The Washington times., 1908-11-05
Election to Be Followed by
Fights in Several of
the States.
MANY CANDIDATES
UP IN NEW YORK
Eituation Unsettled There, and in
Indiana and Also
Ohio.
By JOHN SNURE

The results 3f H.. elections of Tues /
day assure number of highly interest
iue Senatorial contests. Prominent
among these viii be those in New York /
Ohio, Indiana, and Colorado.
An important effect OF the Tuesdays {
voting is THAI the KeLublicans Will be
LETT two short OF a two-thirds majority
in the Senate. This is brought about
by the fact that the Democrats have !
captured the Indiana Legislature and ;
Ly the success of Governor Chamber .
lain, the Democratic candidate Ior the
Senate in Oregon. The lack of a two .
thirds majority may prove TO be of the f.
utmost moment 10 the Republicans in
connection with the ratification OF +
treaties,
The signs are that New York will /
have spectacular contest over the
Senatorship. The Indications now point
strongly to the election of Ellhu Root .
20 succeed Senator Thomas G. Platt
This however, cannot be set down as
assured In the first place Mr.. Root
may choose to remain at the head OF
the state Department. In the second
place. he may have formidable op-
pouents Ia case he enters the Seua-
tOriaI race. The name OF eX-Goy. Frank
and another man VINO threatens 10 be-
come d strong factor in The situation
is eX-AmbassadUr Joseph h. Choate.
Mr.. ChOate is a great lawyer and
would make "a powerful figure in the
Senate Always, too, there is the pos
sibLIty that the admirers of President
Roosevelt Will take the bIt in Jheil
teeth and elect him 20 the Senate
whether he desires Il o. not.
besides these possibilities, there are a
number OF others who are considered
asInauts. One OF them Is Whitelaw
t;gIu, now ambassador to Great Britain;
Timothy WOOdTuu. nCw State chairman.
is another, and Representative J. SlOaL
iassett is another. sun Others are
Gen. Horace Porter, Herbert Parsons,
J.. 81. NTeeland. James 3. Perkins, and
T. ii. Butler, OF the Buffalo News.
More biUreT, however, than the New
York comics. VIII DE the hsght for For
ukeT's seat in Clil. This threatens To
become raucOrOus IN the extreme. The
Foraker forces are sun up in arms over
the efforts 10 retire their chief 10 private
lie.
They Will not admit he is down and
out and neither will Foraker himself.
lie believes that complications viii
"a large number Of candidates for the
place are beginning TO arise. Charles
+. Taft, brother OF the Presideut-elecl. 4
Is regarded as q candidate Represep-
Jatiye Theodore z. Burton. Of Cleve-
land, has long had an ambition TO be
Senator. Harry Daugherty, OF CoIum-
bus. Representative j. Warren iIeifeT.
of Springfield, Arthur L VOTys and
Governor Andrew L. Harris, al are
expected to be active candidates. Those
that are practically out in the oPeI
are Burton, Daugherty and Eeifer
Indiana is threatened with a hot fight
over the succession to Senator Hemen-
way The fact the Democrats have cap
tUrsd the Legislature is leading a num-
ler of Democratic politicians TO prick
mp their ears. John ". Kern, late can
ulJate for Vice President with Bryan, is
regarded as the man VINO WIu probably
Doc chosen. StIu he is likely TO have
/, Imiauble competitors one OF those
mentioned is Thomas TaggaVt, himself,
who was chiefly instrumental in get
ting Kern nominated at Denver.
Ia Iowa, Governor Cummius has been
Overwhelmingly successful in the pTi-
maTies. lie defeated Major John +.
Lacey. 10 is likely this means Cum
minis VIII come to the Senate. although
the factioual feeling is so bitter in the
state that there has long been talk
or D1lilnE the primaries no matter
what the outcome was. II is likely
however, that in view OF the large pluT-
ality for Cummins the Lacey men viii
not attempt TO bolt.
The latest news from Colorado on the
stratOTsmp Is that Charles j. Hughes,
OF Denver, a prominent lawyer there, is
looming Up strong for the place now
aaII Ly Senator Teller and for which
Thomas F.. Walsh is ambitious along
with several otler aspirants. The State
convention, however. indOrsed Hughes,
ana with the Democrats in control of
Tie legislature he will probably be
chosen.
me return Of Uncle Ike" Stephenson,
OF Wisconsin, TO the. Senate is assured
by the fact the Republicans continue
"a control the Wisconsin Legislature
This is a bitter dose for the La Toilette
men 10 swallow. They have become
hostile in the extreme 10 stephenson,
and accuse him Of spending large sums
Of money TO hold his place in the upper
house