Evening star., 1928-08-26
PRIMARY BOLSTERS
OHIO REPUBLICANS
Party Seen Sure of Victory
in November. With Dry
Law as Issue.

Soo,1a' Dsnstch 80 The star
COLUMBUS, OHIO. August IS The
result o. The State primary election ol
last week has given confidence to Re-
publican leaders In this State. and eN.
preston of il is noted on every hand.
They had heen much concerned over
the wet and dry issue in the national
campaign that seemed to be forging TO
the front as the chief issue. end feared
that the claim Of the opponents of pro-
hibiticr that the eighteenth amen6men;
was losing support might not be with
out foundation The manifestation o:
vet sentiment IN the large cities was
diSconcerting They feared that the
large cities might be carried for Gu"
Smith on this issue
II still seems likely that some of these
cities may give Smith phralitjeS mavSe
sill Ct them Wjil. bat they will not oe
large pguralUIcS, and The Hoover ms
l0r;t!CS IN jhe villages and on the farms
Of the state seem certain to>Ujpe JhcS~
on: a&tCi1v. The vet and dry lSsue was
raised N leading way in the State
primaries and by every measure that
car ds made or Of tie results on botH
sides Of The party line the 6rvS seem 70
he vastly III the ma iorjtv However. IS
II may be III other States Ohio. which
came slowly and deliberately over On
the side Of prohibition seems not at al
inclined nov 10 give it mp.
Two Dry Candidates.
On The Republican side there were
two outstanding candidates for the
nomination for governor. with dry rec
ordS. dry declarations and dry ndorse-
MentS. The other leading candidate for
the nomination made opposition to the
Anl-Sal0OE League his principal argll-
ment, and az course had the opposition
of that organization. The league was
not ablc 10 concentrate on either Of his
two dry opponents though irv leaders
worked hard to secure hat action and
pointed OUT that with the dry vote 6l-
vide6 between two dry candidates and
the vet vote concentrated behind one
the west might easily win But here is
the results. Cooper, one of the dry can
dldates, received 25o.755 votes Beeg
the other dry candidate 254l57. while
Turner. the one wet candidate who
fought the Anti-Saioon League re-
cetvod but 90 236 votes
On the Democratic side, the contest
for nomination for governor lined up in
much the same way, with very sim
lla result, There were two outSpoken
N+s NoA4AANdtSSs 4iC1t NTDf. Es2II biOOI1
and Representative NJ I. Davey, both
approved by the Anti-saloon League.
Peter Witt Of Cleveland made oppoSi-
tton To the Anti-Saioon League and
derland for modification Of the Vol
stead law fhe burden Of his campaign
for this nomination Here again the
CRY vote vas divided between two dry
candidates with the wet vote centered
on single wet candidate but a dry
candidate, Mr. Davey. won. In this
case Witt the vet candidate. did taae /
second place. but that was clearly be- |
cause Of his popularity in Cleveland. |
where l7e vas once bugleman in politics |
for the late Tom L. Johnson. and he !
simply swept the city But ouside of !
Cuyahoga County his vote was neg !
ligible.
Farm Aid Not Issue
So far as this State is concerned the /
farm relief matter seems likely TO cut +
very small figure n the national cam ,
paign. The farmers are not saying
much about politics. 1t IS true. but il I
does not seem 10 be a sullen silence
They are simply not swept from their
old political mo0rincS by that issue
and with both national candidates tax
Ing Up tire matter Of farm relief IN
manner they are not like
Is 70 be. And this being true, the vet
ana dry issue viii be easily the DOM
trant one here. Upon that issue the
Ohio primary results would seem 70 /
leave little for the ONO Republicans TO .
worry about as 10 the outcome Of the /
bajlcting November 6.
In the ranks of the old followers of /
William J Bryan here are found many !
Tad2ea. Democrats who are boiling the /
Democratic national candidate this +.
vear-many quietly some openly They /
feel that the Houston convention threw /
the teachings Of their idol into the dis /
card. The selection of Raskob as cam |
paign manager decided many 10 with |
bold their support from the candidates /
Of their marty. Como Of them went to /
the urinary election and asked for Re- /
publican ballots. but the most Of them /
VII remain regular on the face Of /
things bur omit to vote for Gov. Smith. 1
One Development Of the past week is /
urfavora bic for the Republican State /
ticket. All through the primary cam /
paign Attorney General Edward c. |
Turner was severely critical OF the sup /
port Of his opponent, Representative !,
regg. openly charging that the utility |
companies were financing Mr.. Begg's !
campaign with view TO having the /!
Pence law favorable TO them in the /
matter of rate making, retained on the |
statute books Begg merely denied this |
but declined to be drawn into a per- |
sonaI controversy with Turner. But |
since the prinlaryelection. with both |
Turner and Regg defeated. Begg has as !
called Turner gici0usly both Ia public!
address and written statements to me
Drees. This is of course deInCraiizing
to the Republican forces.
The greatest danger TO the Republl-
ran State ticket however, lies In the
fact that the nominee for the governor
3. jp. Myers 7. Cooper, Is a radical dry.
Re is 2 tireless religious worker. and
M keS religion and prohibition his svn-
cation This n1akes him more obtec-
ffonahie 10 the vet Republicans than
TY Begg. Who Vas presented 10 the
"0teys as 4 moderate dry would have
been. Two years ago Cooper VINO was
thn Republican candidate fer governor,
lnyt in his own county of Hamilton
sloye enough Republican votes to de-
fest hin Under the circumstances,
there is greet danger 10 ne Republicans
tcat this g1ll happen again this year
Formerlw the State and national can
r'd2tes we're presented on a single oai-
lot in Ohio and then the popularity o.
sinpopulsritv of state ticket might
fraye great effect On the national TICKET,
~ vire verso but now they must be on
separate ballots 50 that even through
ire eppoe1tion 10 Cooper for governor
should prove strong enough 70 deieal
hin IL Veuld not necessarily have any
SERIOUS effect upon The national TICKET
here. j. II oALbkhIIb-
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