The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-11

meeting at 1:3o o'clock this afternoon at
the headquarters in the Stevenson Building,
and the gathering Of the clans began yes
terday afternoon. In addition to the MEM
bers OF the State committee and executive
committee number Of candidates and
prominent party workers from all over the
State will be here State Chairman James
p. Goodrich, of Winchester, was the first
TO arrive yesterday, and last evening
George w. Self, of Corydon- the Third dis
trict member of the committe. and Oscar
H. Montgomery, of Seymour, the Fourth
district member, put In an appearance Le-
roy b. Nash; of Upton, candidate for the
Court. and Qtho H. Williams, of New Castle,
who wants the congressional nomination IN
the sixth district. were two OF the cary
of Rushville, whose seat Mr.. Williams is
after, will be here to-day.
The State committee has considerable
business to transact, the most important
of which is the adoption of the new rules
governing the selection of delegates to con-
ventions, ETC., and the calling of the var
ious district conventions for the election or
a new State committee next month.
1t is understood that the report of the
subcommittee on rules, which was given to
the public several weeks ago, will be
adopted without any material amendments.
no opposition having been raised TO any or
the proposed rules The date for the dis
trict conventions will be somewhere near
the middle of January. The precinct meet
ings will probably be called for Friday and
Saturday, Jan. and 8, and the district
conventions for the following Wednesday.
All the district conventions will be held the
same day, as usual The district commit
tees, composed of the county chairmen and
members of the State committee, will select
of vybp he vi no
Another matter to be brought before the
State committee is the annual love feast to
be held some time during the holidays. The
date and place will be selected and other
preliminary arrangements put under way.
1t is understood that the love feast will be
held the Tuesday and Wednesday following
Christmas, and that on Wednesday night
general roundup will take place at which
| speeches will be made by Senator's Fair
banks and Beverage. members of the lower
branch OF Congress who may attend ana
| other party leaders. The entire affair will
| be informal and means simply the annual
| gathering of Republicans to talk over
| iasm for the approaching campaign. Can
| didates, of course. will be largely in evl-
dence, as the meeting will offer more oppor-
| tunities for log-rolling than any party az
| fair previous to the State convention next
| spring.
| 1t has been reported that the State COM
mittee will elect secretary at the meet
| ing to-day to fill the vacancy created by the
retirement of Will H. Whitaker. This re-
| port is an error, however, the State chair
/ man and members of the committee stating
| that the election of a secretary will not be
| taken IN until the meeting for the re-or-
/ ganization of the committee next month.
This meeting will probably be held two or
| three days after the district conventions
| select the new State committee.
| The members of the state committee are:
| First district, George A. Cunningham, of
Evansville; Second. John c. Billheimer, of
| Washington Third, George w. Self, of
Corydon; Fourth, Oscar III. Montgomery, OF
| Seymour; Fifth, Julian ID. Hogate, of Dan
Vile; Sixth, K. p. Thayer. of Greenfield;
Seventh, Floyd A. Woods, of Indianapolis;
Eighth, George Lilly, of Anderson; Ninth
Fred Sims, of Frankfort: Tenth, L. J. Nc
| Coy, of Rensselaer,; Eleventh Adam L.
Beck, of Huntington; Twelfth. Elmer Leon
ard. of Fort Wayne: Thirteenth. Walter
OF these Cunningham, Billheimer. Ho-
gate, Woods, Lilly, Sims and Mccoy will be
are all standing for reelection and have
| no opposition. Self, Of the Third, and Mont
gomery, of the Fourth, will retire. the for.
| mer to become a candidate for reporter OF
the Supreme Court and the latter to become
candidate for Judge Of the Supreme Court
John G. Zulauf, OF New Albany, Is the only
candidate for the Third district chairman an,
Fourth william E. Springer, of Elizabeth
town, and A. A. Trip, of North Vernon
are candidates for Montgomery's place, II
mond, is a candidate against Thayer. II
the Eleventh, it is understood, Elan II
Neal of JSnesbcro will oppose Beck ss.,d I,
is candidate against Leonard, but 1t II
said that he has decided to withdraw from
the contest. In the Thirteenth a three-cor
4 fo1,t &c IN, hot
Boss, Of Plymouth, and Rome c. Stephen
| son, of Rochester. and the contest is a live
reelected, as there is no opposition to him
George w. Self, of Corydon, and Leroy b
Nash, OF Upton, who are rivals for thu
nomination for reporter of the Suprem
Court, were in a group at the English las
evening discussing political matters In gen
eral when Mr.. Nash suddenly developed
surprising desire to do something for hi
! opponent Mr. Self had mentioned a coun
| ty In Pennsylvania that returns Repub
lican majority of 1900 at every election.
he n SAID OF eond nse
5000 of 1t to an advantage down In tn
Third district
'T wish to gracious you had it," ex
be candidate for Congress. You ought I
be I'm Congress. and I'd like to come dow
ana nelp nominate ana erect you.
When the laugh Mt this sally was owe
| Nash added with equal earnestness that h
would like to go down into the Third an
help Self secure the congressional nomina
} ton under present conditions, and ex
| pressed the belief that the Corydon ma
| could carry the district il any Republica
| could. However, Mr.. Self refused gentl
| but firmly to submit to- being sidetracket
especially when the motive behind the Tn
. ton politicians overtures was apparent
XXX
a The race for the nomination for reporter
by the way, bids fair to be "hot one,'' 70
three good men have already entered and
fourth has all but announced his cand
: dacy. Ben r. Corwin, of Greencastle
the third entry, and Frank Smith, @
' Brookville, Revenue Collector A. E. Now
q Inns chief deputy, has confided to a fe'
4 | friends that he expects to be I'm the ruT
ming, and definite announcement to tina
effect is expected within few days
The Anderson Herald has the followin
to say editorially anent the presidents
question:
THE question of the next nominee fc
:. | President Is becoming a serious matter wit
. the great mass of Republicans of the cour
l. | rty. For a time 1t appeared that Presider
t Roosevelt would be the only name befoi
t the convention, and there Is nothing no
n Of a definite nature to dispute this But RI
| publicanS over the country, though Sayin