The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-04
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

Senator Smith of South Carolina has
declared for Woodrow Wilson for
President.
Idaho delegates to the Democratic
national convention are to bc selected
at a state convention 10 meet at Couer
d Alene June 3.
| Congressman II. III. Bingham who
has Just died at his homo i'm Phiadel-
phia represented the First Pennsyl-
vania district in the House for 80
years.
The Republican State convention of
! Wyoming to select delegates to the
national convention at Chicago has
been called TO meet in Cheyenne Oh
May 10.
Governor o. b. Colquitt CT Texas is
preparing to begin his experimenting
campaign for reelection about the
middle Of April.
Herman Ridder who was treasurer
of the Democratic national campaig
committee four years ago, is now men
TONED as a possible candidate for gov
ernOr Of New York
The Socialists believe the first state
they will carry will be Nevada, where
great effort is to be made to elect
a Socialist governor and legislature
this fan
Champ Clark is to be chief speaker
and guest Of honor at "A banquet Co be
given by the jefferson County Demo
cratic club i'm Louisville on the night
Of April 6.
Charles II. Crisp. parliamentary clerk
OF the House of Representatives and
son Of the late Speaker Crisp, has an
nounced his candidacy for congress
from the new Third district Of Georgia.
Alabama's Endorsement of Congress-
man Underwood for the presidential
nomination means that Mr.. Under
woods name will be the first presented
TO the Baltimore convention. since Ala
bama is the first State on the roll call.
The states that are yet to hold pres
idential preference primaries as pro-
vided for by law. and the dates. are as
follows: Oregon and Illinois. April Q.
Nebraska, April IL Massachusetts.
April 30; California. May 4, and New
Jersey. May 8.
William j. Bryan, Governor Dix.
Mayor Gaynor. senator O'Gorman.
Clark are to be the speakers at the
jefferson Birthday banquet To be given
In New York city on the night of April
10. under the auspices of the National
Democratic club.
Ormsby McHarg former Assistant
Secretary OF Commerce and Labor, who
organized the Southern States for
President Taft four years ago. and
carried the contested delegations safely
through the national committee meet
ing at Chicago. has been placed In
charge of Colonel Roosevelt's contests
In the South.
Since the presidential election of
1908 the States of New York. New
Jersey. Connecticut. Massachusetts.
Maine Indiana and Ohio have elected
Democratic governors. Since the votes
of these States are considered as vital
To- the success OF the Republican ma
tional party I'm the approaching cam
paig,n the politicians are asking one
another whether the States named will
vote the Republican presidential ticket
this year, as they have done In al
campaigns beginning with 1896. or fol-
low the Democrats tendency as evi-
denced in the results Of the last Stat,
elections.
Arizona and New Mexico have elect
| ed their senatorS-tWo Democrats from
Arizona and two Republicans from
New Mexico. The New Mexico win
ners are A. u. Fall and Thomas r
Caaron. both standpattcrs of the cor
rectest sect In Arizona Mark Smith
and Henry +. Ashurst are elected
The membership Of the Senate rises
TO nlnety-slx In all probability II will