Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
HARDING SURPRISES
DEMOCRATS OF OHIO
Tour of Southern Central States Takes
Away Their Breath-League Stand
Shakes His Support Little

sort of truce. will have any serious
effect on the election.
One other matter is adversely aHect
ing the republicans in the state eieG
ton. 1t is the Beatty civil rights plll
Its author, a colored member OF LIN
legislature from Cincinnati, is can.
didate for reelection, Will no uouu
be returned, and there are hVe otnel
colored candidates for the leglsla-tuI.
on republican tickets in other parts
of the state-all running for the priiii.
cipal purpose of pushing this CIV
rights measure through the leSisia
ture. 1t is the most radical measu
of the kind ever proposed mere, co.
sentiment runs pretty strong asal Us
it, The matter has embarrassed the
republican state leaders all throusi
the campaign, but it's effect Is con.
fined to the state ticket Seha'o ~
Harding has not been called on ~
take a stand in the matter.
Mayor Davis Attacked.
The democrats have made an at'aSh
on Mayor Davis of Cleveland. the
publican candidate for goVerhoi Ia.
week, on moral and business srouiu Of
They have charged that as ma ;da-
Cleveland he has maintained w.
omen town. and that his manaSeiIleam,,,
of the finances of the city mas -
extrayagant. They have atte1npsso1 ,,-
proye their first charge by reo;s :.
ton adopted by the Pastors 49,. nv
ton of Cleveland, and tne ihou,ine
citation of the city reports, sno Dayis
has been at the head of the cry sud
eminent of Cleveland. the CITY ooN.-
cd debit has increased from n
0oo TO s73,OOO.000. The state % -
has no bonded debt, ana ma inc of
Gratis are holding out the nroof of
Mayor Davis in Cleveianu I'd he will
their prediction that If electsu III, ,istra
~. bighlv expensive admlnis''"
ton. -, the work
If the state campaign in TWO Iva
this week. State Auditor "A; ;s+a for
hey. the democratic canuiu1 al, hi
governor was Obliged to cancer az To-, ~
ssoi,;n. engagements after Mohuas
on account of his own liihesS'
former Gov. Frank B. Willis, ".
nublicap candidate for Unlteu osa
senator to succeed Senator M l:. aa.aS
was called to the bedside Oh tis a
father at Delaware, VINO
stroke of paralysis
Relieve Cox Will Take Stand.
The rumor coming by way Oh 'i in
democratic national heaoqua. CO.. COY
was contemplating taking a posl.iitte
nosition in favor of the drys IS gun; !.
Generally believed here, thousI ~
has received no confederation. II Is
said that when the governor va wa
nominated there was a genera ls 90
and recent utterances the east, by no
means satisfied with pronioi.',on'
would give the democrats their eIec.
toral votes generally. while the west
could be talked to and won over.
The first tours of the west the gov
errors friends made after ms noiliin a :.
lion convinced them that the west was
40 drv as Sahara and that nothing
was to be expected from that quar-
tor in support of a candidate suSpsct.
ed of having wet tendencies. ma
report was fully corroborated on the
first visit made by the governor u
that section.
sunnort in the east is not To- mean
ANYTHING to Gov. Cox. Noisy disciples
of the wet cult there, like Gov. Ed
wards, subsidized some time ago. l.
looks to many of Gov. CoXs 1rlehos
here as though the wet interests IN
the east had dropped him. ana !.
would not be strange II ne snouAo
after all drop them
Incentive to Fight.
The fact that the new legislature
to be elected next month Will nave
to redistrict the state for congress
sional representation is furnishing
both parties with incentive to tight
hard for the control of that body. II
the ratio of representation is not
changed Ohio will be entitled on the
new census figures to four additional
representatives. The party in con-
troll of the legislature can by gerry
wandering methods make it easy for
it to elect majority of the delega-
ton.
However. it will be dangerous for
the majority party to make the dis
tricts too boldly unfair. for the SUI
preme court of the state as well as
the federal courts have held that such
q measure is subject to the referen-
dunn provision of the state constitu-
ton and may be rejected by the peo-
pie. That was exactly what was done
in the case of the Sprague redis-
tricting bill passed by a republican
legislature under the administration
of Gov. F. B. Willis, and voted dowr
by the people under referendum, in
itiated by the democrats. The pres
ent system of districts to which the
state reverted then. has nevertheless
in this instance produced a delegation
composed of a majority of republicans
IA to s. J. H. GALBRAITH-