The New York herald., 1922-08-09
HARDING MAN AHEAD
OF VETS CANDIDATE
in OHIO'S PRIMARIES
Thompson. Dry. Leads Dur
and by Wide Margin i'll
Race for Governor.
FESS ALSO WINNING
Pomerene Gets Two to, One
Votes over Lenz for
the Senate.
ALABAMA FOR BRANDON
Returns Indicate Close Race
for Governor in Only
One County.
ALABAMA FOR BRANDON

COLUMBUS. Aug. s (Associated Press)
The nomination of Carmi A. Thomp-
son of Cleveland, the Harding Adj
ministration and Anti Saloon League
candidate. as the Republican nominee
for Governor was indicated on the
face of unofficial returns tonight from
| 1904 precincts out of approximately
5000 in the State and representing 50
of the So counties on these returns
Thompson was maintaining a lead Of
more than two to one over his near
est competitor and was leading In all
but few of the counties. heard from.
Thompson's nearest competitor in
the nine cornered race was G. Homer
Durand of Coshocton. the beer and wine
candidate. Representative Charles ID.
knight of Akron. who campaigned as
a Roosevelt Progressive, was running
third, and Secretary of State Harvey
G. Smith was fourth on these returns,
The vote stood: Thompson. 25,22i ,
Durand, 11.1s7: Knight, 1o,o25 Smith.
1905 The other five candidates APP
peared to be hopelessly dstanced.
The Republican Gubernatorial race
developed the two main issues of the
campaign-wet and dry and progressiv-
ism within the party.
Donnhcy Leads Democrats.
A. v. Donahey, former State auditor
and the Democratic nominee two years
ago. was leading a field OF three candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination for
Governor Thomas j. Duffy. chairman
4 OF the State Industrial Commission. who
made strong plee for labor votes. was
| second. and Judge James G. Johnson OF
Springfield. organization candidate, was
third. The vote from 1,150 precincts
stood Donahey. f7,770; Duffy, 1873
Johnson, 5.743.
In the Senatorial contest Senator At
lee Pomerene Democrat, had big lead
over former Congressman John J. Lentz
of Columbus. who had the backing OF
organized labor. The vote from LOO
precincts stood Pomerene, 1870 ;
| Lentz, 9,41s.
In the Republican Senatorial contest
CONGRESSMAN Simeon D. Fess. former
chairman of the Republican National
Congressional Committee. had good
lead over his three opponents. former
senator Charles Dick Of Akron. former
Lieutenant Governor John r. Columbus
and David w. Wood. civil war soldier
OF Sandusky. Returns from 1920 pre-
cincts in this race gave Fess 25,
Dick 10000, Arnold 7,03f and Wood
5,257
senator Pomerene had the open op-
position OF the Anti-Saloon League.
while Fess had its Endorsement. Fess
like Pomerene. was opposed by organ
lied labor.
Thirteen OF the twenty Republican
Representatives In Congress seeking re-
nomination were unopposed. and in
eleven districts Democratic candidates
had no opposition. or the thirteen Re.
publican Representatives renominatel
without opposition. the Anti-Saloon
League classed three-Longworth. Ste-
vens and Calm of the First. Second and
| Twenty-first districts respectlvely-as
wet. The following ten were classed by
the same organization as dry: Fitzger-
aid. third: Cable. fourth Thompson.
fifth: Chalmers, Ninth; Ricketts,. Elev-
enth: Speaks. Twelfth; Begg, Thir-
| teenth; Hines, Sixteenth: Morgan. Sew
enteenth. and Murphy. Eighteenth.
/ Classification of Democrats.
! or the eleven Democratic Congress
sional candidates who were nominated
without opposition two were claimed by
the Anti-Saioon League az dry, six as
| wet and three not classe1 as wet or dry.
\ The alleged dry candidates are Charles
b. zimmerman. Seventh and James a.
Alexander. Fifteenth. Those listed as
wet arc S. G. Stricken. First John r.
Y Duane. Second Warren Gard, Third !;
i william y. Gablcman. sixth Isaac r.
| Sherwood Ninth and John McSweeney.
4 sixteenth.
Il In dlstricta where Representatives
4 have opposition. In only two instances
l are their opponents listed as being wet
\ by the dry organization These arc in
\ the Tenth and Twentieth districts. In
\ the five remaining districts whore dry
Y Representatives are UP for denomination
\ their opponents also are listed as dry.
\ In the Seventh and Fourteenth districts.
made vacant BY incumbents, Fess and
Knight, seeking higher offices. all Re-
publican candidates are listed as dry.
Only four Of the Democratic Repre-
sentatives who went down IN the Har-
ding landslide two years ago are seeking
TO come back. They are Isaac r. Sher-
\ wood, Toledo. Ninth district Martin L..
\ Davey, Akron. Fourteenth, William a.
\ Ashbrook. Newark. Seventeenth, and
\ Charles Mooney. Cleveland. Twentieth.
Sherwood alone was unopposed
Representative Theodore T.. Burton.
Cleveland Twenty-second district. was
opposed for denomination by former Rep
resentative Henry l. Emerson. whom
Burton defeated for denomination two
years ago.