there is good
deal OF doubt"
My own judgment Is that " the Re-
pubiicans carry the state Senator Dick
viii not be reelected. lie mas been IN
Office some time. has made enemies. AID
il is fair 20 say of him that lie has mel
made money. Senator Dick plays me
game OF politics because he enjoys y
or course he has been a "standpatter
bat his closest friends In Ohio and his
bitterest enemies agree that he IS to-day
as poor a man as he was when ne Went
into the Senate. Poverty is not always
10 be regarded as an evidence or non
esty, but when one thinks OF the oppor-
tunities which Dick has had aud OF MS
present financial condition one must al
NIT that this man, however narrow Ai'd
partisan, must certainly have eoniuctea
his affairs at Washington with On eye
TO the public good as he understood
rather than 10 his own personal ann
private profit
MyrOn n. Herrick's Candidacy.
The other two possible candidates 10
| whom / have referred in the preceding
paragraph are, first, Myron 7. Herrick'
OF Cleveland: second.-now don't laugh
at thls-GeOrge B. Cox. Of Cincinnati.
| Mr. Herrick has a national reputation
| wouldn't say. as Macaulay said OF
certain Chief Justice. that he was rich,
| respectable, and Infamous" He Is rich;
! he is respectable. He has been persist
ent claiment for public office in the state
OF Ohio during all the years that the
/ present political generation can recall lie
/ represents in his own person the inter-
ests" as no other man could. II elected,
/ he would be in Washington society an
| interesting and attractive figure, but IN
| the Senate ne would stand for all that
1 Aldrich has stood for. Moreover. II
elected, II would be in entire disregard
/ OF the primary vote in favor OF DICK.
/ The suspicion would DO Immediately
aroused that the legislature had been
/ ''Lorimerized" That would destroy his
| influence and make him Of little value 20
/ his State
Cox May BE Candidate.
| In the undercurrents OF Republican poll
/ itics I find a curious but constant reit-
Grafton Of the belief that If this State
/ legislature should go Republican, George
| B. Cox, the notorious boss OF Cincinnati
might be elected Senator. II seems al
/ most incredible, Yet IN Cleveland. Column
/ bus. and Dayton I have heard this story.
/ The dominance of Cox is a matte. which
! q
/ Ohio Republican convention precisely as
/ Murphy controlled the New York Demo-
! cratic convention, and as Roosevelt con
/ trOlled the New York Republican con-
vention.
Foraker Wants to Return.
There is apprehension in this State that
/ If the legislature Is closely divided there
/ will be political and even financial traf-
/ fcking in the Senatorial election. Into
/ the fight may yet come Foraker. a close
/ friend OF his told me the former Senator
/ had said the only ambition he had in
1 life was 70 go back 20 the Senate That
means he would Ike 20 go back this
| year. His advanced age makes il i'm
/ possible for him 20 wait until the eX-
/ piration OF the term OF Senator Burton,
so that If he desires 10 fulfill this ambi-
/ Immediately. Given Cox, with his pro-
digious power In Cincinnati his almost
| complete domination OF the state organl-
/ ZatiOn. and his control OF unlimited
| funds. Dick with the advantage which
/ comes from an Endorsement in the pri-
/ maries, but without money, Foraker,
who Notwithstanding political disaster
and the bitter hatred OF the Tart admin
istrauon. is to-day the most popular Re
publican in Ohio, and Herrick, who has
I never had great popularity. but who is
/ happily provided with the money neces-
I sary 70 push the Senatorial campaign,
/ you can readily see that the fight within
/ the Republican party for this particular
plum is going 10 be a bitter one II they
have any opportunity 70 shake the plum
tree.
The Money Menace.
Il Il Will not be surprising IL the leglsla-
ture, In the event OF It's being closely
divided, should DO very much Ike the Hi
nois auction mart-With lavish spending
Of money. To the outsider il seems al
most incredible that the name Of Cox
should be seriously considered. but
find among public men a certain feeling
that the money Of Cox may be. And the
worst OF il is that the more respectable
money OF Herrick is likely 70 play just
as much part In the Senatorial con
test.
Democratic Candidates.
On the Democratic side there are SC
many candidates and the considerations
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