The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-02-28
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Indiana. l believe. will 60 Repub-
lican at the next state election, but
whether Senator Beveridge will he
returned will depend on how success
full fight he makes" said former
Representative James E. Watson of
Indiana.
If he continues his present attitude
of attempting to read out of the party
all Republicans who differ with him
on the tariff law. then he may have
a fight on his hands. believe ma
jority of the Republicans of Indiana
approve the tariff law. and they will
be ready to defend their position
when the time comes.
The temperance question will not
be the main issue in the next cam
paign. in my opinion. AS state
question, l think. it was settled in
the last election. but 1t always will
be more or less of local issue. The
issue in the next Indiana state cam
paign. l think. will be the tariff is
sue. and, as | have said. | believe a
majority of the Republicans approve
it.
Indiana normally is a Republican
state. There is no good reason why
it should not be carried by the party
in the next state election, and if there
be harmony in the Republican ranks
it will be-
II am out Of politics" said Mr..
Watson. Il don't want any political
Office. and shall not again be a can
didate for any office. But | always
shall take keen and active interest
in the politics of my state, as every
private citizen ought to do.
Neither Senator Hemenway nor
myself ever has sought to influence
the president in making appointments
to federal positions in Indiana" con-
tinued Mr.. Watson. II have not made
single recommendation. and do not
know of any that Senator Hemenway
has made. We realize that this is
Senator Beveridge's pie. and we are
willing TO permit him to distribute
it,"
1T hardly seems like the same kind
Of congress" remarked former AS
sistant Postmaster General w. S.
Shallenberger of Rochester. Pa. Gen.
Shallenberger. who was a member of
the house for six years. entering that
body in the Forty-fifth congress. serv-
ed with Mckinley. Garfield and other
distinguished Republicans.
Mckinley and entered the house
at the same time continued Generai
Shallenberger. Garfield then was in
his prime. He looked upon us as his
boys and often came to us in the
cloakroom. and putting his arms
around us laughed over his five-min-
ute speeches. Garfield was brilliant
debater. a great leader, while Me-
Kinley did not shine in five-minute
debates. do not believe you could
find in the Record half dozen
speeches made by Mckinley under the
five-lninute rule. Nearly all of his
speeches were carefully prepared and
his popularity and leadership lay in
the fact that he was a man of great
wisdom. a successful politician in his
own state. and wonderful campaign
err. When he was chairman of the
committee on ways and means he was
not regarded as the Republican lead
er. Cannon. by virtue of his position
as chairman Of the appropriations
committee. was rather looked upon as
the floor leader. But Mckinney was
looked up to as safe and sound
counselor, whose advice was worth
having.
Garfield was one of the most sue
cessful five-ninutc speakers ever
listened to. He told Maj. Mckinley
and me on one occasion the secret Of
his success. His efforts were not I'M
prepared or unstudicd. Whenever he
read story in a newspaper, he said,
that might have bearing on some
important current subject that might
come up on the floor. he clipped and
filed 1t. Then he would look over the
calendar of the house, and. after
studying what subjects were likely to
come up. would get out his clippings
and look them over. He always found
something pertinent to the subjects
and always was ready to
plunge into debate. Many times he
chuckled in the cloakroom over what
had been regarded as a singular dis
play of memory or wisdom in his five
minute talks. The fact was he was
as we'll prepared for these five-minulc
things as Mckinley was for his long
set speeches, which always command
ed the profound attention OF tho
house."
Whether Senator Carter will be re-
turned to the senate depends, of
course. on whether the Republicans
carry the next legislature" said NJ.
E. Miner. a wealthy ranch owner of
Helena. Mont.
1T is difficult for either Democrat