The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
OHIOS SENATORIAL FIGHT
EFFECT OF THE PRIMARY
VOTE ON DECKS CHANCES.
Assut is66oJN Saers n FHVoS - GNIns
lslm Another Tegm-The Resu1t .
surprise 10 lllS Opponeaas- Iatevesa
IN lhe aepuhllean state CsnNeaaISR.

Inc hepoouoan ototo comNonion 81
Ohio is 10 be held az Columbus on July
20 and a. There 10 keen interest among
politicians. Democrats 90 well a. Re-
publicans. over the contest in tho STATE
this year.
The Democrats will without doubt
renOminAte Gov. Judson Harmon. A
doson well known Republicans Of thG
Buckeye State have been mentioned foz
tho Republican nomination. In laaa Tai!
carried the State by 90 .sal while Harmon,
the Democratic candidate for Governor,
was elected by IB.ST7. The State sincS
the death Of Senator Hanna has been
torn by fractional disputes. 10 which
ThSodOrs Roosevelt when President
greatly contributed. in the opinion Of well
informed Ohio politicians.
should Gov Harmon be reelected next
fall the swing. In the Judgment Of Ohio
politicians, might carry control Of the
State Legislature. which at present on
joint ballot IL Republican by thirty-Ons
majority. The Legislature next winter
IL 10 elect q United States senator 70
succeed Charles Dick on March .. 1911.
AZ the recent primaries in Ohio the
stand pat Republicans. those Who believe
in Taft and the Aldrich-Payne tariff Law.
won q notable victory. Great dissension.
though. marked any effort 10 give ex-
precision to opinions as 10 tho choice
Of a senator to succeed MIR. Dick. Tho
friends Of former Governor Myron r.
HerPick and thOss Of James r. Garfield
were especially Outspoken in their op-
position 10 Dick. and vet one Of Senator
Dicks friends said Yesterday at tho
Manhattan Hotel:
The vote polled. estimated betW cen
i2S, OOO ard isc.Oee, by senator Dick a. q
candidate for United States senator At
,he Ohio primaries May II was . great
surprise 10 those in HE own party who
are opDOsing his reelectiOn 20 the Senate.
DCK IL opposed bv the Republican metro
pOlitan DaDers throughout the state. by
The biz feeders o. his party and BY the
managers in control Of the party ma
chinsrv. and for months before the
primaries these elements did everything
pOasibie 10 discredit Dick and 70 induce
Republican voters 20 ignore the Law per-
hitting Candidate for Senator IN submit
their names TO q Statewide primary.
-Of those who are mentioned - prob
able candidates none entered the prim airy
but senator Dick. and every inauance
was brought to bear upon him by the
Managers Of the party 20 ignore the
primary. Dick. however. took the stand
that he had no part in the making Of the
law. and inaamuch a. q Republican
Legislature had seen ht 70 paas Il 90
far a. he Wa concerned the law would be
observed.
his opponents in his own party then
sought 20 induenCe voters not to express
themselves on the SenatoEship AZ all
holding that the primary Was not legal
and would not be binding upon members
% the General Assembly and Il was
confidently expected by he adyersagies
that Dick would make q very poor showing
at the polls. When Il became apparent
day OF two after the primaries that
notWithat anding their efforts and the
fact that there was no contest 10 arouse
interest nearly lsO. 600 Republican voters
had expressed themselves in favor Of
Dicks return the opposition was struck
With surprise and up TO date has not been
able TO get itself together
The resolution adopted by the Cuya-
the 2ist instant. declaring that the primary
vote would BE- held not 20 be binding upon
the members Of the General As smbly
from that county, was the result Of a
compromise after an all night conference
Former Governor Myron 7 Herrick. who
il a resident u Cleveland, desired the
indors smeni Il his county for senator
This was denied him and the resolution
declaring the primary not binding was
tho rpauh
Although theiT action was superhuOus
in face OF the primary election. several
county conventions held since have
Endorsed Dick. and while it 10 not known
u SfnAtor Dick. who "a being urged by
his friends 60 do 10. will aek Endorsement
Of the STATE convention In July Il IL APP
parent that Il h. dOes there will be a
pretty hRht
HIS friends argue that no voter " no was
Opposed 20 his return 90 the senate voted
for HIM az the primaries On the other
hand they claim. and with reason. that
every voter Who took the trouble 70 place
a cross marx before Dick . name did 10
because he desired his rselection, and they
now reasOn that anv man who can 90
into a stats convention Of his party a.
candidate for any once after $50 .O0O
voters 81 the party have officially de-
clared their preference for him 10 IN a
position 10 demand consideration and the
leaders cannot safely ignore hia demands
even were they able 20 control the con.
vention against him
so you can readily zee that Dick 10
in a position 20 hold the whip hand and
a. he heads the delegation from his own
county he will be on the floor II the con-
vention and II compelled by the leaders
Who are opposing him 90 do 20 will take
- kta l~vw &c., maA - ekEa
situation arrives you may look for one
u the most interesting conventions that
the Ohio Republicans have held for
some year,
Other Ohio Republicans who were in
town disputed the statements 81 Senator
Dick = friends They said that even u the
Republicans recaptured the LeRiaA tirs AZ
Columbus on joint ballot Senator Dick
would not be heard Of and that he had no
possible chance for reslection.
These anti -Dick Republicans went on 10
say that most of Senator Dick's 10000
votes at the primaries came from counties
which were largely Democratic and that
a. a matter u fact Dicks primary vote
Was more or less a matter ~ default
rather than Affirmative action In his frvor
Then. too II was stated by these anti
Dick Republicans Of the Buckeye State that
James X Garfield had no chance whatever
for either the nomination for Governor
or the nomination for United states Sen
Etor One Of Mr. Garfield's personal
friends AZ the Waldorf Astoria said:
Mr. Garfield attitude toward the Taft
Administration in the BallinRer matter
has embittered the Republicans Of our
State against him. should he by any acct
dent become the candidate for Governor
Of our party and Gov Harmon IL renOm-
mated by the Democrats HarmOn'a phi-
ralitv could not he counted, u would be 30
prOdigiOus
How does Mr. Cox Of Cincinnati seAnd9'
.EnE "a the ..nLu ah.a anuLnn 10.