The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-01
at WILL FIGHT FOR INDIANA HOOSier g tc Political Bats Ground. |corDI1ds THAT EXIST Hard Fight Will Be Neces-
 sary for Success. Cleveland Carried the State by T. 900 Over Harrison, Q Native, and Parker May Be Able to Win It.

| aAtN &cAHSA ~~N*S ~ Nt l to Win It.
 \ Advertiser Bureau, Colorado Building. l Washington, April 30. Indiana will be the field of battle or sl political giants in the coming presiGen-- I tial campaign, for the Democratic lead-' I CTS in Washington believe that 1t is jagain a doubtful State, notwithstandsng T the fact that il twice gave it's electoral lvote to William Mckinley. Leaders of the Democracy from all portions of the fcountry base the belief that Indiana may be carried against Roosevelt upon the I general idea that influences which tar,s Tried States formerly classed as doubtful flor Mckinley will not be active for Mc- Kinley's successor. and upon the ex- lpressions of Democrats from the Hoos- her State. These 1ndianians are not over-confident and the most sanguine of them will say that it will take hard fight. but every one of them agrees that there Is fight l ing chance. that the party in the State | is united and prepared for the fight. In- diana will have fifteen votes in the elec- toral college. and 1t is not altogether improbable that they will be the deciding votes Of the election. Conflict Will Be Hot.
 l Hence the Democracy will wage a war | fer thcnr that will be eauaIied In inten-s sity onfy by the war of opposition which will h& carried on by the Repubiicans ln the same State, The question Is: To | whom Is the advantage7
 l In iSss Grover Clevefand, under c6sidi- lions more nearly resembling those of the present year than those of 1Sss or 19c0 carried Indiana bx 7f0Qi over Ben3a-I 1 min Harrison, a HoosEer. who had hini-l iseIf carried 1t in 1888 hy a plurality of 2,e0a These pIuraiItfes indicate how close was the political stuaeion in the days | before the advent of Bryanism. Tie gold Democratic movement was quite strong tn Indiana and many men voted for Mckinley who then nj now prefer ito call themselves pemacfatk Ip is he- Ilieved that practically al a9 these wllls lyote for the Democratic rSssffsnce this syear fs
 It Is entirely within the range Of prob ability that an Indiana man will be the
 candidate for Vice President on both Re publican and Democratic tickets. With
 Roosevelt and Fairbanks against Parker and shiveley or Parker and Miers, the light In New York and Indiana would be | unusually interesting.
 Shively is Strong.
 | It is admitted that Senator Fairbanks can have the second place If he wishes 1t and 1t is often sail that it will be forced upon him whether he wishes it or not. as it was upon Theodore Roosevelt at Philadelphia in 1900. The Democratic
 prospect is not so clear but the name of B. F. Shiveley has been suggested again
 and again, he was prominently mentioned for the same honor four years ago, and
 1t is agreed by many leading Democrats that he would be q strong candidate. | Representative Robert w. Miers of the Second Indiana District is prominent
 member of the House and has been fre- quently mentioned for the Vice-Presi- dency. Mir Mlers's opinion of the situa-
 tion in Indiana is hopeful for the Dem-
 ocrats. In an interview given out in Washington the day before the adjourn
 ment of Congress he said:
 "If we get a platform that is satisfac- tory, do not see why we should not re- turn to the vote of 1892 when Cleveland carried the State against the Indiana candidate. General Harrison. Local com then to permanently influence the polit- ical complexion of the State.
 Changes Favor Democrats.
 "what changes have come about are
 favorable to the Democrats. In the great
 industrial boom that followed the discov-
 cry of natural gas there was tremen
 dous influx of laborers for the protected
 industries. The Republican ticket was
 benefited by this all along the line. But
 things have changed some since. The gas has given out and many manufactur- iine establishments have suffered. While | a good many of the owners of these en-
 terprises are Republicans, the masses of the laborers are Democrats, and this
 fall, for the first time in many years
 they will have an opportunity to vote in
 the way their natural inclinations dic-
 tate.
 If Parker is nominated 1t will prove great stimulant to Indiana Democracy.
 I am free to say that four years ago there was a pronounced feeling of hos
 tilty in Indiana against the so-called
 Eastern Democracy. That sentiment has
 entirely subsided, and our people are
 perfectly willing-and in fact, are de- manding-the nomination of an Eastern
 man with a record for party regularity.
 Judge Parker meets the expectations or
 Indiana Democrats Of every degree.
 Indiana's Honor Roll.
 All these things 20 to show that the
 old time Democratic spirit of Indiana is
 re-asserting itself-that spirit which produced such sterling men as Thomas A Hendricks, Vice-President of the Uni
 ted States and a Senator; William Il. English, member of Congress and DeHl- ocratic candidate for Vice-President with Hancock in 1880; William s. Holman, the watch dog of the treasury" David Fur pie. Senator; Dau W. Vorhees, the tall sycamore of the Wabash" Michael c. Kerr. Speaker of the House of Repre- , sentatives; James D. Williams. "Blue Jeans," Governor: Claude Matthew's
 Governor; B. r. shiveley and Robert w. Mers and many others. With that spirit . ! f4f I06f nu ! go into the campaign with the determi- 2 nation of winning. And they may do 1t. . R. II. Watkins