New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-12
Republicans in
Ohio .Jubilant
Over Primary
Party Leaders Are Confden.
Davis Victory Means That
Harding Will Carry the
State Beyond a Doubt
Regarded as a Liberal
Wills for Senator Is Also
Looked Upon as Strong.
With Support of Drys
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Confidence
Tat Senator Harding will carry Ohio
vas expressed by Republican leaders
here for the first time to-day as
result of the Ohio primaries yesterday.
rx.Msyor Davis OF Cleveland. Who has
apnarently been nominated by he Re
nrbicans for Governor by handsome
slurality. IS q tremendous vote retter.
Is he has often demonstrated n cam
naicns in the Democratic stronghold
q Cleveland. When The Tribune cor
respondent was looking into political
conditions in the Middle West last win
ter he was told IN Cleveland by prom
jnent local Democratic politician that
this politician hoped Davis woald run
for Governor.
But II he gets votes as you ssy he
does" The Tribune correspondent
Questioned in some surprise, .ne may
be elected Governor
HE may be- replied the Democrat.
"but want to get hin, ou: nt Cleve-
land. Without his name on the local
ticket we may he able 10 elect a Mayor
and city administration again, and
that is what am chiefly intere sted in. ."
Mayor Davis IS rather liberal, or was
IN tu!.NtitS N-ltN tAdiiQ. WLlCN mas one
Of the largest percentages of foreign
born population in the country. The
part Of Cleveland lying west of the
river is almost exclusively foreign.
and in his last fight for reelection as
Mayor Davis carried every precinct
west o. The river. though normally
that IS where the Democrats pile up
the majority which in the old DAYS
swung the city for the candidate.
Davis IS highly popular in Cincin-
rat also, on account of his liberal
views.
The nomination for Senator of ex
Governor Willis, the man who made
TIE nominating speech for Harding at
the Chicago convention and promised
the convention that Harding will bring
home the bacon. Is also regarded as
excellent from q purely getting
standpoint
Another point in which Republicans
here are taking great satisfaction is
hat while Davis Will make a strong
appeal 70 the vets. the Senatorial nom
NEE Frank B. Willis, has been a
s.rong worker for the Ant;Saloon
League and will appeal to the drys,
thus getting out both of the wings of
the party, to the resulting advantage
q Harding and Coolidge.
The defeat of Senator William F.
Kirby, Of Arkansas. for renomina ton
in the primaries yesterday marks the
passing Of the last Of the Democratic
~wllful men," In his statement the
President mentioned no names, nor
did he give the number he was attack
ing. referring merely to little group
Of wiliful men"
As the men attacked were those who
held mp the passage of the armed
neutrality bill in the session OF Con-
gress which ended March 1, 1917, the
number was rather promptly fixed at
twelve. and the seven Democrats in
Guided in that number were OGorman,
Of New York: Stone, of Missouri; Lane,
Of Oregon; Hardwick. of Georgia, Ward
aman. Of Mississippi; Kirby, OF Ar
kansas. and Gore, Of Oklahoma
Republican Senators generally in
Guided were Works, of California; Nor
RS, Of Nebraska; La Toilette. of Wis
ccnsin; GroAna OF North Dakota, and
Clapp OF Minnesota.
OF these Lane and Stone have died;
Works, O'Gorman and Clapp ended
their service in the Senate before the
Presidents statement came out, their
successors having been elected at the
1915 election. Hardwick and Varda-
man were defeated in the Democratic
primaries in their states two years
ago, and row Gore and Kirby have
been beaten in Democratic primaries
this yea. Gronna was defeated in the
Republican primary in North Dakota
this year.