The Washington times., 1909-11-16
Indiana Senator Is P9epar-
ing His Lists
Early.
FORGETS TARIFF
FOR THE NONCE
Interest Is Intense Over Election of
Successor to Most Powerful
Patronage Holder"

your photographer to make you a print
from his negative of the Honorable
Albert jeremiah Beverage. Of Indiana.
Indiana has fifteen members in Con-
gress, and in patronage matters Mr..
Beveridge is thirteen of them.
Power Is Supreme
There is not another member in either
house whose patronage power approx
mates TO that OF Mr.. Beverage. His sit
uation is unique. Indiana has eleven
Democratic Congressman and one Dem
ocrauc Senator: it has two Republican
Congressman and one Republican Sen
ator. The National Administration
being Republican, the Republican Sen
ator controls the patronage from all the
Congressional districts which are repre-
sented by Democrats, and also holds in
his hand the entire Statewide patron
age which commonly is divided between
the two Senators when they are of the
same party There are a number OF
precedents for a Senator controlling
such a volume of patronage, but they
are few; there is no parallel at this
time.
Along with such a commanding pow
er goes of necessity a huge response
bllity and a vast amount of work. The
average Representative has all the trou-
Die he really cares 10 digest. looking
after the postofdces and rural carriers
in district. Senator Beverage alone
q
contains, ali TO receive personal atten-
ton; and on top Of this he has the
general patronage Of State.
Can Work Both Ways.
Patronage, as every politician knows.
is both an asset and a liability. Some
times the account balances. sometimes
the resultant is written in red; OCCASION
" il is a credit account. Postofhces
have cost more Congressman their seats
than party policies ever did. But there
never was a politician who didn't want
all the patronage power he could mus
ter, just the same. For if he doesn't
get it, he is blamed for being inefficient:
il he does get il, he is likely to be
blamed for being injudiciOus in passing
il, for reWarding his enemies instead of
his friends, and all the stock onenses
that a politician may be charged with.
Senator Beveridge, who has not for
some time past been charged with be-
ing an amateur politician, knows all
about these things. Time was, not so
long ago, when he had 10 fight pretty
much he whole Indiana Republican ma
chine for his poor share Of the patron
age. II was one OF the ughtest machines
IN the country in those days, ana Il
looked upon Beverldge as a good deal 4
or an lnterlOper. lie got about what ne /
could extort, but he kept right on nght- 1
ing for recognition and his due share In
the direction of State politics. and one
way and another, he COMMONLY got more
than the organization mad designed TO
give him.
diana Indiana didn't win the Prest-
dental nomination at the Chicago con-
vention last year, which was hard
blow Tor the machine Inen came e4ec-
ton and the Democrats carried thirteen
OF the fifteen Congressional districts,
and with them the legislature.
When Beverage Rose.
As the machine had lost Fairbanks
Al the national convention, so il los-
lfemenway when the Legislature went
Democratic; and over night, Beverage /
rose from being the fighting minority
in Indiana RepubIicanism 10 being the
entire thing lie was literally all there
was left 10 it. Hemenway, Fairbanks,
Watson, the Landises. OverstreeJ, and
the rest of them suddenly found them
selves out in the cold world, while BeE-
erldge sat alone al the warm ana crate
fui Preside OF party control with all
the patronage fuel piled neatly about
He Iost no time selling the opportuni-
= " thus afforded. The Legislature which
must be chosen next year VII elect
Twenty-Five state senators chosen last
year will be members Of that LeEisia-
ture; seventeen OF them are Democrats
and only eight Republicans; which on
its face puts a considerable handicap
Dc BeVerldEe. An even hundred mem
bers Of the lower house and twenty
i've members of the Senate are TO be
elected next wear
Senator Beveridge just now is de-
business. He has forgotten the tariff
commission for the uonce, and every
forenoon sits az his Indianapolis Office
as a patronage commission. He makes
appointments weeks ahead, TO receive
and hear delegations from all over the
state with postofhce and other pat
ronage troubles. He listens 10 all
sides, learns the merits. and decides.
Is Preparing Work Early.
4 long list Of the most important
postoffces in the State are about fall
ing in. and Senator Beveridge must
make recommendation for them. 1t
Is understood that he IS preparing
himself early, IN order that prompt
lOng-draWn controversies avoided.
There was expectation that the CITY
elections OF NoyeJmber 2 would prove
some sort or index or The political
tendencies In the state. and show
whether, since the Presidential cleo
ton. the drift has been Democratic ~r
EOpelessly mixed that nothing OF the
kind happened. The state is as uEcer-
may be Injected into the situation I'm
q fashion which viii add to the uu-
certainties OF the contest
Former Gov. J. FranE Hanly, Repaid
lcan, Is reported TO have Senatorial
ambitions directed especially toward
the Beveridge succession and the story
goes that his supporters may present
Statewide prohibition resolution al the
convention next spring. forcing a line
up on that VeEiug question and pre-
cipitating a most dangerous form OF
divisiVe strife.
Senator Beverage is cleaning up his
patronage affairs as fast as possible. iu
order 10 get 20 Washington. whore he
viii press his tariff commission meas
ure more vigorously than ever. Senator
Cummins has declared for the Beverage
commission bill, and tho Senatorial IN
surgents generally believe IL is the best
Of the group Of similar measures They
intend TO make hard night for 10 this
winter.
SUCCEEDS HARTMAN.
BALTIMORE. Nov 1G.-JudRe Robert
s. IOyett viii hll the place on tle Bal