Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15
GOVERNOR WzZLLSFANORED
.NOH7OSS ElVATORLALRACE
Former Executive Is Campaigner to Be
Reckoned With and Has Advantage
Of Being Good Speaker

to the national convention need not
have the permission of the presi-
Dental candidate whom they pro-
posed to support before being admit
ted to the presidential primary bal
lot. That ruling was adverse to the
wishes and plans of Harry NJ. Daugh-
erty, the general manager of the
candidacy of Senator Harding for
the presidential nomination.
At the time this conflict was pre-
cipitated Judge Smith had no OPPOSE
ton for nomination for a second term.
but Immediately former Representa-
tive c. Q. Hildebr of Hillsboro GER
titled as a candidate, and little later
two comparatively unknown young
men from up the state, whose last
names and initials were the same as
those of Judge Smith, filed certificates
as candidates. Judge Smiths friends
suspected at once that the other
Smith candidates. were induced in
the interest of Mr.. Hildebrant. the OBJ
ject being to divide the support of
Secretary of State Smith among the
three Smiths and let Hildebrant ride
in on the balance of the vote. Though
it was a delicate matter for him to
take up, Judge Smith ruled the Ques-
tionabie Smith candidates. off the
ballot, but one of them resisted in
the supreme court, and that court
held against the secretary of state.
Party Wounds Closed.
In the hearing on the matter some
evidence was produced tending to
connect H. M. Daugherty with the
phony" candidates., but the court
ruling was accepted as final by Judge
Smith in order that party wounds al
ready formed might not be kept open.
1t is all happily over now.
With the defeat Of Walter F. Brown
Of Toledo for the senatorship, the
old progressives of 1912 do not seem
to have got anything out of the pri-
mary election. Brown stood at the
mead and front of that party in 1912,
and also two years later, when the
last attempt was made to hold the
organization together. He was, in
fact, chairman of the republican
state central committee at the begin
ming OF the campaign of 1912 and led
the majority of that committee in
resignins rather than support Presi-
dent Taft for reelection. He has been
back in the republican party lines
since 1916, however. and apparently
everywhere accepted as republican
In good standing. 1t is not likely
that the progressives will take his
defeat as rebQf and show detection
as a result.
Soldiers Are Elected.
Though the voters of the state
showed nothing like a craze for
boosting candidates who were in the
world war into Office, they were not
altogether neglected. Though Col.
Cole was overlooked by the republic
cans in picking their gubernatorial
candidate for civilian, Col Benson
W. Hough of Delaware was nomi-
mated for one of the vacant places on
the supreme court bench, and the
democrats nominated. without oppo-
sition, c. B. Orwig of Canton, a ser
geant in the A. E. F. who left leg
in France, for state treasurer. Here
in the capital district the republicans
Col. John c.. Speaks,
world war veteran, for Congress to
succeed Representative. Brumbaugh.
Two Of the present Ohio delegation
in Congress, one republican and one
democrat, who sought nomination for
reelection. were defeated. Two years
ago the democratic organisation in
Cleveland threw it's influence against
Robert Crosser. because of his paei-
Ism, and defeated him for the nomi-
nation, with John ]. Babka- This year
Crosser entered against Babka, and
he unofficial returns show that he
has defeated Babka by seven votes.
In the twenty-second district, Cleve-
land also, two candidates entered
against Representative Henry I. En-
erson for the republican nomination,
one Of them former Senator Theodore
E. Burton. The other was ]. s. Rut-
ledge. a former worker in the Anti
Saloon League. AS was expected,
Emerson and Rutledge
divided the opposition to Burton and
enabled him to ride in on veri-
table tidal wave vote. AS the twenty
second district is Overwhelmingly re-
publican, it Is practically certain now
that former Senator Burton will re-
sumo his seat in the lower house OF
Congress- in December of next year.
Continue I'm Party Charge.
On the face of things following the
primary election, it looks as though
the same state organizations would
m both sides Of the party fence in
Ohio. That means that w. w Durbin
will probably manage the state cam
naien for the democrats and George
Fl. Clark ofsCanton that OF the re-
Local republican leaders who In
ended, If they could control the pat
legislative ticket are chagrined TO
ind that the colored element played
shrewd trick and got not one place
merely. but two-in fact, half the
.ntire number that the county is en-
tiled to in this legislature. This was
lone by what is known as single
Noting" at the polls. They voted
or their own race candidates and no
,ther. which kept pushing their IA
,orites forward and holding the white
back The probability Is
hat the development will cause q
.eyersal of feeling which will result
N both colored candidates being de-
The primary nominations made
Tuesday do not seem to AFFECT the
of Gov. Cox and Senator
Harding except in the remote man
her indicated Obove. Gov. Willis Is
40 doubt very acceptable to Senator
Harding as the candidate for senator
To- succeed him. The two have always
worked in harmony and Gov. Willis
was the next after Mr. Daugherty
himself, one Of the most valuable
of Senator Harding. and
presented his name at the Chicago
convention.
lion was for the nomination Of Mr..
Julian for the senatorship, but the
of neither of the candi-
iates for the senatorship had much
% offer the governor in the way OF
assistance in the coming campaign.
]. H. GALBRAITH.
HARDING WILL SPEAK
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