The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-31
WILLIS WILL
NOT WITHDRAW
MAselE WILL NOT MAKE RACE
ri Ts sH so 70 IIGsr FOR
Ohio voters Are Quot TO Beet Cox
and Think Any Candidate
Can % u.

Ohio Voter Are Quot TO Beet Cox
and Think Any Candidate
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The most important incident OF the
last week In Ohio politics was the
meeting held In Cleveland by a num-
Der Of the officials of the state com
seek to bring about an understanding
among the candidates II was pro-
posed At this conference that Con-
gresham Frank ID. willis OF the
Eighth district. who Is the oni yons
20 have announced his candidacy for
ernor. should withdraw and make the
race for United States senator. a.
was then proposed that the nomina-
ton for governor should 70 to ID.
Meade Massie. OF Chillicothe.
IL was argued that IN ~ much as
Aassie was 4 Progressive In 1919 and
had returned TO the Republican party.
he could poll thousands OF Progress
sive votes. Massie. however, who Il
well TO q Dan dis disposed to take life
easy. In not inclined to enter the race
for the Rubernatorial nomination IL II
means n light. Willis. on the other
hand. refuses to pull out. so IL Mas
candidate. IL would mean a hard bat
tie with the Eighth district congress-
man.
Many signatures.
The Willis headquarters both at
Kenton and Delaware this week made
known the results OF the circulating
OF the Willis petitions all over the
state. According TO the congress
mans managers. petitions are being
signed with avidity and all that have
been returned bear more names than
were required. The Willis men say
they will not be satisfied unless they
can hle petitions bearing the sigma
lures OF more an ma quarter OF a mil
lion voters. III reports are true, many
Democrats are looking TO Willis as
the man to succeed Governor Cox.
The fact that Willis IL a dry, that a.
that he took active part I'm the dry
nights In Ohio In recent years. may
cost him some votes 1 nthe cities.
while Massie. who has taken no pro-
nounced stand on that question would
not be embarrassed one way or the
other. Still, as a Republican leader.
who Is thoroughly conversant with
the situation, remarked a few days
ago. THE people this year are going
TO vote against Cox. They are going
they VIII not pay much attention to
who heads IT,"
Anyone Can Win.
The Republicans figure that prac-
ucally any Republican can be elected
governor this year. Congressman J.
j. Whitacre, of Canton, who is OPP
posing Cox for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor is securing thous-
ands OF signatures. Il Is said. and
helping along the Republican cause.
With Willis urged for Senator by
the Republican leaders. the question
naturally Is asked, what will Sena-
tor Il. +. Burton do?" However.
Burton Is not particularly anxious to
run and will gladly give up the race
~ by so doing he can bring about
party harmony and insure Republican
success
Allen w. Thurman. n Democrat.
former member of the state board OF
administration. this week, issued a
statement involving Gov. Cox and G..
2 c. Marshall, former secretary OF the
state Democratic committee and now
a member OF the public utilities COM
mission. In an alleged ptempt un-
lawfully to collect campaign funds In
1919, when Cox ran me- governor.
The statement caused qufresa sensa-
tion politically In Ohio. "