Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-31
FIGHT FOR CONTROL
Campaign for the Indiana
Legislature.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN o'BRIEN
MAKES A PREDICTION.
Says That His Party Will Garry Five
Congressional Districts and Pos
sibly Two Others.

| sibly Two Others.
| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| INDIANAPOLIS Ind, October 80. 1902
| With election day fast approa ching, both
! parties in Indiana are making every EFFORT
| to rally their adherents for the final strug-
| gle. The whole fight is centering about the
| candidates for legislature, for it is here that
| the democratic leaders are aiming their
campaign ammunition, and it is here, also,
| that the republicans are most upon the de-
| fensive.
| In the congressional race the democratic
| managers seem to be working only for ef-
| feet They have less hope now than they
!. had a week ago of electing representatives
| in several of the districts which they at
| first claimed as democratic stronghclds.
| The struggle in behalf of representatives Is,
| in reality, only a roundabout way OF
| STRENGTHENING the fight for control OF the
| legislature, and in not few instances is
| proyine somewhat effective. The repupn-
| can leaders, however, are acquainted VIA
| the democratic plan, and are at WORK IN the
| field early and late to thwart 1t.
Fight for the Legislature
| The fight for control of the Indiana leg1s-
| lature is the strongest that the state has
| known for several campaigns. Men VINO are
| familiar with conditions throughout the
| state. and who view the campaign from
| viewpoint clear of bias, are OF the OPINION
| that despite the final struggle oelng ii aee
| nv the democratic leaders, the repuoi can a
majority on joint ballot will be at least 20
| This number, of course, Is sumclent 10 re-
| elect Senator Fairbanks and defeat any am
hitions which either Thomas Taggart OF
Samuel E, Morss might have for the toga
now worn by the senior Indiana senator; a
feature of the fight is the tact tnal VIM
Senator Fairbanks is the aVoWed canoiua.e
of the republican party, the democrats nave
not vet entered a man or designated one
around whom the rank and file or the parry
could ralIy This fact Is taken by many 10
be silent admission on the part OF lLS
democratic leaders that hght 1or cohtroi
of the legislature is without nope. .
In other words it is safe now to assert
that the democrats while they are cohuuCl-
ing a most vigorous and determlned CAM
naign are fighting not for present adVan-
tage or for the present election, put loI
control of the state two years hence, Wneh
a national ticket and not mercy ~
ticket will be at stake in Indiana me
leaders of the party, all adherents, anu III
truth, the builders of the reorganization
wing it is strongly intimated, Will De satls
fed 70 bring about a harmonic relationship
hetween themselves and the Bryan cont!n-
gent in the present campaign. If TINS can
he ACCOMPLISHED and a working organization
perfected that will be OF service 70 ode
marty two years hence the democratic leao.
ers will have accomplished all they set out
to do.
Chairman o'Brien's Prediction.
Vet nm the other hand, there is evidence
that one democratic leader and ADVISER
Chairman O'Brien of the state committee
has by no means lost hope. In fact, MT.
OBrien has made public assertion III
which he displays none OF the pessimlsIIi
which republicans have been altachIhS ~
Mr. today
following prediction for your correspond
ent: a +t;rd
fourth and fifth congressional dlstricls' pos
sihIv the eighth and the thirteenth and the
lower branch of the Legislature.
The democratic leaders prediction throws
more doubt upon the outcome OF the elec-
ton in the first district, Mr.. HemenWay
district The district is composed or GOD
son. Pike, Posey, Vanderburg ana WARREN
counties and, on more than one occasion,
has given a majority to the temperate
ticket In 1896, it was carried by Hemen-
way by a margin of 951 votes; IN 1898 ne
secured a majority Of 1,046. But In 1910
Hemenway's reelection was secured by
only 2O2 votes. If the republican candidate
has aroused some little antipathy by Farl-
Gus unpopular appointments, MS dimcuities
are by no means as great as those "hlc ;
surround John w. Spencer, the democratic
nominee Spencer has the entire Bryan
contingent of the district arraigned against
him owing to the well-founded conviction
that ne possesses leoi SdilA"eiotA 'Nit
cies.
The first, only day or so ago, was placed
in these columns in the list of doubtful.
Today, however, after careful ana very
thorough review of the situation, 1t can pc
added to the republican list. HemenWay
will be reelected, although there is little
in the situation to warrant prediction
that his majority will be any greater than
the last margin accorded him.
The second and third districts are ad-
mittedly democratic, and the fourth Will
return Representative Griff1ths, the demo-
cratic candidate. The fifth district, despite
Chairman O'Brien's predictions, will re-
turn Representative Holiday, the republl-
can candidate In the eighth, while the
fight between Cromer and Truesdale is ex-
citing, there is nothing to warrant belief
that the former will be defeated. Cromer's
plurality will be slightly trimmed, but there
is nothing to lead to a prediction of his
defeat. The thirteenth is another battle |
ground, but it's conditions are very similar
/ to those in the eighth, and republican
chances are very much in the ascendant.
The Probable Delegation.
The Indiana delegation in Congress, as
figured out by men who are unbiased, will
be as follows:
First district-James A. Hemenway, re-
publican.
Second district-Robert w. Miers, demo-
crat.
Third district-William T. Zenor, demo-
crat.
fiths, democrat.
Fifth district-Elias H. Holiday, repub-
lican.
Sixth diStrict-JameS E. Watson, repub-
lican.
Seventh district-Jesse Overstreet, repub-
lican.
Eighth district-George W. Cromer, re-
publican.
Ninth district-Charles B. Lands, republic
can.
Tenth district-Edgar D. Crumpacker re-
publican.
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures K Lands,
republican.
Twelfth district-James M. Robinson,
democrat.
Thirteenth district Abraham Lincoln
Brick, republican.
The Next Legislature.
The following is reliable forecast of the
complexion of the next legislature:
Rep. Dem. Doubt.
Holdover republican senators. 10 -.
Senatorial districts reliably re-