The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-08-12

This was the year Harding as candi-
date for the United States Senate car
ried Ohio by 102,373.
In 1916 Cox was a beneficiary Of
; the Kept us out of war" deception,
polled 56S,21S votes to 561,602 for
Willis. Cox's plurality was only g.
GIG. This gives another line on Cox's
boasted vote getting strength, for the
fact is that Cox in this election ran
S2.792 votes behind Wilson, head of
the Democratic ticket.
In 1918 Cox was elected by a plur-
ality of 1894, receiving 4S6,4O3
votes and 474.459 for Willis. The
analysis of the vote or this year
shows that had 1t not been for a de-
lection in Hamilton county (CinciD-
natD. which is normally Republican
by at least $4,000. that Cox would
have lost the election.
These are the facts about Cox's
vaunted vote getting" ability in
Ohio. The outcome of the San Fran
cisco convention shows that the Dem
ocrats Of other states took the word
of Cox and his managers for it. But,
a fair forecast of what will happen to
Cox in Ohio this year, facing as he
will united Republican party with /
Senator Harding at the head OF the
ticket, Is to be seen In Senator Hard
'ing's vote in 1914 when Cox was de-
feated.
Harding Elected-Cox Defeated
In 1914 when Cox lost the state
by 29,270 votes, Harding. candidate
for the. United States Senate, carried
Ohio by 102,373. This does not be-
gin to give a fair idea of Senator
Harding's personal and party
srength in Ohio because while COY
was losing the state by 29,270 votes
and Harding was carrying the state
by 102,373 votes, Senator Harding
not only had Hogan, the Democratic
candidate for senator to take care of,
but also had to stand the loss Of 67,-
500 votes which went for Garford,
Progressive candidate for senator.
Republicans are United
But this year it is far different.
Hon. Arthur L. Garford, who was
Hardings Progressive opponent in
1914 for the senate, presided at the
old-fashioned rally at the Republi-
can State Convention and took the
lead in declaring that the Progress
ives of Ohio are solidly behind Hard
ing and Coolidge for the 1920 cam
paign. An attendant fact which
shows that Cox will have to face an
absolutely united Republican party is
that the "late unpleasantness" OF the
primary campaign in which for the
time being there were Wood Re-
publicans" and Harding Republi-
cans" has been entirely wiped away.
Absolute proof of this was given at
the state convention when William H.
Boyd, Wood delegate to the Chicago
convention, who defeated Harry M.
Daugherty for delegate and Dau-
gherty. who defeated Boyd at Chica-
go by carrying his chief through to
victory, made joint speeches from the
state convention platform and shook
hands in token Of the fact that all
Republicans in Ohio from now on are
Harding and Coolidge Republicans.
Analysis of Cox Votes
Further evidences that Cox's vote
getting claims in Ohio are merely
boasts is to be had in the analysis
of the pluralities attained by him
and his opponents in the four guber-
Material elections beginning with
1912, when the Republicans we're d.
vided by the Progressive schism Cox
carried 50 Of the SS counties of Ohio
but in 1914, when deeated, Cox lost
all but "a counties. In 1915 with
Wilson his party chief taking 81 of
the SS counties on the Kept us out
of war" deception Cox carried only
SO counties and in 1918 Cox again
dropped to 20 counties.
In spite of this analysis of elec-
tion statistics Democratic organs,