Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-05-09
Senator Taft and Kefauver
On Top the Political Wave

fauver rode the crest of the politi-
cal wave today in the backwash
from Tuesdays Ohio primary
elections.
And the E..:s,-time politicians had
a new Taft name to influence their
thinking Charles p. Taft, brother
of the Ohio senator.
Kefauver captured half the
states Sd democratic national con-
vention votes in very remark
able showing" that presaged
changes in. the Ohio democratic
organization.
Sen. Robert A. Taft won Ill So
Ohio delegate seats in the republi-
can convention to shut out former
Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Mimi
esota, who expressed favor to-
wards Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower
to court votes.
Eisenhower figured only indi-
rectly in the voting because his
name was not on the ballot. Ohio
lacked a presidential preference
contest and banned write-ins fo.'
delegates.
Taft's younger brother, Charles
p. Taft of Cincinnati, won the
gubernatorial nomination in
three-man race and the right to
face democratic Gov Frank j.
Lausche in the Nov election.
Lausche was unopposed for nomi-
nation in his quest for an unpre-
cedented fourth term in Ohio. His
incomplete complimentary vote
total of 445,741 paced democratic
candidates.
Former price stabilizer Michael
v. Disable of Toledo outdistanced
three rivals for the democratic
nomination for U. S. Senator. He
will face republican Sen. John w.
Bricker of Columbus who was un-
opposed for denomination. Brick
er's incomplete complimentary
vote total of 648,077, topped all
state candidates.
Kefauver's Ohio victory offset
his losses to Sen. Richard Russell
of Georgia in Florida's Tuesday
primary and pushed the crime
buster into the national lead for
democratic delegates.
A tabulation of pledged, COM
mitted, favorable and conceded
candidates gave Kefauver 1912
delegate votes to 93h for second
place w. Averell Hartman OF
New York.
Senator Taft has 332 to Eisen-
hower's 286 on that basis. But
Taft claimed 401 to the Generals
271.
Republicans require 604 votes
to nominate at their convention;
democrats 616.
Complicated ballots slowed tab
ulations in Ohio and left them still
incomplete but with no statewide
contests in doubt.
Unofficial totals indicated that
about 100000 (M) voted in fair
weather Tuesday, topping the 1948
presidential primary record of
1,286,721. About $4,000 republi-
cans voted this year. The secretary
of state had predicted 100000 re-
publicans and 100000 democrats
would vote.
Kefauver's victory stunned the
democratic state organization that
put up former Sen. Robert j.
Bulkley of Cleveland as a "fav-
orite son" to hold convention votes
for trading purposes.
Bulkley, himself, said Kefauver
''made a very remarkable show
ing"
Charles Taft got about Al per
cent of the vote cast for the three
COP rivals for the gubernatorial
nomination in his first try to state
office. Unofficial totals from TO-
O37 of the states 1892 polling
places gave Taft 395,054; former
Gov. Thomas j. Herbert of Cleve-
land 328,863 and state Sen. Roscoe
r. Walcutt of Columbus 1852.
Disable got about 46 per cent OF
the vote cast in the four-man DEM
ocratic senatorial race. Returns
from, 1926 polling places gave
Disable 225,551; State Rep. James
w. Carney of Cleveland 117,O62;
John w. Donahey of Hudson no.
1877 and George l.. Mark of Cleve-
land 1852.
In one of them, Mayor John W.
Brown of Medina overcome widely
endorsed Fred J. Milligan of Co.
lumbus, former state commerce
director. Returns from 1925
polling places gave Brown 297 ,6l9;
Milligan 281,718, and George V
Woodling of Cleveland 171.196
Brown will face 1t. Gov. George
d. Nyc of Waverly who got 426.'
971 democratic votes unopposed.
Secretary of state Ted w. Brown
of Columbus ran nearly 2 to
ahead of Edward j. iummel ol
Cincinnati, who formerly held thai
office. Returns from 1925 polling
places gave Brown 501,100 anc
Hummel 264.431. Former Secre
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