Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-30
50 SENATORS UP
FOR SELECTION
IN FALL VOTING
fractional Strife Famed to
Fever Heat in Fights on
Congress Seats.
SOUTH DAKOTA FIRST

. WASHINGTON, Jan. S0-Factional diff
ferences are being famed to fever heat
] Throughout the United States as Repub
ldsE ana Democratic political generals
hns~up their forces for primary cam
paigns to be held during the next seven
months to nominate candidates for the
general congressional elections In No
vember.
Thirty-three members of the Senate will
stand" for reelection at that time If
they can safely pass through the ordeal
Of primaries or party conventions in
their respective States Primaries to
nominate candidates for the House of
Representatives will be held in all States.
The national committees Of both par
ties, with headquarters In Washington,
are preparing to lend a hand here and
there during the primary campaigns in
order that the machinery Of their or
CARNATIONS, grown rusty from disuse in
8 recent months, may be ship-shape and
ready for business when the polls open
Nov. 2
Political leaders admit lack of funds,
but they are hopeful that financial diff
cu1ties viii be eliminated before the
time cores when money will be needed
badly There are indications, too that
Congress may place some drastic limita-
lions upon the amounts Of campaign ex-
penditures before the primary season
gets under way.
Although no sharp partisan differences
are expected to arise during the pri-
mary elections. there will be numerous
intra-party strifes which viii cast their
/ shadows over the elections to follow. In
many States either the Republican or
Democratic nomination is JantamOunt to
election, and in these places the selection
Of candidates will be watched with con-
Stunning interest.
E@ae primary scuff1es VIII also serve to
r4l to party leaders what the people
arg thinking about the problems now
confronting Congress, and they will also
get a clear ght into the attitude Of
the country toward the work of the
Administration.
Both parties viii enter their primaries
this year with the usual confident pre-
dictions that victory lies ahead, but po-
nticaI observers here are inclined toward
the opinion that some important changes
: will be evident in both branches O,
Congress after the November elections
FIRST PRIMARY
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
State, county and city campaigns will
enliyen the national primaries in severai
States
The first primary campaign Of the year
will be held in South Dakota on MarCn
q. No Senators are to be nominated.
The illinois primary April IL also will
as
tional politics is conference.-the selection
of candidates for the House.
There will be three primary elections
in May. In Indiana on May 2, Senator
Harry S New will endeavor to secure
the Republican nomination.. ~ He has the
strong backing Of the Administration. but
he will have an opponent in former
Senator Albert J. Beverdge who is said
to have a considerable following among
so-called progressives throughout the
State
On May Pennsylvania political pot
will boil over when the Republican rartS
. selects two men to represent it at the
4 November elections as candidates for the
- Senate. Senators William z, Crow and
George w. Pepper, appointed by Cover
&&5RGS SprOul to succeed to the places
vacant by the death of Senators
" s9@o se and Knox, will be up for nomi-
eation
OREGON will have primary election on
- May 10, but there are no senatorial can
didates to be selected.
The North Carolina and Iowa pri-
maricS will be held on June 3 and g. re-
Spectively, and on June Senator Park
Trammell will go before the Democratic
voters Of Florida with the hope Of again
bein@ selcf to take care Of their in
terests in the Senate. He may meet an
opponent in the person Of William Jen-
ninCs BRYAN
On June 80 there will be primaries in
Maine and Minnesota. with Senators
Frederick Hale and Frank B. Kellogg
striving for denomination. The North
Dakota primary will be held on June %
with Senator Porter J. McCumber chair
man Of the SenUate Finance Committee
as the chief contender. The North Dakota
primary will be watched with unusual in
tereSt because of the recent defeat Of
the Non Partisan League in that State
and the avowed intention Of leaders Of
the organization to regain their lost
control Of State affairs, and to send
more Of their representatives, to Con-
gress.
August viii be busy month political
~. On the arst ray primaries will tie
held in Kansas Missouri, Virginia and
West Virginia. Senator James Reed win
figure prominently in the Missouri cleo
ton and Senator Claude Swanson win
hold the center of the stage In Virginia.
Senator Howard Sutherland. Republican,
is up for reelection In West Virginia.
PONTERENE TO
FACE OHIO VOTERS.
GQ Aug. s Senator Atlee Pomerene
~ go before the Democratic voters
in Ohio, and Senator John B. Kendrick
will be balloted upon in Wyoming Miss
Alice Robertson, only woman member Of
Congress. will be a candidate in the Okla
homa primaries.
The Kentucky primaries win be held
on Aug. 5. No senatorial candidates
are to be voted upon.
John Sharp Williams, one of the vet
Grams Of the Senate, will be up for
denomination in Mssissippfs Democratic
primary on Aug. Is, and On Aug. 10
Senator Gilbert N. Hitchcock, one Of the
most active of the Democratic leaders
and an ally Of Woodrow Wilson in The
Senate's famous League Of Nations fight,
will be a candidate in Nebraska.
Candidates for the House win be nomi-
mated In party conventions in Idaho on
Aug %. On Aug. % Senator Charles
4 Culberson Will be q candidate for the
Democratic nomination IN Texas. and on
the 29th Hiram Johnson viii again go
before the voters Of California for nomi-
nation Senator Henry l. Meyers will
try for the Democratic nomination in
the State Of Montana on the same date.
Thirteen primary elections are sched-
49, uIed for September On Sept there
will be balloting IN New Hampshire,
Nevada and Senator Robert NJ LaFol-
lette will again go before the voters
of Wisconsin.
Primaries will be held IN seven States
on Sept. II. including Massachusetts,,
where Senat, Henry Cabot Lodge, the
Republican leader of the Senate, will
be up for denomination The other pri-
maries on the 18th are: Arizona. Sena-
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