Evening star., 1928-10-21
REPUBLICANS APT
TO GAIN OHIO SEAT
Chances Favor Soldering to
Win, Running to Sue
ceed Davey.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeClAl DlSp8LCA 10 Inc OtdT.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. October 2o.-A
canvass Of The situation in the congress
sional districts Of Ohio, made with due
reference to the effect Of the national
election issues. indicates that the Ohio
delegation to the next Congress will
stand II Republicans and Democrats.
This will be Republican gain of one
That Is likely to come as the result Of
the dropping out of Martin l.. Davey
In the fourteenth district to run as
his partys candidate for governor.
Davey probably could not have been
defeated this year in that district. but
the chances seem now to be greatly in
favor Of F. A. Sciberling. rubber mag
nate. who has been nominated by the
Republicans to succeed him.
There will be no doubt about the re-
election Of Speaker Lonzworth in the
first district nor about the election Of
William E. Hess, Republican candidate
nominated in the second to succeed Mr..
Tatgenhorst. who is retiring voluntarily.
r. G. Fitzgerald. Republican. is safe for
reelection in the third district. and
there is little doubt that former Rep
reSentative Cable, who was nominated
by the Republicans in the fourth dis
trict to succeed DR.. w. T. Fitzgerald.
will win. Representative Thompson, in
the fifth. and C. C. Kears. in the sixth.
both Republicans, will easily win. as
will also Charles Brand. another Re-
publican. in the seventh.
Fletcher to Win.
0,A@ II
will secure reelection in the eighth,
ncan, will be returned in the ninth.
Thomas A. jenkins, Republican Repre-
sentative in the tcnth. had no Demo-
cratic opponent until few days ago
and there IS not shadow of doubt
about Jenkins reelection.
Representative Underwood, remocrat,
probably will be reelected in the elev-
enth, and John c. Speaks, Republican
will have walkover here in the twelfth
There can be little doubt that j.. e
Baird who has been nominated by the
r. publicans in the thirteenth district
to succeed James. T. Begg. who retired
to run for the Republican nomination
for governor, will be elected.
A; stated above, the Republican;
probably will be able to elect Sieberline
in place of Davey. giving them theil
probable gam of one in the delegation
C. Ellis, Republican. will win in the
fifteenth district again. Representative
McSweency. Democrat, probably will wiz
In the sixteenth and John H. Morgan
Republican, in the seventeenth.
Former Representative Whittacre i
trying to defeat Representative Franz
Murphy. Republican, in the eighteenth
district. but has small chance OF doing
it. John G. Cooper, Republican, viii
easily win in the nineteenth.
|, Because of the strength Of Gov. Smith
in Cleveland 1t Is probable that Rep
res ,ntaticc Mooney in the twentieth sn1
Rooert Crcsser, in the twenty first, both
Democrats, will be reelected.
BoNcn Nominated.
The Republicans nominated Senator
3oloon to succeed Representative Bur-
ton, who dropped cut to run for United
States Senator to succeed the late Frank
B. Willis, and the Cleveland Plaindealer,
Democratic organ of Northern Ohio. has
indorsed Bottoms candidacy. Because
Of this and the large Republican major
ity In the district. there can be no doubt
of the election Of Senator Bolton.
Ohio is electing two United States
Senators this year, one to succeed Sem
ator Fess. whose term Is expiring, and
the other to succeed Willis. Everything
now points to the election of Senator
Fess, Republican, to succeed himself.
and Burton, Republican. to the vacancy
made by the dcath ex-senator Willis.
j. H. GALBRAITH.