Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-10
CAST EYES ON SEAT
IN THE u. S. SENATE
Number of 0hioans Think
Toga Would Fit Them.
BELIEVED cox WILL
NOT SEEK POSITION
Close Friends of the Governor
Think That He viii Be candI-
date Again for Second Term
as State Executive.
Special Columbus Correspondent.

Columbus, Ohio.
ENAToRIAL candidates are some
what exercised over the reports
Al that Gov. Cox will seek this office,
but their fears apparently are
groundless. II the governor has any
desire to seek the senatorship, he
very carefully conceals it. 1t is the
belief of those who are close to him
that he will not seek the senatorship,
but will be a candidate for second
term as chief executive. Astute poll
ticians think this would be wise
course for him to pursue. They think
that the governorship is a better STEP
ping stone to the presidency nova
days than the senatorship. He can
have denomination without opposi-
ton, and with the Republicans and
Progressives fighting each other he
should encounter little trouble in Sc
curing reelection. OF course, If these
parties should unite, it would be
harder to win, but no less authority
than Col. Theodore Roosevelt declares
that no such thing will ever be con-
summated, and unless he looses his
grip on the Progressives it will not
happen.
Other distinguished citizens OF the
state who harbor senatorial ambitions
will be immeasurably pleased if Gov.
Cox refuses to allow the use of his
name in connection with the senator
ship, realizing there would be serious
trouble ahead for them if he should
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attorney general, Timothy S. Hogan,
has not announced his intention n of
seeking the senatorship, it is a cinch
he will enter the lists, and, further
more, will be most formidable can
didate. Another Tim is costing COW
etous eyes on the senatorial toga,
Timothy T. Ansberry of Defiance, who
represents the Fifth district in con-
gress. He was a Candidate for the
Office when Atlee Pomerene won it
three years ago last spring.
Swain Seeks Job.
Speaker Charles L. Swain of the
Ohio house of representatives thinks
that the toga would be becoming to
him, and he is planning to be a can
didate. 1t is suspected, too, that Con-
gressman w. G. Sharp from the Four
teenth district has designs upon the
office and that he will enter the con-
test if there is anything like chance
for him to win. Congressman Isaac
R. Sherwood of Toledo thinks he is
too old to mix up in such foolishness.
He is we'll in the seventies and thinks
f,tr Nieh
him with all the amusement and di-
version he needs. John ]. Lentz of
Columbus, the champion long distance
talker, admitted while in Washington
recently that he regards himself as
very excellent senatorial timber, but
John was only expressing his own
personal opinion and was not mirror
ing any very considerable general
sentiment.
There is another prominent citizen
of the state who aspires to the SEN
otorship, John H. Clarke, the noted
Cleveland lawyer, who was the candi-
date of the Democracy against M. A.
Hanna the second time he was elected
Senator. Mr.. Clarke undoubtedly
would runswell in the eastern part of
the state, where he is best known.
The prospective candidates who have
been mentioned are all Democrats,
but in the equation of things there
should be recognition of the fact that
Theodore e. Burton, Republican, now
on his first term as senator, will make
fight for second term, that is, if
he thinks there is any chance for him
to win. OF course, if it looks like a
case of good night for him, and the
perspective is visible to him, he may
decide to stay out of the race and
thus save himself the humiliation of
defeat. If he does enter, he will
have lots of opposition from within
his own party. The Progressives
will probably be represented in the
senatorial contest.
Campaign for Better Roads.
Work is going on industriously in
the way OF perfecting organizations in
the different towns and counties of
Ohio as auxiliaries of the Ohio Good
Roads Federation. The State Good
Roads Federation has affiliated itself
with the National Highway associa-
tion and thus becomes a component
part of the movement to build road.
or perhaps more than one, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific coasts. Work
on one of these, the old national
pike, has already commenced in Ohio
between Columbus and GAINESVILLE. 1t
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