The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-20
HooslERs INTERESTED
indiana VIII Occupy Central Place
at CHICAGO Convention.

all the men who take prominent part |
In Indiana Republican politics are in |
Chicago now in attendance at the ma
uonal convention, and those who are |
not there in person are there in spirit, |
for the convention holds much Of espe-
cial interest to the Republicans of this |
state. The all-engrosslng question to
Hoosiers is whether Senator Fairbanks |
will be the nominee for Vice president +
The question is generally answered in |
the Affirmative, for while there are
those of the senator's close friends and
advisers who doubt the wisdom of his
seeking or accepting second place on
the national ticket this year, all rec
ognize the demand for him and believe
that he can have the nomination for
the asking. In pursuance of the policy
he adopted eight months ago, when the
question Of the vice presidency was
first preached, the senator remains al
together non-committal, other than to
say that he Is not a candidate for the
preferment. Congressman HemenWay,
United States District Attorney Joseph
B. Healing, State Chairman Goodrich
and ether of the senator's close friends
who are talking for him, say that he
will accept the nomination Ii it comes
to him without fight This does not
mean that the senator's name will not
be presented to the convention IL
| the name of any other candidate Is put
| forward, but it means that the senator
| and his friends are not going to make
| a hard contest for the nomination, and
| that if there appears any considerable
| sentiment against his nomination, he
will decline to be considered and will
make his declination as emphatic and
unmistakable as that of Uncle Joe"
! Cannon. That other names will go
| before the convention ) virtually as
sured Congressman Hit of Illinois
and General Webster of Nebraska are
avowed candidates for the honor and
have the backing of their respective
state delegations. However, they may
receive nothing more than compli-
mentary votes, and in such event the
! nomination could be given the Indiana
senator practically by reclamation.
The election of A. K. Stills of Month
cello as the Tenth district member
of the Republican state committee to
succeed Thomas j. Mccoy of Rensse-
laer, came as something Of a surprise
to the politicians. Mr.. Stills has beer
prominent in district and state poll
tics, but he did not have the backing
of Congressman Crumpacker, and it
had been generally expected that Mr..
Crumpacker would name McCoy's sue
cessor Stills election has been point
ed to as a victory for Governor Durbin,
as he was backed by men who stand
close to the governor, but the friends
of Mr.. Crumpacker say it is not to be
regarded in that light because Mr..
Crumpacker did not take an active
part in the contest, contenting himself
merely in urging that a good man and
one who was not unfriendly to him be
selected. Mr.. Stills has always been
considered Crumpacker man. Stills
was elected by a vote of five to four
after a twenty-four hours struggle in
the district committee at the Ham.
mond meeting.
Gossip anent the absorption of the
indianapolis Journal, the Republican
state organ, by the indianapolis Star
Is still rife, and the rumor is persist.
ent that leading Republican are head
ing a movement looking to the estab.
,, lishment of new organ. A great deal
! of talk to this effect is going the
! rounds and it is understood that deal
l is on for the purchase Of the Indianep
oils Sun and the conversion Of II
paper into a Republican organ. The
Sun is now published as an indapend
emit paper The identity of the men
zealously guarded at present. but it is
, said that the matter will be taken uI
a aggressively and in the open immedi
ately after the national convention. A
s conference of Indiana leaders with
; members of the national committee
will be held this week at Chicago to
discuss the situation here and the need
of q newspaper at the state capita
that can be used as the mouthpiece
Of the party organization.
Indiana will play prominent par
in the Chicago convention, as she has
done in the national councils of the
4 Republican party for years. Indeed
8 since all the convention proceedings
> save the nomination of a candidate fol
IS vice president are cut and dried, ant
= Indiana has the man most talked of fol-
4 second place, the state is really the
v cynosure of all eyes. In addition, Sen
ator Beverage will make the first ant
r principal address seconding the nomi
8 nation of President Roosevelt, and the
Junior senator's reputation as an ora
tor is such that no event on the pro
n gram will attract more attention. The
Is senator's speech will be short-requir
s ing but twenty minutes in delivery
10 but the favored few who have seen thu
NJ advance sheets pronounce it a mas
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