Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-04
U. S. SENATE
MAY. CHANGE !
COMPLEXION
Summary of Most Important
Candidates for Upper
House

. contests, going so far as to organize &
, I.reau for that particular purpose in
their national Headquarters.
! A singular phase CT the senatorial
situation is the tact that with one eX-
! ception every democrat in the present
| Senate Who,e term expires March /
next will be succeeded by himself 0:
some other. democrat &c the reason
democratic states.
! Change OF Seven Needed.
! The battle of the Sen.te, therefore,
! is chiefly in the west and middle west
! in those states now represented in tie
Senate by republicans. Making allow
ance for the fact that Senator Gardner
the junior member from Maine, who f.:
democrat, may not be reelected.
! change of seven Is al that Is recess.
s2ry to give the democrats Cont:o! O:
! the Senate.
+ Senator Sanders of Tennessee, VINO
holds his place in the Senate by APP
rolntment of the republican governor
! OF that state, will, OF course, be sue.
ceeded Ey democrat to be chosen BY
the legislature elected this fab.
Two senators will be chosen from
! Colorado, one to FIJI the vacancy caus.
! cd by the death Of Senator Hughes and
! che to succeed Senator GuggenteiIn.
The democratic primary nominees
are Gov. John +. Shafroth, the present
! executive, for the long term and form
er Gov. Charles S. Thomas for the
! the short term. There is very little
doubt about their electiJn
Hope For Nevada Gain. ..
A senator will be elected in Nevada
in place of Senator Mas ey, who was
the death of Senator Ni%on. Senator
Massey is a candidate on the repuD
lican ticket and his democrctic oppo
nent is Key Pittman Of Tonopah. Ne
va a has the Oregon svCtcT ami the
le gislature els morally hound TO elect
the man who receives the popular vote
in the state. The third term party
has a candidate and that greatly in
creas ee Mr.. Pittman's chances The
democrats are hopeful Of gaining
senator from Nevada.
In Oregon their chances are regard
ed IS excellent. Senator Bourne was
uCiSdJSu IOj Inc iSpupiSCSu
ton by Ben Selling and has now an
nounced himself as an independent
candidate. There is also third term
Easpirant. DR.. Harry Lane, former
major of Portland is the democratic
nominee and will probably he chosen
as the next cenator.
Three candidates are contesting for
the seat now held by Senator Joseph
NJ. Dixon, campaign manager for
Roosevelt Mr.. Dixon has not been
able to give any attention 70 the state
and his defeat by T. ]. Walsh, the deE.-
.ocratic nominee, is counted On abso-
.iufely by the democrats. H..
In Wyoming Senator Francis r.
Warren, who has been the state boss
for twenty years, is having the fight OF
his life. The democrats have a strong
candidate in the person of John B.
Kendri1k of Sheridan, a member of
the present state senate.
Contest in Nebraska. |
! In Nebraska the fight is between
former Gov. A. T. Shallenberger,
democrat, and Representative George
W. Norris, who won the republican
nomination over Senator Brown. Mr.. I
Norris is accused of trying to strad-
die, CHASING himself as progressive
republican, yet claiming the regular
nomination while espousing the cause
of Roosevelt Senator Hitchcock.
democrat, won by 10000 majority two
years ago under the Oregon system,
and there is good reason to believe
that his colleague after March will
be democrat.
Senator William S. Kenyon, reco- |
gnized as a real progressive, is in AM
unfortunate position in Ohio. He won
the republican nomination by large !
majority and then declared for Taft |
This so angerCd the third terners that |
they have nominated candidates in all |
of the close districts which means !
that, for the first time in history, !
Iowa may possibly elect democratic !
legislature. which will in turn choose |
former Representative Daniel Hamil- !
ton, democrat. for United States scna- +
tor in plaC" Of Kenyon.
Stubs Facing Defeat.
In Kansas Judge William Fl. ThOmp- .
son, democrat. is scheduled to defeat /
Gov. Stubs, the third termcr and one |
of the seven wise or otherwise cover
no"s y 10 ur2vd Col. Roosevelt to be
ccme & candidate. Gov. Stubbs won
The republican nomination over Scna-
tor Curt: Oh a ttuke. M. Curtis had
tic popular majority, but failed to
carry as many legislative districts as
did his opponent. hence Stubs was
declare d the nominee.
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