The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-03-12
One Third Of Members Due to Go
Out Year Hence and About
81 to Face Voters at
the Polls
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DIRECT ELECTION
Is NOVEL STUNT
Root Won't Run Again Democrat
Likely to Succeed Burton in
Ohio Noted Humorist
Croomed for Toga
BY BURTON K. sTANpIsH.)
Written for the United Press. !

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Washington, March 1.-THE terms
q oae-third Of the members OF the
United States senate viii expire a lit
tle under year hence And thirty.twc
members will face the problem Of get
ting back again-for with possibly one
eeplien al Of the solons would like to
Keep on with their legislating Jobs
under the new direct election law. All
81 which makes the political situation
OF considerable interest TO the sena.
tcrial aspirants. Most Of them are
anAicns 70 get out home and mend
their political fences. 1t viii be a
novel stunt for most OF them, this cam
Taisning among the people instead Of
pulling wires among members Of the
state legislatures.
Elihu ltoot, whose term expires
March 4. 1915, positively doesn't want
reelection. Root has announced his
retirement from public life at that
time Senator Bradley OF Kentucky
is not expected to fight fer his return.
Il y practically certain that his sue.
cessor viii be Democrat.
Another Republican who Is very apt
/, be succeeded by a Democrat is Bur
ton Of Ohio. A Republican who will
have the fieht Of his life 10 come
back is Bristow Of Kansas His nom
ination viii be opposed by Former
Senator Curtis a Republican, wkile
Murdock VIII oppose him IN the reg.
ular general election. A Democratic
senator who frankly looks forward to
hard struggle is Chamberlain Of
Oregon. who win be opposed by Form
er Senator Bourne a Republican.
a member Of the senate since the
days Of President Harrison. in 1891.
Gallinger Of New Hampshire win have
q make his first tight before the peo-
pie next fall. New Hampshire's other
senator. Hollis. is a Democrat One
Of the most interesting battles Of the
tan viii be that OF Gore. the blind
senator from Oklahoma A spectaou.
ler Armageddon" contest viii be thai
iu Pennsylvania where Clifford Pin
chot will battle for the Progressiyes
against Boise Penrose, standpatter,
while the Democratic oolors will 81
carried BY A. Mitchell Palmer. who
win probably have the cordial support
Of President Wilson. Many OF the
regular Republicans. especially few
representatives. viii join the ranks Of
the Progressives to beat Penrose. who,
they declare, dominates the party en-
tirely too much to suit them.
Another fight in which intense in
terest viii center is that Of Cole l..
Dlease, who will make the run against
Ellison d. smith Of South Carolina,
and who it is declared, has an excel
lent chance Of beating Smith. Blease
has nation wide reputation because
of his TO hell with the constitution"
views. He was recently reelected
governor despite the opposition OF
Senator Tiilman. Another veteran of
the senate who is rounding out his
last term is Perkins Of California,
whose long illness has almost pros
trated him. A senator who cannot
make struggle is Thornton of Louisl
ana. whose successor. Robert +. Brous.
sard, now a representative, has al
ready been elected. Despite the fact
that he has always been considered
a leader Of the Progressive Republi-
cans. Cummins Of Iowa viii probably
be opposed by a Progressive candidate
even if he has no opposition in his
own party
While he will have no opposition in
the general elections. Clarke Of Arlzan-
sas. president pro tempore Of the sen.
ate win have hard fight with Judge
W. +. Kirby of the state supreme
court Clarke is now mending fences
back home. not having been in the
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