Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-05


paign right in the home county and
town of the democratic candidate
State Auditor A. v. Donahey, New
Philadelphia. Tuscarawas county-the
opening to be held next week. This
is characteristic of Davis as a po-
litical campaigner-full of dash and
vim, and always going directly at
the enemy. Donahey has already
opened his campaign without formal
exercises and has been speaking at
occasional assemblages for the last
two weeks.
The republicans are evidently count
ing on strong support for their can
second grade cities to Offset the OPP
position to him in the rural districts
because of his reputation as a liberal.
1t may be that they are leaning on a
frail reed in this however, for the
liberal element of the voters is neither
organized nor directed now as it used
to be. 1t was through the liquor in
terests that that vote was effectually
used in former days. But now the
saloons are no more and those who
were connected with them have drift
ed into other occupations. where after
because q his reputation at liberal.
years of being driven. assessed, shaken
down and rolled they are, for the most
part. content to stay-and they are not
taking orders politically from any one
Just now. 1t has taken little time for
1t to get through the slow-moving minds
of these people and it will be inter
esting to note how the so-called lib
eral vote responds in such a case as
this, the first state election held un-
der the new conditions with such a
proposition presented to it.
Circulation of petitions for the adj
mission of state ticket for the single
tax organization this week directs at
fnr he IN q.
ment that will. If it succeeds, put a
new party on the ballot in this state
this fall. 1t was supposed that this
organization, which was not strong
enough to get a quasi-site-tax amend
ment to the constitution on the ballot
this year. would throw whatever
strength it had to the support of the
republican candidate for governor,
who was one Of the principal workers
with it two years ago in urging the
adoption Of the classification amend
ment.
Republican Calculations.
The republicans are counting on
adding several republicans to the Ohio
delegation in Congress through the
that there is q district in the state
which they are in any danger Of los
ing to the democrats and their claims in
this regard look to be pretty well
taken. They predict that they will
capture from the democrats this dis
trict, the twelfth and the twenty-first.
Here the republicans have placed in
was defeated by Representative
Brumbaugh two years ago. This time,
however, two Independent candidates
are qualifying for candidacy and will
probably succeed in getting on the
ballot. and both are likely to draw
ckN =, 1SA g.
nominee, Arthur P. Lamneck.
In the twenty-first district there is
a democratic wrangle growing out of
the contest between Representative
John ]. Babka and Former Repre-
sentative Robert Crosser for the NOM
ination. By the official count Babka
got the nomination by a single vote.
but Crosser has brought mandamus
in court to compel the
board of elections to give him the
citing FIVE places in the
city where ballots that should have
been counted for him were given to
his opponent. It is apparent that
Crosser has strength and no matter
which candidate wins the nomination,
dissatisfaction will be carried over into
the campaign which will inure to the
benefit Of the republicans.
The other district that the republic
cans are hoping to capture is the
third. Though Representative Gard
is not a candidate for reelection, the
republicans are using in the campaign
the fact that he is a member Of the
congressional junket party now trav-
cling in the orient at the expense Of
the government. It is the district in
which the home Of Gov. Cox is and
the district that he himself repre-
scented at one time in Congress.
Using as a basis the new Federal
census the governor, secretary of
state and auditor Of state elected this
fall will make a new district system
for representation in the state senate
early next year, and as the arrange
ment SO made will be influential in
which party will control
that branch Of the legislature through
the next decade. more than usual de-
ponds in Ohio politics on the result
Of the election on the state ticket.
J. H. GALBRAITH.