The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-15

floor leadership and legislation on many
subjects. But the one overshadowing
topic that is taking; up the time of the
legislators at this meeting is the SEN
| atorship- And they seem to be about
as far away from any definite settle
ment of the question as they ever have
| been.
! Few Pledges Are Out.
One of the developments of this
meeting that has surprised some of the
| democrats is the fact that there are
very few pledges on among the legis-
lators on the senatorship. At least that
Is what they are all saying. Each dis
trict in which there is a candidate for
! United States senator ought, of course,
to stand pat for it's man and in some
cases this will be done, but not in all.
For instance, there are only four demo-
cratic members of the Legislature from
the First district, in which Major G.
V. Menzies lives, and it is believed
that Menzies will get only three of
them. The other man said last night
that he is for Kern and that he will
vote for him if he can find a way to do
it, And generally when a man wants
to vote a certain way he generally finds
some means or doing 1t.
But when the breakup comes and
the final ballot is taken it is believed
that the vote of the First district,
with this one exception, will go to
Slack, as he is popular in the First
John E. Lamb of Terre Haute it is be-
lieved will come in with a divided
delegation from his district, the Fifth.
Kern will get few votes in the Fifth
and will get more on the breakup,
though Slack will get few
Working for ShiveIy.
The Fourth is not solid for Slack,
either, for Judge Joseph H. Shea Of
Seymour, although not a member of
the legislature, is working hard for
H. F. Shively of South Bend and he
said last evening that he will get some
votes for Shively in the Fourth.f This,
II true. will be a sad blow to Slack, who
has all along figured on solid dele
cation from his district.
Kern may or may not get the Seventh
solid. Slack claims one or two in this
district, but it is doubtful If he gets
them
Edward G. Holman of Fort Wayne
and B. f. Shively of South Bend are
at the this time to be able to carry
the solid vote of their districts. 1t
has cropped out today that Holman
will get all the democratic votes in the
Twelfth and that Shively will do the
same in the Thirteenth, but this does
not indicate by any means that either
OF these men has chance of election.
Candidates on the Ground.
All of the senatorial candidates are
here for the big "doin's.' They have
rooms at the Denison hotel, Tom Tag
CARTS house, and 1t is here that the
meeting is being held. The candidates
are circulating among the members.
button holing them right and left. in
the effort to get votes. But the mem
bers are making few pledges This
is worrying some OF the candidates. for
it makes it look like an independent
vote when the time comes to make
selection.
Senator Steve Fleming of Fort
Wayne blew in yesterday afternoon and
has been the busiest man in the crowd
ever since his arrival. Fleming has
engaged rooms at the Denison during
the session of the legislature This
has caused some comment, because the
Denison is Taggart's hotel and every
body knows that Taggart and Fleming
have been at outs for several years
But the fact that Fleming will live
at the Denison need not arouse auy
suspicion. There is no peace between
them as far as is known now
Nothing Heard of Conn.
Representative John S. Sweeney of
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rivals for the conference, and he made
1t known at once that he intended to
DO all In his power to bring about a
repeal of the county option law He
says he will introduce bill for that
purpose early in the session and he
claims it will pass.
John B. Stoll of South Bend is here
with Shively and he is doing some tall
roofing for him. He says he hopes to
see Shively elected senator and he be-
lieves he has good chance.
But nothing is heard of c. G. Conn Of
Elkhart, who had a boom for a few
minutes one day a couple of weeks
ago. There was a symptom at that
time that Conn might decide to get
into the fight and try to land the
place, and this prospect proved pleasant
for the grafters who ALWAYS hang
around candidate that has money. A
good many people rather expected Conn
to show up at this meeting and look
the ground over, but he did not show
up, and this is taken to mean that he
will not be candidate.
Kuhn for Governor.
I. N. Kuhn of Richmond, who came
SO near to being elected to congress
from the Sixth district that he scared
the republicans, is here circulating
among the Legislators and distributing
his smile. But he says he is not a |
candidate for senator. There was talk
some time ago that he might stand |
where the lightning could find him. but |
he says 1t was a false alarm and that
he is not after the job. He is merely
mixing around among the boys getting |
better acquainted. And there are some
who say that In refusing to get into |
the race for senator he has paved the |
way that leads toward the nomination |
Tor governor in four years And why |
not? Take this from me: If L. Ert Slack
is defeated for United States senator
this year the fight for the democratic
nomination for governor in 1912 will /
be between Slack and Kuhn Things
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