Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-08-25
PLEASED WITH
NOMINATIONS
POLITICIANS BELIEVE THAT THEY
HAVE CANDIDATES FOR WIN
MING TICKET.
SAME OLD FIGHT AGAIN
Former Governor Cox and Governor
Frank B. Willis Must Go Before
the People For a Decision
Other Interesting Notes.

Frank B. Willis Must Go Before
the People For a Decision
Other Interesting Notes.
By Claude c. Walterrnire
Correspondent of the Ohio Republican
Editorial Association.
Columbus, (SpeciaD The Re
publican politicians in this capital city
are as highly pleased with the nomina-
tions for the state ticket made by the
people at large, as they were by the
nominations for the national ticket
made at Chicago-in Columbus there
are many more highly trained and sue
cessful politicians than in any other
city of the state, or world, perhaps,
for every county leader to win place
at the capital likes the town and stays
Look at the names:
Myron T. Herrick while governor
gave the state an excellent business
administration and in the most impor
tant of diplomatic posts but one, com
manded the applause of the world
Charles E. Hughes in his speech of &C
ceptance of the nomination as presi
! dent, censured President Wilson fol
dfsplacing Herrick at Paris at a criti
cal time, thus:
"There he stood in the midst O
alarms, the very embodiment of cour
age, of poise, of executive capacity
universally trusted and beloved. M
! diplomat ever won more completed.
the affections of foreign people; ant
| there was no better fortune for thi
country than to have at the capital o
any one of the belligerent nations
representative thus esteemed. Yet tn
administration permitted itself to 81
persede him. The point is not tina
the man was Ambassador Herrick o
that the Nation was France, but tha
we invited the attention of the worl
to the fnexcusable yielding of nationa
interest to partisan expediency.
was a lamentable sacrifice of interns
tional repute."
Mr.. Pomerene, who is the candidat
against whom Mr.. Herrick is pittet
was the only Democratic Senator t
vote against the proposition to includ
labor unions and farmers organic
tions in the antitrust measure.
Same Old Fight.
The choice again before the peopl
is between Frank B. Willis and JAIME
M Cox Will the decision be the san
as in 1914? Then, Cox was intrenche
in the capitol; now Willis is. The
Willis was untried and Cox had bee
tried-that was his great troubl
Then, Cox had the power of contr
over tax assessments and saloon
censes; now, that, power Of the go
ernor is dissipated. Then, third ca
didate polled $4,000 dry votes; no
two-thirds, at least, of that vote W
be given Willis.
Mr. Cox has not yet shown peniten
for the sins in Office for which he W
punished two years ago when the pc
pie rebuked his greed for power.
John H. Arnold.
John H. Arnold, like every 9th
man, renominated on the Republic
ticket, has made a record in offci
position which gave the electorate &C
fdence in him, as shown by the vo
although his competitor was near
kin to Abou Ben Adhem than he.
Against him is Earl D. Bloom,
Bowling Green. The Democratic
ganization press, whose slate Bloc
brutally broke (the senator from CT
ahoga, Mr. Ed. Hopple, having be
endorsed by them), says of Bloom tt
he is unknown. Cox's Columbus q
: patch sneers thus:
: Blooms victory over Senator H
e pie is due to the fact that his nal
e starts with B., which gave him fl
r place on the ticket. Throughout
e state not one voter in thousa
:. knew Bloom from Adams off OK"
Mr., Bloom has the advantage of
ing the son of his father-in-law,
Senator Beatty, who, with the Bea
investigating committee punished
. organization for breaking a promise
nominate him for state treasurer g
going to Creamerl on convention
0 by exposing a number Of it's lead
as grafters, big and little. The ra
and file of the party having forced t
Ishmaelite upon the ticket, will hs
to give him support for the position
!. president of the senate, which is
# great importance to the vets.
v Charles @. Hiidebrant.
J. Charles @. Hildebrant, by efficiel
in the office of Secretary of State,
n tablished a claim for a second te,
d which no one felt able successfully
re dispute. Aside from experience
9 county and state offices, he has
$. the advantage which accrue from m,
l. bership in Congress.
n The successful contender for
Democratic nomination for Secret
le of State is Mr.. Thornton Snyder,
8 Cincinnati, who led a flock of c
'r didates. The word flock is correc
p used, for they were birds. Among tn
ID were the late State Librarian,
L John Henry Newman, whose gr
fame rests upon his ability as ste
a teller alone; Mr.. W. Duane Fulton,
N loud singer on the Licking River,
rt of the most subservient members
the Cox Legislature; Mr.. Anten
n, from somewhere, whose confidence
IL high alphabetical altitude seems
1T have zen MISPLACED: Mr., Weyg: