Evening star., 1922-08-09
OHIO VOTE STARTS
LIVELY DISCUSSION
important Bearing on No.
vember Election Seen by
"Harding Victories"

The result of the Ohio nominating
primaries of yesterday furnished pol
iticians here lively topic of discus
sion today. out of the cross currents
Of Interests. prejudices apd passions
aroused by the campaign several dis
tinctive developments emerged. with
important hearing upon the elections
to come next November
Again has organized labor failed to
make Il decisive Impression in the po-
litical field by defeating candidate tes
against whom II had turned It's hand.
Senator Pomerene and Mr.. Fess were
both openly opposed by labor for the
senatorial nomination on the demo
cratic and republican tickets re-
spertively, and both won. The candi-
dates favored by labor. former Rep
resentatfve i.entz and former Senator
Charles Dick. were badly distanc-d by
the virtorS
Labor Fights Vain.
Labor had essayed unavailingly in
Minnesota and Massachusetts to de-
feat candidates for the senatorial
nomination.
Senator Pom-rene's nomination was
Won in thr face of great odds. He
was opposed by the dry forces, as We'll
was made upon him. Conversely. it
could be- expected that he would re-
ceiv- the support of the liberal elt-
ment. but the votes given candidates
for other offices. on a declared wet
platform. showed that the drys were
in the majority.
Senator Pomrrene's friends have
claSsed his denomination as marked
tribute to his admitted popularity in
the state. extending even into repub-
licHn circles, it is said by 0hiaHs in
Washington who are familiar with
the issues of the campaign.
&. o. y. Vote Heavier.
Comment was made today upon the
fact that the republicans turned out
In greater numbers than the demo-
Gratis to attend the polls. This was
attributed to the fact that the Issues
were sharper i'm the republican party
than with the democrats, being light
wine and beer and progressiveism
These issues came to head on the
gubernatoria1 contest. in which one
of the candidates. Homer G. Durand.
ran on light wine and beer plat
form, He Was apparently fourth in
the race.
Carmi Thompson. The republican
nominee for governor. is 4 personal
friend of President Harding and a
Strong supporter of his Administered
ton. One of the contestants for the
suberna atorial nomination. former Rep
resentative Knight. raised an issue OF
progreSSiveism by declaring himself
4 Roosevelt republican, The issue
did not prove as popular in ohio as
it had in Indiana and Pennsylvania.
however. -
THE Ohio nominations show that
the splendid vote of tn. republican
women in 1920 has been kept intact"
declared AIRS. Harriet Taylor Upton.
vice chairman of the republican ma
tional committee. today. In Pennsyl-
vania and Indiana the republican
nominations We're attributed to the
activities of women. and there has
been a general insIstence on calling
these nominations progressive and
anti administration victories. despite
the fact that both Senator Beverdge
of Indiana and Clifford Pinchot. re-
publican nominee for Governor of
Pennsylvania. worked for President
HG-dfng in the 1870 campaign. The
Ohio situation in every way is an in
of"the- adnrinist tra tion: 1t
is doubtful if there has ever been
better primary campaign put up by
women than the campaign for Col.
Carmi A. Thompson.
The nominations OF Representative
r. Fess for I"pited States
senator and of Col Thompson for
governor must be conceded sweeping
Victories 1or the administration. Just
as the woman's vote largely deter
minated their nomination, SO will the
woman's vote elect both of~them in
The democratic ticket has
been weakened by the defeat of James
G. Johnson. former Judge of the su-
preme court, for governor. who had
the adherence of the democratic wom-
en-, and who would have polled
larger woman's vote than A.: V. Dona-
hey, the democratic nominee, wills be
able to do"