The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-11
He Makes a Positive Announcement
and Says He Will support Hen
ry w. MARSHALL.
WILL WORK FOR THE LATTER
AGAIN THE DAMON AND PYTHIAS OF
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senator Fairbanks Has Several Call
ers-COmmittee on Territories on
Its Way--PoliticaI News.

Representative James F. Statesman, OF
Peru, will not be candidate for speaker
of the House at the approaching session
of the State Legislature. Mr.. Statesman
was in the city yesterday in conference
with number of his political friends and
at the Columbia Club in the afternoon he
authorized the Journal to make the state
ment that he is not and will not be can
didate for the speakership.
Il shall not be a candidate" said the
representative from Miami. "but 1 shall
support my friend Henry Marshall. of
Lafayette, for the speakership. Mr.
Marshall supported me most loyalty in my
race at the session two years ago and in
return 1 can do no less than stand by him
this year. Warren G.. Sayre, of Wabash.
Is a candidate. / have seen Mr.. Marshall
and Mr.. Sayre and they both understand
my position. Mr.. Sayre is from my dis
trict and under ordinary circumstances he
would expect my support IL were not
candidate myself, but he understands the
situation clearly and knows that my vote
will go 70 Marshall.
when was a candidate in 1901 Marshall
stood By me through thick and thin and
went down in defeat with me. He did this
at no little personal sacrifice and suffered
the consequences of my defeat even more
than / did. He resisted heavy pressure
that was brought to bear on him to induce
him to become a candidate himself and
should be the worst sort of an migrate IL
| did not do all in my power to further
his interests this winter. Marshall is a
popular man, experienced, and will draw
support from all over the State. / believe
he will be elected"
hn 10 Of h. n
ture the friendship between Representa-
tives Marshall and Statesman was so
marked that they were frequently alluded
to as the Damon and Pythias of the House
and under the circumstances IL is not sur
prising that the member from Miami will
not oppose the member from Tippecanoe
Marshall announced his candidacy for the
speakership as soon as he was sure of a
seat in the House this session and he will
make an aggressive campaign. The other
avowed aspirants for the honor are Sayre.
OF WABASH; kirkman, of Wayne, and
Morgan, of Marion. Mr.. Sayre was speaker
during the session of 1887
Representative Statesman enjoys the dis
JUNCTION OF having received the largest plu-
rality OF any member elected to the Legis-
lature this year. He represents the Joint
district composed of Miami, Grant, How
ara, wabash and Huntington counties and
he received plurality of 1000 votes. This
Is almost twice as large the plurality of
any other member.
In commenting on the recent election and
Il
Representative Statesman called attention
to the important position the Eleventh
congressional district will take In the
House.
The Eleventh district will have ten Re-
publican members of the House." he said
the largest representation OF any congress
sional district. The Seventh will have nine
| Republican members, counting the eigh,
| from Marion county and the Joint repre-.
| sentative from Marion and Hancock coun.
| ties. The latter. however, may be claimed
| by the Sixth district, as he lives in Han
cock"
Mr.. Statesman Is inclined to the belle,
| that the policy of the coming session will
be to restrict legislation rather than Il
cucumber the statutes with profusion OF
new laws. II introduced but two bills a.
| the last session." he said, land l think
shall have none for this session Seyera
| other members with whom 1 have talked
/ have said that they are opposed to whole
| sale legislation, and, while a few member
| may come down with such a lot of new
bills that they will have to pay excess bag
| gage, don't believe that many measure
viii get past the committees.
THE most important matter for the con
| sideration OF the Legislature is the re
apportionment of the State for LEGISLATIVE
purposes. / hear considerable talk in ia
| vor of voting machines. and a measur
| providing for that innovation may be con
sidered. There is also a growing sentimen
for registration law and a bill to that en-,
| may be enacted"