The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-07-02
HOT senate RACE IN
BLUE GLASS STATE
MCREARY, BECkHAM AND STAN
LEY FIGHT FOR DEMOCRATIC
NOMINATION..

Louisville, KY, July with the
close of the entry list for the August
primaries Kentucky's double-barreled
campaign for the United States sena-
torships has commenced in earnest.
With field of thirteen active candi-
dates the contest promises to keep the
Blue Grass State stirred from end to
end during the next six weeks.
The main contests are on the Demo-
cratic side, since Kentucky is Usually
Democratic, and if signs do not fail,
the next representatives of this state
in the upper house of Congress Will
be members of that party.
Nominations are to be made in the
primaries for two United States sena
torres, one to serve from the date of the
November election until March next,
when the term of the late Senator
Bradley would have expired, and the
second for the full six-year term, be-
ginning on March 4.
There are three-cornered contests
for the Democratic nomination for both
the long and short term nominations.
Two Progressives are contending for
the long-term nomination, but the
short-term nomination of that party
has gone begging with only one an
nounced candidate for the honor, and
he will not be required to run in the
primary, but will be declared the nomi-
nee by the secretary of state
The Democratic nomination for the
six-year term is naturally looked up
on as the plum in the primary pudding.
The race for this prize was begun con-
siderably more than a year ago and Is
still being run with the three original
starters. They are Governor James
B. McCreary. former Governor ]. c.
w. Beckham and Augustus o. STAN
ley, the present representative in Con.
gress of the Second district The
race between these three promises tC
be uncommonly close and is attracting
attention both in and out of the state
because of the prominence of each Of
tho contestants.
Governor McCreary is an old Roman
of Democracy. He is past seventy
five years old, and served in the Con
federate army. AS far back as 1856!
he was a member of the Kentuck.
legislature, and subsequently becam
speaker of the lower house of tina
body. He was governor of Kentuck
from 1875 to 1879. From 1885 to 1879
he was a representative in Congress
and from 1903 to 1909 he was Unite
States senator. In 1911 he was agai
! elected governor, three and half d.
cades after his first election to tina
post.
4 J. c. w. Beckham was chosen lie,
tenant governor of Kentucky on tn
ticket with Goebel in 1899, and su,
ceeded to the governorship after tn
assassination of the latter He serve
as governor from 1900 to 1907. |
1908 he was the Democratic senator's
candidate, but was defeated by Bra
ley.
The apparent strength displayed /
Congressman Stanley with the race e
tering upon its final stage was prove
one of the surprising features of tt
campaign. Mr.. Stanley is now servin
his sixth consecutive term in the n
tional house of representatives ar
has an excellent record in that bod
He was chairman of the commttt
which investigated the Steel Trus
The three candidates for the Dem
cratic short-term nomination are Dav
y. Smith of Hodgenville, Johnson !
| Camden. who is now serving in til
senate as an appointee of the governo
and Gen. Bennett H. Young of Loui
vile, who is widely known because
his position as commander-in-o hief {
the United Confederate Veterans.
Prominent among the senatorial a
pirants on the Republican side az
| former Governor A. E. Wilson q
Louisville, who seeks the long-terI
nomination, and William Marshall Blu
lit, who was Solicitor General of tn
United States during the ADMINISTERS
tion of President Taft.
Burton Vance of Louisville and Get
w. jolly of Greensboro are rival cal
didates for the Progressive party nom
ination for the long-term senatorshir