The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-06
Daugherty,S Speech Aided
Republican Cause in Ohio
Aroused Friends of Conservative to Danger of
Permitting Affairs to Drift Into Unsympa athetic Hands.
State Continues However, Politically Listles; Many
Women Fail to Qualify as Voters.
LANES w. FAULKNER.

CoLUMBPs. ohio, Nov. b-Failng
irremovable conditions, II IL to be
admitted that the efforts OF the
leadership OF both political parties
and those OF the local organiza tlons
have failed dismally to shake the
ohio electorate out OF It's present
state OF mind regarding the coming
election. Politically the state rs
tldoless Neither republicanlsm nor
democracy. liberalism nor conserva-
tsm creates current. The voters
are stolid. apathetic, Indifferent,
sluggish. lukewarm or whatever
synonym Ia chosen for immobility.
Pending an accurate diagnosis OF
the reason for this unhealthy po-
'ti-ai situation, Il u sufficient only
TO say that there is deep-seated
cause behind these alarming symp-
toms and that II is giving concern
10 the leaders of all partisan asso-
clations.
Nor is II peculiar to Ohio. The
sana quiet, but none the less deter
mined withdrawal of the voters IL
20 be found In the bordering states
indiana, Kentucky and Pennsyl-
vanla. In tne meager registration
Lists of the cities It II TO he encoun-
tered In the concrete. Out In the
open spaces where the thinly at
tended meetings organized to evan
gellze the farmer are being held. It
is produced in the abstract. More
especially In both quarters Is Il
found emphasized among the
women voters. Though fully equal
In number TO the male voters the
registration shows that only a third
OF the women are qualified to vote.
For every woman there are two men
registered. This disparity will be
vldened on election day, as expert
ence has demonstrated.
Half Million Votes Lost.
The political leaders are now
fighting for a majority OF a largely
diminished total vote. Two years
ago this reached 1.s62,059. BY both
sides the total this year is estimated
at not TO exceed 100000. and there
would be no astonishment ~ II fell
far below that number Again, IL
Is TO be borne In mind that while
the majority given the republican
electors in 1920 was more than four
hundred thousand, yet the average
majority. including those given to
United states Senator Frank y. VIII
lis and Gov. Harry l.. Davis was but
$4,000. This is stated TO sustain
the point that Ohio voters have
curious fashion of swinging to vio-
lent extremes. In 1904 the late
Theodore Roosevelt carried the
state by 256,000 and in the following
year Myron T. Herrick. now ambas-
sador TO France, was defeated by
the late John NJ. Pattison, democrat,
Tor the governorship by $4,000. So
so In hAa
por, TO Taft for president and elect
ed Judson Harmon. democrat, TO he
governor.
Some of the situations revealed by
the closing OF the books In the cities
OF more than one hundred thousand
population are surprising. Cleve-
land the home OF Col. Carmi A.
thompson. the republican nom
inee tor governor with twice as
many residents as Cincinnati, has
1000 fewer voters registered. This
means that $1,000 electors VINO
voted for president will NOT
take part In the election this year.
Cincinnati has lost $4,000. and CO.
lumbus about 10000. In all save
Akron there are fewer registrants
than at the municipal elections a
year ago. This is especially true OF
the largest vote of any municipal |
ity in the state. The Cleveland
slump is a puzzle. Not only does
Colonel Thompson live there, but II
IS also the home uf Gov Harry l. |
Davis, OF former Secretary OF War
Newton d. Baker, who Is at the
mead or the democratic local organi-
zatlon once more, and OF Represen-
'atlVe Theodore r. Burton. The
city and county governments are in
republican hands and the party has
an intelligent and influential press
support
Both Seek Weak Spots.
AS FOR the conflict now being
carried on, the tactics of both par
ties are the same. Each is center
ing upon that part OF the line before
" which II believes Is weak. Hence.
the republicans are hammering the
opposition upon national and inter-
national issues. while the democrats
are smashing away on state and To-
cal affairs. Each army has its
tisht wing engagedi and seems 20
ne holding Its center for the SUI
preme effort which will come, II
ever, when the politicians succeed
N discovering that issue In which
the dormant electorate Is the most
aeeply interested. The democratic
most Is rather more shifty than the
republican and has been reproached
py Colonel Thompson and Repre-
tentative simeon ID. Fess. the sena-
torlal candidate OF the republicans.
or erading such issues as the
Ieague OF nations. the disarmament
movement and the general foreign
Po1lcles at which they nip, but upon
"hlch they will not stand and fight
A'though a gallant and able array
republican champions, drawn
from every quarter. has entered the
ate ana has taken up the defense
~ me national administration, chal-
,enging criticism and inviting attack
rom any direction, the democratic
senerals are refusing. or withdraw
.nE lheir lines against this flank at
q .aeH. In this galaxy OF party stars
are United States Senators Geo. w.
TIepper, OF Pennsylvania; James w.
MMaadsworth. OF New York: Walter
snuge, OF New Jersey: Thomas
99lerhng, OF South Dakota. and
yysmes z. Watson. OF Indiana. Gov.
Gavin p. Morrow OF Kentucky. has
.ome north to enter a statewide
our and 80 has former Governor
nardins OF Iowa. The state eagerly
ssNal's he coming OF Secretary OF
sa,e Charles e. Hughes. whose