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March 5 There There Therea I s a aime time I In Ohio back p politics l t back In summer summer of ot 1910 1910 1910 when the Demo Demo- Demotic tic c party was badly In need of or a and respectability The ahe he liquor and railroad Interests almost almost complete control of the theocratic s ate organization he le he wet reactionaries at the state stale held in Dayton In 1 In n 1910 I 1 at they would have to make Treal concessions I nid nd that's how Atlee Pomerene I United States States' senator took the thee Ke e in Ohio politics be bosses looked around for a man 1 had ad never taken a drink In his 1 never smoked a a cigar never nevera ed a a cuss word never missed a d day iday y at church and who had never nevern n orders from the wets or the theo I o ads I KED POMERENE I merene of Canton Is the Ideal Ito do put on the ticket with Harsy Har- Har ithe they sy said Hes been beeri I Ifor years with the Tom Johnson I dt di of reformers from Cleveland I rank and file tUe consider him ot the original Bryan men cornered Pomerene in a they room under the stage In Meal Me Me- Ial al hall In Dayton that hot sul- sul July afternoon merene paced the floor as he heed heed ped ed to the words of ot the commit commit- lof bosses ut nt t I dont don't want to go on the thet t tj tl for tor lieutenant governor he ded I 1 have no ambitions along line Ine The next Ohio l legislature be Democratic Uc If It it is I want be leja a a. candidate for tor the senate lie he bosses at him pityingly they didn't lay their cards on the thel l Ii They told him his hia election as pant nant governor might help that dacy However t they ey were were very ul not to pledge him support for fors s senate nat E EtIENE ENE ELEC ELECTED ED Pomerene was elected lieuten- lieuten of ot Ohio then the fun tun began legislature was overwhelmingly t cratic and anda A Democrat would be bed bed bed d to succeed tJi the Republican s lea les es F F. Dick in the United States f e. e insult result had hardly been known Y however before the biggest Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic boss In the state Edward M M. Hanley of ot Dayton the Democratic state chairman announced himself for tor forthe forthe the senate He had led the movement movement movement move move- ment that had put 1 Pomerene on the state ticket a few tew months before Then every other boss In the state big and little declared himself for Hanley and the strength of ot the Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- state organization was swung for the big boss I For a a. few tew days It looked like a walkaway for tor Hanley For his campaign campaign campaign cam cam- manager he choose a rising young congressman from Dayton James M M. L Cox who in the ten years since that time has bas three times been elected governor of Ohio and is nowa now la a candidate for the Democratic presidential resi nomination Nobody of any consequence was was for Pomerene for senator HONLEY DISCOVERED Then the newspapers discovered that Hanley was the Ohio agent agent for big pas gas aB arid and oil Interests and w was s identified with ne nearly early twenty other finance arid arld public utility corp corpora corpora- ra- ra I I I v Hanley was wall so vulnerable that the Democratic legislators didn't dare lare to I vote for for- or him lim Pomerene the pious the good the upright the Just the serious minded I fell direct heir hell to the storm of ot anti antl Hanley sentiment and on the first ballot In the Democratic caucus a cus he pot got the nomination n for tor the United States senate Out o of the ninety votes in the caucus Manager Cox could muster only ten for Hanley So Pomerene went to the United States senate feeling more more than ever that heaven was on his side He be became became became be- be came a stanch Wilson sUl supporter orter Pomerene was opposed for tor reelection reelection reelection I tion in 1916 by former Gov Myron T. T The betting up to election day was 3 to 1 In favor of Herrick However Pomerene snowed Herrick I under by PECULIAR BACKING Pomerene has a a pecullar peculiar kind o of strength with Ohio Democrats Nobody Nobody Nobody No No- body ever wasted any breath shouting for tor him likewise no Ohio Democrat would ev ever ver r think of or saying in his presence Hes He's so ponderous so absorbed with what he thinks thInks' are are re heavy wel weighty mat matters ers ers' of state that he never has half time for levity laughter or on the back Pomerene is Is an Ohio product product born born In Holmes county conty six fifty years ago educated in tho common schools and at Vermillion Institute and later graduating graduating grad grad- from Princeton He He- began grad I practicing law in Can Canton on in 1885 and w was s elected prosecuting attorney there In 1896 while William McKInley of ot Canton was being elected Republican I can president president- |
