El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-08

! and for his acknowledged ability. The
| truth is that Indiana is disappointed
| in the president, is sorry he has not
\ done what was expected of him, re-
I grets sincerely that he has felt COM
| peeled to align himself with Aldrich and
| Cannon, and hOpes-SOmewhat against
/ hope it is true-That pretty soon he
, will do something that Will convince
them he is not working with the in
! terests, that he is not subservient 10
! Aldrich and Cannon, and that he is the
man they thought him to be when he
| took office.
They speak of the president in In
| diana about as father would speak
| Of a son who has been disobedient.
1 There are no attacks on him. There are
no aspersions except among the most
radical. Everybody is disappointed and
says so in the kindliest manner, with
out however, cloaking the disappoint-
ment at all / was not able to gather
exactly what the Indiana Republicans
expect or expected the president to do.
1t was usually expressed TO me that he
ought to do something"
1t IS hard to lay = finger on a cause
for the antipathy TO Aldrich except that
he is held 10 represent the interests"
The people Of Indiana have little per-
sonal acquaintance with Aldrich- What
they know OF him they know through
reading. Ten years ago Aldrich, just
as powerful as he IS now and doing the
same things, was more an issue be-
fore the people Of any state than any
other active and influential senator.
Then the writer's began to discover him
as the real boss OF the Sc nate and. con-
sequently, the boss of the congress. It
didn't take long to fix Aldrich in the
popular mind as a devious and unde-
strable person not pledged to the well
being of the masses, but working for
the constant protection Of the special
interests All discussion as to the JUS
tice of this condemnation aside, it Is
the fact that senator Aldrich, not only
In Indiana, but in many other parts
of the country as well, Is held to be
the incarnation of all that should not
be in the way OF a legislator, and in
Indiana as firmly elsewhere. Prob
ably more go.
They think in Indiana that Mr. Al
drich is the evil genius of the Repub-
Hcan party. There isn't one man in a
hundred who can tell why, but they all
think so, all are opposed to him and
incidentally, coming into opposition to
his party. As Kin Hubbard sapiently
remarked: There is gettin' to be q
hull lot Of former Republicans around
here
1t is the same with Cannon, to q
lesser degree Indiana knows Cannon
He has spoken in the state time and
time again Indiana used to like him,
but that was IN the days before the
shift came and the publicists ceased
referring to uncle Joe as a shrewd. kind
Iy, homespun, Abe Lincoln sort of a
man, and began calling him a villain
and a traitor TO the state. 1t isn't
very tangible, either, what Cannon has
done 70 lnflame the populace against
him. but there is no doubt the popu-
lace is inflamed He is coupled with
Aldrich in the denunciation. He is a
twin incubus, so TO speak one of the
horrendous Incubus Brothers. From
liking, they have come to detest and
protest against this bentgn-or maIign
citizen; and they demand his head on
a charger.
1t isn't all personal with AIdrich and
Cannon, although a good deal of il is
Indiana Republicans think Cannon and
Aldrich type a fault in the Republican
party. that sthey are reactionaries-
which they are-and that Indiana, being
a progressive state. wants its party
leaders to be progressive. Indiana
wants some housekeeping done.
Beveridge the Main Issue.
Thus, largely outside the regular
breaStworks, the Republican party ia
preparing to go into one of the hardest
fights in its history The asset and
j..
er1dSe, present Republican senator from
Indiana and a candidate for reelection
for third term There may be inject
ed into the campaign a phase of the
liquor question or other questions but
the main issue is the reelection of Ber-
eridge and, as 1 have just stated, the
main asset OF the party aIsois Bever-
idge- few minor state officials are
TO be elected next November and 125
out Of $50 members of the legislature
There are 25 holdover senators. OF
these the Democrats have the majority
The present legislature is Democratic
on the joint ballot. and the present gov
ernor is a Democrat In addition to-
the election Of Beveridge the control
Of the legislature is supremacy impor.
tant. for II will have charge OF the re-
dfStricting of the state under the ap-
por1onment OF the census TO be taken
this year. The control of the state.
so far future legislatures go, de-
ponds on this legislature, for Indiana
politicians are like the politicians OF
every other state, and If they get
chance to gerrymander bit they will
DO it. BY the same token, they will
have the chance.
Practically, the result of the present
campaign will hinge on the questions:
Shall Beveridge be returned? He will
be the issue Republicans will be elect
ed or defeated on the Strai ghtout QueS-
ton OF whether they are for Beversdge
or against him. 1t is the intention to
run all candidates for the Legislature
on that platform. Thus the personality,
the accomplishments. the record Of the
senator will determine the question Of
regafning the legislature from the
Democrats and carrying the state.
Beveridge is in accord with the ma
JOrity of his own party in Indiana HIS
opposed the passage of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill and voted against ii,
In company with other progressives in
the senate There are in Indiana those
mostly affiliated with tho old line ,
leaders or what is left of them-who
declare that Beverage. after opposing
the bill to the extreme limit should
nave retained his party regularity by
voting for the bill on the ground that
IL was party measure and that he
was thus bound to support it in the