Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-13
Politics at Large
BY C. Could LincOln.

mace vacant by the oeaIH Oh the late
Senator Burton, will undoubtedly seek
unexpired term next year, according to
his friends. 1t is the senatorial term
Of six years to which the late Senator
Frank B. Willis was elected in 1925 and
which closes March T. 1888. Senator
McCulloch, who took the oath OF once
yesterday, Is the fourth Senator from
Ohio to be named for TINS p HnatS ~
Senator Willis last year the then DEM
ocrat;c Governor of Ohio, "vic" Dona-
hey, appointed Cyrus Locher, Demo-
crat. Senator Locher died. Senator
Burton was elected and entered the
Senate last December. His recent
death made necessary an appointment
by the governor.
In all probability Senator McCulloch
will have competition for the Republican
nomination for the Senate In the pr1-
maries next year. Among those mem
toned as probable contestants for the
nomination are Carmi Thompson, VINO
has had senatorial aspirations for long
time; former Representative Jim
Begg, who sought the gubernatorlai
nomination last year and was deieateo
by Cooper in a close race, and Charles
L. Knight, owner Of the Beacon jour-
nal of Akron. Mr.. McCulloch Is likely
to have a lively time of It, He served
for three terms in the House, and is
regular" Republican. He halls from
the old Mckinley district. After he left
the House seven or eight years ago ne
resumed the practice Of law and accord
ing to all reports, has been very sue
ceSsful More recently he has been
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mission OF the State. He is regarded as
a particular friend of Gov. Cooper. The
latter. it is understood. will seek re-
election next year, and there are rumors
that the governor may have senatorial
aspirations himself, and may seek to
be nominated and elected Senator in
1892. If this Is the case, Senator Nc
Culloch, provided he is elected next year,
might be expected to step aside for Gov.
Cooper. However, If Senator McCul-
loch succeeds in being nominated and
elected in the free-for-all scramble next
year, he may desire to continue on in
the Senate after 1888, notwithstanding
the ambitions of Gov. Cooper. Gov.
Cooper is an ardent dry. He has made
fortune, according to report, in the
real estate business in Cincinnati and is
decidedly ambitious, with. an eye cooked
toward the White House.
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The Democrats have their eyes on
the Ohip Senate seat, as well as the
Republicans. Burton, an outstanding
figure in public life Of the country,
doubtless could have been renominated
and reelected by the Republicans. But
with him out of the picture, the situa-
ton, from the Democratic point Of
view, is decidedly different. Senator
Burton would not have come up for
reelection until 1892. which is a pres
idential year, which In Ohio makes the
Senate fight almost invariably easier
for the Republicans. Next year is an
"off year." and Democratic victories In
Republican States come easier at such
times. The names of former Gov.
Donahey and former representative
Martin Davey are already mentioned
as possible candidates for ths Demo-
cratic nomination. Davey ran for gov
year against Gov. Cooper. Cooper won
with lead of $4,000. But at the
same time President Hoover carried
the State against Alfred E. Smith by
about 10000, which indicates q very
different situation in the State with
presidential election out Of the equa-
ton.
The Democrats have two widely
known lawyers in Ohio, both men who
have held prominent public ONCE.
Either one of them might give the Re-
publicans q beating in the senatorial
race next year il he would accept the
nomination. One is Newton d. Baker,
Secretary of War during the Wilson
administration, and the other is Alice
Pomerene, who served In the Senate
couple of terms. Mr.. Pomerene has
been one of the Governments special
prosecutors in naval oil reserves scam
dals. Whether the Democrats could pre-
vail upon either of these gentlemen,
however, to enter the race for the SEN
ate remains to be seen. Pon1rene was
a candidate for the Senate in 1925
against the late Senator Willis, but was
defeated. Mr.. Baker has not sought
public ONCE since he left the cabinet.
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/ The talk of displacing Senator Sim
mons, veteran Democratic leader Of
North Carolina, either with q Re-
publican or another Democrat, has
practically reached the vanishing point.
Immediately after the election last Mo-
vember, when North Carolina went for
Hoover by some $4,000 votes and against
AL Smith, there was talk Of substituting
in the place of Senator Simmons some
Democrat who had stuck to the Demo-
cratic national ticket last year. or of
the possibility of the Republicans send
ing a Senator to Washington in his
stead. The stand which Senator Sim
mons took against AL Smith caused a
great deal of bitterness among the
Democrats of the State. Some of the
Democrats who remained regular" at
bitterness still remains. The fact, how
ever, that the State went for Hoover
gave some of these anti-SimmOns
Democrats pause. II Smith had carried
the State, there might have been real
revolt in the Democratic party OF North
Carolina against Senator Simmons.
But it turned out that he had gagged
public sentiment in the State better
than had his enemies.
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The recent elections in Virginia, in a
congressional district In Georgia and in
Kentucky have practically determined
that the South Is going to be Demo-
cratic for some time to come, notwith-
standing the fact that four Of the States
of the solid South" went for, Hoover
last year. Talk Of the possibility OF
electing a Republican to the Senate
from North Carolina has subsidized.
Furthermore, Senator Simmons has al
ways had large number of Republic
ans voting for him when he ran for
the Senate in the past.
So far as the Democrats are concerned,
while there still may be many who
would hike to dislodge Senator Sim
mons, there seems to be no one capable
of leading such an instruction -UAt
the slightest chance of success. Sena-
tor Simmons has had the people of
the State with him in so many fights
in the past that it would be exceedingly
difficult for any Democrat to raise the
standard of revolt against him. The
veteran Is In better health than he
has been for a long time. He has been
in the thick Of the fight over the pend
ing tariff bill. leading the Democrats, |
who have made q coalition with progress !
Siva EeplIhIiraNS fY0n1 the Uasf and