The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-04
STRONG
FOR BEyER|DCE
Almost Assured That the Hoosier
State Republicans Will Give
Him Endorsement.
G. 0. P. CONVENTION TUESDAY
Delegates May Endorse Taft's Admins
tration Without Reference to Tar
iff Question-PIatform to
be Chief Problem.


Indianapolis, Ind, Apr. 4.-The Re-
publican state convention will be held
here tomorrow and the Hobbies of the
principal hotels are already scenes of
political activity. particularly that of
the Claypool hotel, where the most of
the party leaders have their head
quarters. The convention will be one
of the largest ever held in Indiana.
There will be 1,745 delegates. The
gathering will be held i'm Tomlnson
hall, where provision has been made
TO seat several thousand visitors.
Indiana does not elect a governor or
lieutenant governor this year, but does
GERS. For an off-year convention an
unusual amount of interest is display
: ed This is due chiefly to the fact that
| il is the first state convention OF the
year and the platform 1t adopts is ex-
pected to have national significance.
The question asked on all sides today
is: what will the convention have to
say regarding the Payne-Aldrich tariff
measure and the Taft administration"
Senator Beveridge. who will be chair
man of the convention and will prob
ably deliver the only speech of the day,
is to be a candidate for reelection be-
fore the legislature which will be elect
ed next November. The last legislature
elected a Democrat BENJAMIN f. Shiv-
ely, to the United States senate to
succeed the Republican senator. Hem
! enway. The Democratic victory of
two years ago has given that party
increased confidence and the Repub-
lican leaders realize that any serious
mistake on their part in regard to
platform or candidates is almost sure
TO result in another Democratic VIC
torysts s7F
AT the,.yery outset they find them
selves in a serious dilemma for even
the most consummate and adroit poll
ticians in the Republican party cannot
figure out how tomorrow's convention
, can indorse the tariff bill without re-
! pudiating Senator Beveridge. The sit
uation is identical with that in half a
dozen other states of the west includ-
ing Wisconsin, Iowa. Nebraska, Kan
sas and Minnesota, where a sharp line
of cleavage now is drawn between the
} insurgent Republicans and the admin
istraton.
If il comes to the point whether eth
err the tariff bill or Senator Beveridge
must go overheard II is perfectly safe
to assert that the tariff measure and
mot the senator will be sacrificed. The
Beverigde followers will be in absolute
control of the convention, so that there
is little doubt but that the convention
will strongly indorse the action of the
Indiana senator on the tariff bill. Sen
ator Beveridge. ii will be recollected
stood firmly for revision downward
and the Republican leaders believe thai
Senator Beveridge has laid a firm
foundation for victory.
1t is possible that the convention
may decide IL To be the wisest course
after giving senator Beveridge n ring
ing Endorsement, to also indorse Pres
ident Taft's administration. without
: any specific mention of the tariff ques
ton. This would act as a sop to th'
lated to make IL easier shedding for th'
Republicans in the coming campaign
for il is reported on good authorit!
: that If the convention is too radical II
: its resolutions Senator Beveridge vii
not have the financial support of tn
old-time heavy and steady contribut
ors To the Indiana campaign fund II
his race for reelection.
The general feeling is that if forme
Senator Hemenway. former Represent
- ative Watson and other Republican
leaders who are regarded as anti-Bev
:, erdge men are not satisfied with wha
the convention is willing to give then
:, then Senator Beveridge viii take tn
!, bull by the horns and make anti-Al
. drichsm and tariff revision the chic
- slogan of the campaign. regardless
a the effect that such action may hav
n on national Republican politics.
20 Viewed from any standpoint the res
olutions committee in tomorrow's con
=, vention will have an unpleasant an
n difficult task to perform. If the plat
n form be devoted wholly to local ques
az tions as some advise, the Democra'
20 are sure to pitch their platform upon
- national basis attacking the tariff la
n and Republicanism generally. II n
Republican platform wades into ma
~ tionaI questions and does not suppo'
\ the Payne law and Republicanism
IN construed by President Taft and II
), majority. then the president and tho'
NJ with him will have little sympath
with the battle in Indiana. and II WI
be a pretty safe bet also that Hen
70 enway. Watson. Durbin and other o.
IN wheei-horses of the Republican part
lff In this state will not lay awake nigh
lie worrying over Beveridge's chances
IN reelection.
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