Evening star., 1932-05-11
Primary Grist.

ONO PRIMARY eIcCtlOilS, Al Z" PiN
Dental year particularly, are watched
with interest. Yesterday the voters
went to the polls in the Buckeye State
to determine whether the Republican
standards in both the gubernatorlal ana
senatorial races shall be borne by wet
candidates or dry. Judging from the
returns. the wet Republicans have
scored victories, nominating for Gov
ernor David S. ingalls,, youthful AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy for AVA
ton. and for Senator Attorney General
Gilbert Bettman. ingalls, had dry oppo-
sition from two important candidates
for the gubernatorial nomination, for
mer Gov. Myers Y. Cooper and Secre-
tary of State Clarence J. Brown, while
Bettman fought it out with L. j. Taber,
master of the National Grange. If
these results are significant, the Ohio
delegation to the Republican National
Convention may be found supporting
in large part a proposal to have the
Republican national platform declare
for resubmission of the eighteenth
amendment
On the Democratic side Of the fence,
the candidates nominated both for
Governor and for Senator in Ohio are
for resubmission. Gov. George White,
who won denomination, although he ran
in the 1880 campaign with the favor OF
the drys, has more recently come out
for a referendum on the prohibition
issue. Senator Bulkley, an ardent OPP
ponent of the eighteenth amendment,
was renominated for the Senate with
out opposition.
President Hoover had no trouble WIN
ming the entire delegation to the Re-
publican National Convention from Ohio,
and the Democrats have chosen dele
CATION favorable to the candidacy of
Gov. White, with perhaps single ex-
ception. 1t appears from the returns
that one delegate candidate who had
announced himself for Newton D. Baker
may have won. Several delegate can
didates pledged to Al Smith were, on
the other hand, Overwhelmingly de-
feated Gov Whites candidacy has
been recognized as 'favorite son" can
didacy, with no likelihood of its ever
becoming more than that The Demo-
Gratis in Ohio apparently determined
that for the sake of harmony it would
be wise to send delegation pledged to
Gov. White. Such delegation also
would have an opportunity to turn to
the candidate 1t believed would be win
ner after it reached the convention
city and discharged its complimentary
functions
1t has been reported that Gov. RooSe-
velt Of New York, although he remained
out of the Ohio primary, has much
strength among the Democrats of that
State. When the break comes from
White the Roosevelt forces hope to
have a considerable group of Ohio del
egateS. The Roosevelt roll has been
further increased by the selection of
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States this week, Arizona, Wyoming
and West Virginia, adding a total of
twenty-eight votes for the New York
Governor in the national convention.
Roosevelt in the presidential primary
in West Virginia ran far ahead OF Gov.
Murray Of Oklahoma. Out in Illinois
the Democratic party leaders are at
odds over what shall be done with the
big delegation from their State if it is
found impossible to obtain the presi-
dental nomination for Senator James
Hamilton Lewis, for whom the delega-
tion is instructed. Thomas F. Dono-
van, Democratic State chairman, has
ventured the opinion that the Illinois
delegates in considerable part will go
to Roosevelt. Mayor Cermack Of Chi
cago, however, expresses himself as ut
terly surprised at such a suggestion.
Cermack is of the opinion that the dele
cation may go to another Illinois Demo-
crat, Melvin A. Traylor, Chicago bank
president.