The Washington herald., 1913-11-04

Senator Cummins OF Iowa and one-tims
senator Beyeridge OF Indiana met the
other night in New York. and while they
do not agree in politics since Beveridge
went wholly over to the Progressive
party. they remain good personal friends
and enjoyed in telling each other what
not to do next time.
It was evident that Cummins is very
well satisfied to remain a fairly good
Republican, with few Progressive fan
| cies, IL any, and Beveridge is altogether
beyond redemption. He has been SPELL
binding for Progressive candidates
| throughout the East. but drew the line
| on Sulzer, who is the Progressive can
| didate for the Legislature Not even the
persuasion of Perkins. who is backing
the Progressive cause throughout the
country, could get Beveridge into the
Sulzer band wagon. The personal ad-
mirers of Beveridge In Washington and
at home have never quite understood
his religious fervor and zeal for new
party, after a dozen years of honor from
the Republican organization. and the In
diana Republicans consider his case
hopeless. He can hardly hope for fur
ther political honors from the Hoosiers
and is left ont of the calculation when
real Republicans out Indiana way make
plans to reorganize the party and Incl
dentally get a few offices before another
Presidential election. Indiana elected but
one Republican member OF Congress in
1910 and last year sent a solid Demo-
cratic delegation along with Demo-
cratic Vice President.
An effort will be made next year TO
carry at least three districts for the Re
publicans, and Chairman Frank Woods,
OF the Congressional committee, will take
a hand in bringing about such result.
1t seems amazing that State like In
diana, which not many years back gave
the country a Republican President and
for many terms had nearly a solidly
Republican delegation in the House,
should now be absolutely without Re
publican representation in Washington.
The election in 1884 gave Indiana n
solid Republican delegation in the House,
something never known before, ard two
years later Fairbanks came in as n Re
publican Senator, followed by Beveridge.
A Republican majority was kept up until
the election of the Sixtieth Congress.
when the slump began and has kept upl
ever since.
Indiana Republicans you meet away
from home don't attempt explaining how
hardly point out how TO get things right
again.
The inevitable Ohio patriot who insists
on tracing everything good. noble, and
adorable back TO an Ohio source. re-
joices in the discovery that the fathers
of both bride and bridegroom in the re-
cent Hitt-Elkins wedding affair were
born in Ohio, even il they failed to re-
main and run for office in the State.
The elder Hit was born in Urbana. but
moved as a child to Illinois. coming to
Congress in 1SS2, serving twenty-four
years. Senator Elkins was born in Perry
County. Ohio, but went West as a young
man. learning his first political lessons
in Missouri and later in New Mexico. |
Perry County. Ohio. is credited with be- |
ing the nativity of Gen. Phil Sheridan. |
but when there was talk OF running him !
for President after the war there was
an intimation that Phil was born in |
Ireland. and. therefore, ineligible.
Political WashingtOn-and Washington |
is all politics-wonders some that Muir |
ray Crane, late able Senator, is not |
in the Massachusetts cam
paign for Governor. Also the silence Of |
John Hays Hammond attracts atten- i
Russia, is absorbed with his commercial |
newspaper, and there Is woeful absence
If the old Republican managers from the |
arena. Crane was big enough to decline
further Senatorial hOnOrs and Hammond
S looking ahead 10 possible Cabinet I
place under the next Republican Presi-
lent. Had Taft been reelected, the
Hammond activity in several campaigns
would have been rewarded with a high
diplomatic post. NeY time he probably
will prefer the Cabinet and official resi-
lence in Washington.
West Virginia. always inclined To the
was once proud of having three
United States Senators living within
State lines and all doing business in the |
senate chamber at the same time. The
provides for only two Sem
Itors from each State, but from De-
ember. 1862. until March, 1856; three Sen
tors were legal residents of West Vir-
,inia. 1t happened in this way: John
!. Carlisle, of Clarksburg, who had served
everal terms in. the House from old Vir-
,inia. WAS chosen a Union Senator at
he beginning of the war. Then came
he organization OF the new State of West
Virginia. which included the Carlisle !