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Beside the Senate fight between Roadbuilder Bulkley and Roadbuilder White, Ohio was looking forward to one of the liveliest gubernatorial battles of the year. At the Jackson Day dinner in Columbus, Democratic National Committeeman Charles Sawyer jarred many a diner by delivering a harangue against the "corruption and graft rampant" during the two administrations of Democratic Governor Martin Luther Davey. Practical Committeeman Sawyer's unsurprising solution was to enter the gubernatorial primary himself. Tree-Surgeon Davey, who once enjoyed a reputation as a champion of Labor, prejudiced it when he helped break the strike in Little Steel last summer...
...Ladd (H) defeated P. F. Rothermal, 15-4, 15-5, 15-6. L. P. Marvin, Jr. (H) defeated M. Sawyer 15-9, 15-9, 15-12. C. H. Stern (H) defeated O. Williams 15-9, 15-7, 15-9. N. R. Gidding (H) defeated F. Trudeau 15-11, 15-12, 15-6. J. C. Glidden (H) defeated F. Rogers...
Haines defeated Ladd (H): 15-12, 15-13, 11-15, 18-17; Sawyer defeated Marvin (H): 15-8, 15-10, 12-15, 13-15, 5-10; Stern (H) defeated Rogers: 15-10, 15-10, 17-18, 18-16; Williams defeated Glidden (H): 15-10, 9-15, 15-10, 17-16; Gidding (H) defeated Morgan...
Professor John H. Sawyer of Boise High School, longtime Idaho geologist, advanced two possible explanations...
...objecting to favoritism in the arrangement of prison jobs. That causes unfavorable publicity and Jameson's policies are criticized by the prison board. He wins a tentative endorsement of his method of selecting men for work on the road gang but is faced with dismissal when Sailor (Joseph Sawyer) and Kennedy, with the help of Sailor's moll and an old Lincoln touring car, jump the road gang, kidnapping Druggin. What follows is the year's most exciting cops and convicts chase, involving the usual race with a freight train for road crossings, two sensational car crack...