El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-09-25
POLITICS IN HOOSIERDOOM.
Peculiar Phases of the Fight for Senator
1urp,e's Seat.


Peculiar Phases of the Fight for Senate
| 1urp,e's Seat.
Humane treatment is better than ;
relentless execution of the law tina
| orders striking mirers to be shot
down. said n. E. Carter. of Indiana
polls, Ind, who was stopping at the
Lindell to Globe Democrat repor' er
| Now. l wish to draw comparison
| between the tire atment OF the striking
miners in Pennsylvania and in lndiara
The other day the whole country was
shocked by the dreadful news that d
| sheritf's order at HazletOn, Pa, caused
i voley to be fired into u crowd Of min
ers and twelve or more fell dead. l
care lot ing about the merits OF the
case as to law points. What | want to
show is that different treatment of the
miners by the officers of the law might
nave averted this shocking calamity.
| In Indiana a plain, sincere, honest
far mer. James A. Mount, is governor.
He is a republican. When the coal
miners in the great Indiana coal fields
vent on strike Gov. Mount lacouically
said, 1t is better to feed the Sc =trik-
ers than to fight them, So he sent
John B. Common. chief Of the State
Bureau of Stats les, and another man
investigate the condition of the
striking miners and their families and
report to him just what was needed in
he way of relief. These men reported
that 6000 o. 1000 persons were in need
food. Gov. Mount lost no time in ie-
suing a call for aid I'D it brought
forth most beral donations. By this
prompt ac ion the Cover nor prevented
the famili. of the striking miners
rom suffering with hunger. Gov.
Mount told his friends that he had
a tn in the hardy min rs, believed
hem to be honest at heart a1d that
when they were receiving food for their
families from the general public they
would not commit lawless ac;s. The
governors judgment was true, for dur
ing the long strike no lawlessuesS has
prevailed among the coal miners IL
indiana.
''But the politicians, who never hest
tate to turn anything to account in the
way of winning votes 10 Indiana, are
now talking about Gov. Mounts action.
He is said to BE- al aspirant for Tur-
Ills republican friends say he ha=
made a good political hint by his treat-
ment of the MIXERS. But 1t Is claimed
that the COVE nor eate aded aid 10 the
striking miners without any thought
Of he political bearing his action
N ght have. While that may be true
i won d not impugn the motives OF
any Tt SpSCtdOi0 hdu-ll Is dtSo Ii ut
that politics is deep game in the hot
ly contested and doubtful state Of Ildi-
ana. CLAUDE Matthews, Gov. Mounts
predecessor. is TIE leading democ attic
for United States sena-
tor. While he was governor the min
ers, during strike. obstructed rail-
way traffic, and he promptly order out
the militia, and was certainly justified
IN so doing. But politics is politics,
= hT,& = t01
enemy of the labOring men, while
Mount is hailed as their friend and
sympatii ger.
Gas The next Estate Legislature will
elect successor to Senator David Tur
pie, the politicians al e already play ng
their cards Turpie is an old-fashion,
back-num bered democrat of the Olo
echool, and even his own party has
grown tired of his fogyis and deere
pitude. Ex-Gov. Matthews represents
the young, energetic element of the
with the free silver hysteria. He is
easily in the lead of John w. Kern
and Leon Bailey, his two opponents.
But what's the use of wasting breath
in talking at any great length about
the democratic candidates for he dem
Gratis can hardly expect to carry the
state legislature in Indiana dur
ing the great revival OF prosperity.
The repu olicaps are confident of car
rying the legislature in walk-over,
and hence there is much more interest
taken in the doings of the republican
senatorial candidates than in those Of
the Democratic. Robert S Taylor, of
Fort Wayne, is cow an avOwed candi-
date for the United States senate. His
entrance into the ring may be a signal
for bitter fight between the Fair
banks following and the Harrison
s'alwarts for the control of the repub-
lican party in the state. AT pre- sent
United States Sena or Fairbanks is a.
the head of the republican party ma
chinery and the followers of EXPIRES
ident Harrison are GU side the inner
circle. Senator Fairbanks, who sue
ceeded the late Daniel w. Voorhees, in
the senate, is an ambit Gus politician,
and it is known that he will stand for
a reelection. Therefore, he is not
likely to allow the 'machire' to pass
from under b control if he can help
it, and if the Harrison stalwarts desire
to regain any of heir old power they
will haye to make compromise wi
the Fairbanks following. AS matters
stand now Fairbank ks seems to have
the power to dictate the name of the
man to succeed Turpie. He may, how
ever, be willing to treat for a cUmpro-
m Use with the Harrison faction in or
der to solidify tee party, if such com
promise would favor his own re-elec-
tion.
THE other republicans spoken of for
senator are Riley McKeen, the Terre
Haute banker and railway magpate,
who was defeated by Fairbanks for
the senate, and Frank Posey, bright
young lawyer, who came within few
votes of defeating Mount for the
gubernatorial nomination. 1t has been
said that Posey's backing for the sem
ate might come from the Fair banks
faction.
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