The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-04
BY ERNEST O. WALKER
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WASHINGTON, July 24-Ennui is
epidemic among the political person.
aGes at Washington. Legislation is
not the thing to stir political blood at
this season. Your senator and your
representative is rather standing at
the window looking away over the
Hills in the direction of stressful Sep
TENDER and October when their verv
political lives may be at stake. Ennis.
sarics are coming in from the States
constantly, Former This and Former
That, telling how the vote will count
the morning after election. But Mr..
knOw-ltA All, whether he marshals
every state outside the solid South for
Hughes Or gives President Wilson an
other term, is getting pretty stale. He
still finds Washington newspapers will.
ing to give up precious space to his
gable, but the fact remains that such
information is not meat for political
Caesars with official residence by the
Potomac.
Even the wisest of big chief politi
clans know very little about what is
gong 10 happen at balloting, but that
fact does not check the wagginR of
tongues. Every active man in public
life here, probably, has in his own
mind an impression about what will
happen. The pilgrimage of Repub.
lican senators, constituting a commit.
tee, to New York the past week for
conference with the Republican DOW.
ers-thnt.be about ways and means of
getting control of the senate after
March 4, has focused attention some.
what on that aspect of the campaign.
Whatever else may be said, this is the
greatest task ahead Of Republicans,
with little likelihood they can accom-
plish it,
Maine Is Pivotal State
If Maine in September reflects Sen
atOr johnson. Republicans will not
have much hope of ovCrturning the big
Democratic majority in the senate this
year; and the senatorial campaign in
Maine has been talked of a great deal
around the capital the past week.
Washington understands Senator John.
sons chances are very good. even
trough Maine is normally Republican.
johnson is very useful senator, -
said one Of the most prominent New
England Republicans in the senate
He is more useful man here than is
generally recognized. ! know he is
several thousand votes stronger than
bis party and probably will be reflect
ed. But for that one vote which We
Republicans may need badly the next
, two years, | should be rather glad to
see Senator johnson come back for an.
other trrm.'
There. is much talk at the capital
also about those two intensely po'it
zeal States Of Indiana and Ohio. Dem.
0crats must count ,rmcwhat On Ohio
this year. The State rIrC7s United
'States senator to succeed Mr.. POme
rene, who is a Democrat. Demo
cratic senator who has made a recent
trip into the, West said of the situation
In that quarter:
owe hope to carry Ohio and to re-
elect n senator. But it must be borne
in mind that Ohio is a Mark Hanna
state, and money will talk there this
year Senator Pomerene is a man who
will not countcnance Mark Hanna
methods.
Prospects Good In Indiana
cover in Indiana, however, the pros.
poets are bright. The Democrats
there will have monPy-plenty of it
and Indiana voters Of both parties ap
Preciate a campaign of that quality.
Senator Tom Taggart, although much
denounced as a boss, is very pOular.
He will win easily, and probably carry
Senator Kern along with him.