Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22

his young-and to begin with, equally
unknown opponent Judge O'Neil,
established an organization, made a
short, but active campaign, and en-
the A. Z. F. of the world war.
The problem of the democrats in
the senatorial campaign will be to
get Julian before the voters. How
this is to be done is yet to be worked
out He is no speaker, and up to this
time seems not to have felt that to
get out and to speak to the people
of sister kept him away from the
democratic state convention this
week, and one unusual opportunity
to get acquainted with the party's
local leaders was lost. Gov. Cox went
out of his way in the course of his
it upon the minds of the delegates
that in Mr.. Julian the party had a
candidate for the senatorship of I'M
usual qualifications.
But the democrats realize that Mr..
Julian will labor in the campaign at
great disadvantage in opposition to
former Gov. Frank B. Willis. who is
a campaigner of long experience and
unusual ability on the stump. 1t
happens that Willis is of exactly the
opposite type to Mr.. Julian: long
before the people of the state in diff
ferent capacities and three times In
a prominent position on the ticket OF
the party. Whatever may be said
against the former governor as
it must be admitted that
he is known to the voters of his
party. On the face of it it looks as
though the republicans had a decided
advantage in the senatorial race as
the entries line up for the start.
The Gubernatorial Contest.
The republicans. with their large
fields of candidates for almost every
place on their ballot to be hlled In
the primary election. seem to have
come out of the contest with the
smallest possible number of sore
spots. The post-primary period has
not witnessed a single declaration
from a defeated candidate that indi-
Gated resentment, or an inclination to
bolt. The sharpest conflict of all was
probably that between Mayor Davis
and Col. Ralph D. Cole for the nomi-
nation for governor. Davis being the
winner. Col Cole promptly congrat-
ulated his successful rival and ten
dered his services and entire time
in the campaign, to him.
date for governor, is an aggressive
man-very much like Gov. Cox in
that respect, and already has given
intimation that he will put up the
hardest campaign fight any candidate
of his party in this state ever did.
He is young man. perfect DYNAMO
of energy, a good mixer and tireless
in campaign activity. Three success
i've times he has won the election OF
mayor of Cleveland-a city that back
in the Tom Johnson days seemed to
have been won over permanently to
the democratic side. He is not a
finished orator by any means. but
speaking he does very well. In this
respect he will have great adva ntage
over his democratic opponent. State
Auditor Donahey, who has had very
little experience as speaker ana
does not like the work. Auditor
the primary election that he did not
intend to do much campaign work.
but would remain in his office at
tending to his duties. The party COM
mittee has evidently got that notion
out of his head.
it will no doubt be mainly contest
between the city and country vote.
Davis, liberal. as he is, will be very
popular in the cities-especially the
larger ones. He will be all the more
popular there also for the reason that
for the last four years in the legis-
lature for larger revenues Tor the
cities Mayor Davis has been the
leader for the cities. The farmers
have stood against this, and tney
are still further moved to oppose
Mayor Davis by the fact that ne LOOK
an active part one year ago in try
ing to put into the state constitu-
fion an amendment that would per-
nit the classification of property for
the purposes of taxation-a move
ment in which the farmers thought
they saw the beginning OF TAXATION
plan that would be in erect the sin
gle tax. Naturally this is poison to
them, their principal wealth being In
lands. 3,
Donahey has made reputation IN
the eight years he has been at the
head of the states auditing depart
ment as the watchdog of the state
treasury. Gov. Cox SO referred to him
in his speech at this weeks state con-
vention He has stepped on the toes
of a great many officials. big and ut
tie, by rejecting their bills against
the state, but all this has earned
him three votes or more for every one
that it has lost, and the more publicity
there has been regarding any rejected
or reduced bill the stronger the auditor
has made himself with the public IN
general. This is the stock In trace
that the democratic candidate TOT
governor will have to offer to match
$50
republican opponent. Mayor Davis.
The movement in favor of the Plum
plan of managing the railroads which
was to be a feature Of the congress
|sional elections this year. was slngu-
|larly unsuccessful in the Ohio con-
gressional primaries. The only out
and out supporter of the plan VINO
was a candidate for nomination, Rob-
|ert Grosser of Cleveland, was beaten,
as the official vote shows. by Just one
vote, by Representative John ]. Bah
ka. and Representative John u:
Cooper of Youngstown who attracted
attention himself by opposing the
plan, though himself a railroad enei-
ineer, was nominated over the oppo-
|sition of the Plumb bill supporters
in organized labor.
1t looks as though a republican
would be sent to Congress from this
district to succeed Mr.. Brumbaugh,
who declined nomination for further
service on account Of i'll health. the
republican candidate is Col. John G.
Speaks. whom Mr.. Brumbaugh de-
feated two years ago. The regular
democratic candidate Is Arthur T..
Lamneck. but Clark Doughty. DEM
ocrat, is coming out independently on
a platform for modification OF the
Volstead act. This will at least re-
duce Lamneck's vote and probably
result in the election of Col Speaks.
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