Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-23
TWO To Be ELECTED
Senators to Be Chosen by
Indiana Legislature.
TO MEET JANUARY 8
SPECULATION AS TO THE INTEN-
TIoNs OF MIR. FAIRBANKS
Date of His Resignation an Important
Matter-Selection Of Mr.. Beve-
ridges Successor.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. November o. 1904.
The selection Of senator to succeed Sen
ator Fairbanks continues to occupy the at
tention Of Indiana statesmen and poll
ttcians. The state legislature meets The
first Thursday after the first Monday In
January. This will fall on January 8. The
legislative session Is sixty-one calendar
days. so that the session will expire by
limitation March 6. There is much specula-
ton concerning the resignation of Senator
Fairbanks. 1t is well understood that he
will not resign prior to the meeting Of the
legislature. thus giving Gov. Durbin, who
will be candidate for his place, a chance
to make an appointment. Should he con-
tipue until the 4th of March the legislature
would have only two days in which to
select his successor. and the appointment
would then fall to the newly elected gov
ernor who will take his office in January.
Gov.-elect Hanly was a formidable can
Eeveridge was nominated by the republic
car caucus. receiving forty-five Of the nee
essary forty-eight votes to make him the
caucus nominee. The entire opposition
united on Beveridge.
Senator Fairbanks has a personal and
political interest in the selection of his sue
cessor. He is confronted by one governor
with senatorial aspirations who would act
on his resignation prior to the meeting Of
the legislature. and another with similar
aspirations. who would have the appoint
ing power If the legislature should adjourn
without making a selection. 1t Is generally
that the senatorial toga fall upon the Shout
ders Of Representative Hemenway. chair
man of the committee on appropriations.
Successor to Beveridge.
Under the law United States senator
will be elected to succeed Senator Bev-
eridge the second Tuesday Of the session,
which falls upon the 18th. so that If the
resignation of Senator Fairbanks was hand
ed in at the opening of the legislature al
most two weeks would elapse before the
election Of the other senator.
Senator Fairbanks has given no intima-
ton of his program. The facts are I'M
portant from a political standpoint because
OF the various conflicting interests. Should
bis resignation be presented at the opening
of the legislature 1t is the general impress
sion that Senator Beverage would become
more or less involved. While 1t was the
general understanding in the campaign that
Senator Beveridge was to be reelected
without opposition. he did not figure con-
spicuously because of the prominence of
Senator Fairbanks a national candidate.
There was no opposition to Beveridge, but
because 1t seemed an assured fact that he
would have opposition no pledges were
taken and the members of the legislature
who were elected made no promises to their
constituents.
Candidates to Succeed Fairbanks,
1t has been an easy matter for the repre-
sentatives who were candidates to succeed
Senator Fairbanks to secure the support OF
members of the legislature in their con-
gressional districts. This is true as regards
Hemenway. Lands and Crumpacker. The
other candidates have more or less local
support composed of members equally de-
voted to them.
The indications are now that II the OPP
portunity comes the various candidates will
demand of Senator Beveridge a support
equal to that given him, and that he will
thus become involved in the contest. This
about or prevent by presenting his resigna-
ton at the opening of the session or holding
Il over until after the election of a senator
to succeed Beveridge. However, II the
might be demanded of Senator Beverage
which would make 1t embarrassing for him.
None of the candidates to succeed Senator
Fairbanks would in that event enter the
the available material in Indiana has en-
tered the contest for the vacancy Senator
Peveridge would be reelected. The Junior
senator has lost none of his. popularity in
Indiana. The situation casts no reflection
on him. but the contest grows in inter-
est there is a feeling that he may become
involved
Legislature Overwhelmingly Republic
The legislature which is overwhelmingly
republican. consists of $50 members. The
republicans have 125 Of these. and 1t will
be necessary to obtain sixty-three votes in
the republican caucus. Thirty Of these
members were elected on the republican
ticket In districts normally strongly demo-
cratic. and so little was their election ex-
pected that none of the senatorial candl-
dates wasted time upon them. They are
entirely free far pledges are con-
ed by the various aspirants for senatorial
hCnors To some extent they have lined up
with other members from the same congress
sional district. but this Is the case only
where the representative for the district
is a candidate. There are thirteen districts
in the state. two Of them democratic and
only three representatives are candidates
so that two-thirds OF the members geo.
graphically. are not thus restricted. Rep
resentative Hemenway has a geograp hical
advantage in being the only candidate in
the territory south of Indianapolis, but this
is the most sparsely settled portion Of the
state and casts the smallest proportion Of
the republican vote of the state. Mr. Crum-
packer occupies a somewhat similar posi-
tion in the northern part Of the state while
the remaining candidates belong to belt
running across the state. Of which India
napolis is the center
c. B. Lands Endorsed.
At a meeting Of the senators and repre-
sentatives of Representative Charles B.
Lands district a resolution was passed
supporting him for the senatorship until
the final ballot The home Of his parents
and his former home is Logansport in the
district now represented by his brother
Frederick Lands. and it is thought that
he will receive the support of the members
OF the legislature in that district also, as
there is no candidate from the district.
His home county and the county in which
Logansport Is situated were formerly in the
district now represented by Mr.. Crum-
packer. and should Mr.. Crumpacker at any
time in the contest withdraw his name it
is thought that Mr.. Lands will receive the
votes of the members of the legislature
from that district also. He has wide ac-
Quaintance over the state and will receive
many scattering votes.
At the present time Mr.. Hemenway seems
to be in the lead. with Mr. Lands close
second Harry s. New. national republican
committeeman. Is popular throughout the
state. and Is the strongest dark horse in the
list He is the second or third choice of
most of the members Of the legislature and
il the strife becomes bitter among the
members of Congress he would be the most