The Washington herald., 1920-03-14
WOOD TO RUN
HARDING CLOSE
RACE FOR OHIO
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California Senator would go after
delegates in at least five and pos
sibly six districts.
The Wood managers claim that
Johnson was tricked into entering
the hight for delegates in Ohio. They
explain that pseudo progressive met
the Senator while the latter was
passing through the State and pre-
vailed upon him to file his name
for the primary as il would help the
progressive cause. 1t is added that
these progressive8 were Harding
men at heart and that johnson un-
Willingly played into the hands of
the Ohio Senator.
Will Cut No Figure.
Naturally that particular quirk to
the situation is denied by followers
of Harding, but regardless of the
inside facts in the case the can
didacy of Johnson is not expected
to cut much of a figure in the Ohio
primary and neither will the par
tial" candidacy of Johnson be of
much aid to his fellow Senator.
1t has been taken for granted by
ding lad the State sewed up and
that solid deleg alton would sup
port him in the convention at Chi
cago. After a trip through the
State the conviction is forced on
the writer that the Senator has a
fight on his hands and that at best
it will be a split delegation. With
their usual thorughness the Wood
people are organizing down to the
precincts. TheV are using up COL
umns of space in the newspapers
with paid advertisements and in
fiuential journals are featuring the
Wood campaign more and more on
the first page.
The Harding forces claim to have
the voluntary newspaper support of
the State with only eleven or twelve
papers advocating the candidacy of
the general. l have been unable to
check up on this, but surface in
dications are that it is understated.
Right here in Columbus Gen. Wood
has the support of Robert +. VOLTS
papers the Dispatch and the State
Journal.
Friends I'm Large Cities.
In Cleveland he has the aid of
Dan Hanna's News, while he is not
without friends in the majority of
the bigger towns in the State. There
is, however, not that vociferous sup
port in the Northern part of the
State as might be expected from
section in which Roosevelt's infiu-
cnce was always great. 1t has been
pointed out that Johnson would
have made a much better showing
he of 1ala
wholesale basis.
The Wood managerial committee
has taken full advantage of Harry
". Daugherty's famous interview in
New York about the boys in the
back room" meeting eleven min
uIes after on Friday morning dur
ing the convention to select the
candidate. Veteran politicians do
not hesitate to state that If Hard
ing should be beaten the alleged in
teryiew will have had Il great deal
to do with 1t.
Senator Harding himself has not
been much disturbed and his own
managers point to his trip South
west and West as proof that he is
not worried over his own State.
Manager Is Optimistic.
There is not a chance to beat
Senator Harding in Ohio" said
William HALEY, the State manager.
I'VE have the backing of practical
ly all the Republican newspapers in
the State. About eleven or twelve
papers support Wood. The johnson
candidacy was not of our making,
as We don't need any help"
In the meantime booze and mill
q Ri L. 10 w1
larger. John H. Price, Gen. Woods
State manager, deprecates that the
issue of militarism should be made
an issue and blames the Harding
people for bringing it to the front.
1t was a reflection, he said, on the
soldiers who fought abroad and
also on practically every president
since Lincoln.
There are certain efforts to bring
the wet and dry issue up and this
has crystaliZed down Cincinnati
way more than in any other part of
the State although there is a strong
wet sentiment in Cleveland.
That Governor Cox will have the
State to himself in the Democratic
primary seems certain. James o.
Monroe. of haywood. ILL.,. the free
lance in Democratic politics, is not
likely to cut much OF a figure and
other candidates have already an
nounced that they would step aside.
This will mean a solid delegation
for the governor at San Francisco
and make him formidable candi-
date. Friends of the governor
point out that he stands well with
the drys and he has not antagonized
the wers. Consequently he would
be the logical compromisa c.-df