The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-20
GOVERNOR SEEKS REST
RETIRES TO HIS COUNTRY HOME
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Pretty Fights ON Among the Aspirants
for Police Commissioners for
Muncie and Richmond.

Governor Mount left the city at o'clock
yesterday afternoon for a few days rest
upon his farm at Shannvndale The Gov
ernor is not i'll but he has been much ex-
hausted by the heavy strain he has been
under ever since his election. The dis
posal of the most of his appointments early
in the week did not very greatly relieve
the pressure, though he Escaped much of it
by remaining at home during most of the
afternoons. Yesterday he was visited by
delegations from Terre Haute. Muncie and
Richmond and continued To receive callers
until the moment of his departure. In
Terre Haufe there is disposition to object
to the appointment of anybody who is
run by Crawford Fairbanks. The claim
is made that Fairbanks and the distillery
interests have controlled the police depart
ment of Terre Haute from time immemorial
and that they had given it the fame it has
acquired throughout the State and the
country at large as a ''wide-open town.
In Muncie there is very pretty fight 60
ing on between one faction of Republicans
headed by Mayor George Cromer and the
other headed by George L. Mccullough,
member and prospective chairman of the
Republican state committee. The McCul-
Tough faction favor the appointment of II.
c. Hayman and w. A Meeker as Repub-
lican members of the police board. and E.
III. Kelley as the Democratic member. The
Cromer faction favors David Cammack and
Joseph a. Goddard as Republican men,
bers and they have no objections to Kelley
as the Democratic member. A few weeks
ago the Council of Muncie by vote of six
to five nominated" the candidates of the
Mccullough faction and sent a transcript of
the proceedings to the Governor. This
was regarded as a great stroke, for Cromer
controls the Council. II is composed OF
twelve members. of which he controls six
and as he exercises the privilege of voting
However. Howe err this anomination" % was vas sprung I, n;
one night when one of Cromer's men Was
absent and he was beaten oy a vote of six
to five. Yesterday Mayor Cromer and a
couple of his friends came down for a final
interview with the Governor. In order to
see him they had TO watt until he got
through with a delegation of the McCul-
Tough faction, composed of John Reed,
John Johnson. Milton Gray and T. II. Bar
ton. When they came out OF the Governor $
shook hands lovingly. Mr.. Mccullough
himself has slipped down once twice to
have talk with the Governor.
Almost as warm fight Is on at Rich
mond, though there the lines are not di
vided so closely between factions. There
are numerous candidates in Richmond and
IL would take a couple Of days TO read
over all the recommendations for the vari-
Gus men that are on file in the Governors s
office. Timothy Nicholson and his friends,
representing the good citizens, have
recommended that the board be composed
of James w. Moore. Isaac y. German and
j. Everett Jones. Senator Shively recon-
mends Joseph G.. Kern and eX-Representa-
tive ~. c. Lindemuth is making a strong
plea for John a. Meerhoh. Moore is the
present Republican member of the board,
and Jones is an ex-member who was turned
down by Matthews because he is a gold
Democrat. Shively and Lindemuth have no
objections to Jones. Messrs. Lindemuth
and Ostrander the latter mayor of Rich
mond, called upon the Governor yesterday
to put in a final word for their man. John
r. Rolling. silver Democrat now on the
board. has sent in petition a yard long
for his reappointment