The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-03
"Beveridge is immensely popular

"Beveridge is immensely popular
with the people. He has. perhaps,
the strongest personal following of
his popularity will bring about his
return to the senate. There is this
always to consider. however. that the
same spirit that inspires the people
at large must be communicated to the
members of the legislature.
II think Indiana will go Republican
at the next election. 1t ought not to
have gone Democratic last time. and
had it not been for the unwarranted
of the temperance question into the
campaign. Jim Watson and the legis-
lature would have been elected, in my
opinion. The way things look to me
now, Senator Beveridge Is almost sure
Of reelection. for do not believe the
temperance issue will come up again.
1t was dragged into the campaign of
1908 against the desires of the party
leaders,; but few Republicans who
wanted to be the whole thing made
it an issue. and the party went down
with them.
with conditions normal once more,
there is no good reason why the Re-
publicans of Indiana should not be
successful this year. We certainly
have room for improvement in our
congressional delegation. l speak. OF
course. as Republican. and with ref
erence to the political complexion of
the Indiana delegation.
There isn't a chance that l shall
ever aspire to political Office" added
Mr.. AIDE. II don't want to go to con-
gress or to be elected to any other
Office. 1t has no glamour for me.
Strange, you say. that Indiana
should have turned out SO many lit
terateurs? don't think SO. 1t has
been said that the civil war had lot
to do with the large number of lite
rary men who have been born in In
diana. the argument being that In
diana being in the center of the storm
its people lived under high tension
"a sort of pernatal influence, you
see. Be that as it may, the Hoosier
state has given it's share to the litera.
ture of the country. 1t Is my opinion
that James Whitcomb Riley is the
greatest man of letters Indiana hat
ever produced. He has caught thu
true spirit of the Hoosier, and in al
his writings he reflects this spirit"
Governor Eberhard, think, will
be elected governor OF Minnesota,
said Col. A. B. Stickney of st. Paul
former president of the Chicago Grea
Western railway.
There is no reason why the Re
publicans should not nominate hin
and he ought to have no trouble i
being reelected. The governor ha
made good since he was elevated
the executive chair. and he deserve
recognition at the hands of his part,
voted for the late Governor JOhnso
the three times he was elected, b,
it was because ! was not statistic
] with the candidate nominated by tt
Republicans.
There is going to be trouble
some Of the congressional district
The insurgent movement Is rampal
in Minnesota, and II undoubtedly wi
have big influence in all the al
tricts. II is not improbable that son
Ot the Republicans now in congre
may be succeeded by Democrats. II
greatest danger. think, lics in q
First district, represented by Jam
A. Tawney. ] am hopeful he will y,
through. 1t would he a mistake q
To send him back To congress, whe
he occupies position Of which 4
state should be proud, but there liz
denying that he is going 10 have re
oug opposition. The voters Of I
First district are not satisfied WI
the tariff law. and they do not 10
with favor on the visit of the pre-
dent, who told them that the law v
the best that could I've had. TT
think this q reflection On their int
ligence.
"As for the successor To Eena,
Clapp. believe be will succeed hi
self. There has been talk. ! knf
that Frank Is. Kellogg will be- 4 can
date for Clapp's job. Maybe he "
but be has not made any announ
ment u that effect. know Mr. X
I0gg we'll, and have TALKED with h
but he has never intiEnated that
aspirex to the xenatOrsbip. Ny 1u
ment is that Senator cIapp will
returned. that Eberhard will be 81.
ed. and that majority Of the Rep
lican congressman will he rceleete
"All through the south. but parti
larly In Tennessee. North Carroll
and Virginia, there is A growing scl
ment In favor Of Presidet TAFT" f