Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-25
FAV0R|TE SONS TO BE BALLOTED UPON
 IN OHIO PRIMARY
Cox, Democrat, UnOppOsed !; Harding, Republican,
 Has Rivals

Columbus, O., April 24.-Whether Ohio is to remain loyal to the "fav- orite son" tradition in the, expression of choice for presidential candidates will be decided at the statewide pri; mary, April 27th.
 So far as the Democratic party is concerned, the "favorite son" tradi- tion will be maintained by sending solid delegation of 48 members to the San Francisco convention, pledged to Governor James M. Cox. The governor has no opposition on the preferential ballot, and all candidates for delegates are pledged to him.
 General Leonard Wood is contest ing with Ohio's "favorite son" Sena- tor Warren G. Harding, for republi- can preference, also, for the delega- tion to the Chicago convention.
 The fight between Wood and Hard ing has developed into one of the hottest contests waged within the party ranks for years. Supporters of Senator Harding claim the result of the primary will be overwhelm- ingly for the Senator, while General Woods supporters put forward eq- ually as extravagant claims.
 Candidates for delegates, pledged to General Wood, have been entered in all but three of the twenty two districts and two candidates for del egate te-at-large also are in the field. A complete list of candidates for dis trict. delegates and delegate-at-large, pledged to Senator Harding, are in the race. The three districts where Wood delegates are not entered are the first and second (Cincinnati) and the 21st (Cleveland) districts.
 Wood candidates for delegate-at- large are former Attorney General Edward c. Turner of Columbus. and Attorney William H. Boyd. Cleve- land. The Harding candidates for delegate e-at-larre are former govern ors Frank B. Willis and Myron T. Herrick, Mayor John Calvin of Gin cinnati. and Attorney H. M, Daugh- erty, Columbus, Senator Harding's campaign manager. Four are to be elected.
 In general, the Wood organization is headed by men who were promi- nent in the Progressive party in 1912 Most of the Wood candidates for del epates are men who were affiliated with the Progressive party. This, however, is not always the case.
 Senator Harding's campaign for the most part, is in the hands of men affiliated with the local party or ganizations, but in most instances the organization as an organization has adopted hands-off policy. H M. Daugherty, the Senator's mana ger, was state executive chairman in the 1912 campaign. Then, he pursued an uncompromising policy with the Progressives. The opposition to Sen ator Harding in the present campaign lis directed chiefly against MT Daugherty. A.
 While there are no distinct set ot Wood candidates for delegates in the two Cincinnati districts, the candi- dates in those districts, while pledg- ed to Senator Harding as first choice are pledred to General Wood as sec. ond choice. In the three Cleveland districts. Harding candidates arc pledged to Senator Hiram Johnson as second choice. All Wood candidates for delegates are pledged to James R. Garfield as second choice. M
 Though all candidates for dele gates on the democrat ticket arc pledged to Governor Cox, local con. ditions have resulted in contests ir few districts. In the sixteenth district (Canton) the wet and dry question resulted in number oi candidates being entered, while tht same question and factional differ ences are said to be responsible fol contests in others.
 By reason of the few contests or the democrat ticket, the party lead CTS expect a light vote to be boiled I Republican state headquarters. call ing attention to the fact that only 27 per cent of republican strength t in 1916 was represented at the pri mary, is urging county organization to make all possible efforts to ge \ the voters out. The contest betweel 1 General Wood and Senator Harding