The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-13
READY 10 CLASH.
Two Indiana Senators on the
Brink of a Row,
BEVERAGE is ANXIOUS
To Get Some of the Patronage
Fairbanks Has COppered,

Washington. Jan. 12-The Republican
party in Indiana is in danger Of a fac
tlonal division in consequence Of the nat
i5nal rivalry between Senator Fairbanks
and Beverage. Members Of the Indiana
delegation in the house and their polid-
cal friends. who come here to advise
hem. have long been watching the cloud
on the horizon. There has been no open
break between the two Indiana sea-Jrs.
snd both deny most emphaLcally that
there is the slightest inumation OF hos
tility. At the bare mention Of the sub
iect. each. in the words Of a Hoosier VS.
ltor. "wil shy like a colt at stear1-
roller" But the truth remains that this
Is the gossip in the mouths of all the
knowing ones. The feeling between SEN
ators Fairbanks and Beveridge results
from a number of complex causes. Bota
aspire TO the same high oftice-the presl-
dency The former is an av0wed candl-
date. while Beverage may be described
as ambitious" Tn the event Of Ct fall
IRE to become a presidential candidate,
each desires another term in the senate.
But the laws of Indiana politics decree
that one or the other shall be sacrificed.
since both are from Indianapolis the
country part of the state demands rec
0cl itio1 One is young, and appeals
particularly to the young men Of the
state. the other is past middle life, and
stands for the conservatism Of age. In
character they are quite opposite Fair
banks is cautious, diplomatic. tentative;
Beverage is radical brusque aggressive.
FAIRBANKS is deep and plays safe. care
ful game; Beveridge is open direct and
bold. Where Fairbanks is over-cautious
Beveridge is reckless. Both are men of
ability and neither viii go down without
a struggle. But their methods Of attack
and defence are enthusiastically disim-
liar.
The smouldering feud has long been
awaiting the occasion for an outbreak.
The occasion seems TO be now at hand in
the delicate and frequently disastrous
problem of distributing state patronage.
When Beverfdge came i'm, he found about
an Of the good offices filed. he was
compelled to bide his time and stave off
importantly as best he might. But now
a national campaign has been fought and
while there are not many offices to be
filled. there are undoubtedly some. The
friends of Beveridge from Hoosierdom
are again importunate, and their impor-
tunity is fast becoming irresistible. They
frankly and even blunUy demand a share
Of what spoil there is. They want to
know whether ne counts at ALL or wheth-
er the state is represented solely by Fair
banks They say, to use their express
sive terminology, that "if he is nine
spot they want to be informed Of the
fact. SO they can discard and draw from
the pack"
on The other hand. Senator Fairbanks
does not admit that there is any such
thing in existence as patronage. He has
everything to lose and nothing to gain by
the agitation Of the subject The men
who hold Office by the grace Of his en-
dorsement look to him to keep them
there. and they even quote President Nc
Kinlev to the effect that his election
meant the reelection Of those who held
office under his administration They
say that it would be disloyal for Fair
hauNs to leave them to the tender mer-
,ies of Beveridse. i'm order that they
might be slaughtered TO make a feast for
the hungry Beverideites.
The situation is embarrassing for both
senators 1T is. however. not without pre-
cedentz When Senators Voorhees, and
Turpie presided over the Indiana spells.
they adjusted their differences by a di-
vision of territory. They divided the
state by metes and bounds and in one
part T1rpfe and i'm the other Voorhees,
was the final authority on appointments
Each Endorsed the recommendations eff
the other. hut merely as matter Of
form Tn Ohio there Is similar arr
raneement between Hanna and Foraker
The state is divided and on an vital mat
tiers OF patronage neither questions she
appointment OF the other IN his respec-
tive district Occasionally Hanna may
ask that Foraker retain some particular
friend Of his and in turn Hanna may
refrain from decapitaung some friend II
Farakers But this IS always by spec
jail consent
Even an adjustment Of the PATRONAGE
matter. ID is thought by many would ON
ly postpone the inevitable rupture be-
tween Senator'S Fairbanks and Reveridg5
It is hard 40 conceive OF BcverIdee as an
amiahle and ardent supporter of his coll
league for the presidency. And vet he
must ae that. mr. he must he an open ops
p7nent From this time forth ID is cone
si3ered certain that each viii devote hin-
seif % building up his own personal fal-
lowine one VIII be NJ the expense az
the other and for mat THE manoeuvrlne
IS already tn progress. The question.
which is pressing most 1Ir1entlE 1nta