The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-19

Republcan factional disturbances in Mad
ison county. The Governor said yesterday
afternoon, upon his return from French
Lick Springs. where he spent Sunday:
The statement that I was directly or
indirectly involved in the selection of dele
gates TO the state convention in Madison
county is without foundation in fact and
was so known TO be by those who have
disseminated this report by way of dis
patches to the public press. There seem.
from the newspaper reports, to have been
friends of mine involved on both sides of
the contention at Anderson, but in no case
was it by reason of suggestion from me.
Ny sole connection with the whole matter
was a tender of advice when approached
last week on the subject to the effect that
what is needed among Madison county Re
publicans more than all else at this time is
harmony, and that whatever differences
were existing should be compromised. The
sending broadcast of the story that | was
in any sense party TO the disturbance i
both malicious and men6acious.
Il desire to add, in this connection, that
/ have not expressed to a living soul any
preference as TO who my successor in the
governorship should be, believing that any
effort on my part to exercise influence IN
behalf OF any candidate for this ONCE
would be improper and unfair. And GER
tainly, with this view of the proprietleS,
have not descended to participation in local
factional contests in my own CT any other
community"
Indiana Is Conceded to Hearst by Tag
CART"
Hearst VIII Receive Indiana's Vote in
the National Convention
Such is the startling information con-
veyed by screamer headlines over articles
in yesterdays issue OF Hearsts Chicago
American, represented to be bona fide dis
patches from Indiana.
The articles are about as weird compo-
sitions as have been given to Indiana poll
ticians to read. For instance, the one under
the headline Indiana is Conceded to
Hearst by Taggart,' is based on this state
ment:
The total vote is Parker &c; Hearst, 102.
These figures are admitted by Taggart and
his Democratic state committee.
No explanation is given as TO what this
total vote is. 1t certainly does not repre-
sent the vote of any congressional district
in the state convention, nor the total vote
in the state convention. nor yet the vote
Indiana Democrats will have in the national
convention. The detailed statement by
counties from which these figures are COM
piled by strange mathematical gymnastics
is full of such inaccuracies the declara-
ton that Hearst received nine of the eleven
delegates from Montgomery county to the
state convention. AS a matter of fact
Montgomery county will have twenty-one
votes in the state convention, and not
delegate has been selected there yet.
The declaration that Hearst will receive
1ndianas vote in the national convention
is set out In a box across the top of the
page. 1t includes the following statements:
Tom Taggart, crushed by overwhelming
victories scored Congressman Hearst
Saturdays primaries, admits to-day that
the New York Congressan has secured 102
conceded that Hearst will have two-thirds
of the delegates in the state convention.
Indiana in this way has repudiated the
boss and his methods.
THE only defeat of the day for Hearst
was in Boone county, where Taggart meth
DDS and crookedness in changing voting
places, like unto the tricks played in In
dianapolis, won over Hearst honesty.
Local politicians who commented last
evening on this latest eruption of Hearst's
yellow journalism regarded it as almost
palm off such bare-faced Misrepresentation
as the truth regarding the condition of the
Parker-Hearst fight in Indiana.
anyone who knows Tom Taggart knows
that the statement that he has conceded
Indiana to Hearst is an unqualified false
hood said one of the organization crowd
az the Grand. IF it were true that Hearst
had a majority of the delegates TO the
state convention Taggart would never con-
cede it until he had fought TO the last
ditch, but Hearst's local managers know,
and everybody knows, that Hearst has not
Carried Indiana
And of course Mr.. Taggart does not con-
cede that Indiana is Hearst's. The willy
boss is in French Lick, but he dictated a
statement in answer to Hearsts claims
last night over the long-distance telephone.
In his statement Mr.. Taggart not only
refutes Hearst's statement, but gives the
total number of delegates TO the Demo-
cratic state convention that have been
selected up to this time and the number
of them that are pledged to Parker.
There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that 1 concede anything TO
"Out of the ops delegates to the state con-
selected up to date Parker has
6S3. Indiana will be absolutely for Judge
Parker. Hearst will not get a district I'm
the State. These sensational statements
sent out in regard to Indiana are on a
par with similar unfounded stories about
other States that have been put into cir
culation by the Hearst managers. The
state convention will tell the tale"
Democratic State Chairman OBrien was
more amused than indignant over the
Hearst story.
THE thing has reached the point where
no one can take Hearst and his methods
he said. IF we undertake to
deny all the fake stories about Indiana
printed in the Hearst papers Wen have
time for nothing else However, L can say
that the Democratic state
does not concede Indiana to
Hearst by vote of 102 to 66 or any
other vote.
Chairman O'Brien pointed out that the
evident purpose OF the misrepresentation
the situation in Indiana in the
Hearst papers was for the effect such
stories would have in Illinois and
other States where Hearst is also fight
ing for delegates. and he called attention
to the fact that while Hearst has been
making his fight in Indiana he has flooded
the State with copies of his newspapers
stories of his alleged overwhelm-
ing victories in other States that turned
out, on investigation, to be pure fakes.
From reliable sources it is learned that
the Democratic state committees returns
from the counties that have elected dele
gates to the safe convention show a total
Of CPS delegates chosen in sxty-one coun-
ties. OF the total 653 are classed as abso-
utely and unqualifiedly for Parker. while
-hirty-five doubtful and 30 are con-
ceded TO Hearst. Thrty-one counties have
not selected delegates as yet, and i'm these
il is stated Parker will receive