The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

ago and founded a town that bears his
name and is now a city OF 10000 inhabitants.
IS at the English. Mr.. La Follettes ola
home was at Lebanon and he took an
active part IN Republican politics. having
been elected state superintendent OF puo-
lie instruction in 1856 and 1855 After ne
located In Tennessee he continued 10 dip
into politics more or less and IL Is an evil
dence Of his activity that he recently
named as a delegate 10 the Republican ma
tional convention from hrs congressional
district. He said last evening that he eN-
pected TO have the pleasure of voting Tor
the nomination OF Mr.. Roosevelt for PreSi-
dent and for an Indiana man Tor vice
President.
Mr. La Toilette is engaged I'm the mining
business and the company with which he is
identified owns one of the most valuable
iron ore properties in the country
Senator Eben II. wolcott of wolcott.
was in the city last night 10 attend the
meeting OF the board OF directors OF a COM
oeny in which he is interested
GIL McNutt, OF Terre Haute. the Fifth
district member of the Democratic state
committee was here last evening in con-
sultation with some of the party leaders,
When asked concerning the drift OF the
Parker-Hearst contest in his district lie
laughed and said there had not been inucn
OF contest up to the present tune. iesn.
ing the inference 10 be drawn that the
Hearst people were not able TO put up a
fight worth mentioning.
Mr.. McNutt says that John T.. Lamb, or
his city. and a. w. knight. Of Brazil, are
being spoken of the probable candidates
for delegates TO the Democratic nauonai
convention from the Fifth district Il am
rather inclined to believe they will be
elected" he added.
Crawford Fairbanks. the well-known
brewer and Democratic politician OF Terre
| Haute. also in the city last night
AT Hearst headquarters yesterday the
managers and attaches all wore radiant
smiles as a result of the victory achieved
| by the Hearst forces i'm Delaware county.
| They claim that every delegate from Della
| ware to the Democratic state convention
Is an avowed Hearst man, and. more than
| that, they now claim that they control tho
| entire Eighth district and that the dele
gates from that district to the national con-
veltion will be Hearst men. The Parker
| people laugh at the suggestion that Hearst
| will get the Eighth district delegates and
| say they will control the district by an
| overwhelming majority.
| In an editorial i'm Hearst's Chicago Amer
| lean. copies of which were widely distrib-
uted over indianapolis yesterday, the fol-
| lowing information is conveyed:
| What. then, is the condition of the Hill
| Taggars boom for Judge Parker through
| out Indiana? County after county has
| turned down the would-be Parker delegates
| since the shameless action OF the Marion
| county ring OF freebooters."
| This is important news. If true. but the
| truth is that only one county i'm Indiana
| has turned down Parker delegates since
| the Marion county primaries and caucus.
| while several counties have selected dele
wbom a a for 6e Nsw yor ma lsf rSe
freebootcrs' are apparently still in the
saddle.
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the American is devoted to special from
Evansville which tells of the remarkable
progress the Hearst movement is making
in Posey county The special says:
"Posey county is one of the banner DEM
| ocratic counties in the State. and. Mt
| Vernon, its county seat. has one OF the
| strongest and most enthusiastic Hearst
clubs i'm southern Indiana. where sentiment
for the New York cors Assman is stronger
and growing stronger daily"
| Then follows detailed account of tho
Mt. Vernon Hearst Club and the prepon-
derance of Hearst sentiment in Posey
county, setting forth the prominent MEM
bers of the organization and their Demo-
| cratic strength.
There is just one bit of information omit
ted ia the special, and that Is the very i'm
! portant fact that Posey county Democrats
have already selected their delegates to the
| state convention and have instructed them
for Judge Parker. Posey county, be IL re-
| membered. is the home OF Major @. V. Men
| zies, who is one of the strong members Of
the Parker machine in Indiana Democracy,
and he has taken good care of his county
John c. Eastman. former Indiana man.
who until recently employed by Will
liam r. Hearst as manager of his Chicago
newspap ers and who came to India napolis
few weeks ago TO prepare the way for the
opening of Hearst headquarters here has
left Hearst and become of the owners
and publishers of the Chicago Journal In
an extended statement of the purposes OF
his own signature Mr.. Eastman has tho
following to say. which is of especial in
terest because of his recent alliance with
bonanza millionaire of the type he men-
tons:
Readers of the Journal are entitled to
| the foregoing information, think, for
| some of them may have imagined that this
paper was owned by a trust, by labor or
| ganizations, by crowd of lazy. thievinEs
politicians or by some bonanza mi.lionar Q
| who wanted TO exploit his own weird ideas
| and perhaps boom himself for alderman-or
maybe for President OF the United States
Adam i. Beck. of Huntington. former
member of the Republican state committee
for the Eleventh district. is in the city. a
guest at the English. Last evening he was
in conference with Harry {. Starr, OF Rich
mond Joseph Il. Healing. of this city, and
other well-hnown political workers.
jackson Boyd. of Greencastie. who rep
resented Putnam county in the House dur
| ing the last session OF the Legislature, was
at the Grand last night. MIR. Boyd is. of
course. Democrat. otherwise it would be
| difficult 10 explain how be happened TO be
| elected state representative in Putnam
county, but more than that ne Is now a
Hearst Democrat. and IL Is reported that he
may be a candidate for delegate to the ST.
Louis convention from the Fifth district
| s. NJ. Ralston, of Lebanon, is sending out
a CIRCULAR letter TO the Democrats of the
Ninth district in effort to counteract the
effect of the Hearst advertisements tina,
are appearing in Democratic newspapers
throughout the district and a circular let
; ter from the Hearst League urging that he
be defeated as candidate for delegate "a
the national convention. Mr. Ralston and
Captain ID. F. Allen, of Frankfort. are
the Parker candidates for delegates from
the Ninth. In the course of his letter Mr..
Ralston says:
! Il agree with the statement I'm this
leagues letter that men should be sent
to the national convention who will favor
the adoption of Democratic platform
This is what / stand for, but Mr.. Hearst
ana his extreme advocates, L submit, 90
not stand for IL. Hearst is not n bimettalist
now and never was. as that term Is used
[ I'm our last platform. L am. Hearst Is
| "a i-fu nerialiSt and never was