The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-30

so, that he wishes the republican par
declaration in favor of state wide
prohibition, and this is pointed to as a
reason why he might possibly be talk
ing about the senatorship. Undoubt-
eddy Senator Beverage himself will
be the issue in the next State cam
paign. The Tariff question, as the
matter stands now, is the topic that
is most in the minds of the people, and
Senator Beverage will be called ON
in the next campaign to justify his
course in opposing the Aldrich tariff
measure in the special session of con-
gress. This will make him the issue,
unless something else turns up be-
fore the campaign opens. And. mas
much as Senator Beveridge will be up
for reelection, in case the republicans
control the next legislature, it is not
likely that his followers will wish to
have the situation clouded with any
thing like another liquor fight, SINH
lar to the one of last year. In fact,
none of the leaders are looking for
that kind of a fight and they are all
doing their level best to avoid having
1t. They are willing to let the matter
rest as it is now, with the local option
law in force and no further legisla-
ton on the subject of liquor Both
parties are in that same fix. But the
temperance people wish to go further,
and 1t is almost certain that an effort
will be made to get the republicans, at
least to adopt prohibition plank in
their platform.
They Realized.
The republicans realize that if they
are to win next year in Indiana they
must go into the fight with a united
front and not be torn with factional
troubles as they were in the cam
paign last year. The democrats are
going into the next campaign with
the flush of last years victory still
on their cheeks. and they will put up
a fight. So the republicans have got
to be together This is the main rea-
son why so many of them hope to
keep the liquor question out of the
campaign. They point out that TO
} bring it to the front again will have
the same effect as last year, when the
} party lost vast number of liberal
votes because of it's stand on the liq-
, uor question. They want to hold the
, liberal as well as all other votes next
year. and they feel that this can be
done only by leaving out the saloon
question.
1t is also pointed out that this talk
about Hanly as a candidate for sen;.-
II tn cfo tn1 h1y
Gratis who hope thus to drive liberal
votes out of the republican ranks and
into the ranks Of the opposition. This
reason given for this belief is that il
it becomes known that Hanly really
intends to be q candidate for senator
the liberal republicans will help tc
elect liberal members Of the legisla
ture who would oppose Hanly. And
the danger that lies in this possibilit,
is that it would probably mean also
the repeal of the county option law
So the Hanly story is about the mos
I important proposition in the politica
| field In Indiana just now. 1t IL
fraught with great possibilities in 1t!
effect on the next campaign. Their
is one thing certain. If Hanly does le
1t be known that he wished to b.
elected United States senator it viii
mean the hottest campaign next yea
that Indiana ever witnessed. Hanl,
Is a fighter. A hard fight puts ia
on him. Senator Beveridge is tn
same way. He is fuller of fire an.
ginger when he gets through with
hard fight than he was at the begin
ming In addition to this the demo
/ Gratis. aided by the liberals of othe
parties. would certainly put up tn
fight Of their lives. So the pros
pect for next year is looking up. |
looks like there may be somethin;
doing.