Evening star., 1928-10-25
DEMOCRAT|CSTR|NG
Of GOVERNORS MAY
Be BROKEN IN OHIO
Cooper's Election Over Davey
Likely as Race Stands
at Present.
g. 0. P. SENATE SEEKERS
SUCCESS IS FORECAST
Hoover Expected to 0utrun State
Ticket-"Republican Break"
Prophecy Wrong.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

making their big bid in the campaign
this year for the election of Repre-
sentative Martin L. Davey, their guber-
material nominee. The Republicans
have placed in nomination against him
Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati, the
man whom Gov. Donahey defeated two
years ago.
Ohio, strongly Republican State.
like New York has shown its favor to
the Democratic party when it came to
electing its chief executives. The Re-
publicans, as matter of fact, have
succeeded in electing governors only
twice since along about 1900. Judson
Harmon, Democrat, had his terms of
Office in the State house, and jimmy
Cox, who ran for President in 1920
against Harding was elected three times
governor, and Honest Vic" Donahey,
the present governor, is winding up his
third term as chief executive.
Cooper Likely to Win.
This seems to be a Republican year
in Ohio, and Cooper is likely to win,
though he may run far behind Hoover
when the votes are counted. Some of
the impartial observers place Cooper S
probable lead over Davey at 10000,
and some of them at even less. The
Democrats insist that they will defeat
Cooper.
The voters of Ohio have a compara-
lively easy time when it comes to
splitting" their ticket in the years of
national elections. AS in the case in
New York State, the nominees for
State Office and for Congress are on one
ballot and the presidential electors are
on another. Each voter is given the
two ballots. How easy to mark one
Republican and the other Democratic.
It is difficult to find an issue in the
gubernatorial campaign, inquiry here de-
VelopeS The Republicans want TO get
in and the Democrats want to stay in.
That's about the size of it. And here s
a strange thing, both sides have prac-
tically Endorsed the Donahey admins
tration. The Republicans are making
no attack on the present governor. Don
ahey has given the State a good gov
ernment, they admit.
DOnahey for Smith.
Donahey, who was frequently men,
toned during the convention CAM
paign as a possible Democratic nominee
for President, or for vice president, says
very frankly that he Is for Smith and
will vote the straight Democratic ticket
He is not out campaigning, but is In
Columbus attending to the job of gov
erning the State. 1t maybe said, how
ever, in this connection that in his own
campaigns for reelection as governor
Donahey has kept off the stump, max
ing only speech or two and those brief
in his last campaign.
Martin L. Davey has been member
of Congress from the fourteenth dis
trict since his election in 1918. He is
the "tree man." His father, Johr
Dayey, was the father of tree surgery.
Mr.. Davey is making an active cam.
paign and is handling his opponent
without gloves. He has charged that
"Schneller's Gang" in Cincinnati hac
received $4,000 for swinging its sup.
port to Cooper in the primary elec-
tion, when the Republican gubernatoria
nominee defeated Representative Begg
What has my opponent paid Maurit
Maschke, the Republican boss of Guy
ahoga County?" demands Mr.. Davey
Then he dubs Maschke "the sly old fox
of Cleveland and charges Maschkt
with holding Cleveland in the bond
age of commercialized gang politics"
MascI1ke Hits Back.
MascI1ke is not slow in coming bacl
at Davey in this genial debate. Ohit
is somewhat celebrated for its mud
singing campaigns, and this guberna
torial row is no exception. Mashck'
tries to tie the Ku Klux Klan label or
Davey's coattails. He insists that Da
vey is trying to prove himself dry il
rural communities and wet in the cities
Then Mashcke goes further and seek
to link up Davey with D. @. Stephen
son, former grand dragon of the Klar
in Indiana, the same Stephenson who i
now serving life sentence for murder
and who has done much to bring tn,
Republicans into discredit in the Hoo
Sier State. Maschke charges tina
Stephenson helped Davey in his cam
paign for reelection to Congress il
1920, when he, Davey, was opposed b:
Charles L. Knight.
Cooper is real estate operator II
Cincinnati, a man of considerable
means, it is reported. Cooper is DIR,
| and has church support. But th'
Anti-Saloon League, while it is max
ing an active fight for the election O
Mr.. Hoover to the presidency, is in
clined, it is said, to let the voters tak'
their choice between Cooper and Davey
for Davey is recognized as dry, too
The w. G. T. u, which has been hold,
| ing its annual convention here, Il
charged by some of the Democrats with
! favoring Cooper, at least to the extent
of permitting his supporters to distribute
their literature to the delegates more
| freely.
Backed by Taft Paper.
Cooper was beaten in his owr
county, Hamilton, two years ago wher
he ran against Donahey. But this yea
the old crowd in Cincinnati has swunt
| found to Cooper, as indicated by tht
support 1t gave him in his contest will
Begg in the primary, and the count!
may go for Cooper in the general elec
ton. The Taft paper, the Times-Star
in Cincinnati, is supporting Coopel
against Dayey, although it favored
| Begg in the primary campaign.
In their efforts to bring about thu
election of their candidate for governor
Ohio Democrats are proceeding much
as are the Democrats in Indiana, whit
are trying above all else to put theil
candidate in the statehouse. These
| two Midwest States are practically SURE
| to give their electoral votes to Hoover
in the presidential race. The Demo
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