Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-03
D|SCORD IN CAMPS
OF BOTH PARTIES
HARMONY vANIShES FROM
REPUBLICAN RANKS IN
OHIO.
MARSHALL POPULAR
IN SOUTHERN STATES
Leaders pismayed by
Sudden Aseendeney Of Vice Prssi-
dsnt-"cowboy Mayor" Of Omaha
Declares Psrshino Would Win Ne
braska Primaries In Walk.
TBy e. G. Dougherty..l

ing news came to both political camps
here in reports from Ohio and from
the south, II was revealed today,
Harmony seems to have vanished
from the republican presidential
campaign II the reports from Ohio
are to be taken 10 indicate the way
the wind blows. But in the democra-
tic camp there is dismay among the
leaders at reports from all over the
south as to the popularity of Vice
president Marshall.
Incidentally politicians Of BOTH
parties were a little Jared by the
confident statement by James A.
Dahlman. famous as the Cowboy
Mayor" of Omaha, that General Per-
shing would win the Nebraska pri-
maries in a walk, defeating Hiram
Johnson and Gen. Leonard Wood.
Dahlman Is a democrat and a lieu
tenant of Senator Gilbert II. Hitch
cock, candidate for the democratic
endorsement Of Nebraska for presi
dent, so he claims TO be a disinter-
ested and impartial witness, with
more or less reputation as an ex-
pert so far as politics is concerned.
Hardins's Friends Distressed.
Friends of Senator Warren G..
Harding were distressed over the
news that came from the Buckeye
state. which showed that Harding's
standing in the race for republican
nomination had suffered a severe
setback by the differences which have
arisen in Ohio between the prospec-
tive delegates 10 the convention. The
situation there is that two very
prominent leaders have come out for
General Wood, while a third candi-
date for delegate has been estrang-
ed because of differences with Harry
NJ. Daushtery. manager for Harding.
No matter who wins the preferen-
tial presidential primary in Ohio the
delegates elected vote for the men
they are committed to in their petit
tons, so that there is grave danger.
TO say the least, that Harding Will
not now have a solid Ohio delegation
back of him at the Chicago conven-
ton.
Country Editor Lifts Lid.
But that is not all the Harding
troubles in Ohio, nor the republican
troubles for that matter. So bitter
has the fighting become that a coun-
try editor in the state has raked up
editorials printed in Senator Hard
ing's newspaper during the 1912 fight,
in one Of which he compared .Theo-
dore Roosevelt to Aaron Burr. Pri-
yate advices to members of the house
from Ohio indicate that the fighting
is approaching very rapidly the Bit
terness of 1912, which split the party
in Ohio almost squarely in two, with
the progressive element slightly in
the lead The democrats from the
1 Buckeye state are exultant over the
! prospects for republican discord.
While they have been successful in
smoothing away their fights in the
state. where Senator Pomerene has
| Withdrawn in favor of Governor
James NJ. Cox. who Is the leader there
| for the democratic nomination. In
TACT democrats are actually begin
ming to hope that the differences
among the republican leaders will be
so serious that they can carry the
state for the democratic nominee for
the presidency, just as was done in
1912.
! Aseendency Of Tom Marshall.
! The ascendancy of Thomas Riley
| Marshall among the democratic
leaders for the nomination has been
so pronounced during the past sew
| eral weeks that serious concern Is
being given the vice-president for
nomination. News that Thomas ],
Appleyard. state printer, of Florida,
had filed petition to go as delegate
to the San Francisco convention
naming Vice president Marshall as
his choice greatly interested demo-
Gratis here, worrying the administra-
ton followers, especially as Mr.. An
pleyard declared the party had made
a mistake in not naming Marshall
in 1912.
| Southern democrats also noted
with interest report from Texas in
dicatins that former Senator JOSEF n
w. Bailey seems in the lead in his
night to regain control Of the state
and to be governor. After reading
Mr.. Marshall's recent letter, outlin-
ing an old fashioned platform, Ex-
Senator Bailey commented that eft
looks like the viCe-prcsident would
make good candidate"