The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-01-15
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PARKS vi. MARTIN, DEMOCRATIC
CHAIRMAN, IN THE CITY.
Anxious to Know What People Are
Saying OF Him-Judge Taylor i'm
TOwn-COrridor Gossip.

Parks NJ. Martin, the chairman of the
the Grand last night from Spencer.
where he has been seriously i'll for some
time. He said his illness had kept him from
being informed as to recent events in DEM
ocratic circles, and he was very anxious
to know of now his candidacy has been
talked of among the Democrats during his
absence.
He intimated that he felt no doubt about
his reelection as state chairman, and said
he could do nothing in the way of commit
tee or party organization until after the
reorganization of the state committee. He
said he had great hopes for the election of
the state ticket.
The arrival of Parks NJ. Martin last
night stirred up the old antagonism to him
among the Democratic leaders in the Sew
enth district. Figuratively speaking, they
shook hands with him while holding the
other hand with knife in it behind their
backs.
"We're going to elect Jim Murdoch"
said one of hem, land the fact that he
says he won't accept the place cuts no
against him and can count on the Elev-
enth and Thirteenth being with US. II
Parks Martins friends think he has got
the First and Second district votes they
are badly mistaken, for We will be able
to control them at the proper time. This
question of gold or silver as a party issue
Is all rot. We don't care whether the plat
fern is a gold one or silver one, but We
do love the old party and we don't want
to see any new crowd come into the old
organization We have built up after twen-
ty years of hard work and attempt to
run things We're Democrats first, last
and all the time. Martin sees that We have
u good chance to win this time and he
wants TO get in the band wagon. If We
looked like losers he wouldn't try so hard
10 be state chairman.
From the rest of the conversation, which
was of private nature. 1t may be as
sumed that Jerome Herff's candidacy is
not to be taken seriously, nor, for that
matter, Hugh Dougherty's The latter is
a candidate for the state treasurership
and will undoubtedly receive the nomina-
ton, and this fact will prevent him being
state chairman. Both of them are in the
deal by which the Taggart Democrats ex-
pect TO depose Martin and elect Murdoch
and Jerome Herff's candidacy is only for
the purpose of drawing away the support
OF the committeeman In the northern dis
tricts.
Along with the set plan to drop Parks
Martin is another by the same element
to throttle any attempt on the part of
Leon o. Bailey to become a candidate for
Congress from this district. AT the time
of the holding of the district convention
meeting was held in the Grand Hotel
where the Johnson county delegation was
handed d large bouquet by being given
the privilege of naming the congressional
candidate. The delegation thereupon fixed
On Green Smith and it is understood that
he will have the old Democratic organ
ization behind his candidacy. 1t was also
said last night that the anti-Martin ele-
ment in the recent district convention had
intended to offer a resolution calculated to
kill his chances in this district by moving
that 1t be the sense of the meeting that
Parks NJ. Martin be made the choice for
state chairman. This would have given the
opportunity TO vote it down and thus fire
the first gun against him. The only thing
that prevented IL the fact that the Cox
supporters could only muster four votes.
Had they had, as was expected, from
twenty to thirty votes, it was intended to
rub it in by Offering the Martin resolu-
ton.