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History. In 1911-12 the Democrats controlled the state, the only state officer who 

 was a Republican being the treasurer. Judson Harmon (b. 1846), who had been attor- 

 ney-general of the United States under President Cleveland (June 8, iSgs-March 5, 

 1897), governor since 1909, was the choice of the Democratic state convention in 1910 

 for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 191 2 1 and in the National Conven- 

 tion received 148 votes on the first ballot, 127 on the ninth, 31 on the tenth, and 12 (all 

 from Ohio) on the 46th and final ballot. The Democratic lieutenant-governor, Atlee 

 Pomerene (b. 1863) was elected United States senator (Jan. n, 1911; two days after 

 his inauguration) to succeed Charles Dick (b. 1858), Republican, who had succeeded 

 M. A. Hanna in 1904. The other senator from Ohio is Theodore Elijah Burton (b. 

 1851), Republican, whose term expires in 1915, so that the legislature of 1913 will not 

 elect a senator. Pomerene's election was largely due to Harmon's influence and was 

 opposed by the Democratic " machine," which preferred Edward W. Hanley. Late in 

 the session the legislature carried, over Governor Harmon's veto, a measure calling for 

 the immediate payment to legislators of their next year's salaries. The radical element 

 of the Democratic party opposed Governor Harmon in his candidacy for the presidency 

 and, January 2, 1912, organised a league against him. Both Roosevelt and Taft spoke 

 in the state before the Republican primaries for district delegates to the National Con- 

 vention, which were favourable to Roosevelt; but in the state convention the 6 delegates- 

 at-large chosen were instructed for Taft. In November the state (24 electoral votes) 

 was carried by Wilson who received 423,152 votes to 277,066 for Taft (a native of the 

 state), 229,327 for Roosevelt, 89,930 for Debs (33,795 in 1908), and 11,459 for Chafin 

 (Prohibition). In the campaign, Dan R. Hanna, son of M. A. Hanna, was a prominent 

 worker for Roosevelt. For governor the Republicans nominated (July 2, 1912) Judge 

 Edmond B. Dillon who declined (July 27th); and then chose (Aug. loth) Robert Burns 

 Brown (b. 1844), of the Zanesville Courier, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of 

 the Republic in 1896-97; the Progressives (Sept. 5th), Arthur L. Garford; and the 

 Democrats, James M. Cox (b. 1870; head of the News League of Ohio, composed of 

 Cincinnati, Dayton and Springfield papers; and representative in Congress, 1909-13), 

 who was elected by 439,323 to 272,500 for Brown and 217,903 for Garford. Only 3 

 (out of 22) representatives 2 in Congress will be Republicans. The state legislature 

 will be Democratic by 72 on joint ballot. 



In Cincinnati, George B. Cox, Republican " boss " of the city was indicted for per- 

 jury (Feb. 27 and Mar. 31, 1911; the indictments were quashed, May 2oth); and in 

 November, although the machine Republican nominee for mayor was endorsed by Presi- 

 dent Taft, a Democrat, Henry Thomas Hunt (b. 1878), prosecuting attorney of Hamil- 

 ton county in 1909-1 1, was elected by a plurality of 4,000. In Cleveland, Newton Diehl 

 Baker (b. 1871), Democrat, city solicitor since 1902 and a friend and follower of Tom 

 L. Johnson, was elected mayor by a plurality of 17,838 votes; and the Socialist vote was 

 large. Socialist mayors were elected in 1911 in Barberton, Cuyahoga Falls, Lima, 

 Lorain, Mansfield, St. Marys (with all other Socialist nominees) and Salem (by 104 

 votes) , and a Socialist mayor of Canton was elected in November 1 9 1 2 by only two votes. 



Following the indictments (Nov. 1910) of hundreds of citizens of Adams and Hamil- 

 ton county for corruption at the polls, 41 persons were indicted for vote-selling in Scioto 

 county (Feb. n, 1911); and in 1912, in an investigation of the state legislature, repre- 

 sentative George B. Nye of Waverly pleaded guilty to bribery and revealed systematic 

 corruption (Oct. 9, 1912), and two state senators were convicted of taking bribes and 

 were sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in the penitentiary. See UNITED STATES, History. 



At Cleveland in August 1912 the mayor opened a municipal dance hall. 



Bibliography. Legislative Acts, vol. cii (Springfield, 1911) official reports, especially 

 Ohio Statistics, 1911 (ibid., 1912); Adelaide R. Hasse, Index of Economic Material in the Docu- 



1 In the primaries Harmon received 100,099 votes to 89,116 for Wilson, 2,490 for Bryan 

 and 2,489 for Clark. 



1 Carl Carey Anderson, born 1877, Democrat, mayor of Fostoria in 1905-09 and represent- 

 ative in Congress since 1909, was killed in an automobile accident on October I, 1912. 



