The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-03
WISE ONESARGNO
PLACING ANY, s
II Looks Like Stand OFF Be.
tween Harding and 2s
Harmon.
CONTEST rs B.l;T ! !! y, 4.
Republican Got i'll Late, Bulls
Making Garrison Finish
OF Campaign.

~ sSI Making NSIdillSoil - ii1liS4S ri
j OF Campaign.
4 Cincinnati, o., November 2The
A wise men out this way aren't making
4 any election bets just now. This means
4 that the gubernatorial8c campaign hasn't
4 lived up to the promise It gave in the.
early stages OF being runaway aft
fair. with Judson Harmon the easiest
4 kind of a winner
4 Just one short month ago--nnd even
more recently than that--the odds
were 2 to I or better on Harmon, with,
bundles of Democratic money in sight,
and not dollar of Republican cash 10
cover the short end of the wager.
AT present If you ask a man who
ought to know about the odds. hell
say ooh, 10 to 6 or 10 to Z" and In
the next breath admit that this Is en-
tirely guesswork. for. the whole bust
ness is UP in the air and there ara
really no odds by which the situation
may be Judged. Money talks in these
as well as other matters, AMI there
hasn't been a wager of sufficient size
laid OF late. to indicate any real
opinions. iii-5 E
Change IL Manifest.
Just think what this means. Up to a
month ago Warren G. Harding the
Republican candidate for Governor, was
out OF the race. Even his own party
associates and advisers privately con-
coded the election of Harmon-rnless
something unforeseen should turn up
and busted themselves largely with
unpleasant reflections. having to do
with the probable size OF the majority
the Democratic candidate would pile
up.
But now, no matter whether or not
Harding wins there will be no one 10
1deny that he has made splendid fight
against the heaviest possible odds
such a fight, in fact, as to turn what
promised to be no real contest at ali
Into the hottest kind of political
iGarrison finish There Is an unde-
Unable drift Hardingward all over tho;
State at present, and If the campaign
! could be strung out a bit, With election
day little farther off. there is no
{. telling what might happen.
/ Campaign Onc-Nlnn Affair.
Il This campaign from a Republican
4 standpoint, has been very much Of a
one-man affair. If the G. o. p in the
State is able to get any satisfaction,
or even consolation, out of the result,
the credit will he Hardings He has
turned out to be a bang-up campaigner.
/ His personality is attractive and his
4 methods approach the honely. And, as
\ the actor folks say, he gets across"
All over the State he has made hit,
not only with what he says, but-and
this is even more important in Ohio.
just now-with what he has left un-
said, and While at first the Republican
Iccunty organizations were apathetic
4 and didn't care much Whe Their their
b Candidate gave them time or not, they
4 are now begging for a day. half a day,
Z en- hour, iive-minute sp eech from an
& automobile. Or anything else that Hard
4 ing's crowded program viii admit.
After speaking a a couple of big
a 4hd fn.husiastic meetings last night.
morning bright and early for Colum-
bus, where he was scheduled to make
an assault on Harmon this afternoon.
But Yesterday in Cincinnati was a
busy time for him.. He had long
e chat with Senator Foraker, and sooth-
ed that statesman considerably, as
: all appearances indicate. Then he
: took James r. Garfield to his bosom
t Ism away with a smile.
and, completing his program Of
/ what must have been g series OF men
t tai acrobatics, Mr.. Harding did not
{ 20 to see George d. Cox.
$ Candidate Suffers Handicap.
Harding labors under the handicap
e and II is a real handicap In some
lparts of the State-Of having referre1
! 70 Cox, the Republican boss of Gin
] einnati before the national conven-
ton in 1904 as great big. manly
. klndly man, or words to that effect
: harmon is harping on this wherever
ne goes. and last night Harding was
! forced to say something on the sub
: lect He told his audience at Nor
, wood. aTCincinnati suburb. where hc
!, was exceedingly well received, that II
: elected Governor he would give Cox a
! square deal and no more,
I. lie did not repeat his eulogy OF the
boss and he got away from the sub
TO satisfy the crowd Of Republicans
although the Democrats may be ex.
, lgpected to smile.
III It Is OF considerable intercststo oh.
i serve the manner In which the recen,
Idrift to Harding came about. Jndsor
\ Harmon fired all his big guns early
IN the campaign, He rang n The changes
kinds or political graft, IN all. sorts o
Eplaces. He asked the voters TO leave
:. him in the Governors chair for twt
I years more. IN order that he nigh
continue he house cleaning ALREADY
begun, and turn all the rascals. out
Every day he would come out with /;
, new set OF charges against q new sc
, Of people-,iniformly RepnbAcans, al
iii. Arguments Enective.
: n was q mighty effective campaign
!. from ~ Democratic standpoint. bu
! highly nnsatIsfactory from the othsl
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