Evening star., 1922-04-19
INDIANA PRIMARIES
TO OPEN CAMPAIGN
State Conventions, Following
Vote, Will Sound Ma
tionaI "Keynotes."

One week from next Tuesday the
voters of Indiana will determine at
their primaries the selection OF cam
didates for United States senator and
other federal and local Offices on the
democratic and republican tickets for
the November election. Toward the
end of May the two parties Will hold
state conventions to ratify the NOM
nations and to frame a platform
upon which to go before the cleo
torate.
The republican state convention
will be held May "a and 25 and the
democrats will hold theirs May 81
and June /. These gatherings will
be of more than passing political i'm
portance, as they will be made the
occasion for sounding the "keynotes"
of the campaigns of the two parties
and their platforms, constructed to
serve as models for subsequent state
conventions.
On account of the United States
senatorships involved in the cleo
9ons. and the entire House OF Repre.
sentatives, the elections this fall Will
be upon a national scale. second only
TO the tltttioii- hS
forms for state conventions coming
early in the season, are usually
written in collaboration of state poll
ticians with the national leaders IN
Washington; and, after the prima-
ries have determined the candidates.
it is the custom for senators, repre-
sentatives and the national commit
tee officials to draw up the plankS OF
the platform dealing with national
affairs.
Preparing Campaign Data.
So after the Indiana state prima-
ries there will be much hobnobbinG
of democratic and republican politi-
clans at the Capitol and the head
quarters of the two national commit
tees. Both sides are busy now. get
ting their data in shape. The repub-
licans are framing the record OF the
administration and the dominant
marty in Congress. and the demo-
Gratis are Just as Industrious IN assem-
bling arguments to snow that tne
record in both cases. from tnelr we"
point. shows lamentable failure 10
perform.
The contest for the senatorial noml-
walton on the republican ticket IN
Indiana between former Senator he'-
eridge and Senator New Is becoMins
u.
ture of IL is Mr.. Beveridge's attitude
toward campaign expenses. He start
cd out by declaring against large ek-
penditures and each week end pup
fishes the amount laid out during the
week He challenged Senator New 10
follow Il like course. The latter re-
,,lied by saving that in campaign eX-
peuditures he would obey the law ana
conform to the DroprietIes ne laM
requires final accounting under oath
of all moneys expended
Five Seek Democratic Approval.
There are five aspirants for the SEN
atorial nomination on the democratic
ticket, but Indiana politicians in
Washington think that former Gov.
Samuel NJ Ralston is leading his COM
petitors. The other contestants are
Daniel w Simms, who prosecuted the
coal cases in the Wilson admiaistra-
tion: State Senator B. B. Shiveiy VINO
is a relative OF former Vice President
Marshall; DIR. Jesse Sanders and
Charles Howard.
1t is said that the democratic con-
test is a friendly one. and that in the
case of Gov. Ralston and Mr.. Simms
one or the other would have stayed
out but for a crossing OF the wires.
This fact gives the democrats mucn
encouragement. as promising party
solidarity at the polls in November,
The democrats are hoping that har-
mony within their ranks Will be IN
happy contrast to the situation OF
the republicans. who. in the demo-
cratic opinion, may be faced with
party friction as result of the Bev-
eridge-New contest.
Conservative republicans here. now
ever, say that the democrats are
looking through roSe-colored glass
es in their gaze into the future. and
that whoever is the victor in the
primaries. the necessity of keeping
Indiana in the republican column will
impress the rank and file of the re-
publican voters in November.