Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-15
SHIVELY NOMINATED
FOR THE SENATE
INDIANA DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
SOUTH BEND LAWYER FOR U.
S. SENATE ON TWENTIETH
BALLOT-KERN DEFEATED.


morning by the Democratic caucus of the
Indiana legislature.
Since the Democrats control the legis-
lature this nomination of Mr.. Shively is
practically equivalent to an election.
The balloting required five hours, Shive-
ly being named on the twentieth ballot.
His nearest rival was John w. Kern, who
received thirty-five votes on the final bal
lot.
The other four candidates, E. G. Hoff-
man, Major G. " Menzies, L. Ert Slack,
John z. Limb. were before the caucus
until the decision. When IL became appar-
ent to the eKrn forces that he could not
win an attempt was made by them to
adjourn but il failed. The Kern support
ers had previously lost the first battle of
the caucus when a proposition to have an
open ballot avs defeated.
Unusual secrecy was maintained at the
caucus, the members of the legislature
being forbidden to leave the hall except
under guard. Early in the caucus candi-
dates were forbidden TO send notes to
their floor managers.
Mr.. Shively is a 1wyer of South Bend,
having graduated from the University of
Michigan law school.
He has served four terms in the lower
house of congress. being elected each
time from a Republican district. He will
be the first Democratic senator from In
diana for sixteen years.
Sketch of His Career
shively, native born Hoosier. lawyer.
practical politician, literateur-in fact,
with all the attributes that go to de-
scribe a self-made Indianian, is big
man. He is big physically, mentally ano
politically. He grew to be big physically
on his fathers farm eight miles from
here, near Oseola- lis mental qualities,
developed in the northern Indiana Nor
NAL school of Valparaiso and quickened
by political slxirmishing and congression-
al service, were devoted to his profess
sion at the University of Michigan,
where he took the law course and fitted
himself to attain the position he now
occupies in the Indiana bar.
Politically he grew big when he was
nothing but a boy. For five long winters
Shively taught school in Oseola. Then
he grew ambitious and went to the VAL
paraiso school. From it, he left with
reputation for scholarship and d.
plorna that fitted him to keep on teach
ing school.
He forsook the life Of a pedagog to
enter newspaper work. The South Bend
Era was mis- venture and he made 1t
ordinarily successful for four years Then
when he was 26 years old he occupied his
time in writing for the newspapers and
studying politics.
His First Chance
His chance came in 1884. He was n
years old Major w. H. Calkins, who
had served the 18th district as its rep
resentative in congress from 1876 to 1882,
was nominated by the Republicans to run
for governor against Isaac p. Gray. He
resigned his seat in congress.
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Kosiusko, Marshall, Elkhart and at
Joseph counties gathered to nominate
his successor for the short term and a
nominee for reelection. George Ford
got the nomination for the long term, but
Shively surprised the politicians by
winning a chance to oppose the Repub-
lican candidate, John w. Reynolds, for
the unexpired position of Major Calkins
term.
He was elected by a majority Of 2,2D
votes. something unexpected and I'M
precedented. When he took his seat in
congress Shively was the youngest mem
Der OF the body. For two terms after
wards he was the youngest member UNI
til Representative Turner appeared IN the
body in the bloom of youth and dispos-
sessed him of the distinction.
shively says he aged while in congress
and Turner had an advantage over him.
Returned to School
Following his first term Shively did
something that few congressman have
been known to do. He went to school.
Straight to Ann Arbor, with enough
money to pay for a law course, Shively
directed his footsteps from Washington.
When he graduated in 1856. he had an
other nomination. succeeding George
Ford. In that campaign, he was opposed
by General Jasper Packard and part OF
the campaign was devoted to a series oil
Joint debates over the district. Shively
does not say who won In the debates.
but he was elected by the greatest ma
jority ever given a Democrat in the dis
trict.
While In congress Shively served on
the ways and means committee. With
him then was William Jennings Bryan,
Of Nebraska. William Springer, Of I'LL
nois, was the chairman of the committee
when Shively declined nomination in
1893 and was succeeded by c. G. Conn, OF
ElkTatt.
An event in Shively's life in Washing
ton was HIS marriage. He met Miss
Laura jerks, daughter of George jerks
solicitor general OF the United States I'M
der Cleveland's first administration. They
were married in Brookville, Pa, at the
home of the bride. and since then have
lived on North Michigan street, South
Bend.