The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-01
Especial to THE T1MEs.l

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 1.-The sena-
torship race has about reached the
point now where the candidates Will
soon be getting into each Others hair.
While there has been no written notices
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 district
and leave him alone with the votes of
his district. but the fact is that none
of the candidates are observing that
rule, and il there In a ssgentIeman's un-
derstanding' between them that each
man is to be the master of his own dis
trict the understanding does not seem
to be very deep rooted.
When the various democratic candi-
dates finally get out openly and seek
to get votes from all the districts, re-
gardless of whether the districts have
candidates of their own, then it is that
it is expected to see the fur fly
Others should Stay Ont.
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 en-
titled to the vote of his own county
and that the other candidates should
stay out. He said he believed common
courtesy demanded this much. But
some of the other candidates took ex-
ception to Kern's attitude. They charg-
ed that he was seeking to create the
| impression that he was going to treat
everybody else with absolute fairness
when at the same time he was looking
| for big advantage. They said he
would, of course. be perfectly willing to
enter into such an agreement with the
other candidates because his county,
Marion, is a congressional district it
self with more democratic votes IN the
legislature than any other candidate.
If the county unit were adopted as
the exclusive possession of each can
didate, it was pointed out, he would
have more votes than any other candi-
date to start with.
| This did not sound good to the other
fellows so they gave 1t 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.
/ Therefore, it looks like an open field
in the race for senator, with every can
didate tearing around and lining up as
many votes as he 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 nc
candidate in either the second, third
sixth. eighth, ninth, eleventh or thir-
tenth. The latter districts, of course
are open to attack by all the candidate.
without question, but the first lis
names the districts that are either tt
be held exclusively by their own can
didates or to be opened up to a strug
gle for votes that will finally becom'
Spectacular.
Each Holds Vote.
AS the matter now stands there is NJ
certainty that any candidate will b.
able to hold tho solid vote of his dis
trict, unless it be Edward @. Hoffman
| of TT Wayne. 1t is said he will be abb
to go into the democratic caucus whei
the legislature meets backed by tn
solid support of the democrats of hi
district. Major G. v. Manzies of MI
Vernon may or may not get all tn
democratic votes of the first district
. He probably will, but it is still a ques
ton. l.. Ert Slack of franklin is al
most sure to lose some votes in tn
fourth district. because Kern has som
: friends down there who will stay wit
him, it is believed. And Kern will ge
: some votes in the fifth. So will SLACK
John E. Lamb of Terre Haute will ge
the rest of the district
The sixth district has no candidat
now, and will not have unless T. r
Kuhn gets in the race, which is consid
: cred here as unlikely Marion count
alone comprises the seventh district, tn
home of Kern There is a strong sus
picion that two or possibly three of tn