Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-10-12
A SENATORIAL CONTEST
In Indiana Between Senator Bever
idge and John w. Kern Is caus-
ing Republicans Concern.
(Herald Specially

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Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 12-Tht
senatorial campaign in Indiana prom
ises to receive a new impetus tomor
row, when former President Roose
welt comes into the state and speak!
in behalf of the candidacy of Senator
Beverage for reelection. The Roose
welt speech is awaited with keen in
terest by republicans and democrats
alike, though opinion differs radically
as to the effect it may have on the
contest.
The fight over the senatorship has
already developed into one of the
greatest political campaigns in the
states recent history. On one side is
Senator Beveridge, the progressive,
the foe of Cannonism and Aldrichism,
and of a tariff which is "too protect
i've" and on the other John w. Kern,
twice honored by the democracy of
Indiana with the nomination for gov
ernor and once the running mate of
William ]. Bryan on the national
ticket
Senator Beveridge is facing a diff
cult contest, for all the elements of
the democratic party have united in
the effort to crown the Outlines un-
successful Kern with final success.
Many elements have entered into the
campaign, but in the main it is the
progressive tariff idea matched
against the tariff-for-revenue only plan
The liquor question figures in the con-
test in a secondary way and will af
feet the outcome of the senatorship
because the legislature elects the
United States senator. In respect to
the liquor question it is straight |
contest with the democrats standing
for the elimination of the county OPP
ton feature and the republicans, for
the retention of it.
Mr.. Kern has been charged with
standing too close to Thomas Tag
CART, the longtime boss of the demo-
cratic party in Indiana and who met
with defeat when the state conven-
ton disregarded his wishes and nomi-
mated a candidate for United States
senator. But the Taggart alliance
has been relegated to the background
as the senatorial campaign has pro-
crossed and apparently it will have
little or no effect upon Mr.. Kern's
,hanches of success. He has the
'olid backing of practically all the
prominent leaders of his party, in,
;iudfhg Governor Marshall, who two
ears ago carried Indiana by a ma
GRITTY of more than 10000
On the other hand the democracy
n Senator Beveridge has foe worthy
# it's steel. He is popular and won
he admiration of many when he
TODD out against the powers at Wash
ngton and voted against the Payne ,
Aldrich tariff bill He again won
he admiration of many when he
anne back to Indiana and, defying
UGH old standpatters as James E.
Watson and James A. Hemenway, or
.anized the state convention to suit
imself and adopted a platform to his I
liking. t
The democrats are rather pleased t
yer Roosevelt's coming to Indiana to e
peak for Beveridge. Just how the i
ormer president is going to help the b
senator without justifying Q
lis attitude towards the tariff bill, Q
nd how he can justify that without S
ondemning Taft and others who up y
old the law, is a problem that they t
o not believe can be solved. They V
ontend that it was democratic dissat- 4
sfaction with Parker and not Roose C
elt's popularity that gave the latter #
UGH an overwhelming majority in Q
904, and they say that the conditions r
ow are exactly reversed, for then it g
vas democrats, and now it is republi- v
ans who are split into factions. t