The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
FIGHT SETTLED
 IN FOUR STATES Primaries Settled Question of Sensatorial Nominations KENYON IS STRONG Looms Up As Formidable Candidate Against Senator Young of Iowa.
 Political Gossip At
 Capital
ENYON IS STRONG
BY RALPH M. WHITEsIDE

Washington, January 7.-(Special)-- Wisconsin, Nebraska, Indiana and North Dakota are 4our states in which senators are to be selected this year which are not worrying. The primaries settled the question for them and while they will miss lots of fun they will also avoid lots of trouble. I wrote last week of some of the interesting sena- torial fights but there are others which Will be fiercely contested. Of these perhaps those in Iowa and Minnesota are most interesting for they will have direct bearing on the strength of the republican factions.
 Governor Eberhardt's announcement that he Is ambitious to succeed MT. Clapp as United states senator from Minnesota has been received with much interest by Minnesotans in Washing ton. and while they agree that 1t Is a worthy ambition, some doubt whether the governor will be successful.
 Clapp's friends profess not to be wor- ried and the general impression that he will have easy sailing. His defeat would be a severe blow to the progress sives
 An anomalous condition exists In Iowa. The progressives were strong for primaries to select the Legislature and the United States senators. Now Senator Young has announced that he, too, Is ready to go before the people in a primary. The progressives have now turned about and say. Whats the use ? NyN l.a oI4 f,l 1Ax xge1a ture and they can be depended upon to select a proper man to represent the state in the United States Senate. No more primaries needed"
 And there Is reason for this stand. Young will probably have the solid standpat strength, while there are a dozen more or less progressives who think they would look well In Senator Delivers seat.
 W. S. Kenyon, assistant to the At torney General, and the trust buster of the administrations. is looming up as one of the strongest candidates against Young. Kenyon is progressive, but Is looked on with favor by some of the standpatters because he has taken no obtrusive part in politics, and has not been mixed up in the rancorous faction al fights of recent years. Judge Ken yons friends are working for him tooth and nail. He Is from Fort Dodge. the home of Senator Deliver
 Three members of the House are men, tioned in connection with the senator ship. They are Representatives Hub bard, Woods and PickeN. The attorney general of the state. H. w. Byers. is a prominent candidate on the progressive side, and there are various others.
 On the republican side of the legisla- ture the progressiyes have about IS more votes than the standpatters. so sible the fight will be referred to spe- cial direct primary, which would have to be authorized by the legislature be- fore 1t could be held.
 Montana will have rattng sena- toriaf fight over the successor of Sena- tor Carter. The candidates in the f1eId are Thomas J. Walsh. w. c. Conrad, former Senator William A. Clarke. Jo- seph K. Toole, Edwin l.. Norris, for mer Representative Charles s. Hart man and c. J. Kelly, the latter the general counsel for the Amalgamated Copper company. The democratic ma jority is so slender In the legislature there Is opportunity for many possible surprises. and no one Is betting heavily on the prospective winner of the sena- torial prize.
 Ohio. too, Is having lively time over the succession to Senator Dick. The rather hurried going home of Represen- tative William Graves Sharp, the Elyria, O., statesman, attracted some attention. because he has been much talked about as 8 candidate for senator. It happens that although Sharp comes from a usually strong republican dis trict, he Is a democrat and has twice been elected. M
 No democrat has ever won two eec- tions in the district as it now appears on the map, and his second victory has caused the faithful ones to sit up and wonder if Sharp Is not senatorial size. He has certainly accomplish ed more as democratic candidate than has been done by either Pomerene or Hanly, the two senatorial contestants most talked about and most eager for the job, and 1t was told here in Washington that Sharp hastened home because of pri- vate tips that he might get In the run ming If he would mingle among his people from now on until the legisla- ture at Columbus gets ready to elect a sena<or. Sharp is counted a rich man, and although 8 lawyer. has been re- markedly successful in the pig iron in- dustry. He was a candidate for pres idential elector IS years ago and a dele gate to the 1904 St. Louis convention He was nominated for Congress in 1900 and lost out, of course, but he learned a lot, which aided his two later elections
 The other democratic House members from Ohio \who yearn for a chance in the senatorship game are no doubt wor- ried over the possible looming up Of Sharp, as they know him to be both crafty and persuasive and he will be given much watchful attention if lie opens headquarters in Columbus.
 I understand the House Is going to carefully study the proofs of Peary's polar trip before 1t passes on the bill to retire the explorer with the rank of rear admiral It will be sieht for men and gods to see the naval affairs com mittee puzsling over the data which will be submitted by Peary Some of these able gentlemen may be able to distinguish at sight a stellar observa- tion from parallel of latitude but, they will certainly have to refer fre- quently to their nautical almanacs and Bowditch's when 1t comes to verifying Peary's allowance for refraction, paral- lax and the like.
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