The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-01
Senatorial Aspirants Will
Soon Invade All Parts of
Indiana in Search for Gov
eted Votes.
mo CANDIDATE SEEMS TO
HAVE A SURE THING.
Entrance of Conn Into Field
May "Start Something
Slack Considered Sixth Dis
trict Favorite.
BY Ellis Searles.


indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 1.-The SEN
1torship race has about reached that
point now, where the candidates will
soon be getting into each others hair.
While there has been no written no.
tices signed, sealed and delivered to
them, each candidate takes it as a
matter of course that all the other
candidates must, and will keep out Of
his territory and leave him alone with
the votes of his district But the fact
is that none OF the candidates are OBJ
serving that rule and if there is a
"gentlemen's understanding" between
them that each man is to be the mas
tar of his own district the understand
ing does not seem to be very deep root
ID.
When the various democratic candi-
dates finally get out openly and seek
20 get votes from all the districts, re-
wardless of whether the districs have
candidates Of their own, then it Is that
the fur will fly.
The rule laid down by John w.
Kern early in the senatorial campaign
for his guidance in such cases, was
that he believed each candidate should
be entitled to the vote of his own coun-
ty and that the other candidates
should stay out. He said he believed
common courtesy demanded this much
But some of the other candidates took
exceptions to Kerns attitude. They
charged that he was seeking to create
the impression that he was going to
treat everybody else with absolute fair
ness when at the same time he was
looking for big advantage. They
said he would. of course, be perfectly
willing to enter such an agreement
with theother candidates, because his
county, Marion, is a Congressional dis
trict of itself. with more democratic
votes in the legislature than any 9th
Or candidate. If the County unit
were adopted as the exclusive possess
sion Of each CANDIDATE, it was pointed
out, he would have more votes than
any other candidate to start with
Is an Open Field.
This did not sound good to the other
fellows, so they gave it out that they
would not stay out of Marion county
unless Kern would agree to stay out
Of their congressional districts. This
Kern has not agreed to do and there
are none who believe that he will ever
agree to such an arrangement
Tho,>oPnra ~
field in the race for senator. with ev-
cry candidate tearing around and lin
ing up as many votes as ne can get and
wherever he may be able to find them.
The First, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh,
Twelfth and Fourteenth districts have
candidates for senator There is no
candidate in either the Second. Third
Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh or Thirteenth
The latter districts. of course, are open
to attack by all the candidates with.
out question, but the first list names
the districts that are either to be
held exclusively by their own candi-
dates or to be opened up to struggle
for votes that will finally become spec
tacular.
Home Backs Hoffman.
AS the matter now stands there is NO
Certainty that any candidate will be
able to hold the solid vote of his dis.
trict, unless it be Edward G. Hoffman
Of Ft. Wayne. 1t is said he will be
able to go into the democratic caucus
when the legislature meets, backed BY
the solid nf ha ~
his district. Major G. V. Menzies. OF
Mt. Vernon, may, or may not, get all
the democratic votes Of the First dis
trict. He probably will. but it is still
q question. l.. Ert Slack. of Frank
jim, is almost sure to lose some votes
In the Fourth district. because Kerr
has some friends down there who will
stay with him, it is believed Ane
Kern will get some votes in the Fifth
So will Slack. John E. Lamb. of Ter
re Haute will get the rest of the dis
trict
The Sixth district has no candidat,
now, and will not have. unless T. H
Kuhn gets in the race. which is con
sidered here as unlikely. Marion
county alone comprises the Seventh
district. the home of Kern. There il
. Strong suspicion that two or posi-
bly, three of the Marion county mem
bers will not be for Kern 1t |.
known that Slack has strength in thi
county, and that B. f. Shiveley, O
South Bend, also is we'll thought O
here. 1t Is believed, however, tha
the Marion county members will be TO
Kern, at least until they see that h,
cannot be elected, il that time eve
comes. The Twelfth will be for Hoff
man, and he already has another vot,
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