Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-25
Senatorial Contests in Several
States Promise to Be Warm.
CRAM OUT IN new YORK
Latest Candidate Tutor in Etiquette
to Boss" Murphy.
SMITH TO ANSWER WILSON
Democrats Of New Jersey Said te
Be Shot to Pieces-Iowa Field
Big One.

J. Sergeant Cram, who, they whimsical
ly say. taught Boss Murphy Of Tam
many not to eat peas with his knife" is
the latest addition to candidates for
United States senator in New York. He
is in the running along with William F.
Sheehan and Daniel F. Cohalan as one
Of the supposed choices Of Tammany,
much to the horror and scandalizement Of
the wing of the democratic party that is
insisting that the new senator shall take
rank with such predecessors as William
NJ. Evarts. Roscoe Conklin, Rufus King.
Gouverneur Morris and Martin Van
Buren,.
Boss Murphy still keeps up a campaign
of masterful silence and no one has been
able to ascertain whom he favors. The
outlook is that Murphy will let the sew
eral candidates have a "try-out" at
Albany before he casts the die.
Shot Up in jersey.
New Jersey democratic politics was "all
shot to pieces" it is reported, by DR..
Woodrow Wilson's onslaught upon can
didate James Smith, in his open letter
published in Fridays Star. Mr.. Smith
had nothing to say yesterday, but an
nounced that he would issue a formal
statement Sunday evening. when he will
go back at DR.. Wilson.
Several western states will witness the
opening OF vigorous senatorial contests
next week. Iowa will be very much in
the public eye. LATE" Young, now fill
ing by appointment the vacancy in the
Senate occasioned by the death of SEN
ator Dolliver, is in the fight for election
And it is going to be something of a
fight, too. The legislature is progress
i've" and Mr.. Young has boldly taken
a stand that is declared to be objection
able to the progressives. He is regarded
as very much of a standpatter, and in
his recent speech in the senate he prac-
tically admitted that he could not deny
the soft Impeachment.
Eleven Others in Race.
But there are about eleven progressive
candidates for the senatorship, while Sem
ator Young stands alone in the field for
the standpatters. He intends to give the
eleven progressfves a run for their
money. anyhow, and does not admit de-
feat yet.
In Minnesota Senator Moses E Clapp
is a candidate for reelection, and his
friends claim that he will have easy sled
ding. The legislature convenes January
and will last ninety days. The liquor
question Is coming up, and an effort for
statewide prohibition will be made by
the temperance forces
Wisconsin will return Senator La Fol-
lette to the Senate. and the legislature
Will then take up an imposing program
Of ''progressive'' legislation. Wisconsin
considers itself the banner state In pro-
gressivism, and will try to set a pace for
the rest Of the Union.
North Dakota will re-elect' Senator Nc
Cumber and will send as his colleague
Mr.. Gronna, now in the House. The
legislature will take UP amendments to
the primary election law, particularly
with respect to requiring the republicans
and democrats to mind their own knitting
in the primaries.
Hot Fight in Montana.
Montana will have a rafting senatorial
fight over the successor to Senator Car
ter. The candidates in the field are
Thomas ]. Walsh, w. c. Conrad. former
Senator William A. Clarke. Joseph K
Toole. Edwin L. Norris. former Repre-
sentative Charles s. Hartman and c. J.
Kelly. the latter the general counsel for
the Amalgamated Copper Company. The
democratic majority is so slender in the
possible surprises. and no one is betting
heavily on the prospective winner of
the senatorial prize.
Nebraska will send Representative Gill
bert NJ. Hitchcock to the Senate and
then settle down to a program of pro-
tive and referendum. county option, the
commission form of government and
other reforms. The removal of the state
capital is also to come before the legis-
lature.
All the legislatures meet early in jan
uary, and it is expected that before the
month ends the senatorial contests will
have drawn to close.