Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1909 — BENJ. F. SHIVELY [ARTICLE]

BENJ. F. SHIVELY

Elected By Democrats On aoth Ballot. TO SUCCEED SENATOR HEMINWAY And Is One of Indiana’s Brightest and Ablest Men—-Kern Second In Race. Benjamin F. Shively of South Bend was chosen for United States Senator to succeed Senator Heminway, at the joint legislative caucus held Wednesday night on the 20th ballot. The deciding ballot was cast at 2 a. in., Thursday morning, and stood, Shively, 42; Kern, 36; Lamb, 4; Hoffman, 1. The nomination of Shively was brought about by the transfer of Slack votes to Shively, in spite of the fact that such a change had not been expected. Kern received only 36 votes at any time, and only that number on the last two ballots. Slack had 18 at one time; Lamb, 23; Menzies, 5; Hoffman, 12; Niblack, 3; Miers, 1. While there seemed to be an idea over the state that the party owed the place to Mr. Kern, there will be no sore places because of Mr. Shively’s having been chosen. He is without doubt one of the very ablest men in Indiana, if not the ablest, and while The Democrat, in common with many other democratic papers of the state thought Mr. Kern should be given the place as being more entitled to it from a party service standpoint—and he,> too, is a very able man—yet we have ho regrets that the mantle fell on Mr. Shively, who, aside from the reason given above, was really our first choice. Mr. Shively will have few equals for ablity and no peers in the United States Senate.