Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1915 — Taylor Steps Aside in Race For Senatorial Nomination. [ARTICLE]

Taylor Steps Aside in Race For Senatorial Nomination.

William L. Taylor has announced that he has decided not to enter the race for the nomination for U. S. senator, and has pledged has allegiance to Harry S. New, of Indianapolis. The field has now narrowed .down to three, James E. Watson, Harry S. New and Arthur Robinson. Mr. Taylor, in withdrawing, stated that he and Oapt. New had said to each other that if one should be a candidate the other would not. “Mr. New is in a better position to make the race than I am, and so I am for him,” said Mr. Taylor. .Senator Kern still is working for his Terre Haute clients and has succeeded in getting paroled from the federal prison at Leavenworth a number of the felons he defended. With the coming of the new year the pre-primary political activities of candidates and their workers will increase consderably. The ninth Tuesday after next Tuesday will be primary election day. The 64th congress now in session will be the making or the marring of the democratic party for victory next November. And .the war across seas will continue to be of great assistance to it. Mr. and Mrs, Henry _C. Polk, of Indianapolis, are here for a short visit with Prof. Leo Havorka and family. Mrs. Hoik is a sister of Mrs. Havorka. IMr. and Mrs. H. C. Polk, of Minneapolis, Minn,, were guests yesterday of her sister and husband, Prof, and Mrs. W, Leo Havorka, and left last evening for Logansport to visit other relatives, Mr, and Mrs. Chas, Jarrerd left last evening for their home at Kaycee, Wyo., after a visit here since Sunday with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bussell, Jr, They had spent a month in Indiana, visiting most of the time at Cory, Ind.