The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-22
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

wants all the glory she is entitled 10 as the
Mr.. Singleton is a member of the execu-
tive committee Of the Indiana Republican
Editorial Association and he says that the
of the association are well in hand with
prospects for an unusually large and sue
cessful affair. The invitations will be issued
next week, he says.
Maj. John b. Jeffrey. Of Washington, ID.
c.. veteran newspaper man and politician.
is at the Claypool. Major jeffrey. i'm 1853.
was the business manager of the Indian
apolis Sentinel. the late Richard ]. Bright
being at that time the proprietor OF the
Sentinel. He and John H Holiday. OF this
city. conceived the idea that an evening
paper would be a successful venture I'm In
dianapolis and accordingly they established
the Indianapolis News. Major Jeffrey jeff
indianapolis a few years later. going to
Chicago, where he became business man.
ager of the Chicago Evening Journal just
in. time to get burned out In the big fire.
Since that time he has engaged in news
paper ventures in various parts OF the
country and has held one or two govern
ment positions.
81 am now headed for St Louis to see
SeTe under saS the a io po2se5
Politics. did you say? Why, had almost
forgotten that Indiana is the pivotal State.
itics here, but really. I'm out Of politics for
the present and couldn't give you line on
a thing new or startling.
Accompanying Major Jeffrey IS James
Barton Key, OF historic family and noted
hotel man. Mr.. Key is the proprietor OF
Bartons Hotel in Washington, which has
become the home Of members Of Congress
and politicians who formerly rendezvoused
at Chamberlin's, and is the man upon whom
boniface the Washington Post declared
the mantle OF Chamberlin had fallen
At Barton's now, surrounded by the same
old pictures OF race horses and racing
events. which Mr.. Key purchased at the
war horses-Stewart. of Nevada: Blackburn.
of Kentucky; Thurston, OF Nebraska; Car
ter, Of Montana; Butler. of North Carolina:
John Allen, of Mississippi; Bailey, OF Texas;
Hanna, of Ohio, and scores Of others-still
come for their terrapin,. canvasbacks, old
Southern corn bread and fried chicken. Mr..
Key is the son Of Philip Barton Key, former
district attorney of the District of Column
bia, grandnephew of Chief Justice fancy.
and a grandson of Francis Scott Key. the
author Of our national song. THE Star
spangled Banner"
Mr.. Key is interested in the Democratic
presidential nominee for next year and he
says he has about concluded that Governor
Francis. of Missouri, would make the strong
est candidate the party could select.
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With Charles Polster and the candidacy
for the Democratic district Craftsmanship
it seems to be a case OF lon agin. on agin.
gone agin, Finnigan," for he has been in
and out Of the race half a dozen times since
the campaign was first opened What pur-
ports to be his final decision was given out
yesterday afternoon, when he said: 1T am
not going to be a candidate. / will be
against Tanning, but not as a candidate
Yesterday forenoon Polster said he was
candidate and was In the fight to stay and
win, and the Democrats who are not on the
inside of the Reach clique are at a loss for
an explanation of his sudden change OF
fropt- 1t was announced yesterday with
much significance that Reach is preparing
to explode a bomb In the camp of the Fan
ning-Taggart crowd. and this announcement
was followed I'D with the startling state
ment that Reach had kept an accurate ac-
by him during the last Campaign and that
1t is his plan to make report OF his stew
ardship to the city committee, or through
the press to the public. This procedure,
the Reach men say. would compel Tanning
TO make a statement as 10 how he had
managed the funds while he was city chair
man, and then, is II insinuated, that Fan
ming would be up in the air, because he
had never kept record and could not make
statement.
gestion last night and expressed the hope
that Reach would make a statement, pro-
yiding 1t be true and exact statement:
They intimate that true statement OF
moneys received by Reach during the last
campaign would show that he took contri-
buttons from gamblers. saloon keepers. po-
licemen, firemen, and, in fact. from anyone
he could persuade to dig up"
Reach will have a candidate against Fan
ming. according to the declaration OF an
merely a question now OF agreeing upon the
man. and it is said that five men are under
onsidertion-Edward w. Little, George
rison and DR.. L. N Howard. The signif1.
cant thing about this intention Is that all
these men have been classed as Tanning
supporters, and Little, In particular, de-
clared few days since that he had all he
wanted of Reach and was for flaming
first, last and all the time. 1t is inferred
that Keach's scheme is to bring out a man
who will draw support from the Fanning-
Taggart forces, and run him. not as a
Reach candidate, but as an anti-Fanning
candidate.
Former Sheriff bob" Emmett takes ex-
ceptions to the report in yesterdays Jour
nal that he had turned on Reach and would
line up for Tanning in the district chair
manship contest. Jim Reach and I have
| been lifelong friends. in and out OF poll
| tics" said Mr.. Emmett last evening. land
| do not like to have IL even suggested that
/ would under any circumstances turn
| against one of my friends. AS TO the in
| situation that 1 went into the city cam
| paign with the promise that / would be
| appointed chief of police IL Hoffman was
| elected there is not word of truth in it."
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| Henry A Barnhardt, of Rochester, a we'll
known Democratic newspaper man and
party worker. brought with him to the city
yesterday story which. while not exactly
| a good Democratic story, was too good TO
keep. and accordingly he impaired 1t to q
/ few friends
| It seems that Mr.. Barnhardt has friend,
a farmer up in his county. who is a ram
| pant Republican, and who has always
| taken occasion to rub in" Democratic de-
feats on him. Not long since the farmer
| fell heir to quite sum Of money from the
estate of an uncle in Kentucky. and when
| he received the first draft for several hum
| dred dollars invested ii in a farm, at Mr..
Barnhardt's suggestion. Later he received
/ second installment OF his fortune and
| again invested il in real estate The farm
| er called on Mr.. Barnhardt shortly after
| he had received the last payment, and In
| the course of their conversation Mr. Barn.
/ hardt offered MIN some advice
| Now" he said, you've come into all
| this money and have put il away wh>re
| you'll not be tempted TO buy gold bricks,
| and there is just one other thing you ought
| to do-you ought to change your politics
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