The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-08-21
ohio DEPENDABLE
6. 0. P. ELECTION
ANALYSIS SHOWS
Wilson and Cox, Minority Vote Win.
mere in Only Two Presidential, Con.
tests Which Republicans Have Lost
Since 1850.
Especial Dispatch)

NOu.
Examined In connection with the
esults of the different elections. ma.
ional and state. held since 1860. the |
crutiny shows that the Democrats |
an at best lay claim at this time to |
ess than dozen Of the eighty-eight |
counties Of the state for the 1870
campaign.
Ohio Is fundamentally a Republi-
AN state. II takes a division In Re-
publican ranks or widely circulated
deception like "He kept us out Of
war" to take Ohio out Of the Republi.
an column in n presidential year.
n IS National Contests, - Republican
In the fifteen national elections,
beginning with 1850. Ohio has never
twerved from It's steadfast Republi-
:anism hut twice. Due to the Repub-
,can division Of 1912. Wilson carried
he state as minority choice. The
leccitful Democratic peace appeal In
1910 caused political faiths to be
,bandoned for the occasion and Will
ION again carried Ohio.
How Ohio can stand fast In Its Re
,ublicanism was demonstrated in the
presidential contests Of 1884 and 1892.
" tuc sCaiy chV NVhto
'or Blaine as against Cleveland, and
n 1892 Ohio again stood by Harrison
although the latter was defeated ma
ionally by Cleveland.
In 20 State Contests, 20 Republican.
That Republicanism is a habit with
Ohio Is likewise shown by Its be-
hnvlour In the various guberatorlal
elections since 1860. OF the twenty
nine elections for governor in this
ixty-year period, the Republicans
nave carried an even. twenty. The
Democrats have carried the state but
! llne times for governor,
( Cox's Victories Mere Grain checks."
1t is because three of these hap
pened to come to James NJ. Cox that
I be has been chosen rs the Democratic
nominee this year. People outside of
lOhlo did not and do not realize that
Ian three Cox victories were mere
/ rain checks; that with normal Re-
publican conditions he would never
u.tte ,a5h "a single one Of these
contests.
Cox Never Polled SO Per Cent Vote.
Cox has been touted as n vote-get
/ WI DuA int lutAN W. h'N Nhl'bViA wv
| claim. COxs first success. that %
llD12, was due like Wilson's to thu
Progressive division of the Republi
can ranks. Cox was defeated on hi
tfecord when he came up for reelection
in 1914. In 1916 the Wilson "Iie KEEP
us out OF war" slogan pulled hin
through by n plurality Of 6G16, and II
1918 Cox was barely able to escape
defeat by last-moment detection o
a normally Republican county.
The extent to which the Democrat
have exaggerated the vote-getting rec
ord of Candidate Cox Is shown By tn
fact that In none of the four election
In which Cox has run for governor q
Ohio has he been able to poll half o
the total vote of the state.
| SO Counties Always Republican.
On the other hand the analysis O
the recorded statistics of the election
by counties show that there are fift
counties which have been carried thre
times running by the Republican
since 1912. This applies to the ele'
tons Of 1914. 1916 and 1913.
In addition there are eight countit
which the Republicans have carrie
two times out Of three. One Of thes
counties, Hamilton, was lost In 19l
on account Of a political mix-up Wit
in Republican ranks, while the 9th.
seven temporarily went Into the Der
ocratic column In 1916 when the II
kept US. out bf war" slogan was doll
Its insidious work. These counties I
s.IGrned to the Republican column
the next election In 1918.
| There are - counties which ha'
been Carried once by the Republican
and twice by the Democrats since 191
Two Of these counties which were ca
ried by Cox In 1914 and 1915 left hi
In 1918.
This accounts for n of the So cou
ties Of Ohio, leaving just II whit
were carried by Cox on account of ol
fortuitOus circumstance or another,
1914, 1916 and 1913. While n numb
of these counties have been Democri
ic, none are conceded to Cox in 1920,
Harding Carried n Counties In 10
II Is significant that the number
which represents the counties viii
nave been carried by the Republica
at one or more elections since 10l
represents also the number OF count
carried by Senator Warren G. Hardi
when elected United States senator
1914.
1t is through the strength display
by Senator Harding In that cont'
that the true line Is to he had on vii
will happen In Ohio on November
While Cox lost the race for govern
in this, election by 29,2IQ llardi
swept the state with a plurality
iO2.3T3. But IIardlng's plurality, ioI
MS 1t was, was held down by the Il
that the Progresslves also had n ti'
Fl, headed by Garford, n splendid M
and yote-getter, who polled W
Of 67,500 votes.
In this election Harding carried
counties, while Hogan, his Democra
opponent, carried II, making a TO
Of So. Cox carried but 20 counties.
Had the Gnrford votes gone 10 IL
ding, Harding would have had eli
additional counties, or total OF ~
the IS counties OF the state, leav
only o 60 the Democrats.
The eisstlon returns also show :