The Washington herald., 1914-04-19
Many Would-be Senators.

Thirty-one Senators are to be elected next fall
The is free for all Everything depends upon the
vote of the people. More than dozen Representa-
tives believe that they command majority of
the votes of their States, though the incumbent
OF the Senatorial office is announced candidate for
reelection. The list, by no complete, may be
given follows
DemOerats-I+ ,. stringer, of Illinois; B F. Ma.
Maurice Connolly. Of Iowa ). Q. stanley Of Ken;
Palmer. of PennsyIvsHia S THOMAS w. Hardwick Of
m LEVY 9 YoFk d Ne% msmP
Republicans Burton / French Of Idaho: viii
of California; w D. b Ainey Of Pennsylyaniai
LFalconer. Of Washington
| Some of these would-be Senators are now pros
ecuting their campaigns with considerable energy.
Representative Palmer, of Pennsylvania, for instance,
has been flooding his State with literature and let
tiers and is also engaged in a-speech-makng tour. He
is opposed by Senator Penrose, Republican, and Gif-
ford Pincho Progressive, with Representative Alney
still further dividing the Republican vote. Mr..
Palmer believes that the Democratic nomination is
equivalent an election, in a rock-ribbed Re-
publican State like Pennsylvania owing to the serious
division in the Republican party. He is Endorsed by
the administration and has had considerable patron
age at his disposal In Kentucky, Representative
Stanley has hard fight against former Gov. Beck
ham, but is confident of success. Representative Con-
molly of Iowa. also hopes to win over Senator Cum
Minis on account of the split the Republican party
in that State. His candidacy has taken renewed
impetus since the death of Representative Pepper,
who at the time of his death, was an aspirart who
had perfected almost complete organization Mr..
Connolly is serving his first term in Congress, but
this is no damper upon his ambition. Representative
Hardwck is now down in Georgia seeking to come
10 the Senate succeed the late Senator Bacon. He
has been in Congress nearly twelve years and also
served in the Georgia legislature.
Although the last United States Senator elected in
New Hampshire is Democrat, and although Rep
resentatve Stevens hopes to be chosen by plurality,
owing Republican division it is not certain that his
desire will be realized 1t is considered almost a
certainty that Senator Gallnger will be asked by the
Republicans of the State to be again candidate al
though he had practically decided to retire from pub
lie life in the belief that he is the only Republican in
the State who has any chance at all of uniting the
party and thus defeating Democrat In New York
the situation is also interesting. Senator Root will
not run again. Among the New York Democrats in
the House Jefferson Levy is the pronounced in
his Senatorial aspirations but il is generally
ceded that he cannot win unless he has the support
of the organization. Representative Calder is the
New York Republican member who has been most
frequently mentioned the Senatorial candidate but
he has YET definitely decided whether he will make
the There 10000 registered Republican vot
ers in New York State and it would $4,000 in
postage alone to send each of these single
letter 1t is doubtful whether a candidate in the
Senatorial primary in New York could get through
with an expenditure of less than $4,000 and Mr.
Calder who is certain to remain in the House, nat
urally hestates in plunging into the Senatorial
test.