The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-08-20
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Ohio Democrats Name Pom.
creme, Wet, to Oppose
Senator Willis, Dry.
BY EDWARD w. PicKARD

by EDWARD w. PickARD
~ HOS primaries were the most in
~ teresting and important Of those
held last week, for the state. will be
one Of the chief backgrounds Of the
November election, and In the opinion
Of competent political observers the
fate Of one Of the nominees will have
determining influence on the Demo
cratic presidential nomination in 1928.
Atlee Pomerene, long leader Of
Ohio Democrats and former United
States senator, was nominated for the
senate, defeating Supreme Court
Judge Florence e. Allen by comfort
able majority. Pomerene is listed as
decided wet and opposed the
Eighteenth amendment when serving
In the upper house. Judge Allen is
an ardent dry and was supported by
the Anti-Saloon league. On the Re-
publican side Is Senator Willis, who
easily won a denomination. He is
one Of the chief supporters Of prohibit
ton In the senate and 1t Is assumed
the Ohio drys will concentrate on him.
But there Is complication in the fact
that the Democrats renominated Gov.
Vic Donahey for third term, and as
he is dry, the Democrats believe
many drys will be held in line for
their entire ticket. Pomerene's adj
mirers, who are many, think that If he
can beat Senator Willis he will stand
good chance for the Presidential
nomination, and there can be little
doubt that he would be formidable as
compromise candidate If there were
some such deadlock as in the 1924
Convention. Donahey's Republican op-
ponept for the governorship is Myers
z. Cooper, q business man OF Gin
cinnati,
! In Nebraska the Republicans re.
nominated Governor McMullen, and
Charles w. Bryan received the Demo
cratic nomination without opposition.
Incomplete returns from Alabama indi-
cate that Hugo Black won the Demo-
cratic nomination for, senator, equiv
alept to election, and that Bibb Graves
was named for governor. In Arkansas
Gov. Tom ]. Terral seems to have
been defeated by John Martineau.
Dodging her promise to resign If
Dan Moody defeated her in the pri-
mary, Gov. Miriam Ferguson of Texas
has declared that she will contest
with Moody for the nomination in the
run-off primary set for August %,
and has raised the anti-Klan. banner.
80 the fight is on again there.
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THREE Circuit court judges sitting
L en- banc at Dixon, ILL.,, held uncon-
stitutional the Illinois primary cleo
ton laws on the ground that equal
representation in county conventions,
and consequently in state and judicial
conventions, is impossible under the
existing laws. The case will go up to
the Supreme court In October on ap-
peal, and If the decision is sustained
the entire system of making party
nominations In Illinois will be wiped
out and the old party delegate con-
vention system will automatically re-
turn. Senator Deneen and others be-
lieve the nominations made last April
will be unaffected because the Novem-
Der election will be over before the
Supreme court acts on the appeal.
TOR the first time since 1884 the
y national assembly Of France, con-
sisting of the deputies and senators
sitting in Versailles, was convoked
last week for the purpose of incor-
porating in the constitution Premier
Poincare's plans for saving the re-
public from financial disaster. By a
vote of 671 to 144 the assembly wrote
into the constitution law creating a
sinking fund for the redemption of the
floating debt which will be autono-
nous and will be provided from fixed
definite sources with sure income.
Such dignity as might be expected of
the occasion was destroyed by the 144
recalcitrants, mostly Socialist ex-
tremists. They fought the measure in
every way, sang the "Carmagnole,'
shouted and hooted, and one of their
number, known as an agent of Mos
cow. had to be removed from the