Evening star., 1922-08-15
Ohio Adds to Interest in the No.
vember Election.

The outcome OF the Ohio primary
election, while triumph for the
Washington administration, adds
greatly to the interest in the coming
campaign in the view of the ma
jority of the nations editors. They
believe that the wet and dry issue
must be fought out to a finish there
in November.
1t is the belief of the Baltimore
Sun Independent democratic) that
"the result is a hung jury. A second
trial in November will be necessary
to secure even a clear majority YER
dict If the drys can get any COM
fort out Of Ohio they are welcome
to it. The truth appears to be that
it Is a victory for the Harding
Daugherty machine. and not for Vol
steadism.'' But. according to the
Newark News independently. nor
malcy is triumphant in the Presi-
dents own state. Forgotten are the
Beveridges and the Pinchots. I'm
doubtedly. presidential support did
much to pull Thompson through
handsomely" This. likewise, is the
opinion of the Springfield Republican
independently which asserts that
"the President is not humilat ted by
the result and points out that
ThompsonS strength was Increased
by the active support he received
from the AntiSaloon League. The
wet and dry issue will enter into the
Ohio campaign in clear way. FOR
in the fall contest for governor. as
we'll as in the contest for senator.
the democratic candidates will be
consistently wet and the. republican
candidates consistently dry
Because of the issues involved.
however. and the fact that the Anti
Saloon League vigorously supported
Thompson for governor. the Wilkes
Barre Record (republican) says that
lit is difficult to decide just what the
Ohio primaries mean in regard to
Endorsement or disapproval of the
Harding administration. in regard to
the wet and dry issue. in regard to
labor and other affairs. When a
half dozen or more issues appear in
a single campaign. affecting the
same candidate. the whole situation
becomes so complicated that it is
next to impossible to say just what
was decided"
The Cleveland Plain Dealer dnde-
pendent democratic) is convinced
that the results "are in most cases
what convention results would have
been were the former system of NOM
nations still in vogue and the same
candidates were running. Both re-
publican and democratic candidates
\ are rated as dry. AS whole Tues
days results indicate that Ohio is
still satisfied with the eighteenth
amendment" And the Brooklyn
Eagle 'Gndependent democratic) as
serts that "in so far as it is possible
strikingly indicative of a reaction
toward conservatism in the Ohio
electorate, were due to highly de-
veloped organizations on both sides
in Cincinnati and other large cities
In a vast desert of hot sandstorms
and coppery skies President Harding
seems to see an oasis in Ohio. We
say, seems to see. for he has not got
there yet. The democracy may win
The mirages of politics are fearful
and wonderful. as every student of
our history understands"
There is no doubt that the result
ENSURES an interesting and doubtful
contest at the polls in November" in
the opinion of the Syracuse Herald
(independenD, which also makes it
plain that 'it would do well, however.
to learn to distinguish between a pri-
mary contest and a November cleo
tion." SO far as the dry issue is con-
cerned. because "the people are still
to be heard from at the polls with a
verdict on the merits or demerits of
the fanatical Volstead act"
The fact that there were twelve re-
publican candidaes for governor
|
as that is the sign-manual of a party
torn\ by disruption. From a political
situation which was at the outset ex-
tremely complex. the nomination race
in Ohio has simplified the conditions
and shown things as they are. The
prospect thus brought into clear out
line gives a splendid outlook for dem
ocratic success at the coming cleo
tion."
The regularity Of Ohio, also. the In
dianapolis News Undependent) insists,
is shown by the result. and there is a
trustworthiness about Ohio's political
attitude that is comfort to people
who make q business Of politics, and
Washington no doubt gave a sigh of
relief to find that the expected had
happened and that its confidence had
not been betrayed" This is also the
view of the Oshkosh Northwestern
independently, which thinks that the
political trailers will discover naught
in the reading of sign there to indi-
cate that the President is on the back
track"
The outcome all along the line is
satisfactory" in the view Of the New
Bedford Standard trepublIcan). be-
cause, "all things considered. the peo-'