Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-03
LITTLE DIGNITY is SHOWN
BY CANDIDATES IN OHIO

seat, is conducting campaign
something after the fashion OF an
energetic drummer. He is for every
thing and anybody that any group
of voters demand. He will probably
win the nomination of his party by
default as also by reason Of his
frenZied anxiety to cater to every
group which can control vote. The
record of DR.. Tess in congress pro-
vides a very clear. idea of the sort
of campaign he is conducting. The
doctor is a great handshaker and
most eager to please. He Is credit
ed with the ability to change front
on any. position in record-breaking
time. He was sympathetically moist
until he became convinced that the
Anti Saloon League could deliver
the most votes en- bloc.
Protest Against G. @. p. Policies
That which is true of the wet and
dry issue also applies to labor, to
the farmers, and in fact every other
bloc with sufficient lung power to
scare a timid candidate. It is the
judgment of the less susceptible
leaders that the so-called Republican
candidates are not doing anything
calculated to help the party along
two years hence, except possibly, to
suppress the wave of radicalism
which submerged the regular or
CARNATIONS in Pennsylvania, In
diana, Iowa and Nebraska. There is
in fact, little evidence of the sur
vival Of the old liberal sentiment
that swung the party to Roosevelt
ock
proach to radicalism in the Repub-
lican Ohio situation, therefore,
takes the form of resentment, oppo-
sition to the Volstead act.
There is, however, unmistakable
manifestation of the radical char
acter on the Democratic side. This
the Republican policies. The Dem
ocrats have apparently decided to
abandon the Wilson policies, though
the supporters Of Mr.. Cox assert
that it will figure actively in the
next presidential campaign. In the
absence of real issues the Demo-
cratic LEAD s of the state have
adopted the plan of maintaining the
status quo and heading off potential.
~ dangerous insurgent movements
with nine contenders for the
gubernatorial nomination, Repub-
Hcan voters have an extensive field
from which to sell ct a favorite.
This fight turns squarely on the
wet and dry issue. It looks to be
between Carmi Thompson, a per.
sonal friend of President Harding,
an official dry, and c. Homer DIT
rand, who is appealing to the lib
wet nf c,fo To
The dry organization has urged
Republican voters to support Mr..
Thompson. Rivals of the latter as
sert that this is the result of a
deal between the Harding admin.
istration and the Anti-Saloon league,
though no substantial evidence is
produced to justify it.
Thompson was extremely active
In promoting the Harding move
ment in the primaries two years
ago. He is credited with having
rendered substantial assistance in
this direction. Therefore, he is
"the Harding candidate" according
to some Of his competitors. When
the Anti-Saloon league threw the
balance of it's influence back of
him the other day, there was a
mighty roar of protest from the
supporters of other gubernatorial
aspirants, who asserted that they
were just as dry as Mr.. Thomp-
son and, therefore, were entitled to
a square deal.
POmerene Confident
The nearest approach to a radical
among the Republican senatorial
| gubernatorial candidates is G. j.
| Knight, who also is wet, and favor
al RI ha oil in no
| agricultural districts, which is said
| to be considerable.
There are three contenders for the
| Democratic gubernatorial nomina-
ton. Victor Donahey, who opposed
| Governor Davis two years ago, looks
| to have the best chance of winning
over his competitors, Thomas J.
Duffy, liberal, and J. G. Thomp.
son, who is descI ibed as fairly
conservative"
Most of the Republican leaders
deplore the fact that former sen.
ator and present Congressman
| Theodore E. Burton, of Cleveland
would not enter the race for the
senate nomination, and that Wal
ter Brown, the head of the govern.
ment reorganization commission
permitted himself to be showed out
of the way for DIR. FesS, by the
| Anti-Saloon league.
Mr.. Burton generally is
respected among the Republican
voters to have reflected credit
upon both the organization and the
state. His elimination from the
race gave DIR. Fess the advantage
as it is not considered probable
that former Senator Charles B
Dick, j. H. Arnold or w. M
Wood, who also are entered, will
stand any chance Of winning. Mr.
Dick is a conservative with liberal