The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-01-02
Seymour Statesman viii Be
Selected for the Job at
Democratic Caucus Held
NIGHT Before Session.
SLACK LOSES GROUND
IN SENATORIAL RACE
Shiveley of South Bend Has
Made Gains, But Will Lose
Unless a Combination Is
Formed.

Palladium Bureau.
Indianapolis, Jan. z.
While the fight for the speakership
Of the house seems TO have narrowed
down to such point that II is about
all over but the shouting. the race for
senator is still on in fuu blast. with
three OF the candidates running neck
and neck. The speakership was all
but settled long ago. but the withdraw
al Of Representative Strickland. OF
and Representative John
B. Faulkner, of Michigan City. as can
didates practically put the finishing
touches on the result. Representative
Tom HOnan. of Seymour. will be elect
ed speaker as sure as the caucus
meets on the night before the session
Of the legislature opens.
Honan Has q cineh.
Honan's only formidable opponent
now Is Representative James Garrard.
of Vincennes, and he has not enough
been practically admitted ny every
body but the candidates themselves
that Honan would win out, because he
was the floor leader Of the democrats
at the last session and is = hard work
ing democrat who stands well with
the democratic state organization.
The organization is for him and has
been ever since the campaign started.
Representative w. s. Wells. OF Al
len county. is candidate also for
speaker-at least. he says he is-and
he says he is after the job with both
feet. now that Strickland and Faulk-
ner are out of the race. But there is
no one who believes that Wells has q
chance and there are few who believe
that he really wants the place. They
believe that he would be just as well
satisfied with the craftsmanship OF \
good committee-the insurance com-
mittee. for instance. and he will pr0e
ably get that and probably others.
eslleves He Has Chance.
Garrard days he will stay in the race
because he believes he has a chance
is not bad one, that there will be
good many representatives who will
not be willing to accept any dictatiOn
from the state organization Of the
party and that they will vote as they
please. He believes he will get good
many of these votes, and this gives
him hope.
But it is different with the senator
ship. None of the candidates Is will
ing to admit that he does not have az
good chance now as ever. Each man
seems to believe he Is going to be
elected. But the fact il. unquestion-
ably. that unless a miracle happens.
John w. Kern will be chosen. 1t is al
most impossible to figure Ouk bow
they can beat him. He seoGns have
the rank and ~ wtEh him this
counts for mucl - meespf TIT hind.
Even the .polit1 IL hey wanted
to disregard the wsIl OF - people. are
nos aboe % do 10 allthe time. and this
u one OF the times when It looks like
the people In the democratic party will
compel the members of the legislature
to do what they wish done.
Slack Loses Footing.
Indications just now are that Slack
has lost some of his footing In the last
week or two Not that he has not an
good a chance as any other candidate
outside OF Kern. for he has. but his
prospects do not seem to brighten In
the least as time goes on b. F..
Shively has made gains and is strong
er now than he has been at any time
In the past. but unless combinations
are formed in his intereSt he cannot
win There has been 1lk about Q
coalition between Shively and Steve
Fleming OF Fort Wayne, BY which
Fleming Was to swing the Twelfth dis.
trict to Shively in case Edward q.
Hoffman, of Fort Wayne fails Of elec.
tion, and the talk has attracted some
attention, but 1t is not believed that
Fleming could swing the entire
Twelfth district to Shively or anyone
else. In fact, there is NO candidate
who could swing His entire districl
delegation to any other candidate at
any time in the fight. There u COINS
to be more independence than that In
the house
From Same 8ouree.
This same talk said that Represeo.
tatiye Garrard. OF vincennes. candi'
date for speaker. was to enter the
combine with Shfvely and Fleming
IGarrard to receive their votes fof
speaker I'm return for his throwing the
txotes of the Second district To Shively
! for senator The Second district has
no candidate for senator and for Z
! few days this talk took pretty wen. bul
soon the observers came 10 the oOn'
/ ciusicn that in making. sueA. deaI