Evening star., 1922-06-18
HOT PRIMARY FRAY
LOOMING IN OHIO
Six Hundred Thousand Votes
Will Be Cast, Forecast
of Leaders.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1T.-There
too. for the nomination for every
state Office to be filled at the coming
election on both party primary
| tickets and in nearly every congress
sional district, and on this is based
the prediction that unusually large
vote will be cast. Three hundred and
thirty-three thousand votes were
cast in the primary elections of 1920.
Only men voted then. Woman can
didates will be voted for in many
local elections this year. and II now
seems certain that Judge Florence
Allen of the Cuyahoga county court
will seek nomination to the supreme
bench. Probably not less than six
| hundred thousand voters will take
part in the coming primaries.
Seven Seek to Keep Seats.
Seven OF the present members OF
mated for election to further service
in Congress-all republicans-face
opposition In the primaries. These are
Kearns Of the sixth district Cole Of
the eighth, Foster Of the tenth, Moore
of the fifteenth, Cooper Of the nine
teenth, Norton of the twentieth and
Burton of the twenty-second.
In addition to these districts, the
seventh, where S. D. Fess retires to
run for the United States Senate. and
the fourteenth. where Representative
c. L. knight declines to run again.
will have lively contests for the re-
publican nominations for the va
for the denAeratic Congressional
nominations in the fourth, fifth.
eighth. eleventh, twelfth, fourteenth.
twentieth and twenty-tirst districts.
Emerson Opposes Burton.
Former Representative H. l. Emer-
son of Cleveland is entered against
Representative T. E. Burton for the
republican congressional nomination.
Mr. Burton has announced that he
does not expect to give great deal
of time to the primary election. 1t is
the general expectation. however.
that Mr.. Burton will be nominated.
In the ninth district (Toledo) c. II.
Davis, a republican, who had ar
ranged to contest with Representa-
tive w. w. Chalmers for the repub-
lican nomination. refrained from do
ing so at the last moment. announc-
ing instead that he would come out out
later as an independent. This will
cut in on Representative Chalmers
strength, naturally, and increase the
chances that the venerable Gen. l. X.
Sherwood. who is unopposed for the
democratic nomination, will be re-
4 IuTneU 10 IouSI d6di laSAS
Crosser Out Again.
! Former Representative Robert
Crosser of Cleveland. who was de-
| MED nomination for return to Con-
gress four years ago by the demo-
cratic organization because he had
| opposed the conscription bill. is out
again for the democratic nomination
| in the twenty-first district. but faces
again the opposition of the organiza-
! tion whose candidate is William Ag-
new.
Former Representative William A.
| Ashbrook of the seventeenth district
| Is unopposed for the democratic nom-
| ination there and is looked upon az
certain to be elected in that ordi-
nariIy sure democratic district
Other former representatives who
are candidates for nomination for re-
turn to the national house are War
rem Gard Of the third district, John
| S. Shook of the fifth. Arthur W;
Oyermeyer of the thirteenth-all
democrats-and Robert w. Switzer
republican. of the tenth. The latter
would displace Representative l. NJ
Foster.
peryisor. ruled today that the declara-
lion Of the candidacy Of a. 2. Sandlet
for the democratic nomination was
| irregular and would be rejected.