Show I v PRESIDENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL By Frederic J. J Haskin Ohio 1 like ke the old wOl woman woman n who lIved lived lived liv lIv- ed in a I shoe r poe as to children has more Democratic pres presidential possibilities tes than she knows what to do w with h. h In Inthe Inthe Inthe the matter of of candidates for Cor the presidency two is the embarrassing number r for a ti state cannot have more than one favorite favorit it son son according according according accord accord- ing to all the the tho unwritten unwritten rules lules Arid ind nd of or the national game of politics and J the e Bu Buckeye kee co commonwealth commonwealth common common- mo wealth has two possibilities possibilities-James possibilities M. M Cox and arid Senator Atlee Pomerene Mr l Cox is distinctly a possibility p be because a s he the was a Den Democratic cratic nominee nomi nomi- nominee n nee nee e for president I in 1920 it if for no other reason PecUllar Peculiarly y enough he overwhelming defeat that was administered to him by y War Warren en G. G Harding does doe not eliminate him from consideration If he had been de- de defeated de de- by a narrow margin his his' hisa a availability availability avail avail- all all- ability as a candidate for fOl 1924 might e b-e doubted to t toa a degree degre that he would not b be reckoned reckoned with with seriously Charles Evans Evans Hughes made an exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- close ose race of f It in his Ills contest contest contest con con- test with Woodrow Wilson in 1916 but he never really was in the running running running run run- ning for the Republican nomination fo tour four r years ears ears' later In n the h cas case of Mr Cox he was was was' showed under unde by such an avalanche of the popular vote Yot in 1920 that the result could not ot b be attributed prImarily primarily marily to tOI his his' own weakness as s a can can- There must some something something some some- thing else the matter Other factors factors' must have contributed conti to the Republican Republican lican landslide At any rate the friends of the bay Dayton ton editor insist he was the vie vic victim victim vic vic- tim of a freakish political fate that the voters were vere not passing Judgment judgment judg judg- ment nt on his fitness for high office or his strength as a candidate that any i other man the the Democrats Democrats might have nominated would have be been n similarly defeated and that Mr Ir Cox is entitled to another trial at a time and under under conditions that would promise him a rea reasonably fairchance fairchance fair chance of success A comparison is drawn between the 1920 election and arid anda a fights for the heavyweight champIonship championship championship champ champ- in which one ons of the contenders contend contend- ers stubs his toe and stumbles into a knockout The Cox adherents believe believe believe be be- lieve tiu th their ir man lost oh on such a fluke and that h he can give a better petter account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of or himself if it he gets a return match Others Cant Can't Cantsee see Bea It That Way Yay Obviously the other prospective Democratic candidates and their supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters cannot see It that way From their point of or view Mr Cox was beaten so soundly that he should not have the temerity to be a candidate again and they say that he lie ought to tobe tobe tobe be glad to get out of the way ay and let et somebody Homebody run as can run They that recall recall that Alton B. B Parker was never never nev nev- er seriously considered after the drubbing he rec received ived at the hands hand'S of oC Theodore R Roosevelt in 1904 and their advice to the tho Cox following is iso isto isto to o get on a live one The argument argument argument ment that William J J. J Bryan Dryan was given given given en the Democratic chance at the presidency three times their rejoin rejoinder rejoinder der I is short and snappy Well snappy Well and what happened As As' in the case of any other Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- Demo Demo- cratic possibility Woodrow Woodrow- Wilson may have something to say as as- fo to Coxs Cox's availability in 1924 It is ad ad- witted mUted that the Ohioan made the kind of ofa a campaign in 1920 that Wilson Wilson Wil WIl- son SOil insisted should be made After fitting off ofT to a bad st start with the charge harg that the Republicans had unlimited unlimited unlimited un un- un- un limited funds fund's at their command and nd were prepared to buy t the e elc-c elc election lon Cox settled down to the league pf pr nations as the main issue and made his fight solely along that line Some of oC his friends Whisper that he did this against is own better judgment but that he was wa so situated ted t- t ed that he could do nothing else else The Wilson administration was J on on on trial before the American public they say and if Cox had not not sto stood d dby by It loyally he could not have expected expected expected ex ex- the general r public to have done so And nd if If he did indorse and support the administration there there was no sense in doing so o In a a. halfhearted half halfhearted half half- hearted manner 1 It was this loyalty t to Woodrow Woodroy that had much todi to di with the e extent tent of oC the disaster that overtook Cox according to these supporters and they argue that l if there there Is ls is a agrain agrain agrain grain of oC gratitude in In Inthe the former former president he 1 will show it H Hf it f by d doing in all that hat lie can to give the m man from Ohio a second nomination The l least t he could do would be to to 1 keep hands off in any event Pomerene's Candidacy y Not so Sure Sur To Td To get t back to the sub sub-j subject ct or ol of Ohio's embarrassment of or riches In Demo possibilities it may be said that Senator Pomerene I is generally generally generally gen gen- regarded as by no means so o certain to be a candidate as is Mr lr Cox The senator as It happens Is also in the position on of I having iving a defeat de de- defeat de defeat feat feats feat's as as s a handicap but his Is more rece recent t and In some respects respects more mare difficult to explain away As a 3 candidate candidate candidate can can- for reelection to tho the senate senate enate last fall Pomerene ran a bad second to th the Hon Simeon D. D Fess and on on March Macl 4 will relinquish his toga to toa toa a Republican I Ia That would not Seem s-eem to aug augur r Well for for the senators senator's presidential ambitions ambitions ambitions ambi ambi- if so 80 be e it he cherishes such and there is no gainsaying the fact that there has not been so 80 Pomerene talk since November Prior Prior Prior or to the the- election when the forecasters forecasters forecast forecast- of the ers rs were almost unanimously opinion that Pomerene w would Uld be reelected reelected reelected re- re elected his b backers were enthusiastically enthusiastically enthusiastically insistent that he was th the logIcal logical logical log log- ical candidate for Ohio Democrats to present to the national convention next year and undoubtedly it was was' wasa a decided jolt to them as well as as a a surprise when Fess was returned a winner I CATARRHAL DEAFNESS is often caused by an Inflamed rendition r of the mucous lining of the J hian Tube When this tube is d you have a a. rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing Unless the inflammation can be reduced your hearing may be de destroyed destroyed destroyed de- de forever HALLS HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will do what wo we claim for it rid it-rid rid your system of Catarrh or Deafness caused by Catarrh HALLS HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE has been successful in the treatment of Catarrh for over Forty Years Sold by all druggists F. 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