The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-07

ASK EARLY PRIMARIES
DEMOCRATIC COUNCILMEN UNANI-
MOUSLY ADOPT RESOLUTION.
Chairman Tanning Requested tc, Name
day as Early as Possible
Taggart's Boom.

Chairman Tanning, who is waiting to call
the Democratic primaries when it is for
the best interest of the party is TO be en-
lightened to-day. He will receive a copy
of resolution adopted by the eight DEM
ocratic members of the City Council, who
held caucus last night at Councilman
Berry's Office. The resolutions sent to Mr..
Tanning were signed by Chairman Mo-
Rarity, of the Council caucus, Councilman
Meyer. caucus secretary, and Couneilmen
Wahl, Shea, Kelly, Wolsiffer, Merry and
Warweg. They were:
Whereas, The Republican city commit
tee has been organized and nominations
made by them for the coming fall election,
and
Whereas, We find an almost unanimous
sentiment among Democrats of our respect
i've wards for early organization of the
Democratic committee, therefore be il
RESOLVED, That we respectfully request
Joseph L. Tanning and his executive COM
mittee to appoint as early a day as possible
for the election of precinct committeeman
throughout the city,
COuncilmen Kelly and WOlSiffer are the
only ones counted with the machine crowd.
Although Councilman Wahl, who is keep
ing aloof from the Reach and Kern fac
tions, says the resolution simply means
that the eight councilmen speak for more
Democrats than can Reach or Polster or
Tanning or Bell, it is well understood that
has developed that Reach has twelve of the
nineteen members of Fannings primary
commission with him and now he manipu-
lates the eight councilmen to renew his
demand for early primaries.
UNANIMOUS SENTIMENT.
The Democratic councilmen say the reso-
lutions have nothing to do with any mans
fight, but they merely reflect the unani-
nous sentiment of the Democrats. AS the
eight Democrats represent over one-half
of the party strength, this must be illumi-
mating to Chairman Tanning.
Democrats are proceeding on the theory
that the primaries will be held the last
week in April. Chairman Tanning has not
dropped a hint as to when they will be
held, but the Bell "spielers'' are saying
they will be held then. The Reach organi-
zation seems to be proceeding without much
reference to Chairman Fanning's plans.
Every day 1t gains strength, the workers
say, and they will not be worried IL Fan
ming does not call the primaries until the
last of the month.
The free use of the name OF Thomas Tag
gart is taken another evidence that the
machine has gone to pieces under Joseph
L. Bells candidacy Bell in an interview
said he expected to become a candidate.
This leads some to suspect that Taggart
is creating, or trying to create, situa-
tion which will permit a convention stam-
pede to him. A good many machine men,
however, are getting tired of forcing
people, and the chances are that II Taggart
wants the nomination he will have to get
into the game and ask IL. There are al
ready too many aspirants 10 ADMIT or
stampede Besides Mr.. Taggarts most in
innate friends say the story of his candi-
dacy is ridiculous. They even go so far
as to say that he Is so involved In his busi-
ness affairs at French Lick that he could
not become a candidate without an enor-