Evening star., 1914-10-25

senator, their nominee. and picked
reelection to the Senate two years
ago. as their candidate. The demo-
Gratis have Is their candidate George A.
Neeley. who represents the seventh dis
trict in the national House of Repre-
sentatives. Victor Murdock, who rep
resents the eighth district in the House
of Representatives. and who left the
republican party two years ago to fol-
low the bull moose. is the progressive
nominee.
Out in the little. state of Nevada
Francis G. Newlands. who has been q
member of the Senate since 1909. and
who saw considerab bic service in the
House of Representatives before enter
ing the Senate. is having to ftght Tor
reelection. The republican candidate
is Samuel Platt, former United States
district attorney. The progressives did
not make a nomination in the state,
but the socialists have nominated A
Grant Miller.
Jacob II. Gallinger, republican. who
has been in the Senate since 1891. is
having a stiff fight in New Hampshire.
He is another member of the so-caiieq
old guard of the Senate. His demo-
cratic opponent is Representative Ray
mon b. Stevens, who has during his
first term as a member OF Congress
made a rather remarkable reputation
as legislator. Stevens is one OF the
few men who really exerted much in
fuence in the preparation of the anti
trust legislation that went through the
present Congress. He is appealing to
the Independent progressive vote in the
state, as well as to.the democrats. The
progressive candidate is Benjamin F.
Greer. but the race is between Cal
linger and Stevens.
Chaotic in New York.
The political situation in New York
state is so chaotic that no one pre-
tends to predict what the outcome will
be. Elihu Root. who is completing his
first term in the Senate, declined re-
nomination. The primaries resulted in
the nomination of James w. Wads-
worth, republican: James W. Gerard,
democrat, and Bainbridge' Colby, pro-
gressive. Wadsworth has been speaker
of the lower house OF the state legis-
lature and has been ipclined toward
progressivism. Gerard is the present
United States ambassador at Berlin.
Colby is a wealthy lawyer, who was of
the inner circle of the Roosevelt crowd
two years ago. All the reports agree
that the progressives in the state will
not be an important factor in the
election.
In Ohio Theodore. F. Burton, after
long career as a member of the House
of Representatives and one term in the
Senate. elected to go back to private
life. and so the republicans of the state
had to hunt for new senatorial candl-
date. They nominated Warren G. Hard
ing. former lieutenant governor The
democratic candidate is Timothy. 5,
Hogan, the present attorney general OF
the state. while the prosressives are
running A. l.. Garford.
The contest in Pennsylvania has att
tracted nationwide attention because OF
the candidacy of Boise Penrose. repub-
lican. who is seeking reelection. Pen
rose says himself that he is seeking vim
dication. The democrats picked A.
Mitchell Palmer. a member Of the House
of Representatives. The progressive
nominee is Clifford Pinchot. who was
United States forester during the Roose-
Welt regime.
Vermont Interesting.
Up in Vermont a rather interesting
contest has developed, as a result of
Charles H. Prouty, former member Of
the interstate commerce commission,
getting into tine race. The republicans
renominated William P. Dillingham; VINO
has been member of the Senate since
1900. Prouty wanted the republican
nomination, and failing to get it he ac-
cepted the nomination of the progress
sives. The democrats nominated Charles
D. Watson, but after, that had been done
the democratic state committee formally
indorsed the candidacy OF Prouty. -
SO the race is really between Dflling-
ham and Prouty. and from all accounts
1T is close enough to be interesting.
The outcome of the contest In Wis
consin will depend. SO representatives
or the state say, on where the inde-
pendent vote goes. Isaac Stephenson,
who came to the Senate in 1907 as a
fnv al
ton. and so the republicans nominated
francis E. McGovern, the present gov
ernor of the state. 'McGovern was Tor
merly one of Senator La Fcllette's lieu
the Roosevelt movement two years ago
and broke away from La GILLETTE Now
he is back in the republican party.
The democratic nominee is Paul A.
Hustlngs. The progressives are not in
the race. The situation seems to- be
that the La Toilette following, which
is very strong, is not satisfied with
either McGovern or Hastings. and
there is much speculation as to where
it will land on election day.
Out in Washington state Wesley L.
Jones. republican. has a stubborn op-
ponent in William r. Black. democrat
The progressives in the state have nom
mated one Ole Hanson.
Sure to Be Named.
The nominations that are equivalent
to the election are these:
Alabama. Oscar Underwood: Arizona,
Marcus A. Smith, Arkansas. James P.
Clarke: Florida, Duncan L. Fletcher;
Georgia. Hohe Smith: Idaho. James H.
Brady; Iowa. Albert B. Cummins: Ken
tuc;sy, for the short term. }. \. CAM
den: Tor the long term. J. c. w. Beck
ham; Maryland John Walter Smith; {;
Missouri. William J. Stone; North Caro-
lima, Lee :. Overman: North Dakota.
AISLE j. Gronna Oklahoma. Thomas p.
Gore: Oregon. George e. Cha mberlain; ;
South Carolina. Ellis ID. Smith: South
Dakota, Charles II. Burke. and Utah,
Reed Smoo..
John Koehler Dead.
John Koehler. seventy-fve years old