Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-03-24
Harding NEUTRAL
| IN 0H|OP PRIMARIES
President Announces mo Ad-
ministration Candidate" for
U. S. Senatorship.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

President Harding will remain neu-
trail in the fight to be made in his
home state of Ohio for the senatorial
nomination. He told Representative
Burton that while he was friendly
disposed to him and wished him luck
If he ran for the Senate. there would
be no administration candidate at the
primaries or a party convention If one
should be held.
Mr.. Harding has been besieged by
his friends in Ohio to take sides. Some
have gone ahead and created the i'm
preston that he favored a particular
Misunderstanding as it helped to
spread such thought in political
circles But when Mr.. Burton went
to the White House he found the
President very anxious to have 1t
known that he would not interfere.
Talk Of Other Candidates.
Besides Mr. Burton. there is talk
Of Representative Longworth. the SON.
in-law of the late President Roose-
Welt. and Representative Simeon D..
FeSs. chairman of the Republican
congressional committee. and Walter
Brown. who has been working on a
government reorganization plan for
the President. Although Ohio politics
Is especially interesting because the
President halls from that state. the
situation gives glimpse into national
politics. For one thing the strength
of Senator Atlee Pomerene. democrat
who is up for reelection. is conceded
by the republicans. They whisper to
one another that Pomerene will be
hard man to defeat as he has shown
rare courage during his term of office
He won fame by his relentless prose-
cutfon Of the Newberry case when 1t
the Senate to let 1t slumber.
The administration. of course. is
eager to see Pomerene replaced by a
republican senator. but for the moment
1t is not concerned about who shall
oppose him. Friends of the President
candidates. 1t would be embarrassing
for the administration to take sides
even II 1t did have a preference.
Burton Case Classed Unique.
The case of Representative Burton
is unique. He was long a member Of
the United States Senate and declin
ed to run for denomination in 1914
because he believed he had served
long enough for the party leaders to
determine whether or no he should
be returned. and he was disinclined to
occasions been elected by the state
legislature. When former Senator
Foraker entered the race and repub-
lican leaders thought his re-entry
into politics would disturb the har-
mony Of the republican organiza ton.
Warren G. Harding was put into the
race. Thus he succeeded Burton. 1t
was republican year and most
everybody agreed that IL Burton had
run he would have been elected
easily. Mr.. Burton made a trip to
South America and deveioned further
his interest in foreign relations and
last year decided to run for Congress.
this time for membership in the
House of Representatives.
He was elected by big majority
from a Cleveland district. 1t rarely
a senator. comes back to Congress
in the House.
Held in High Esteem.
Mr.. Burton Is highly esteemed by
the President and was recently NOM
mated to represent the House on the
allied funding commission. A consti-
tutional dispute has arisen as to
whether members of Congress can
serve on such an executive commits
sion. and il the Senate decides he is
ineligible it would give him added OPP
portunity to make the race in Ohio
for the Senate.
The bonus may be an issue in the
Ohio senatorial primary Representa-
tive Fess voted for 1t. while Mr.. Bur-
ton made one of the principal speech
wanted the bill defeated. Mr. Burton's
supporters will probably make most
of the fact that he followed the
wishes of President Harding. on a
vital question.
Copyright. 1927