The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-21

plant must have an engineer and were
having the hardest kind of a time to find
one. l made the offer this afternoon TO
Billy Taylor-he used to be an engineer. you
know-but I'm not sure that he Will accept
il. and we'd like to have little competition
for the job. so open the proposition TO all
Corners.
ELAN Neal will be a candidate for dis
trict chairman" said Marion F. Evans. of
Marion, last evening at the English. you
can put that down as settled. and you might
add that when he goes after the chairman
ship he'll land IL. / don't know that Neal
is ready to announce his candidacy. but his
friends are ready TO do 1t for him. I'm sat
isfed that he will be in the race.
While he did not say so in so many words.
Mr. Evans intimated that G A. III. Shideler
will not announce his decision on the ques-
ton to wether he will be candidate for
Governor until after the district chairman
ship Is settled. The inference is that il Mr..
Neal is elected chairman Mr.. Shideler Will
be a candidate.
Will III. Whitaker. superintendent of the
Indiana Reformatory at Jeffersonville. and
former secretary of the Republican state
committee. was in the city yesterday. 1T
came up on private business he said, land
my visit has nothing to do with the Re-
formatory: The institution is In good shape
and everything is moving smoothly"
XXX
Politicians turned out In large numbers
to see George AIDES comedy. 1.-THE District
Chairman" last night-party workers, both
Democrats and Republicans, not only from
Indianapolis. but from outside cities and
towns-and ii was very evident that they
enjoyed 1t, laughing at and applauding the
practical political methods and wisdom of
Jim Hacker. Among the most inter-
ested auditors at the play was Baron"
Rothschild, of this city, who aspires to De
the country chairman of Marion county and
was, apparently. picking up few pointers.
Joseph M. Cravens. Of Madison. one of the
Democratic stalwarts of the Fourth dis
trict. is at the Claypool. Mr.. Cravens rep
resented jefferson county in the House dur
ing the last session of the Legislature. and
it is generally understood that he Is willing
to undertake the responsibilities Of rep
resenting the Fourth district in Congress
after Marion Grifflths finishes his present
term.
I'm not ready to say that shall or shall
not be a candidate for Congress-" said Mr..
Cravens. Il noticed that staff cOrre-
spondent of one Of your Indianapolis papers
announced the other day that 1 would not
be candidate, but I'm not willing to con-
firm the statement. 1t has been reported
that Griffiths will not seek denomination
and that he and State Chairman OBrien.
OF Lawrenceburg, will be for Link Dixon.
or North vernon, and l have said that III
such is the case Ii would not be worth while
for anyone else to enter the race However.
I'm not satisfied that that is true. The
fact that Griffiths has not been over the
district this summer and fall indicates that
he is ready to retire, but 1t does not nec-
essarily indicate that he and O'Brien will
be for Dixon
Friends Of Frank Smith. of Lawrence
burg, one of United States Revenue Col
lector Nowlins deputies, are limiting that he
will be a candidate for the Republican
nomination for reporter of the Supreme
Court. They say that Smith has been feel
ing around and has practically decided to
enter the race. Smith has been In Indian
apolis frequently during the past few
weeks but has kept his political plans we'll
under cover and this is the first public in
timation that he contemplates becoming a
candidate for reporter. If he enters the
race he will be the fourth candidate and
the second from southern Indiana.