The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-29

cENAToR A. J. aEvERIpGE.
the Aldrich tariff, the Cannon rules,
Ballinger. the wickersham railroad
bill, tariffs for the rubber trust. and
the higher cost OF living. They are
for insurgency because insurgency is
against these things.
Incidentally Indiana Is against Taft.
because Taft was not against these
things. The state never was enthusi'
astic about Taft. II went for Taft
two years ago by 1871 votes; Roose-
velts majority four years before was
93,944.
And this wac In spite OF the fact
that 100000 was sent into Indiana by
the Republican national committee
and was spent more or less corruptly.
So II will be seen that Taft was
not popular in Indiana even when he
had the backing and Endorsement OF
Theodore Roosevelt.
Indiana has q Democratic govern
or. one Marshall, who was elected by
10000 majority at the time Taft got
his 1O,731. Twothirds of the mayors
Of Indiana are Democratic. as well as
a large proportion OF the county and
judicial officers. The last legislature
In Indiana was Democratic by IA
votes. In consequence 1t retired the
Republican stand-pat senator, James
A. Hemenway, and sent In his place
| a Democrat. Bent. f. Shively.
The same election sent IL out OF Is
Democratic congressman to Wash
ington.
Total result: Reputation OF
the Fairbanks-Hemenway-Watson ma
chine; the state practically Demo
cratic state.
But Indiana's Democracy was only
a premonitory symptom OF It's insur-
gency. Two years ago there was no
visible insurgent movement and the
only way the state could express it's
insurgent feelings was to vote the
Democratic ticket. which It did.
Predicts Victory For Beveridee.
Now 1t has two ways to make it's
protests felt. Beverage is the insur-
gent candidate for the senate, and
there are Republican and Democratic
state tickets to be voted on. The
voter can indorse Beverage by voting
for Beverage candidates for the state
legislature, and he can, II he likes,
scratch the rest OF the state ticket,
which he is very apt to do. The Indi-
ana voter is great hand to scratch.
Beverage will win the popular vote
hands down. II the Republican state
ticket wins. II will be because 1t Is
dragged along by the Beveridge popu-
larity.
Beverage will win a Republican
majority in the Indiana legislature.
The state convention has Endorsed
him for another senatorial term. In
the natural order of things, therefore,
he would be returned to the United
States senate.
But there are often times when
things political do not follow "the nat
ural order" The voter proposes and
the system disposes For instance,
the Democratic voter had fixed idea
that John Kern would be sent by the
last legislature TO the senate, but in
stead of this the brewers according
to Kern) bought eight members of the
legislature and sent to Washington
their attorney b. f. Shively,
Will a Republican legislature, elect
ed by the insurgent element OF the
state, carry out the convention pledge
TO return Beveridge?
think IL will, but | have been told
IL different ways by which IL is pro-
posed to defeat Beverage after his
influence has been used TO elect
Republican legislature.
Here are few OF them:
/. Secretly to pledge 40 Republi-
can candidates for the legislature to
vote against Beverage on the ground
that he il not Republican but Is OPP
posed to what Taft has termed party
regularity"
2. BY the use OF money to deadlock
the legislature.
3. Inject the liquor issue into the
situation and secure a deadlock. Col
lect nucleus of legislative "wets" to
stand for Bookwalter as a candidate
and another nucleus of "drys" to stand
for j. Frank Hanly as a candidate. BY
these and other "favorite son" candi-
dates fog the issue and tie up the
legislature.
4. Trot out our old friend Chas.
Warren Fairbanks. refurbished and re.
Juvenated by his trip around the
world, as the great and only har-
monizer' to take the place of Beve-
ridge.
D. Rig up lot OF charges and
seeming evidence to show that Beve-
ridge Is 9 depraved person, a wine
bibber and drunkard, and unfit TO
represent the state In an exalted body
like the United states senate.
Enemies Are Numerous.
Silly? They may sound so. but Il
Is solemn fact that all these plans
have received serious consideration at