Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-11
|POMERENE LEADING
| FLORENCE {. ALLEN
Woman Judge 10000 Votes
Behind in Senate Race;
Cooper Has Margin.
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCldleu TIcSe.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. August IL
Myers Y. Cooper, Cincinnati pusi'
ness man and organization candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for governor, today had assumed
lead Of approximately $4,000 votes
over .Thad II. Brown, secretary or
State, his closest opponent.
This lead was based on returns
from 1850 of the approximately S,oS4
precincts in the state, tabulated by
the Associated Press. These re-
turns included practically compete
figures from the urban centers, out
only partial reports from the rural
sections. What the rural vote
would show generally was regafoeo
as a toss-up. Cooper's dry strength
based on his Endorsement by the ANU
Saloon League. was offset at least
somewhat by the power of Browns
personal organizations in many or the
agricultural counties
Others Far Behind.
None of the other candidates was
within striking distance OF the lead
erS.
/ The vote on the Republican guber-
material race from 1854 precincts
was:
Myers Y. Cooper. 14O,75o; Thad
Brown. 126.057.
Foregone conclusions that Gov.
Donahey would be renominated on the
Democratic ticket with a preponder-
ant plurality proved to be well found
ed. The governor, with returns re-
ceived from 1850 precincts, was lead
ing A. P. Sandles. his nearest oppo'
nent, almost to l.
POmerene Is Leading.
Chances of Ohio being the hrst
State to be represented in the United
States Senate by woman appeared
to have been dissipated. Florence r.
Allen, State Supreme Court justice
and candidate for the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator,
seemed to have been decisively de-
feated by Atlee Pomerene, former
Senator and Cleveland attorney. Re
turns gave the following vote:
Atlee Pomerene, 1881; Florence r..
Allen, $500.
On the Republican ticket Senator
Frank B. Willis piled up a plurality
which approached to L over his
nearest competitor for the senatorial
nomination. c. @. Hildebrant of Will
mington, with Khan Endorsement, was
second. and former Senator Charles
Dick of Akron a poor third.
Judge Florence Allen in a statement
issued today conceded the nomination
of former Senator Atlee Pomerene as
the Democratic candidate for the
United States Senate.
"Wets" Soundly Rebuked.
Ohio remains normally arid if fairly
complete returns may be taken as a
criterion of the voters sentiment on
prohibition.
The vote gave definite indication
that every candidate for nomination
on both tickets who had the temerlty
to declare definitely against prohibi-
ton had been soundly rebuked.
Harry G. Gibson, Westerville, for
n1er state prohibition agent. who
sought the Republican gubernatorial
nomination as an avowed wet, was
East Liverpool. who conducted
his campaign for the Democratic
nomination for governor with the
slogan Ballot for beer with Beatty"
trailed far behind both Governor
Dona hey and A. =. SandleS.
Alfred J. Fierini. Dayton. most en-
phattc Of several wet candidates for
the Republican senatorial nomination,
WAS running last in a field of eight
contestants. with Senator Willis. dry.
leading easily. The outstanding tri-
umph of the candidates whose tend
encies were inclined toward liberality
on the prohibition question was that
Of former Senator AtIee Pomerene.
He did not declare himself on the Is
sue. but has been officially recorded
Us voting mo" in the years past on
measures favored by the Anti-Saloon
LeaEuc.