The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-30
COMING STATE CONVENTION.
What Some Of the Candidates Say as to the
Outlook This Fall.


There was some activity about the hotels last
night in connection with the approaching Repub.
lican State convention, but not sufficient to of
fer any indications as TO the result. The candi-
dates will doubtless be here in force to-day, with
the advance of delegates, but the latter are not
expected in any number until Tuesday night and
wednesday. An aspirant for Office, and who
has been most energetic for months, said II do
not expect to do anything more until Wednesday.
The delegates arriving before that time will be
committed to the interests of candidates from their
respective localities. The contingents available
Tor the use Of persuasion and argument will
come in later. and that in crowds"
You expect large convention, thenl"
Eyes, there will be very few delegates who
will not come in person. and the outsiders,
think. will equal the number at the Democratic
convention. There is great deal of enthusi-
asm in the Republican party this year. Itcomes
from increased hopes of carrying the State tick
ct by decisive majority, and electing major
ity of the lower house of the Legislature. have
been in nearly every part of the State. and there
is enough in what have seen and learned to
warrant prediction that we are on the road to
everything to encourage views of that charac.
ter. Wait until the delegates arrive and you
will have the proof Of 1t in what they say"
At present the candidates for Clerk of the SUI
preme Court have been doing most Of the local
work This began early last week, and the in
terest they have thrown into the contest shows
that it will be lively one when the delegates
come to make their choice All of them, except
Noble, of Wayne, are in the city, and so ubiquit-
Gus have they been that gentleman anxious to
reach the nomination for another office said last
night II came very near putting my foot in it
the other day with these Supreme Clerk candi-
dates. was talking with one of them, when the
second appeared and an introduction had
hardly passed before the third joined our
group. They are having a very harmonious
fight, but very lively one, nevertheless"
Fritz Stritter is the only candidate for Secre-
tary of State in the city. For several weeks he
has made this place headquarters for trips into
different parts of the State. He, too, is brimful
of hope as to the partys success this November,
and feels particularly elated over the prospects
in the First district. tell you,' he said, we
are going to elect a Congressman, joint Repre-
sentative, and our whole county ticket in Posey.'"
Then the Democrats down there are still in a
heat of dissatisfaction"
Eyes. sir. They have not done anything since
their congressional convention that has not in
creased their difficulties. The MCCULLOUGH faction
want to have it known that MenzIess retirement
from the contest has left everything serene, but
the disaffection. Mccullough came over into
Posey, the other day, to smoothe affairs, but his
party opponents showed him the door, and told
him that they desired to be let alone. His
friends have abused Virgil p. Boseman, Re-
publican banker of Gibson, so much as to force
him into the field as candidate for joint Rep
resentative from Gibson and Posey. He will be
elected, for French, his Democratic opponent,
is laboring under the decided disadvantage of
saying anything. He cannot take any step
without finding himself in this midst of ruinous
complications with his party. This is not all.
The Menzies people in Posey county have in
dorsed several of the Republican candidates for
county offices, which insures their election. The
Democratic candidate for sheriff was Repub-
iican four years ago, and on that account is not
popular with his party. He will certainly be de-
feated, and Posey, once redeemed, Is going to
remain in the Republican ranks. For Congress.
General Hovey can get enough in that county to
overcome the Democratic majority in the
rest of the district Down our way the Repub-
iican State ticket, too will be largely supported
by Democrats, if anything like suitable ticket
is offered them. Throughout the State l have
talked with the chairman of nearly every county
committee, and from each learn that the pros
poets were never better" a,
For the nant-governorship quite num-
Der of names are mentioned, but the race for the
position has not been clearly defined in the inter-
est of any one of them. So far, they stand an
equal chance, yet 1t is thought that the most of
them come from the suggestion Of the moment
to availability and strength. The list includes
Jacob j. Todd, of Bluffton; Col. r. S. Robert
son, OF Fort Wayne; r. B. F. Peirce, of Craw-
louisville; Thomas Hanna, of Greencastle; The
ron p Keator, of Fort Wayne; W. NJ. Ridpath,
of Brazil; Major George w. Grubbs Of Martins
ville Warren G. Sayre of Wabash; Gen. John
Coburn, of Indianapolis; Col D. II. Chase, of
Cass countyi Frank Posey, of Petersburg.