The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-07-08
Forces Of Democrats and
Republicans Are Laying
Plans for Battles
BIG QUESTION IN OHIO IS
TO BEAT JUDSON HARMON
wisconsin While New York Is
Just Now Giving Republicans
Cause for Anxiety

washington, July 7.-(Special.)--A
busy summer and fall politically are
ahead.
| Just now, and for few weeks,
while members of Congress are taking
their vacations and resting from their
Iabors in the field of craftsmanship
there is not SO much stir as there will
be later on. But when the ball is once
set rolling. 1t will hum along at a
merry rate. Such events as these are
ahead
The Ohio republican state convention
at Columbus. July 26 an5 27.
The Iowa republican state convention.
August 8, at Des Moines.
The Wisconsin primaries involving
the senatorship, September 6.
| The New York contest for the gov
ernorship nomna tion and control of
organization and the fight oyer the
election of a governor. This will run
through most of the summer and fall.
The congressional campaign involving
control of the House in the Sixty-sec-
ond Congress.
| These are just few of the events
scheduled between now and election
early in November Outside of presi-
Dental year 1t seldom happens that
there are as many interesting situa-
tions crowded into the political sea-
son. To considerable degree. this is
because of the factional contest in the
republican party between the regulars
and insurgents or progressive. To some
extent the foreshadowings of the 1919
situations.
Question I'm Ohio
In Ohio the big question is who Is to
be named for the governorship on the
republican side. the purpose being 10
get nominee who is of sufficient prom
inence to defeat Judson Harmon. This
situation relates closely TO the presi-
Dental contest next time
| In Iowa the republican state conven-
tion has before the problem of adopt
ling a platform. The republican state
committee also will be organized. The<
progressives. as evidenced by the re-
cent county conventions will be in con-
troll of the convention.
Their action will be watched the
country over for the reason that 1t
west political sentiment with respect
to the tariff and the insurgent move
ment
LaFollette is the supreme question in
the Wisconsin primaries. In the con-
test will doubtless be decided the ques-
tion whether he is to remain in the
Senate though the. LaFollete forces say
the stalwarts will try to disregard the
primary results II they are favorabls
to LaFollette when itscomes to elect
ing a senator in the next lea islature.
The Now York situation is attract
ing no end of notice all over the coun-
TRY, 1t was thAught by many it would
quickly straighten itself out when
Roosevelt returned but has not done so.
Here the feeling is that 1T is worse
tangled than ever and that. the repub-
lfcan leaders are as much in the air
over nominee for govern or, as are
their brethren in Ohio.
Roosevelt's Defeat y,
The Intervention of Roosevelt in the Leg,
islative situation at Albany in order to
put the Cobb direct nomination bill
through was not successful. The old Or
ganfzed leaders defeated the bill and are
now defiant of Roosevelt. The question
how far he will have to say in the norni-
nation of the republican candidate for
governor and whether he will be no more
successful In getting the state conven-
tion to follow his wishes in nominating a
governorship candidate than he was in
respect to the primary. For time
there was talk that Roosevelt might
throw his influence to Loeb for COVER
nor. Now along comes William Barnes.
FIR, boss OF Albany county, and says
Loeb cannot have Albany county's sup
port This notice OF intent to fight Loeb
L.
nomination, though it is not necessarily
fatal to them.
Barnes has come out for conservatism
and against radcalism in the conven-
ton, and in the republican party In the
state. He has sounded Il note that is
| nothing less than plain defiance to Roose.
welt. and 1t is not easy to see how Roose-
fail to have a hard time shaping things
to suit himself in the state convention.
Trouble for Republicans
The New York row spells trouble for
the republicans In that state in the elee-
tions as generally viewed here, unless
there Is show OF harmony at the state
convention. which does not seem now to
be indicated.
Such state situations as those In In
diana. where Senator Beveridge IL maxi
ing hard fight in Michigan, where SEN
ator Burrows 10 threatened with, defeat;
In Nebraska, where Senator Burkist Ia in
danger Of being swamped; In Massachu-
setts, where Butler Ames has swooped
down on Lodge and in Montana. where
Senator Carter is confronted with real
campaign to succeed bimself-all show the
animated sort OF politics that will be ~
dulged In In many sections of the coul.
try the next four months
Ar for the congressional campaign, ths
democrats have set out to carry the
House with such weapons as tariff reform
and abolition of extravaganza. That the
democratic campaign will be much moro
spirited than any other congressional hsht
for control of the House made by TIM