Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-08-20
Especial Diepatch)

IN analysis by counties of the official
peturnS OF the three elections since
1912. the year of the Republican divi-
Won.
Examined in connection with the
results OF the different elections, ma
honal and state, held since 1860, the
scrutiny shows that the Democrats
ean at best lay claim at this time to
less than dozen of the eighty-eight
counties of the state for the 1920
campaign.
Ohio is fundamentally Republi-
can state. 1t takes a division I'm Re
publican ranks or widely circulated
deception like "He kept us out of
war" TO take Ohio out of the Republic
can column in a presidential year.
In rs National Contests, 10 Republican
I'm the fifteen national elections,
beginning with 1860, Ohio has never
ywerved from It's steadfast Republi-
eanism but twice. Due to the Repub-
liean division of 1912, Wilson carried
The state as minority choice. The
Receitful Democratic peace appeal in
1916 caused political faiths to be
abandoned for the occasion and Will
son again carried Ohio.
How Ohio can stand fast in its Re
publicanism was demonstrated in the
presidential contests of 1884 and 1892.
In the first-named year. OHIO voted
tor Blaine as against Cleveland. and
In 1892 Ohio again stood by Harrison
although the latter was defeated ma
honally by Cleveland.
In 20 State Contests, 20 Republican.
That Republication is a habit with
Ohio is likewise shown by It's be-
haviour in the various guberatOrial
elections since 1860 OF the twenty
nine elections for governor in this
sixty-year period, the Republicans
have carried an even twenty. The
Democrats have carried the state but
nine times for governor.
cox's Victories Mere Grain Checks"
Ii is because three of these hap
pened to come to james NJ Cox that
he has been chosen as the Democratic
nominee this year. People outside of
Ohio did not and do not realize that
all three Cox victories were mere
rain checks; that with normal Re
publican conditions he would never
have won in single one of these
contests.
Cox Never PoiIed SO Per Cent Vote.
Cox has been touted as vote-get-
ter but the facts do not support the
claim. Cox's first Nsuccess, that Of
1912, was due like WilspsA's TO the
Progressive division. of--tsfe Republi-
can ranks. COX was defeated on his
record wheE he came up for reelection
In 1914. III 1916 the Wilson "He kept
us out of war" slogan pulled him
through by plurality of 66lG, and in
1918 Cox was barely able to escape
defeat By last-moment DETECTION of
a normally Republican county.
The extent to which the Democrats
have exaggerated the vote-getting rec
ord of Candidate Cox Is shown by the
fact chat in none Of the four elections
In which Cox has run for governor OF
Ohio has he been able 60 poll half of
the total vote of the state.
so Counties Always Republican.
On the other hand the analysis OF
the recorded statistics of the elections
bS counties show that there are fifty
counties which have been carried three
times running by the Republicans
since 1912. This applies TO the cleo
lions OF 1914. 1916 and 1918.
In addition there are eight counties
which the Republicans have carried
two times out Of three. One of these
counties, Hamilton, was lost in 1918
ca account of political mix-up with
In Republican ranks, while the other
seven temporarily went into the Dem
ecratic column in 1916 when the HE
kept us out OF war" slogan was doing
It's inSidious work. These counties re-
turned to the Republican column at
the next election in 1913.
There are 13 counties which have
been carried once by the Republicans
and twice by the Democrats since 1912.
Two OF these counties which were car
ried by Cox In 1914 and 1916 left him
In 1918.
This accounts for II Of the SO coun.
ties of Ohio, leaving Just IT which
were carried by Cox on account of one
fOrtutOus circumstance or another, in
1914. 1916 and 1918. While number
OF these counties have been Democrat
lie, none are conceded to Cox In 1920.
Harding Carried n Counties in 1914
Ia is significant that the number II,
which represents the counties which
have been carried By the Republicans
at one or more elections since 1912.
represents also the number OF counties
earried by Senator Warren G. Harding
when elected United States senator in
Eal4.
II is through me strength displayed
~ Senator Harding in that contest
shat the true line is to be had on what
will happen in Ohio on November 2.
while Cox lost the race for governor
In this election by 29,27Q, Harding
swept the state with plurality of
102,373. But Harding's plurality, large
IN II was, was held down by the fact
that the Progressives also had tick
a, headed by Garford splendid man
aud vote-getter who polled a vote
"a 1900 votes.
In this election Harding carried II
eclnties. while Hogan, his Democratic
opponent, carried II, making total
Of SO. Cox carried but 20 counties.
Had the Garford votes gone to hnr-
ding, Harding would have had eight
additional counties. or total of 10, OF
the IS counties of the state, leaving
ONLY o to the Democrats.
The election returns also show that