Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-06-20
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An Interesting budget.

Our Indianapolis Correspondence I1"S
An Interesting budget
INDIANAPOLIS, June Ex-senator Bev-
erdige has not been asleep III MAKING
appointments to Office. lie has SHOWN
exceptional good sense-vieN from
his own standpoint-iu selecting MS
three principal ofiicers-the pension
agent. United States marshal and rev
enue collector for the Terre Haute
district. He has secured valuable
ally In A. o. Marsh, pension agent,
because no man has more influence
with the old soldiers than he. ana
Senator Beveridse, viewing the matter
from a selfish standpoint. needed 10
get behind him the support OF the
older members of the party and the
Civil war veterans. He made no ms
take from a personal standpoint in get
4 ring Harry b. Petit on his side 10y
appointing him United States marshal
for he is probably the only man strong
apouyh in the Eleventh district to beat
8 Mai. steele for the congressional NOM
,natton and that is considered a SUI
q ,,rame measure of strength. Besides,
z he is a very shrewd and influential
politician. Again. In the appointment
of John r. Ronnell as revenue col
lector for the Terre .laute district. n.
friend OF !. e s ssts =
The face FOR the Republican nomi-
Llanation for clerk of the supreme court
I appears at present 10 afford an nd
vantageous opening for dark horse
| The avowed candidates. Messrs Hat
field of Blufton. Fitzpatrick Of Port
| land. and Neal of Noblesville, are ham,
pered I'm IA peculiar manner Messrs.
Hatfield ard Fitzpatrick have entered
into lively scrap" between them
selves which may mean the political
suicide of both. while Mr. Neal is ham,
pered by the race for the Republican
nomination for auditor Of state that Is
being mad by David Sherrick of No
blesville- i his contest is by no means
| amicable, as both Mr.. Neal and Mr.
Sherrick lay claims to the Hamilton
county vote in the convention.
For some time A. NJ. Higgins,
bright young Republican leader Of
Terre Haute, has been mentioned as
a probable candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination for clerk of the SUI
preme court. Mr.. Higgins while here
last night. put these rumors ut rest.
Il shall not be a candidate" he said,
'as l am very busy praciiclng Ia ".
Ii l intended to be a candidate
should be laying my fences now. as
think there is an advantage In get
ting promises early in a fight
James Ill. Mcintosh, national bank
examiner. of Connersville. was here
today 1t is now definitely under
stood that he will continue to serve
as bank examiner during McKinley's
second term. He formerly was clerk
Of Fayette county and has held a
good many administrative positions of
trust and responsibility in that county
Frank Doran Of Laporte. who is
making a hustling race for the Repub- |
liyan nomination for auditor of state,
was here yesterday. He said that he |
has been enjoying an outing at Bear
Lake and expects to return there as |
soon as the sitting of the Laporte coun- |
ty board of review Is ended.
Information comes from Fort Wayne |
that Frank f. Lewis of that city has |
been officially notified that he has been |
designated for examination for a lieut. |
enancy in the regular army. He is a |
clerk in railroad office at Fort Wayne |
and quite popular among attaches of |
the states military establishment