The Washington times., 1922-05-16
WILL
Be REAL ISSUE
IN OHIO VOTING
Absence of Local Arguments
Puts National Import on
Race for Governor.
By WILLIAM HARD,
Copyright. 1922. by Cosmopolitan News
Saruira

(Copyright, lSzZ, by CosmopoltAn Ns"s
Service)
CLEVELAND. Ohio, May 10
I Judge from talking to citizens
Of this State that they are in for
fall campaign in which the chief
issue will be none other than our
good old friend Truman Newberry,
of the adjoining State of Michi-
gan. This sad, dull prospect pro-
ceeds from two causes. In the
first place, the local Ohio issues
seem to be even duller.
Regarding Mr.. Baker.
Newton d. Baker, who used to be
Secretary of War, is now president
of the Chamber OF Commerce OF
Cleveland, and II is stated that he
refuses to run for the Democratic
nomination for governor. II the
people who thought Newton Baker
a dangerous radical could see him
now their confidence in their judg'
ment would be sfrken.
The Cleveland Chamber of Com
merce. over which Mr.. Baker pre-
sides. is all for 100 per cent Amer
icanism and 275 trade unionism. IL
wants trade unionism in its place
and it wants to name the place.
Mr.. Baker has a position which
is not a vote getting position in In
dustrial communities. His friends
say that he will not run for gov
ernor, nor will James NJ. Cox. The
latter says so himself. He In en-
gagged in writing long editorials In
his newspaper at Dayton. IL IL
further announced that george
White, OF Marietta. who headed
the Democratic national committee
in 1920, will not run this year for
the Democratic nomination Tor gov
ernor OF Ohio. Judson Harmon, OF
Cincinnati. Is also held up before
the voters as declining the guber
Material crown.
There remain two other OhiC
Democrats of national distinction
plus present local political mention
One il Atlee Pomerene. of Canton
He gets out Of running for COVER
nor by running for a return trir
to the United States Senate. The
other is Brand Whitlock and he ap
parently cannot be found. He Is
thought to be writing a book. There
is some Democratic opinion or hope
to the effect that II he could b'
found and could be induced to ruT
for governor with all his remin
isCences and glories of Belgium
upon him he could beat any Repub
Iican. Even in that case, however,
IL is not clear that there would be
any issues of a thrilling nature be
tween him and his Republican op
ponent.
A Tepid Cauldron.
A little travel in this country Is
great corrective to any lncllna
ton to attribute any one state o1
mind TO the people Of this country
Yesterday in Pennsylvania ! was In
a region of crisis. Today in Ohio
the sea of state is nat.
The leading Republican candidate
for the nomination for governor ls
Carmi Thompson, Of Cleveland. lie
saws that in his opinion the busl
ness side OF government should be
conducted like any other busl
ness and that the people ought to
get a dollars worth of service Tor
every dollar. He pauses for reply
but there is none. and he continues
running for the nomination. The
chief variety in Ohio at the present
time seems to be the number of its
towns. Almost any one Of thcsv
statesmen-stating it at a stretch
seems to live in a different town
from any other statesmen.
Ohio is full Of middle-siZe pros
porous towns and cities. There are
that do moth
ing but tour Ohio. never leaving
the state and always finding a suit
able town to jump to next. PolitL
cal parties similarly tour the State
80 TO speak-and have to know
the views of an extremely large
number Of different localities before
they know their own views. This
produces an immense amount OF
long distance pulling and hauling
and makes Ohio seem peculiarly
dedicated to politics. 1t has to be
IL it is going to get all these towns
and cities to a meeting OF minds.
1t is thought that possibly jolt
to the present peaccfulness Of those
minds may be Furnished by Mayor
Oles of Youngstown. He is men
toned for governor either through
one of the primaries or as an inde
pendent. He entertains opinions on
all subjects, including flappers and
flapjacks.
He is a nut, hut Ohio sometimes
gets so tired of normalcies that II
goes in for nuts. A few years ago II
almost elevated blacksmith to the
State supreme court. He was en-.
tirely a blacksmith and had nothing
to do with law, but he rut his name
on the ballot and almost landed the
Job.
Fred Kohler. the present mayor OF
Cleveland, got there by never max.
ing a speech and by having no or.
gaflization whatsoever, but by simply
personally, all by himself, walking
the streets tor month after mcnth,
out cards with his name on
them and saying: I'm Fred Kohler
D>ksls-- r.