The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-19
THE FOURTH DISTRICT.
Judge HOlman's Chances Imperiled BY a
Combination of His Competitors.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAwRENCEBURG. May 1.-THE Fourth district
congressional convention will be held at Green's
burg on next Thursday, May %, and as there are
a number of aspirants for Judge Holmans shoes
the contest is exciting universal attention. This
district, since the last Democratic gerrymander,
has been hopelessly Democratic; yet the Repub
licans entertain the belief that, as there is so
much bitterness and strife III the present contest
for the nomination, no matter which one
of the candidates receives the nomi-
nation there will not be that enthusiasm that
has made Holmans election so certain hereto
fore and it is their intention this year to put
their best man against the Democratic nominee
and go into the fight to win. The Republicans
will do this, even if Holman himself is nominal
ed, from the fact that the other candidates have
worked up considerable feeling against him in
many parts of the district, and made the people
believe that twenty years Of congressional life is
enough for any one man, and as a consequence
there will not be the usual hurrah for him, and
good Republican stands fair show of beating
him. 1t is by no means certain that Holman
will get the nomination, for as soon as his com
petitors find out that he is going to win they will
not him. His five competitors are John r.
Cravens of jefferson: DR.. Woolen, of Switzer-
land; Chester r. Faulkner, of Ripley Col.
Scobey, and Frank Gaven, of DECATUR and each
one of these gentlemen is working hard--first to
secure the nomination for himself, and, if he fails
in that, to secure it for some other one than
Holman. Holman can count on only three of
the eight counties in the district on the first bal
lot and these three counties cast less than one
third of the whole number of votes; and if the
other five counties combine, he will stand no
show whatever. Holman has been so sure of
being returned TO Congress, that he has not been
here at all, nor has he had any one at work for
him. 1t is rumored, however, that he will be
here next Thursday and attend the convention,
and there publicly declare that if the people will
send him to Congress ''one more term he will
never again ask for this Office but his friends
promise this proceeding every convention and it
is not at all probable that he is going to make
any such declaration. He will, at least, do it in
case that he sees he is going to be defeated
The triangular fight for the judgeship in this
district, composed of the counties of Dearborn
and Ohio, is the warmest ever known here The
candidates will go into the convention with
about an equal number of votes, and if either
Roberts or Bainbridge is dropped his strength
will go to the other in order to beat the present
incumbent Judge Givan. The indications now
are that Bainbridge will be the lucky man, and,
if he is, the Republicans will be encouraged to
put Judge Thompson up against him, and if
they should it is probable that they would come
out ahead. The Republicans are greatly en-
courged over the general outlook, and the Demo
Gratis are correspondingly discouraged. Repub
licans here are almost universally in favor of
Harrison for President