The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-02
HO0S|ER STATE
IS DOUBTFUL
With Six Tickets in the Field
the Result Is Extremely
Uncertain.
TEMPERANCE IS AN ISSUE
Question Has Crowded All Other Is
sues into the Background in the
State--The Labor Vote
Tor Bryan.


the half dozen states of the union
which are classed as politically
doubtful" Indiana is perhaps next
| to New York the most fiekle In it's
partisan allegiance. Although the
dominance of the republicans has
been almost entire in the last dozen
years, the Hoosiers have not yet
| reached the stage whore they may
be reckoned upon as G. O. p asset
The staunch old-line democracy of
Hendricks and Voorhees, continues
to exert great influence in Indi-
ana political affairs. This year the
commonwealth of Hoosierdom Is
declared by political wiseacres to
be the battle-ground of the two great
parties and beyond doubt the most
uncertain state of the union. Cam
paign managers of both great par
ties understand this and are prepar-
| ing for a battle royal in their en-
deavors to secure the Hoosier vote.
oiA pdilleS nave tlcKclS IN the
| fed, and all are making cxtrava-
CANT claims of coming victory. That
D"bs Is Hoosier will help the so
SO have an Indianian on their natior
so have an Indianan on their nation.
al ticket as vice presidential candi.
date. Added to this the selection by
rs
for second place, and 1t will be per.
ceived that many personal consider
ations will play part in the result
The republicans, after a decade
of unbroken supremacy, ridicule the
Idea that they will not again sweer
the state as in 1896, 1900 and 1904.
! The democrats proclaim that their
| party has not been so united nor its
prospects so bright since 1892, and
that victory in November is as good
as certain. The prohibitonists-no
less than ever an egligibIe factor in
Indiana politics-expect to make
the most vigorous campaign their
history and believe that for the first
time they will break into the state
Legislature. The populists, stimulat-
ed by the nomination of a Vfncen.
nes man for the vice presidency, are
confident of making the best show
ing since the organization of the
party, The socialists. with an Indi-
anian at the head OF their ticket
are similarly optimistic. And the
independents avowedly regard the
Hoosier state as one of the mos
promising fields for their propogan.
da. II the plans and projects now
being given shape in the councils Of
the various parties come TO realiza
ton, Indiana may well feel, as Hen
ry Watterson predicted, more thar
any other state in the coming cam
paign the agonies and throes OF DO
litical combat
There are, at any rate. half 6
dozen factors In the situation which
promise to make the hight hotter
and the outcome more uncertain
than in any campaign OF recen
years. For one thing, there is tn.
candidacy of John w. Kern. Every
body understands that Mr.. Kern hat
no particular claim to his, party
consideration except in so far as hi
nomination might be expected to
help democratic prospects in his owl
state. At Mr.. Bryan's instigation h,
was placed on the ticket at Denve,
for this express purpose, and tn,
responsibility for the carrying OF In
diana has been laid absolutely upor
his shoulders. y 81
/ Mr.. Kern is admittedly an able
honest man and a pleasing orator
an enthusiastic campaigner and {
master OF political craft. There is nj
man, unless 1t be Bryan himself
who is more popular among tn,
democrats OF the state than he; ant
outside the ranks OF his orn psrt,
he counts his friends by the thous
ans Hs staHdS In csoss relation,