The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-10
OHIO'S CHOICE
Sends Penlsrone 10 Uaited States Senate
in Place II Dix.
HELPS .HARMON'S CAUSE

AlEAl y 1AaflslnVlS.U SaUuA
Governor Wilson in New jersey is
Trying TO Send a Good Nan in
Place Of Kean .,nd From Now York
It is Hoped ID Good Man Will
Go.
The Washington correspondent of
the, Augusta Chronicle says Governor
Harmon has won out again and
strengthened himself at home an
abroad through the action OF the
caucus of the Democratic members of
the Ohio legislature in selecting AZ
lee Pomerone for United States Sem
iator to succeed Charles A. Dick.
The friends Of Pomerone in the
Ohio delegation are confident th It
/ his selection will be great thing FOR
1 the party nationally, and brinZ intn
! tie United States Senate another
strong man. 1t is especially pleas
ing to friends who are backing Jut-
con Harmon For the Democratic noI,-
ination in 1912, for they believs this
new evidence Of his strength II ann c
will help him naturally abroai.
The United States senatorship fight
in Ohio is one Of the four In which
the Dem mocratic party Is vitall7 inter.
ested. The other contests are n Me-
York, New Jersey, and one that VIII
be precipitaled In West Virginia tn
select a successor to Senator Elkins.
| II the Ohio contest had brought
about any charges Of corruption or
bribery, or even anything savoring OF
unseemly tactics, 1t would have been
embarrassing to the party and partic-
ularly distressing the Democracy III
these early days Of It's triumph. Ii
the interests Of the people was not TO
be served By the retirement Of men
like Charles A. Dick, Chauncey De-
pew, and John Kean, then the coulI.
try would not be disposed 10 trust
the Democratic party with complete
national control.
Contests in New York and New
Jersey are now on. In the former
state It is reported that Tammany
Is in complete control and that
Charles F. Murphy can Pr II til
| United STATES senate any Ia: ~
chooses. Tho itron: est k'ra ..f -
sure Is being brought to ;,ear or
Murphy to. ihe end that be luay name
I:he right kind of man. However
my rlan chosen will be- known .ss
MrrphY's choice.
Woodrow Wilson, the new gov.
error OF New Jersey Is making i
lard fght.Lo prevent the election o.
former Senator James Smith. He Is
backing James F. MARITIME, who was
endorsed for the senatorship in the
Democratic primary It Is sail Smith
is not a, proper man to represent
New Jersey in the. senate, and that
dis selection would be calamity foI
the party.
When the primary was on 1t was
not thought remotely possible that
he would offer. Now that the op-
portunity for the people to express
.Aeir choice Ia past, he wishes to sub
NIT his claims TO tho Legislature
which he believes Is friendly. Ad.
vices received, however, are to thf
effect thar Woodrow Wilson ha;
enough strength to defeat the eiec.
ton Of Smith. even II be Is not abls
to win with MARITIME.
Defying the criticism that has
Sprung up as the result Of his active
participation in this f'?ht,. which has
led to him being called a dictator
Governor Wilson has insisted that he
is leader and not boss. and that
he Is commissioned by the people tc
do the very work he !s doing.
Unless the Ohio legislature can be
influenced as was the Illinois leg
islature " hlch chcsa Lorimer, 1t Is
safe to say that Pomerone will come
70 the senate. He had barely enough
votes to elect in the caucus, and there
has been talk Of bolt and the Sc
lection of someone else: but little
weight Is attaahei to thefe stories
The Democrats In tAe Ohio delega-
ION say Pomerone is all right and
has no intel ests to serve apart from
those Of t!!e people.
Had rika OF large wealth, or one
prominently identified with the big
cor0oTatiCns been chosen from Ohio
1t is conceded it would have serious
1y embarrassed Governor Harmon. 1t
Is not too mrch to say that he nas
been strengthened as a presidential
candidate b. the action OF the dem
oarats OF his state. The general I'm
preston here Is that he will give a
-ocl account Of himself during the
next two years, ard strengthen the
Favorable opinion already formed oi
! him es q leader