The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
HARD FIGHT AHEAD
 FOR SENATOR CORE
Blind 0kIaheman Must Begin
 New Campaign
OTHERS WILL OPPOSE HIM
Having Drawn the Short Term In the Senate the Present Holder of the Seat Must Start Fight
 For Long Term.

Ardmore, Okla, December 2S.-(Special) The i'll luck of blind man has plunged Oklahoma into political campaign again almost before it had time to catch it's breath from the last one. By drawing the two-year term Senator T. P. Gore finds it necessary to start an active cam paign for renomination before he has had time to warm his seat in the United States Senate. His present term will ex- pire within 15 months, and he must be renominated within a year if he holds a second term.
 The Oklahoma constitution requires the nomination of state officers by direct pri- mary, and the United States senators will be nominated in this manner, though they are federal officers. The campaign will have to be carried on this time exclusive ly by the candidates for the Senate.
 It is pretty generally conceded on the east side of the state that Senator Gore has the best chance of being renominated. If he had drawn a four or six-year term it might have been different but it IS admitted that b months service is a pitt full term for a man who made the fight
 
 icap that Senator Gore had. If he is re- elected it will mean that he gets nearly eight years service.
 East Side Favored.
 Under the democratic arrangement last campaign one senator was to be elected from the Indian Territory side and one from the Oklahoma side. Henry M. Fur man of Ada was a candidate for the al I.- of,a received more votes than Senator Gore or any other candidate on the Oklahoma side. but Furman lived on the east side of the state and did not receive as many votes as did Senator Robert l.. Owen, who received the nomination. Abiding by the democratic agreement Furman was defeated. This arrangement prac- tically bars any east-side candidate from contesting the reelection of Senator Gore. It remains for the Oklahoma side to put up the men who want to enter the race. while the Indian Territory counties will vote upon them.
 Col. Roy Hoffman of Chandler was the closest opponent to Senator Gore in the last election. When he was beaten he said he would never again be a candidate. His friends believe he will reconsider that decision and try again this time Roy Stafford, editor of the Daily Oklahoman. came very near getting into the race last campaign, and will probably be a candi- date this time. The Oklahoman opposed the nomination of both Gore and Hoff- man. and supported M. L. Turner of Ok lahoma City.
 Campaign For Senator.
 The campaign for the nomination for senator in 1908 will be important. It will be test of the popularity of the present state administration. Senator Gore was in thorough sympathy with the constitu- tional convention which developed the machine that placed the present state officers and state legislators in office.
 It has been freely stated and not often denied, that Governor Haskell has his ambition set upon the United States Sen ate It is also doubtless true that both United States senators feared that if they drew the four-year term they would have to beat Haskell for the senatorial noml- nation Now Gore will come mp for re- nomination before Governor Haskell fair ly gets started in his term for governor, and the nomination of Haskell is prac- tically eliminated.
 Senatora Cores friends will proclaim from every schoolhouse in the state that he entered a free-for-all race and won a seat in the Senate. and that it would be unfair to take advantage of the fickle goddess of luck that placed in his hand the slip of paper that said two years. when he had earned the right to seat there for six years.