Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-11-24
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Editor NmOck g.
As a regular reader Of the News.
Record and Of its editorials every
week, although more than two
thousand miles away from VaShcn
island, | thought you and mdoubt.
eddy many Of your readers might
be interested in just few feat
ures Of the Ohio election that are
'out of the ordinary. In the first
place, Ohio voters have very
Isrongly asserted themselves
against any socalled "wine and
beer" modification and privileges
and in favor Of the sustaining
Of the Volstcad law--by a major.
!ity quite 100000, and that may be
increased to 100000 when com.
pletc tabulatiOn is made. The re-
publican national committee rails.
ed and had at hand at least six
times as large fund to use in
these Novcmbcd elections as the
democrats had, and the most
prominent men in President Hard
ing s cabinet, including Secretary
Hughes, Secretary Hoover and
others, spoke in the principal
large cities Of Ohio, as to the po-
.litical importance Of the election
of the republican ticket as "A vote
of confidence and approval OF this
administration; as to the work of
congress and the executive as well,
And yet Mr.. Donahcy, the demo
cratic candidate for governor, and
tine lieutenant governor were elect
cd He even carried Mar
ion county, a republican county,
and the home county Of President
Harding. Mr.. Pomrrcne, Ohio's
very able senator, who has certain
ly a highly creditable record in
the United States senate for years,
has been defeated by some fifty
odd thousand. But he was lack
ing in one thing that is certainly
not crcditable to good political
sense. He was lukcwarm and sui
cidally negative WI the prohibi-
ton movement, and undoubtedly
conscientious. His opponent, Mr..
FcSs, was theoretically and vo-
.ally dry, if practically humid.
But there is one thing that is
particularly striking in the re
suits. There were two members
'of the supreme court of the state
to be elected, for which two po-
iSitions the republican party nomi-
mated two and the democratic
party nominated two. Miss Flor
ence z. Allen, who has had very
high record as an able judge of the
common pleas court Of Cleveland
for the past two years, was nomln-
ated by the petition of her friends
and admirers as a nonpartiSan
candidate for the election to the
supreme court, under the provis-
ions of the law. She has been east
ly and triumphantly elected on
her merits and on the nonpartizan
basis. I enclose herein her state
meut on the issue. When we can
be released somewhat from the
shackels of partizan slavery, elec-
lions will really mean something
in this country, and especially in
judicial offices.
There is one significant lesson in
this Ohio election result: One
cant trife with, or under rate, or
stand up against great moral is
sue when it has once gotten fixed
in the conscience of mankind. 1t
grows with every rising of the
sun.
The following has reference to
Miss Allen:
"Cleveland, Nov. 11.-Judge
Florence L. Allen, newly elected
woman ,lembcr of Ohio's supreme
court, today issued the following
IStatcmcn:
"This victory would have been
impossible without the support of
, the independent press and the in
dependent voters of the state.
We conducted campaign
with very limited Irurde, without
organization and against the
definite opposition of the two pc,
Ilitical parties.
/ 'The issue Of my election was
! mot important, but the issue of an
election of a nonpartiSan candi.
! date had real significance, even
more SO when the election was tc
! tine supreme court where party
politics plays especial havoc.
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