The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-04-30
Harding In Extremely Embar-
RAISING Position - Must
Face Necessity of Choosing
Between Senate and Con-
vention Chances
By MARI sullivan.

tCopErlgn, lSEp' ny ~ l. i' 'e"'"e
Inc)
WASHINGTON. April 29.--The most
decisive OF the results yet is the one IN
Ohio.
The returns available give Harding
little more than so percent or the Note.
Wood as an outsider lighting iavorite
son in his home state and backed py tne
regular Republican machine. necessarily
had to nuke most OF his light in the
cities.
In Interpreting the true significance or
the Ohio primaries it would be possible
for Harding TO get practically every
delegate and still be irreparably injured
in his candidacy by the showing or the
direct popular vote as between nm anu
Wood
Another very significant aspect Of the
Ohio result is that Harry Daughcrty,
who Is Harding's campaign manager
and Is the head Of the Republican ma
chine in Ohio, appears TO have been aeI
feated for delegate to the convention; et
least TO have run far behind the other
candidates.
paughsrty De6sat Significant.
To those who understand the Ohio
situation this latter fact goes far to ex-
plain the entire result In Ohio. There
was widespread suspicion in Ohio that
Hardings announcement or his canal
dacy for the presidency was meant III
large degree to help out Daugherty and
the machine. In Ohio. as In any state
a leader and machine who have faV-
oritc son candidate for the presidency
arc enabled TO get added strength based
upon state pride.
At the time Harding announced his
candidacy il was widely believed that
Daughcrty and his state organization
were in danger Of losing their power
because of local conditions. and that
HardinE'S consent to run for the presi-
denCy was won largely through an ar-
peal to him by Mr.. DauGherty to save
his old friends and associates in tho
state.
barrassing position. His seat in the
Senate ends with the present term. III
he is 10 be reelected to the Senate ne
must soon renounce his candidacy. ana
from this moment on he must face. with
Increasing pressure. the necessity OF
deciding whether nc is to abandon the
Scnatorship entirely in order Ia cling
to n decidedly impaired chance OF gel
ting the presidency.
While refrainIng from taking too long
iump at conclusions so early atter tne
event. il may be said that for the next
six weeks Harding will bc watched
closely to see if he docs not conclude
To withdraw his candidacy for the Pres
idency in order TO run again Tor the
Senate.
May Lift wood out Of slump
The result IN New Jersey does not
TO have received substantially half the
votes Of the States. as at this hour nc
appears TO have done. Is not damaging.
In fact, the net effect on WOODS FOR
tunes of yesterdays primaries as
whole should lift Wood somewhat out
of the slump that has prevailed with
him since the Michigan result three
weeks ago.
But one the other hand. the fact that
Johnson also received substantially half
the votes in New Jersey makes u marx
cd difference In his standing. and with.
out any doubt will have pronnunceo
effect ON the rest of the campaign ana
on the convention.
wes to show that he could get SUD
stantial vote there. to demonstrate that
neither by his geographical location IN
California nor by the radic1ltsm OF ms
position on the League Of Nations Is nc
prevented from being vote-getter In
the East. That demonstration he mas
clearly made. Johnson's fortones VIII
now he watched with intent interest.
Must Win in California
r, degree his fate will be decided
next Tuesday. On that day occur the |
primaries in California and in IN lndtSns; hfnSns;
Importance for Johnson. In California
comes Hoovers determined fight TO
show that not Johnson but hoover Is
California's favorite son. Johnson must
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so arduously gained elsewhere.
In Indiana the primaries next Tues
day are In way the most important
of the campaign for all of the Repuh-
lican candidates. Indiana Is me GnlE
contend-Woo Lowden. Johnson and
Harding. The relative positions in which
they come out Of Indiana Will justly
be regarded as fair measure OF thelr
standing in Il typical American COM !
The probability is that Johnson will
do well in both states. your corre-
spondent has not been in California dur
ing the campaign and has not been In
Indiana recently. but information from
sources in both States pre-
diet results favorable 10 johnson. From
california the information Is rather EN-.
phatic to the effect that Johnson should
haot Hoover by from 10000 to $4,000
votes. From Indiana the information is
less definite and less confident, but II
will tend to support the probability that
Johnson and Wood will lead the other
TWO and are at this moment-siN days
preceding the event--neck and neck
or the results in Massachusetts, yes
terday, as far as they are now known, |
the most surprising Is the relatively |
candidate for delegate. Ex-Gov. Samuel !
Mccall. Mr. Mccall must have had the !
benefit not only Of all the Hoover fol-
lowing in Massachusetts but also OF
his own pregllBe as one WHO ldb spent
his entire life as a public man. He has !
been Governor Of the State and also rep |
resented the State in Congress Tor over |
half a generation.
When your correspondent was IN
last week the general ex-
pectation was that Mccall had at least
a chance to qualify among tho four win
ners out of tho nine candidAtea, Tho