Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15
Special Dispatch to The Star.

expected.
w. A. Julian of Cincinnati having
had the Endorsement of the state
democratic organization, which was
announced months before any oppo-
sition to him appeared, it was sup
posed that he would easily land the
nomination.
Mr.. Julian himself was of the opin-
ion that his selection was one of the
Certainties Of the primary, and de-
clined to do any work in the cam
paign-even disregarding advice from
the state headquarters of his party
that he should not take too much
1t may turn out that he has been
nominated, but if SO, it will be by
the smallest margin. and it will prob
ably take the official count to decide
the election on this point. At present
his opponent. Judge A F. o'Neil of
Akron. is leading him by few hun
dred votes. Even if Mr.. Julian
should be found to have the nomina-
ton, it will be by a margin so small
badly handicapped. His opponent in
the primaries is a young man barely
of senatorial age, the judge OF the
police court at Akron, and lieu
tenant of artillery in the war with
Germany.
Predictions Of Willis Victory.
With this outcome of the senatorial
primary on the democratic side. many
even who do not think especially well
of former Gov. Frank B. Willis. who
easily won the senatorial nomina-
tion on that side over Walter +.
Brown and Judge r. NJ. Wanamaker,
are expressing the opinion that Gov.
Willis will probably be elected.
In addition to the handicap indi-
Gated, Julian, If he is the candidate,
will suffer by reason of the fact that
he is not a speaker. He will prob
ably not attempt to make any extern
sive speech in the campaign. Gov.
speaker, and a campaigner to be
reckoned with, in spite of the fact
that he has twice been defeated for
governor. Judge ONeil Is very
r youthful in appearance, and while a
fair speaker, no match for GOV. Will
lis in that respect.
1t was stated frequently as the
primary campaign proceeded that GOV.
Willis would lose heavily in the cities
because of his we'll known dry pro-
election show that even there he shar-
ed the honors with his opponents,
while in the rural parts of the state
he ran away from both of them.
Nomination for Governor.
The contest for the republican NOM
ination for governor was the most i'm
portant on either side in the state
candidates, but it was generally rec
ognized as a three-cornered contest
between Mayor Harry L. Davis of
Cleveland, former Representative
Ralph D. Cole Of Findlay and Repre-.
sentative Roscoe c. Mcculloch Of
Toward the close Of the campaign
1t was recognized even by Mr.. Nc
Culloch's friends that the latter had
no chance to get the nomination. and
mainly for outward appearances and
effect.
Cole. who served as a colonel over
seas nearly two years. had soldier
vote support, but the liberal and the
out-and-out wet vote went early IN
the canvass to Mayor Davis, and party
Organization after party organization
in the counties having the principal
cities gave his candidacy their in
dorsement.
-ot Col. Coles Campaign.
Col, Cole tried to break this in
ing opposition there to National Com
mitteeman Rud ]. Hynicka. who Is
also Head of the republican organi-
cation at Cincinnati. and In that had
the support Of Charles P. Taft. broth
er Of the former President and owner
the republican organ OF Cincinnati.
but Hynicka rallied his forces, re-
paired all breaks in his lines and in
the primary there last Tuesday lost
mittee. nor was a candidate nominated
to which his committee was opposed:
The .Hynicka opposition made itself
apparent in the large vote cast for
Col. Cole in Cincinnati, however.
figures on this nomination. it is appar-
emit that the division OF the opposition
to Davis-mainly the dry element OF
the party-between Cole and McCul-
loch determined the nomination OF
cast in the republican primary, and
while Davis has a big lead over his
next highest opponent, Col. Cole, he
IS still q minority selection by more
In this fact may lie some trouble for
the republicans The primary vote
cast was proportionately much greater
in the cities than in the rural dis
tricts. There the support OF Mayor
Davis lies. The wet and liberal vote
is for him. but by the same token the
dry vote is probably not. His safety
in tho general election in November
depends evidently upon how com
pletely the state candidat and is.
sues are swallowed up in the national
campaign. He will have aga inst him
as the democratic candidate Vic ].
Donahey, now and for the last four
years the state auditor-an extremely
farmer vote, who was nominated
TUESDAY without opposition.
Ii Not q Public Speaker.
But Donahey IS not a public speaker.
He probably never made a speech in
his life, and in a statement given out
since his nomination he has intimated
that he feels much as Senator Hard
ing does-that it is not dignifed FOR
a candidate for the high Office of gov
ernor to go campaigning over the
state-and that he intends to stay in
his Office through the campaign. The
democratic state committee is strenu-
ously against this, but that will not
worry the state auditor very much
He has differed with that committee
very often and generally has had his
way.
Mayor Davis is a campaigner Of much
experience, though his work has been
confined to his own city. Three times
in succession he has been elected
mayor Of Cleveland. This is his first
how to make campaign speeches. and
it was the consensus of opinion
among those he met in his primary
campaign that he is the best mixer
and hand-shaker that has appeared in
Ohio politics in many year.
1t is significant that the Federation
of Labor's election statement as to
primary candidates did not mention
Donahey. That means that he was
not Endorsed by the federation. But
Donahey is printer by trade and
established the first chapel of the
typographical union in his county Of
Tuscarawas. He was also for several
years an organizer for that union.
What the refusal of the federation
to stand for his candidacy means has