Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1909 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

HBMENWAY STANDS BY THE BIG GUN. Among the numerous Washington dispatches is one which should not pass unnoticed by Indiana Republicans, especially by those politicians who train with the Beveridge faction. It It this: “Former Senator Hemenway entertained at dinner at the Shoreham hotel to-night in honor of Speaker Cannon. It was an informal affair and gave the speaker his first opportunity to meet a number of old friends. The speaker was in fine humor and enlivened the dinner with some of his best stories and most spicy comment on men and affairs.” The dispatches does not give the details of Mr. Cannon’s “spicy comment on men and affairs,” but he doubtless talked about the “insurgent” Republicans, of whom Senator Beveridge is one. Ex-Senator Hemenway belongs to the Fairbanks faction, which has not been heard to insurge and which is entirely satisfied with the Cannon-Aldrich way of doing things. The fact that Hemenway complimented Cannon with a dinner is evidence that Indiana Republicans are not all against the Speaker nor all for Beveridge. It is also very clear that something is going on that does not appear on the surface.