Paragould soliphone., 1922-02-08
PUbLICANS
 WANT OHIOS
 SENATE SEAT
c. Q. P. Will Put Forth Every Effort to Wrest Toga From Senator Pom- creme Next Fall.
By LAWRENCE MARTIN.

Washington, Feb. 6.--in the or flee of Senator Ponerene, Ohio they have an adage. It is this: You never can tell' Every once in a while, just by way of reminding themselves that this is true, they go into the files and get out hand somely engraved invitation. It is wonderful example Of the engrav- CTS art, and breathes class. It in- vites to a reception iii honor of ] Ohios new senator, Hon. Myron T. | Herrick, at the Union Club, Cleve- land. The date is away back wonder i ill 1916.
 l Now the point of this beautiful l invitation to the folks in Pomerene's office is that the reception did not happen, for the simple reason that l Herrick was not elected senator. i Po1nerene was elected instead. Ev- 1 erybody in Ohio--it seemed--thought before election that Herrick had a walkaway Bets were made after the polls closed on election night, at odds of two to one, that Herrick would be senator.
 Which is why Pomerene's friends say You never can tell" instead of saying that Pomerene will be tri- umphantly reelected to the senate next November. Right now they regard him as unbeatable, but they know their Ohio.
 Peculiar interest attaches to next Noyember's senatorial contest in Ohio, and to the primaries which will precede it, because it is Presi- dent Hardings home state. The Democrats chortled when they elect ed the mayor of Marion, Harding s home town, last November. They are confident Of re-eleeting Pom creme.
 So far no one has appeared to dispute with him the right to the Democratic nomination. He has made a good record in the senate and his popularity has increased greatly. When Pomerene came to the senate, folks said he was too cold, too funereal. But he has
 thawed out 8 lot since then, and is one of the best liked men in the upper house.
 Applying the same rule of 'you never can tell" Pomerene's friends are not counting on his having the nomination unopposed. They recall that the last time he ran John J. Lentz stepped in at the eleventh | hour to contest with him.
 The Republicans, who swept Ohio in the great landslide, have a prob lem of their own regarding the senatorship. Simeon D. Fess, mem Der of Congress, is right now re garded as most likely to get the nomination. Former Senator Theo- dore E. Burton is trembling on the verge of statement announcing his candidacy. Burton is now in the house, after long political retire ment. And then there is Harry Da- wis. Davis got to be governor by reason of the landslide. He has had | a meteorie political career, starting with his election as mayor of Cleve- land. He is said to aspire higher. One day, it is said, he will be 6 [ senatorial candidate; then it is said he won't be. Some of his enemies within the Republican party are suggesting that the best way to get rid of Davis would be to nominate him for senator and let Pomereno wallop him. Of course that sugges- tion is regarded as idle, for the Re- publicans always have a fighting chance in Ohio in their worst years, and they want Pomorene's place. With the support of the national administration behind him-Presi- dent Harding's personal support, that is, and his powerful influence Ohio Republicans claim they will beat Pomerene For the sentimental reason that it is Hardings state, and further that in late years it has become one of the pivotal states, Ohio's senatorial contest will be f.,a 4.