The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-07

officer. of Madison. AL Phillips. OF MOBILES
Vile, and John Chew3ming, OF Rockport.
were standing in the bobby Of the English
last evening when the young woman who
collections for the Salvation Army APP
preached them and held out her tam
BOURNE The men whose business IL Is 10
do nothing but collect money eeEe nom
plused at the idea that any one should
attempt TO collect anything from them, and
before they had reccv. red from their sur
prise the young woman had passed on,
apparently considering ithem hopeless.
That girl didn't know what she was up
against when she tried. TO take a collection
from this crow1," observed Chewming.
Were some pumpkins ourselves as col
lectors."
Senator Beveridge VIII leave this after
noon for Washington aud will arrive at the
capital on the eve of the opening Of the
special session OF Congress. The senator
spent an exceedingly busy day yesterday
comforting with his close friends and re-
ceiving callers from ALI over the State, and
to-day will be a REPETITION OF the pro-
gramme. Among the out-of-town callers
yesterday were ~. M. Willoughby, post
master of Greensburg:: former State Sena-
tor ". w. lambert, o~fsColumbus; Elan IL:
Eeaa' ns OF o0nes6 T4Tf1 s+ ~; Z. SYRINGE, Of
Columbus, and Judge Eugene l.. Bundy, Of
New Castle.
The Journals correspondent at Warsaw
has figured it out that the Republicans Of
Kosciusko county hold The balance of power
In the present contest IN the Thirteenth dis
trict.
THAT Kosciusko couaty's delegation will
hold the whip-hand at she next Republican
convention in this district is evident" he
says in a dispatch to the Journal. MANY
conservative politicians here are inclined
to the belief that WalteS Brown, the present
district chairman. and "a candidate for re-
election, has cast the gauntlet in the face or
his political enemies and In his recent chal-
lenge has invited them TO do their worst.
There are two other a$owed candidates to
succeed Mr.. Br0wn-Rome c. Stephenson.
of Rochester. and Flank w. Boss. of
Plymouth. st. Joseph. Elkhart and Kos
ciusko counties, being the largest in the
district. always have things their own way.
on his hands in his own county and a d.
vided delegation will doubtless be sent 10
the convention. This If practically assured
would rather see any candidate win than
the man from their OWE county. st. Joseph
county, Congressman Bricks home, will
have to divide Its vote. equally among the
candidates for the reason that Mr.. Brick
is seeking renominatioF. Marshall county
will, naturally, stand by Mr.. Boss, while
Starke, Pulaski and FELTON, maye be lined
up Tor Mr.. Stepnensoh. mus hosciuSko
county,, with twenty-tvo votes in the con-
v~ention, and free of any alliances or con-
troversies. will be able to name the next
district chairman"
x
Republican State Chairman James p.
Goodrich, of Winchester, while here last
night announced that he will call a meeting
next week of the subcommittee on rules,
which has some important matters of party
policy under consideration He has not
settled the exact date, Eut the meeting will
be held next week, ang shortly after that
the calls for the district conventions will
probably be sent out.