The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-27
LOVE FEAST TOMORROW
REPUBLICANS WILL BE HERE FROM
NEARLY EVERY COUNTY.
Prominent Men VIII Speak-Stand on
the Currency Candidates
~ for State Offices.

The state Republican conference will be
held in Morrison's Hall on Monument place
tomorrow. The conference promises to
be a great love feast, and while it
will be of an informal character, it will go
far toward shaping the party policy and will
exercise no uniInportant bearing in the can
didacy OF the various aspirants for office TO
be filled next fall. Republicans will be pres
ent from every county i'm the State, and
while the gathering will not be SO large in
numbers as Il state convention it will make
up in quality for what lit may seemingly
lack in numbers. 1t is expected that Sen
ator Fairbanks and every Republican MEM
Der of Congress from Indiana, except Mr..
Crumpacker, who is unavoidably detained,
will be here and also most of the Repub
leans in the last Legislature. The state
officials and many county officers will at
tend Such leading men as III. II. Hanna,
Lew Wallace, j. Frank Hanley and Robert
S. Taylor will be conspicuous, and the affair,
according to the present outlook. will be as
rousng a pow-wow as ever preceded
campaign in this State. There is not Re-
publican in the State who is not confident
of victory next fall and the party was never
in better condition. The administration has
so signally redeemed the promises made in
1896 in bringing better times to the people
and in restoring that confidence which is
the cornerstone of business security that no
doubt is entertained of the will of the people
to continue their trust in the party next
fall. AS one Republican said yesterday, no
national administration has more completely
fulfilled it's prediction prophecies than that
of Mr. Mckinley and this one fact is sutfi-
cient to make the Republican position i'm
pregnab Bile. Another suspicious fact is the
total absence of fractional feeling in the par
ty and with nothing to disOrganize 1T success
Is assured
1t is expected that the conference will
take strong ground on the financial ques-
ton. 1t has become more and more appar-
ent that the leading issue of the campaign
will be currency reform, and throughout
the State the Republicans are taking an
emphatic stand on this matter. The tend
ency of the meeting will be, no doubt, to
emphasize the sentiment of the party in
favor of sound money.
The conference is usually made the oc-
casion for candidates to announce them
selves and there will probably be large
number of aspirants for the various offices
to be filled next fall. These offices are the
secretary of state, treasurer OF state, audi
tor of state, attorney general, clerk of the
Supreme Court, superintendent of public in
structiOn, state statistician and state geolo-
gst. w. l.. Taylor and ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hanna are said to be in the race for
attorney general. Frank b. Posey, of
Evansville is candidate for secretary of
state. For auditor the names so far heard
mentioned are Captain Hart, James Il.
Henry and David Sherrick. w. I. Durbln,
of Anderson and w. w. Houk. of Terre
Haute, are out for treasurer of state and
r.. A. Brown for clerk of the Supreme
Court. John B. Conner will be d candidate
for state statiStician
In the evening the final meeting OF the
present state committee will be held, Wnen
the date will be set for the holding of pri-
maries for the election of precinct commit
teemen and delegates to district conven-
tons The time will also be set for the
selection of county chairmen by precinct
committeeman and district chairmen by the
district delegates. Likewise the date will
he chosen for the first meeting Of the new
state committee. to be composed or the
newly selected district chairmen.
II is expected that those attending the
conference will begin to arrive this evening.
Robert Mansfield secretary of the state
committee reached the city yesterday. He
is enthusiastic over the prospects for one
Of the largest conferences ever held. lie
says that from his correspondence and per-
sonal information every county will be rep
resented.
THE Columbia Club will be open at
o'clock this evening for the reception of
the visitors A luncheon will be served az
that hour. A committee from the club Will
also call at the Denison and further extend
a personal invitation TO visitors.