Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-01-06
AND SCHEMES
WITH THE PURPOSE OF CON
TROLLING LEGISLATIVE
PLUMS.
Hanly "Corkus" was Quitea Corker and
Jay Frank Seems to BE Playing Every
Card and Making All Kinds of Promises
in Order 70 Secure the Coveted Votes

Indianapolis, Jan. 9Th. Charges of
combinations and trickery went about
the Denison lobby thick and fast. We'd
Desday.
1t WAS charged that Littleton, Kimb
ley, Gibson and DeHsven, candidates
respectively for speaker, clerk, door
keeper and assistant clerk. have
FORMED A COMBINATION
and those not in it have seen that it
will win. The erepublicanism, or rather
Mckinleyism, of Kimbley Is questioned
by his opponents. He's a newspaper
man at Orleans and editorials that ap-
peared in his paper are being shown to
members of the legislature by citizens
from his own town. Kimbley was as
sistant clerk in the last house. He's a
large, rosy faced, fsir-haired fellow, re-
minding one of the best type of the
scandinavian. He chews the weed
with evident great satisfaction and
makes himself at all times so pleasant
that he has a strong following, and the
opponents are showing his Mckinley
editorials with vim.
Gibson, of Muncie, was assistant door
keeper in the last house. A candidate
for the doorkeepership against him was
the Rev. r. NJ. 5. Hutchens, of Sheri-
dan, M. r., superanuated, altogether
ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE FIGURES
in the loboy. He wears an Uncle Sam
chin whsker, collar without tie and
large, soft, black hat He used to preach
at Camden aud Maxenkuckee. He
fought In the civil war in the Sixty
third Indiana.
A ROW Is BEING RAISED
by +. L. Roots and his friends because
of the bargain between Littleton and
Shideler that whichever was elected
speaker, the other should be chairman
of the ways and means committee.
Roots Is chairman Of the committee
that was appointed by the governor TO
go about and learn the needs of the var.
ious state institutions. This put him
on familiar terms with the work 10 be
dealt with by the ways and means com
mlttee. and II was assumed that he
would be given the Guardianship, but
he is TO be turned down.
HANLY's CAUCUS
The lIanly caucus, Tuesday night,
called for the purpose of getting &C
quainted," was attended by 26 leglsla-
tors, according to the llanly mems
story. Supporters of other candidates
saw this is not far wrong, but Ii is denied
that all the 26 men are true blue Hanly-
ties.
THE HANLY "MACHINE"
is the talk of his followers secretly and
his enemies openly. Ii is alleged that
everything from spittoon-wiper to gov
ernor, including the craftsmanship of
the republican state central committee,
congressman in two or three districts,
and officers of all kinds have been prom
ised and that this is the secret of much
of his strength. The llanly machine"
is said to be forming To
CONTROL POLITICS SINfNDIANA
all up and down the line.
The fight against it will be consoli.
dated, il is now believed, On Taylor,
Beveridge or Posey. Posey stock ap-
pears to be going up. Taylor will per
haps stand next to Hanly IN the caucus
and IL he is popular with followers of
Posey, Beveridge and Steele, it is pre-
dicted that they will rush To his sup
port and wipe off the Hanly score.
DEMOCRATS TO CAUCUS
The democrats of the legislature also
Wednesday night, but the
selected are honorary
Representative Eichhorn and Hedge
cock are prominently mentioned for
speaker.