Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-24
Indiana and REORGANIZATION.

/ 1t is reported from indianapolis that IL
| the plans being matured there do not mis-
/ carry. Mayor Thomas Taggart of that city
| VIII be made chairman of the democratic
! national committee before the end of the
| present year. and a systematic organza-
| ton VIII be begun throughout the states
| OF the south and west to make David B.
| Hill of New York the party nominee for
President at the next national convention.
The preliminary steps In this organization
| have already been taken, and more than
| a majority of the members of the national
| committee are now pledged to Mayor Tag
| CART. The mayor and the men who are
| back of his candidacy are pledged to Hill.
! Here is another effort to get rid Of
Chairman Jones. He is retired every month
| or so in this way, but somehow or other he
manages to hold on. Undoubtedly, a very
| obstinate man. Still it is a fact that GER
| tain members of the committee would be
glad to have him retire. and they may be
! at work for the purpose of trying to force
| him out. But the move Is not so much
anti-Jones as antiBryan. The Arkansan
! Is firm friend of the Nebraskan, and will
| not allow the national committee while he
! remains at the head of 1t to be used to
| Mr.. Bryans detriment.
In the event of a change, Mr.. Taggart,
| 1t must be admitted. would be a good man
| for the place. He is an organizer after
| lie IdSNlOn OF the idle Ddnlel INdHfllHS
| and. like Manning again, Is a successful
man of business and rich. He can afford
| the luxury of politics about as well as
| any man of his party In Indiana. He seems
| to like the game, and he plays it smoothly
| and well.
Indiana, however, is not in it's old form
50 far as the democracy is concerned, and
Mr.. Taggart, right at home. would have
to labor very hard to win. The old leaders
are all gone. They were strong men In
their day and way. Mr.. Hendricks stood
at their head-a fine specimen of the suave
gentleman of the old school. HIS prestige,
as he grew older, diminished in the coun-
try at large but he remained to the end
Indiana's favorite son. Mr.. Mcdonald
was not personally so attractive, but in
tellectually was even superior to Mr.. Hen
bricks. He stood high at the bar, and
was an effective speaker. Mr.. English. with
out personal charm of any kind. was yet
man of forceful character and most
striking common sense. Mr.Voorhees, never
anything but an orator. was yet one of
the best of the brand at home. and rem
dered his party valuable service on the
stump in every campaign.
All are dead and. far, their places
have not been filed. The young men who
have come to the front there IN the past
decade are all republicans. Mr.. Fairbanks.
Mr.. Beveridge, Mr.. Lands. Mr.. Overstreet
| and Mr.. Heminway are leaders Of very
| considerable promise. and the first named
| has become important a figure in ma
| tional affairs that he appears in the list
| OF those mentioned for his party's nomi-
! nation for the presidency in 1904. The
| democrats at present have nobody to offer
| as against these men. The state, which
! at one time was safely democratic, has
voted twice for Mr.. Mckinley for Presi-
dent and on each occasion elected a re-
publican governor, by large majorities
! Democracy, therefore, has lost consider
| able ground. and political leadership does
| not flourish in barren soil.