Evening star., 1940-02-28
|0hio Victories
Show the Trend,
Republicans Say
November Rout Of
New Deal Seen in
Results of z Contests
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Republican victories yesterday in
Ohio, where they won special elec-
tions in the 22d and 18th congres.
sional districts, were hailed by Re-
publican leaders today as a sure
sign 1910 is to be G. o. P. year.
In the 18th district House race j.
Harry McGregor, Republican, won
by $500 votes over his Democratic
opponent, Byron B. Ashbrook,
nephew of the late Representative
Ashbrook. Mr. McGregor got 27,437
votes to 22,895 for Mr.. Ashbrook.
Mrs. Chester C. Bolton, Republican,
wife of the late Representative Boil
ton, kept the 22d district Republican
against her Democratic opponent,
Anthony A. Fleger. Mrs. Bolton is
the first woman ever elected to Con-
gress in Ohio. She polled 40,8s2
votes to 24.348 for Mr.. Fleger.
Both congressional districts
showed shifts of Z per cent toward
the Republican party. If such q
shift is general in other parts of
the country the Republicans can
pick up 80 House seats now held by
the Democrats. They need, how.
ever, to carry only Al of these seats
and hold what they won in 1888 to
control the House.
New Deal Was Issue,
Chairman John Hamilton of the
Republican National Committee. in
sisting the New Deal had been made
clear-cut issue in the Ohio con-
tests, said today.
"The Republicans take the first
blood of 1910 This confirms the
trend we have contended has been
running since 1888. 1t means that
we will elect a majority of the
House and a President of the United
States next November"
Representative Otter of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Committee, issued the
following statement:
THE results in the Ohio special
elections demonstrate that the tide
OF national sentiment continues
strongly toward Republican sweep
next November.
These elections were decided on
domestic issues. They show that
the American people are concerned
f1rst with home problems and not
with the quarrels and intrigues Of
Europe. Efforts to divert popular
attention from pressing domestic
problems have been unavailing to
our third-term bureaucrats.
Bigger Republican Vote.
I'm the ed Ohio distric. the Re-
publican vote increased from 55.5
per cent in 1888 to 63.2 Der cent
yesterday. Mrs. Bottoms vote was
one of the largest in percentage
ever received by any candidate in
that district.
I'm the 18th district, long regarded
as Democratic stronghold, the Re-
publican candidate polled ATS per
cent in 1888 and 54.6 per cent yes
terday. This district was one Of 43
throughout the country which the
Republicans lost in 1898 by less than
3 per cent of the total vote. Yes
terday's election confirms our recent
report from the field that practi-
cally all of these 43 closely contested
districts in 1898 will be found in
the Republican column next Novem-
ber."
The 18th Ohio district is the home
district of former Representative
West, leader in the Roosevelt
third-term movement. Mr.. West
represented the district in the House
for four years, winning in 1880 and
1892. In 1884, he was put forward
by the New Dealers for the Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination against
Senator Donahey, but was defeated
despite administration support.
1t was Senator Donahey who re-
Gently kicked over the traces and
declined to be favorite-son stalk
ing horse for President Roosevelt
in the Ohio presidential preferen-
tial primary May IA. He also de-
clined to be listed as a candidate
for delegate at large to the Demo-
cratic National Convention.
"As Ohio Goes"
Representative Bender, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, speaking on the floor
of the House today, said that the
New Deal had been ~'the basic is
sue' in the campaigns in both the
18th and 22d congressional dis
tricts.
"As Ohio goes, so goes the Ma
tion," he prophesied.
The Ohio victories came just q
week after a Republican victory In
the 5th Michigan congressional dis
trict, where Bartel J. Yonkman was
elected by about 1000 votes over his
Democratic opponent, McCaslin, to
succeed another Republican, the late
Representative Carl E. Mapes.
Answering the Republican claims
Of victory in the November elec-
tions, Democrats replied that one
swallow does not make a summer,
(see ELECTIONS, Page A-30