Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05
SMITH MAY SPEAK
At OHIO GATHERING
Governor Expected to Ad-
dress Democratic State
Convention.
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COLUMBUS. Ohio. August A.
Though 1t is customary to leave the Sc
lection of the campaign manager to the
party candidates, It is practically cer-
tain now that the Ohio Republican
campaign will be managed by Col.
That Brown, who conducted the
Hoover-for- President movement in the
Ohio presidential primary. This Is
Mfr. Hoovers wish, and 1t will no doubt
be complied with. AS nearly as can be
Judged In advance of the State primary
election. which takes place on the
fourteenth instant, all the State candi-
dates for Offices of major Importance
will be favorable to the selection of
Col Brown. Col. Brown left last Thurs
iav evening for Palo Alto, Calf, in
company with DR.. r. r. Bid6le of
Athens, who is the Ohio member of the
Hoover notification committee, to at
tend the meeting and confer with Mr..
Hoover regarding the Ohio situation.
He will tell Mr.. Hoover that Gov Smith
will have formidable support here, but
that with good fight on the part of
the Republicans. wisely directed. the
State will be perfectly safe with its %
electoral votes for the Republican cam
didates.
Begg May Head State Ticket.
Among the local Republican leaders
who are best fitted to form a reliable
Judgment. Congressman James r.
Begg of Sandusky Is picked to win the
Republican nomination for governor.
and that agurs well for the Republicans,
for he will be least likely of the three
leading candidates to invite opposition
within the party. He has been very
circumspect in his campaign. avoiding
anything likely to antagonize his OPP
ponents in the primary, or any element
of the party. He has not attacked the
so-called interests" and is acceptable
to both the drys and the moderation
lists" as those who favor the retention
Of prohibition with a modification Of
the Vo'stead law provisions call them
selves here.
With no little flourish. announce
mont was made from Cleveland this
week that the breach existing between
the regular Democratic organization
there and the followers Of the late Tom
L. Johnson, since yohnsonS death, had
been repaired and the party would 60
into the campaign in better fighting
trim than in many years The john
son faction has been lately under the
leadership of Peter Witt. an aide for
johnson in the old DAYS. who filed as
a candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for governor in the pending
State primaries. Little attention was
paid 10 1t until the announcement of
that week that Chairman Gongwer of
the regular Democratic organization
Ia X,araA f1AA
that IN return Witt was throwing the
support of his organization to the or
ganization ticket
But all of this is more interesting
to Cuyahoga County than TO the rest
OF the State. for Witt will still be an
also-ran so far as the nomination for
governor is concerned. Congressman
M. l.. Davcy of Kent has been way out
in front for weeks in the Democratic
contest for this nomination and will
merely have his big majority reduced
little by what has taken place in Cleve-
land
Drives on Burton.
Two drives at the candidacy of Rep
Burton we're launched this
week, one by number of members of
the Ohio branch of the American
Legion, who rest their opposition upon
the allegation that Mr. Burton has not
been friendly to the World War soldiers,
and the other from an organization of
Republican women led by Mrs. w. II.
Sharp Of Columbus, who call upon tbs
Republican women OF the State 10
withhold their support from him be-
cause by remaining a bachelor TO his
seventy-sixth year he has manifested
a hostile attitude toward the sex The
latter has been met with such guffaw
of laughter that the further mailing Of
the letter Of appeal has been suspended.
Mr.. Burton has such a pronounced
lead over Judge Marshall, his principal
for the nomination, that 1t is
net believed these attacks, coming as
they do ON the eve Of the primary
election, can seriously affect the result.
He will no doubt have the present
ad interim Senator, Mr.. Locher for
opponent at the regular election. Ora
ham P. Hunt. the wet candidate
against Mr. Locher. being reported as
trailing Locher badly IN all parts OF
the State. Former Congressman
George White. who managed the James
NJ. Cox campaign for the presidency
four years ago, Is reported to be lead
ing Secretary G. v. Truax Of the State
Of agriculture widely over
ability be the candidate that Senator
Fess will have to defeat in order TO
be returned to the Senate for the full
term.
The straw vote taken in Cleveland
and surrounding counties on the
Hoover and Smith preferences con-
tinues to favor Gov. Smith decidedly
within the limits OF Cleveland, but is
favorable TO Hoover TO even a greater
degree in the normally Republican
counties In the northern part of the
State outside Of the municipal area.
Straw Vote Discounted.
Not 50 much Importance is attached
TO these Cleveland straw vote results
now, however. since it is found that
the vote is very loosely taken, so that
1t would be comparatively easy 10
stuff" the ballot box, and II Is IN
all probability being done OF course,
Il is likely To be done on both sides
If done at all, but at that an element
Of uncertainty is introduced that
greatly reduces the value of the vote
Though Chairman n. O. Drummer OF
the Democratic State committee re"
norted on his return recently from
Albany that ne had not been able 10
get q date for a speech from GOV
Smith for the Ohio campaign, news
comes by other routes from New YORK
that Gov. Smith intends to attend the
Democratic State convention here the
latter part of this month and address
the Ohio Democrats. In this is seen
plan IN squeeze an endorsement OF the
Smith candidacy from the ono Gov
ernor, Mr. Donahey. who, 1t VIII pc
remembered, was openly against Smith
before his nomination and has not