New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
THE OVERTURN IN INDIANA
rociors That Contributed to the
Defeat of BeverlGge.
UNREST AMONG THE VOTERS
Yioucr Question Played I'M
nortant Part-kern Opposed
by Brewers.

DY blt"Sio-
,,6ierapolis Nov. L. tSpeciai,.-ihe pro-
-o,noed victory Of the Indiana Democrats
7-,,oe5sx which gave them the state,
80 LEGISLATURE on joint ballot and f"eiNe
,,.cr,hers cf Congress. did not come aS
80 rrrnrise 10 many of the oldtllne pom
,;cia,,s. for they understood that the spirit
o< unrest mas abroad in the state. and 'heF
-o,,ld see why Indiana should not olner IN
tie end from other states that We're '"9"
Ing into Tho Democratic column ooliie u
th, Rcpuhlicans. who knew lhat oeiia'''
rea,-eridce had always had enemies IN M
- - 3, fbe stale believed that his
-aronsierl against the Fayne-Aidr1ch Ia"
,.,,ld he a justification for their opposl-
,on and he undoubtedly lost votes on iha'
er~o1nt The independent vote was seher-
ery with him. except where II vas ahefa'-
81 because Of the Republican @fhtuoe
toward local OPTION. In this city Evans
,fuo. Fort Wayne Richmond. South beno'
7ocaneporf. Peru and many other towns
brewers are large factors in the commercial
,r.+ernriee OF the people. They are aSsoci-
,.7 ~ MANY WAYS with business men and
on. ,-e.-srded a the heads of important IN
..5.,+iors which contribute 10 the financial
,,.clfare Of the city. These men saw In ke-
,,.,l,lirar7 control of the Legislature the per-
,.e,r,5tion Of The county local option law
,-a gradual depletion of The brewery and
saloon business and consequent impairment
,r -,,r,cb vested capital, and this class voted
with the Democrats.
pflf i the complete returns should snow
.r.-+ the Democrats control the lower house
Of The legislature or even the Senate hy
: small majority. il may he that the local
option Law viii not be repealed Two years
eco the House was Overwhelmingly Demo
,-,tir and 2 repeal bill was passed. but
several Democrats in the Senate Noteo
,-ainst repeal and 1he bill was killed IN
that body OF the seventy dry counties
En- the state something like thirty are
Democratic. Three of these have elected
Democratic Representatives that are op-
, oeed 10 the repeal of the county local
ortion law All the Republicans may be
counted upon by the opposition 10 repeal
L follows then. that without decided ma
7oritv i'm both branches Of the Legislature
The local option law Will not be repealed
What M kcTn's attitude toward local
option VIII he cannot be known al present,
hut he i under no obligations to the brew
ers and - loon men IN the first place. they
raised d fund 10 defeat him for the caucus
nomination two years ago, and succeeded.
A. the state convention they opposed the
l
and in the campaign Just closed they voted
for Democratic candidates for the BeSis-
lature not because they liked Kern but be
cause they want the local option law re
1calea They could not get the one with
out the other. and ,ney took Kern because
they could not help themselves No one
knows this better than Kern himself but
whether he wilI now stand with the ele-
rnent in his party which opposes repeal of
The option law is question that only the
future can decide.
Republicans Dodqed Liquor Question.
Among the Republicans who would have
their party morally progressive the status
nr tho campaign was 4 disappointment
from start 10 finish. They thought il COW
erdlv i'm the leaders 10 ignore the liquor
,7laStion in The state platform and they
--r1e glad when the Democrats declared
for rarea1 OF the option law. They knew
7r-t this would drive the Republicans hack
10 its support. but here again they met dis
=ppoi1tr77ent. for TO Republican was per
,njtted 10 make the issue prominent IN his
spoecbes. and thus P negative party was
orroeed by an aggressive and positive
,rsrtv. reinforced ny the entire liquor ele-
mont Of the state SO far as can be judged
F-,,,, tho returns not 4 Democrat on any
,,,en--s s1jnport. for in TO county could Re
r,utlicans no matter for what office they
-ar hreak the combination between the
lIqrlo- men and the Democrats II Is
-te-efo-e rlaiu that had the Republicans
.~a5e an active local option campaign and
sa,s apnealed 10 the better Democratic
Element they could be no worse off so far
.e The Legislature Is concerned and might
have been better off in respect To other
Offices
The Republicans DO not appear to be in
tho least discouraged 10y defeat. but are
preparing 10 build up tic organization in
The TWO years that intervene until the
Presidency is again before the people.
They % nos believe that defeat resulted
from any inherent defects in the party
itself or IN the party organization. but that
il was due entirely 10 the general unrest
throughout the country Incident to the high
.ost Of living. While this did not affect the
farmers vote as much it did the vote
of the lahoring men in cities, even in the
country. where the farmer is getting un-
Jrrcedenced prices for his products. there
was . decided change 10 the Democrats.
The. great ma jofity OF the Democrats
foe1 that there is question OF the cleo
lion Of Kern 10 the Senate. but there are
some no do not share this feeling for
they believe that the brewers would still
defeat him for the caucus nomination if
rhey could Some OF the men elected in
Northern Indiana are not enthusiastic for
kern Ills charge that eight members of
she legislature were bought in the inter
81 u ShlVely two years ago has mortaly
offended Shively and his friends and some
- the democratic candidates refused TO
pledge themselves 10 vote for Kern if
elected. In the campaign Kern made over
lures TO Shlvely. but they were not kindly
received, ana the two men are considered
+hei'''es- Governor Marshall. in his speech
- inns clty, urged Democrats to get pledges
rom their candidates to vote for Kern if
'ae party had ma jorfty on a Joint ballot
"ad it Is known that the soIicitude of the
''-''eTnof grew out of the fact that some
'l fle brewery agents Were Offering TO bet
'al htih would not be elected even if the
legislature shouIG be Democratic.