The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-27
Thomas n. Kuhn of Richmond
And Stokes Jackson of
Greenfield Among Those
Mentioned.
ALL STAND READY FOR
THE LIGHTNING BOLT
Race for Congress Kuhn's
Chief Asset IF Final Scrap
For Place to Be Fought Aft
er the Holidays.

Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 26.-Reports
have it that several dark horses" are
gingering up" for the United States
senatorship race, and by the time po
litical hostilities get in full sway soon
after the first of the year it is expected
there will be no fewer than a dozen
men in Indiana that will have their
eyes fixed wistfully on the senatorial
position. This coterie will include the
six avowed candidates-Slack, Kern
Menzies, Shively, Lamb and Hoffman
.-and six other men whose names
have not been mentioned, but who
have not been heard from recently.
The latter six are known as the dark
horses and they are: Samuel Simms,
of Lafayette; Mason Niblack, Vim
cennes; Stokes Jackson, Greenfield; ;
Henry Warrum, indianapolis, and
Thomas II. Kuhn. of Richmond.
Recently, so the report goes, the
dark horses have been gathering new
hope. They gain encouragement from
the fact that there has been practical
iy no change in the United States SEN
atorship situation since the campaign
was opened. All candidates have made
extravagant claims, but SO far as is
known, the politicians say, there have
been few actual pledges and while
there have been rumors of formidable
combinations. it has not yet been
proved that any combinations have
been made.
The brewers, so they declare, are
not as an organization favoring any
candidate, although each brewer has
his favorite.
Open Fighting Ground.
In view of all these conditions. many
of the politicians believe the. senator
ship field is still open fighting ground.
Considerable talk of Mr.. Simms. Of
Lafayette, has been heard around the
hotels recently
do you want me to tell you who
will be elected United States sena-
tor?" asked a man we'll known in poll
tics, who has been around the hotels
for several days.
1T will be Major Menzies," replied
one of the Menzies lieutenants, who
has been making an active canvass
for his man.
Not on your life replied the other
man. 1T will be Dan w. Simms. of
Lafayette" Then the Simms man
went on to explain.
Candidates for the senatorship that
are in the lead" he said, admit that
no candidate now has enough votes
to elect. 1t is now only a few weeks
until the United States senator will be
elected, and while conditions may
change materially between now and
that time, / do not believe thev will
] believe that not a single one of the
avowed candidates will enter the eau
Gus with enough votes to elect. All
are depending on second-choice
strength
A Law Unto Himself.
When it is realized in caucus that
no candidate has enough votes to
elect, each legislator will be free to
go where he Wills The time of politi-
cal combinations and the swinging of
whole congressional districts by bosses
has passed and each lie gislator will be
a law unto himself when it comes to
switching from one candidate to an
other. The question which arises is
what will be the motives of these men
in selecting the candidates for whom
they will finally vote. l predict that
the purpose of every man will be to
vote for Democrat for that high
place who will be an honor to his
state and to- the party. Then why
isn't 1t just as likely to be some good
man who has not been an avowed can
didate.
Every avowed candidate for the
senatorship except Hoffman has either
held office or has been constant Of
flee seeker. Hoffman is only a little
over thirty years old and has never
performed any great service for the
party. With this situation why should
1t not be natural for many of the leg
islators to turn to a man who has
never held an office, who has not been
an Office seeker. yet one who is capa-
BILE and upright? There are a number
Of such Democrats in the state who
have not been mentioned as avowed
Whatever may be the attitude of
the legislators there is no doubt it is
thought that there will be several
dark horses In the city when the
senatorial activity reaches its height
and each one will be where the light
ming may strike. This will undoubted-
" be true unless there is some evident
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