The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-07

two years ago. was In the thick of the
crowd at the English last night King was
caricatured as Cupid in one OF the city
papers during the last session. and several
of his former colleagues greeted him with
that appellation last night. whereupon the
politician from Wabash Immediately
blushed violent red.
George A. II. Shideler, of Marion. for
mer member of the House. came down
from the gas belt last evening to see how
things are Timing up for this session. Mr..
Shideler is credited with gubernatorial as
pirations and it is understood that he will
be here the greater part of the session.
off and on, to keep in touch with his
friends, as Indianapolis will be more than
ever the center of things political for the
next ten weeks.
Representative David Poer. of Gwynne-
vile, one of the new members of the minor
ity, was at the English last evening trying to
meet Representative Decker. of Evansville.
| Decker is the youngest member of the
House, while Poer lays claim to being the
| youngest Democratic member and the sec
ond youngest member of the House The
two are of the same age Within few
months, and as they are of about the same
| height and build they may go down to fame
together as the heavenly twins" of the
session of 1903.
| There is group of ten seats in the front
part of the Senate chamber, under the
| right hand of the president, that will be
occupied by ten senators who will need
watching this session by those who hope
TO keep informed of the progress of events
| in the upper branch of the Legislature.
| These seats are numbered 80, 5, 6, T. II, IL,
| IA, 10, 20 and 81 and the men who will oc-
4 them Senators
Gochenour, Kittinger, Wolcott, Ogborn,
| Goodwine, Matson, Layman and Dausman.
Two years ago Representative Statesman,
of Peru, was up against tough propo-
sition after he lost out in his speakership
| fight, and his legislative path was strewn
with thorns and powders instead Of roses
and fragrant herbs. But this winter he
seems to be coming to his own. AS the head
| House he is given the lead in the very start,
| before the session opens, while as chairman
of the judiciary committee, the position for
which he is slated, he will have one of the
| most desirable berths in the House.
XXX
Representative Hemenway, of Boonville,
| left late yesterday afternoon for Washing
| ton. after a day and a half in the city.
1t was reported that while he was here he
| would confer with a number of his friends
and decide definitely concerning his pos
| sibe candidacy for Governor but he said
| that he here merely to assist one or
| two men from his district who were after
| positions in the House or Senate. Clemar
/ Pelzer, of Boonville, the man in who he
was most directly interested, landed the
| place he sought and is slated for doorkeeper
| of the Senate.
| EVERY organization of railroad employees
will have a representative here to keep in
| touch with the proceedings in the Legisla-
ture this winter said John w. Cummings.
of Elkhart, at the English last evening
| Mr.. Cummings is the chairman of the
| legislative committee of the Brotherhood of
| Locomotive Engineers. This committee is
| in session here this week and will select
| legislative representative before adjourn
| ment. The trainmen, conductors and fire.
men will be similarly represented. Mr..
| Cummings says that the railroad men are
| not seeking any special legislation this
| year, but that they are keeping their eyes
| open for any measures that would be in
any way inimcal to their interests.
| Among the politicians who have gathered
in the city for the opening of the Legisla-
ture John w. Cravens, of Bloomington,
who member of the House two years
ago on the minority side, has been con-
| spicuous, mixing industriously with both
| that there is method in this activity and
that the Bloomington man will be here the
| greater part of the session to look after
the interests of the State University, of
| which he is the registrar. One of his
friends laughingly made the charge last
| evening that Cravens broke into the Legis-
| lature two years ago with the sole purpose
/ of learning the inside ropes in order that
he might be better qualified as a lobbyist
| but Cravens solemnly denied the allegation
| and defied the alligator.
|
| Senator Gard, of Frankfort, received
letter last evening from one of his constit
uents which began: Dear senator: II see
| by the Indianapolis Journal that there is a
scarcity of competent clerks for positions
in the Senate. If this is the case 1 wish
you would what you do for me, as
l belive that am fully qualified to do any
kind of see he tTogse t sse has
me in,' said the senator, after he had read
this letter to group of friends In the
however, the Journal did not say that we
were short of clerks: ii did say that we
| were long on doorkeepers, but this fellow,
evidently is given to jumping at conclu-
| sions.'
, Representative Charles Kirkpatrick, Of
| New Richmond is one of the members of
the House who will profit materially and
| directly by the election of Henry Marshall
as speaker, and his reward does not come
in the way of desirable committee assign
| ments either. The New Richmond man
pinned his faith to Marshall as a candidate
| from the very first. and so sure was he of
| Marshall's election that instead of look
| ing out for one of the unclaimed seats in
| the House he applied with the custodian
| for the seat Marshall had reserved, one of
| the best in the chamber The result of the
| speakership fight justified Krkpatrick's
| confidence in his candidate. and he is shak-
| ing hands with himself every time the SUBJ
ject is mentioned. His seat will be In the
first to the left of the speaker, about
| half way back, and his seatmate will be
Representative Ele Stansbury, of Will
Transport.
Booth Harrington had a taste of the
| strenuous life of the statesman with pie
hungry constituents yesterday. He came
down to the English early in the afternoon
| with his Marion county colleagues to keep
in touch with developments. and he had
not been in the lobby ten minutes before he
| was spotted by half a dozen applicants for
| legislative jobs. He could not escape even
| IL he had wanted to- but, he is not in
| clined to shirk his responsibilities, he met
| them with the assurance that he would do
! all he could for them. The siege was finally
raised about o'clock, and he started to
| leave the hotel but he went out of the
! door he was approached by two colored