South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-14
5 Elk GOVERNORS,
NOW IN SENATE, TO
FACE ELECTORATE
Fate of Former State Execu-
tives Watched as Fight
for 81 Seats Opens.

EkSHINGTON. April -. - The
political pathway that leads from "a
governors chair 10 senatorial toSa
viii be watched with interest during
the coming primaries. when 80 sem
ators stand for reelection.
There are % former governors
now in the senate and eight of them
must go before the voters this fall
Senatorial observers arc wondering
whether their number will be dimin-
ished in the bitter campaigns just
ahead or II the total VIII be in
creased.
There can be- no doubt but that e. q
gubernatori8I chair has been ar
easy stepping stone 70 the senate or
that once adorned with senatorial
robes the former governors have
shown exceptional statesmanship and
law-making ability.
In the ranks OF the governors
bloc" are leaders or both sides of
the senate There is Hiram w.
Johnson. twice governor Of Cali
lornla and leader Of the senate cir
reconcllables." By his side stands
Robert st. LaFOllette. Of Wisconsin,
friend Of labor and foe OF foreign al
liances There is Arthur Capper.
former governor OF Kansas now
chairman Of TIE powerful senate ag-
ricultural bloc" In All there are
j s republicans and seven democrats.
Former Governors Active.
Ten committee Chairmcn come
from the ranks of former governors.
Francis T. Warren. former governor
Of wyoming, heads the great appro-
priations committee. while Albert +.
Cummins. q governor OF Iowa leads
the interstate commerce committee.
Knute Nelson. who once ruled Min
nesota Is chairman Of the judiciary
committee. and Carroll ). Page, of
Vermont directs the naval affairs
committee. George T.. Mclean, of
Connecticut; Bert NJ. Fernaid, OF
Maine. along with Capper. johnson.
LaFollette and William p. Dilling-
ham, of Vermont, hold other COM
mittee leaderships
other republican senators who
once held sway in a governors chair
are: Tasker l.. eddie. of Nevada;
Peter Norbeck. Of South Dakota;
Frank b. Willis. of Ohio; Frank r.
Cooling. of Idaho. Waiter r. Edge.
of New Jersey. and Henry ". keyes,
OF New Hampshire.
on the democratic side there is
Joseph r. Robinson. of Arkansas,
who led the democratic opponents TO
the Washington treaties i'm the mem
Orable senate battles He was ably
seconded then by David / Walsh, of
Massachusetts, who came 20 the SEN
ate from the Bay states guberna-
torial chair.
Others to Face Voters.
Besides them. others were A.
Owsley Stanley. of Kentucky; Charles
A. Culberson. of Texas; John b..
Kendrick. Of wyoming; Claude A.
Swanson, Of Virginia, and Park
TrAmmeu. OF Florida
CT the entire senate membership
only two states now fill both their
senate posts .vith former governors.
These are Vermont and Wyoming.
In Vermont Page and Dillingham;
both held the governors job prior to
entering the senate, while in WyO-
ming both Warren and kendrick had
the same honor.
The eight former governors who
must again face an election are even
ly divided between the two parties.
The republicans are Johnson, La
Toilette. Mclean and Page while
the democrats are Culberson. Kend
rick. Swanson and Trammeu. All,
by the way. are seeking another
term and at present il appears all
VIII have their wishes fulfilled.