The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-03-28
CONGRESSMAN
RANSDELL
IS TO BEA CANDIDATE FOR THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
Senator Foster VIII Have Formid-
able Opponent and Will Have to
Fight for His Life-Wlt He Be
Nominated?

Nominated? ..
The Picayune correspondent at Bator
Rouge in letter dated March 26 says
Congressman Joseph E. Ransdell oi
the Fifth Congressional District will be
a candidate for the United States Sen.
ate for the term beginning March 13.
This is the information which is re
ceived in political circles here, and ap-
parently from an authentic source. That
Congressman Ransdell will be candi
date for the 1913 term of the United
States Senate does not mean as much tc
the public as the announcement that ne
will be candidate against Murphy ]
Foster, but they both mean the same
thing, and the story that Mr.. Ransdell i:
to run for the 1913 term may prove one
of the most significant things in the aer-
iy political situation.
That announcement does not come
from Congressman Ransdell,, who ha:
not been in Baton Rouge since the reg
uIar session Of the Legislature, when he
announced that he would be candidate
for the United States Senate, but die
not say what term. The story is gen
orally circulate din political circles a
the capital that Mr.. Ransdell has tolc
his political advisers that he is to be
candidate for the 1913 term" and. j
comes here with such directness that j
is believed
AS stated, the 1913 term for which
Mr.. Ransdell is to be a candidate mean:
that he is TO be candidate agains
United States Senator Murphy J. Eos
ter, and that the North Louisiana con
gresham and Governor Sanders vii
not be political opponents. .
1t will be remembered that during tf'
extra session fight, when insurgency a
one time ran its hopes high and hopec
to capture the United States Senate sea
vacated by the resignation of Governot
Sanders, Congressman Ransdell de
clined to be drawn into the fight. Con
gresham Broussard of the Third dis
trict, and Congressman Pujo of tn
Seventh district, both came to Batol
Rouge and got into the fight. Governo
Sanders elected Judge J. r. Thornton
| to the Senate, and both Congressmei
Broussard and Pujo announced tha
they would be candidates before tn
people for the 1915 term, or agains
Governor Sanders Since his returl
from the session of Congress Mr.. Puj'
has confirmed his announcement that h
would be candidate for the Unite
States Senate for the 1915 term-th
lone for which Governor Sanders vii
also be candidate. But Congressmai
Ransdell kept away from that extr
session senatorial fight. He would no
Ebe drawn into it from any quarter.
Then there was talk that Mort
Louisiana was entitled to one of tn
United States senatorships, and that Nj
IRansdell is the man who will represen
North Louisiana in the United State
Senate
| Governor Sanders and United State
Senator Foster are considered to rer
lresent South Louisiana both from th
same parish and same city. They ar
Iof course, both going to be candidate
| for the United States Senate, but fo
different terms Senator Foster will
Il candidate for reelection to his pre-:
Ient term, which expires in 1913. Coz
Iernor Sanders will be candidate f
the term now being filed by Senate
| Thornton, which does not expire INT
I1o1s. To this term Governor Sander
was elected by the regular session upo
1.-The death of United States Senator Nj
Emery, but he subsequently resigned,
the hope of saving the Panama Exp
s;tion for New Orleans, and appoint'
Judge ]. r. Thornton to the vacanc
This appointment was then eonfrm'
!, by the Legislature, electing judi
Thornton, and Judge Thornton subs
lquently announcing that he would n
, be a candidate for election at the e.
/, lpiration Of his rresente term.
, The fact that both Senator Foster al
Governor Sanders are to be candidat
for the United States Senate from t
-Isame town, and for different terms
/ the Senate, has increased the intert
! taken in the opponents of these two ca
: didates. Outside of Senator Foster a
/ Governor Sanders themselves, Co
S gresham Ransdell is considered t
7lmoss formidable candidate for the Un
6Ied States Senate in the field In poll
-lcal strength be IS regarded BY many