The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
HOTEL LOBBY GLEANINGS
c. b. ROGERS, OF SHOALS, ANALYZEs
CAUSES OF HIS DEFEAT.
He Feels He Was Not Given Fair F1ay
Money-E. 4. Hendee's Race.

Charles b. Rogers, of Shoals, ex-consul
to Zanzibar and defeated Republican cam
didate for senator from the joint district
composed Of the counties of Orange, Mar
tin and Lawrence. was in Indianapolis yes
terday. Rogers was a victim Of one Of the
bitterest political fights perhaps ever
waged I'm the State, and the contest at
tracted attention all over Indiana.
81 am grateful said he yesterday. lat
the great victory Of the Republican cause
in the State and Nation. The Republican
majority in the Legislature is a source of
confidence that Indiana will remain in the
Republican column for years to come. and
also that she will be represented in the
United States Senate by Republicans.
My own defeat for joint senator in my
district cannot be attributed to anything
other than bitter factional fights waged
by uncompromising parties for selfish
reasons and to satisfy a spirit of revenge.
The attitude Of certain Republicans in
Lawrence and Orange counties is to be
very much regretted. as it has weakened
the party strength very materially. 1 do
not believe that even now these persons
feel any great comfort at having defeated,
at least upon the face OF the returns, the
candidate of the Republican party.
so far as my part in the fight is con-
cerned. did my duty in every sense. and
l think that all fair-minded men who know
the situation will agree that my candidacy
was honorable and dignifed and that no
censure could justly attach to me for any
thing done either before or after the NOM
ination. In Orleans township feel that ]
was not given fair play, for the reason
that the election boards in all four pre-
cincts were made up of men sworn to my
defeat, with the exception of the inspector
OF one precinct. / represented the political
character of the ticket, and the fact that
the inspectors, judges, clerks and watchers
in the precincts were all against me shows
that the Republican party was not repre-
scented on the boards as the law requires
Lawrence county seems to have gone &c
pieces under the influences of money and
the apparent indifference of many Repub-
lican voters. / am surprised AT the result
In Lawrence county. | hope 10 see the
Republicans of the district awake to a
realization of the fact that in the campaign
one of the most bitter and holly contested
/ have ever seen-they have been misled
by corrupted press, which fact is known
TO those persons on the inside Of the poll
tics of that senatorial district. Notwith-
standing the great falling off in the vote
for me, / feel that this is not a personal
rebuke OF my own candidacy, and, what
ever might have been the purposes and in
tentions of many party people in my dis
trfct, / am as soundly a Republican as
ever before and ready to devote just as
much of my energies and labor to my party
as have In the past.
'Dr. w. d. Pennington was defeated for
representative by even a smaller majority
than myself and his defeat Is attributed
to the same causes that led to my own
Two members of the Legislature were thus
thwarted because of the personal rankings
of few politicians in that district who
could not have their way in the cOnven-
ton. / feel very warmly toward those per-
sons in Orange county who came to my
/ support even after they had declared they
would not do So