The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-20
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

ington, are considered avowed candidates.
while IL Is understood that Jasper n
Gauntt and l.. ~ Won Behren. of Grant,
probably brins out candidate. and II -
said that James +. Statesman. of Miami,
who represented the district in the last
two sessions OF the Legislature. may decide
TO ask denomination.
Two candidates are now in the field for
the nomination for representative in the
''shoestring,' composed OF Madison. Ham,
ilton. Boone and Montgomery-C. NJ. Zion.
of Lebanon. and Samuel Warner. OF Sum-
mitville, who represented the district dur
ing the last session. Mr.. Warmers county.
Madison. controls the nomination. but Mr.
Zion bases his hopes on Mr.. Warmers De-
ing able to command the solid support of
his own county. Madison county Repub-
licans said 10 be divided in this mat
ter on the same lines they were divided in
the recent mass convention 10 select district
and state delegates. One element is back
ing Mr.. Warner. while the other threatens
opposition 10 him.
An interesting contest is on for the joint
senatorial nomination in the district COM
posed OF Hamilton and linton counties.
Ralph X. Kane. OF Noblesville. and Milton
Hanson of westfield both of Hamilton
county, are the opposing candidates. Ham
ilton county will have a majority of the
delegates in the joint convention and CON-
trolls the nomination Mr.. Kane claims TO
have the support of a majority of the Ham
ilton county delegates and says he will get
sufficient votes from Upton TO give him
the nomination. The date OF the conven-
ton has not yet been set.
Former Lieutenant Governor Will Cum
back. of Greensburg. was in the city yester-
daX cd at IA
quarters to file a request that the speakers
bureau arrange for Senator John c. Spoon
er. of Wisconsin, TO speak in Greensburg
when he comes into Indiana this fall
Senator Beveridge has received invita-
tions to deliver addresses at three state uni
versities within the next thirty days-the
University of Pennsylvania. the University
Of Illinois and the University of Iowa. The
invitation from the University of Pennsyl-
vania came to him by long-distance tele-
phone. and was that he deliver the COM
mencement day address on June 10. The
senator declined all the invitations.
j. Oscar Henderson, the head of the
Hearst bureau, has moved his headquarters
from the Claypool Hotel to suite OF rooms
on the seventh floor of the Newton Clay
pool building. The rooms are those that
were used for the secret Headquarters OF
the Hearst literary bureau during the cam
paign preliminary to the Democratic state
convention. Mr.. Henderson states that the
headquarters will be maintained until after
the national convention, and, although he
will make no statement in regard to the
matter, it is understood that he is making
preparations TO contest several OF the seats
in the Indiana delegation I'm event such a
course is deemed advisable by Hearst and
his managers at St Louis.
II Of rLcr
suasion have received information that
leads them to believe that Hearst will be
euchred in Illinois by the launching of
favorite boom for Congressman John r.
Williams. The Illinois Democratic state
convention will be asked to instruct the
national delegates from that State for
Williams. but it is expected that after a
complimentary vote for williams the del
any other man the leaders of the censerva-
tive wing of the party may agree upon
This trick will be turned. IL is claimed,
through the manipulations Of John p. Hop
kins chairman of the Illinois Democratic
state committee In the fight that has
been waged so far for delegates 10 the
state convention Hopkins has been working
with the Hearst forces, but IT is said that
at the last moment he will give Hearst
the double-cross. 1t is claimed. In fact.
alliance with Hearst, but has been work.
ing in harmony with him merely in order
TO defeat Mayor Carter Harrison. of Chi
cago, whom he has been fighting for years.
Hopkins would have made a fight on Har-
ri0On in any event. but when Hearst en-
tired the field he Joined forces with him.
generously permitting Hearst TO furnish
money for the campaign and to claim all
the delegates they succeeded in electing.
Hearst can claim the delegates until the
state convention is calld TO order. but Hop
kns will vote them and will not vote them
for Hearst national delegates and Hearst
instructions. Instead he will spring the
favorite son coup by putting Williams for
ward. Harrison has ostensibly been work.
ing for Williams, but this will not prevent
Hopkins taking him up in order to worst
Hearst.
Leading New York newspapers are in
terested in the report that James L. Reach.
G. w. Mcdonald. Sterling r. Holt and
other local Democrats who were prominent
in~the gold Democratic movement in 1896
have come out with declarations that Cleve-
land is the man of all men TO head the ma
tional ticket this year. and they arc order
ing stories from their local correspondents
on this imitation of the Cleveland boom In
Indiana.
Chairman Charles L. Newiin. Of the Pro-
hibition state committee. announced yester-
day that his organization would within tho
next few days begin the circulation OF Pc
titions calling on the next General Assembly
to make marked changes in the Nicholson
law
1--WE shall start two petitions" said Mr.
Newlin. THE first will ask that the Nichol-
son law be so amended as TO throw the
burden of securing signatures to petitions
on the applicants for liquor licenses, in
stead of making ii necessary for the citi-
ZenS OF a ward or township to file remon-
stranceS to prevent the granting of licenses
TO the applicants. II the Legislature will
not make this change in the law then we
shall submit the second petition which will
a successful remonstrance is secured by
the citizens of a ward township against
an applicant for liquor license that re-
monstrance shall be held to bar all appli-
cantS for licenses in that ward or town.
ship for a period of two years.
I'VE expect these petitions 10 have so
many signatures that the members OF the
Legislature will be deeply impressed but I
do not dare hope for the changes we shall
ask in the law. Both Republicans and DEM
ocrats seem TO have adopted 'stand-pat'
policy for this year."
1t is somewhat indicative OF interesting
times during the next General Assembly
that the Prohibitionists should be making
their plans TO secure amendments that will
make the Nicholson law stronger, while at
the same time the liquor interests are pre-
pairing for a fight for the repeal OF the
blanket remonstrance provision OF the law.
II. S. Warner. Chicago. secretary OF the
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association,