Evening star., 1928-06-03
THOMPSON SENATE
BID IS TEST IN OHIO
Candidacy Win Prove Index
as to FactionaI Lines
in State.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dlspatch To 1ha star
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June Col
Carmi A. Thompson's announcement as
candidate for the Republican nominal
ton for the short-term United States
senatorship. to succeed the late Frank
B. Willis, will provide an index as to
how firmly the factional lines in the
Republican party here established in
the presidential primary contest, are
holding, and whether that bitter cam
paign Is likely to cause trouble for the
Republicans in.the November election.
1t is said that Maurice Maschke does
not want to give the colonel the support
Of his organization. because he directed
the Willis movement. and that the best
the colonel can hope for Is that
Maschke will remain neutral. But In
f1uences are being brought to bear upon
Maschke that may yet bring him into
line for Thompson. One argument that
is being made to him emphasizes the
party danger that will accompany
policy of keeping up the primary fight.
Politicians here sense deal between
the Toledo and Cleveland organizations
for the support Of Representative Begg
OF Sandusky for the party nomination
Tor governor. with which the support OF
atorship would make very good COM
hination. Walter r. Browns organiza-
ton at Toledo is pledg5d to the Begg
candidacy. and having co-operated with
MaScfke in the presidential primary
campaign, Brown Is in q position to
bring Maschke into the ranks of Begg
supporters, even with the Thompson
feature OF the deal included.
nec;Sfon pror,ised
If this arrangement can be made, it
will mean. that Representative Burton
viii not be candidate for nomination
for the Willis vacancy. as he could not
hope to win against a combination of
that kind. Mr. Burton has now prom
ised his decision In the matter early
next week. Previously he had set the
opening of the week of the national
convention at Kansas City as the date.
Chief Justice Marshall, who an
nounced himself candidate for the
Willis vacancy In the Senate some
weeks ago, goes right ahead with prep
arations for his campaign regardless of
the announcement of other entries, and
this week published the committee TO
have charge Of his campaign. The
fact that the same names appear on
the list OF campaign managers Of both
eral Edward C. Turner, as candidate
for the nomination for governor, led 10
the suspicion that the two were run
ming in combination but 1t has been
found that the selection Of the same
men in few instances was accidental.
1t had been expected that II MIR.
Burton did not enter for the senatorial
nomination 10 succeed Mr. Willis. Thad
Brown. who directed the Hoover-for-
President movement in Ohio, would
weigh in. but that Is not certain nov.
1t was a plan that developed when the
feeling that some one prominent in the
Hooyer-fo President movement should
be placed In the vacancy made by the
death Of Senator Willis was much
stronger than 1t lis now.
Farm Threat Fails.
Those who believed that the death
Of the McNary- -Haugen bill would prove
disastrous 10 the chances OF Secretary
Hoover can hardly flnd anything IN
this state To Sustain that belief. SO
far, there has been no o,ttburgt from
the corn belt to indicate that the fury
Of the farmers has been famed into
fame by that action. II any congid-
erabae number Of Ohio farmers feel
resentment. they certainly have their
feelings we'll under coltrol TWO out
standing Ohio farmer leaders, l.. j.
TabeT, master o. the National Grange,
and A. z. Bradtute. former head of the
National Federation Of Farm Bureaus,
were on record as opposed TO the bib.
Cyrus Locher, whom Gov. Donahey ap-
pointed to suncceed Senator Willis, is
not wet enough for the radical oppo-
nents Of prohibition, and a movement
i9 on foot among them TO bring out
an outgpoken wet Democratic candi-
date against ham for the nomination.
Thomas j. Duffy. former State indus
trial commissioner. ls their FIRST choice.
and though he Is wet. he has not
yet been interested in the proposition
Failing TO secure the assent OF Duffy
they may turn 10 Graham Hunt O.
Cincinnati.
Col Thompson seems TO be adher-
ing strictly TO his declaration made i'm
mediatxiy after the decisive victory Of
Secretary Hoover in the Ohio preSiden-
tiAl primary election, that he would
have nothing whatever 10 do with D
movement 10 line up the Willis dele
gates chosen In Ohio in an out-and-out
anti-Hooyer body. SO far as can be
seen, no one is making an effort along
that line.
The selection Of Robert p. Taft 10
be- floor leader for the Hoover forces
at the Kansas City convention was
q surprise here, and the general in
terpretation Of 1t Is that this seiec-
ton is merely for the record. and that
the real managers viii be former Rep
regentative Good Of Iowa. now Of Chi
cago; Secretary Hubert Work OF the
Interior Department, and Walter r.
Brown ot Toledo. j. II. GALBRAITH