The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-29
SATISFACTORY OUTLOOK
Republican Leaders Much please
With Conditions in Indiana.


Indianapolis, June 29.-An imporc.
ant conference Of Republican leaders,
was held last evening at Republican
state headquarters to outline plans for
the coming campaign Those present
were all the candidates on the Repuh-
Hccn state ticket, Senators Fairbanks
and Beveridge, State Chairman Good
rich and Secretary Sir e Lhe state
committee. No definite action was
taken on any point, but it was the con
census OF the conferees that the s. -.
ing part of the campaign in Indiana
should be opened on or about Sept.
25. The opening meeting will doubt
less be held in this city and the speak
ers will include the two senators and
J. = ank Hanly, candidate for COVER
nor. The men present at this meeting,
who are naturally most deeply inter
ested in the campaign this year, were
agreed that the outlook is extremely
satisfactory. Local conditions in ev-
cry district are all that could be de-
sired, the state organization is in ex-
cellent shape for an aggressive fight,
and the party workers throughout the
state are enthused aid anxious to get
into the campaign. The work in In
, diana this year will be made much
easier because OF the nomination of
Senator Fairbanks for vice president,
for the distinguished Indianian on the
national ticket Will mean several thou
sand votes to the ticket that might
not otherwise be polled. The senator
will g.ve considerable IF his ito {"
this state, although there viii lie a
/ tremendous demand made on him
from all sections of the country, and
during the latter part Of the campaign
it is expected that he will make a
Swing around the circle" similar tc
, that made by Roosevelt four years ago
| as the vice presidential candidate.
Mr.. Harly, as the head of the state
ticket, will bear the brunt of the fight
in the state, and he said yesterday
that he hoped to be able to speak in
every county before the close of the
campaign.
Senator Beveridge will take an un.
usually prominent part in the Indiana
campaign this year. Heretofore, while
devoting much time to his own state
he has been in great demand by the
national committee and has been used
in almost every state. This year, how
ever, he has determined that the In
diana state committee shall have the
| first call on his services and he will
| make few if any speeches except to his
| own constituency. At a conference OF
Republican leaders yesterday it was
| learned that the national COMPRESSION
! al committee is planning a special fea
| ture for the campaign this fall in
| which an Indiana man will participate
! Recognizing speaker Cannon's popu
| larity and his strength as a vote get
| ter, the congressional committee pur
poses to send him across the country
| on a special train toward the close Of
the campaign. With him will be sew
| era1 of the best speakers in the house
and among those who have been in
vited to make the trip is Congressman
| James f. Watson of Rushville, who
presided as chairman of the recent Re
publican state convention and sounded
the keynote.
The Prohibitionists are holding the
center of the political stage in the
Indiana capital at present. Their ma
tional convention has attracted an I'm
! expectedly large crowd and the dele
gates and visitors have more enthusi
| asm in proportion to their numbers
than is manifested at the nationa
councils of either of the great parties
The contest for their presidential nom
nation is sufficiently lively to satisfy
the most exacting that there is M
apathy within the prohibition ranks
and 1t has shown that the "Prohis'
know how to play politics as we'll a.