The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-17

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goes merrily on. and the prospects to-day
point 20 his nomination for President on the
first ballot We believe that no human pow
er can beat him. and he viii be the Lincoln
OF the twentieth century who viii free our
white slaves from the money curse"
Florida Is solid for Hearst. and viii send
an instructed delegation.
The longer the Democratic party of the
West hears the name OF Olney. German and
Parker mentioned in connection with tho
presidency the more resolved are its menu
bers that none of them shall ever reach the
In addition to much matter OF this kin Mr..
Brayfield recently published an extended
communication from Edgar L Names. state
president Of the Jefferson League. In which
Names mathematical the Democratic met
rOpOlitan press and praised such papers as
that OF Mr.. Brayheld, which, he said, de
serves the unstinted support OF all those
who are unwilling TO sacrifice Democratic
principles for the sake of policy, or for the
purpose Of earning a paltry mess OF Repub-
lican pottage.'
National Bank Examiner J. NJ. Mcintosh.
Of Connersville. was at the Columbia Club
yesterday.
Walter Brown, of Elkhart, former MEM
Der of the Republican state committee from
the Thirteenth district. was in the city yes
terday. He will be one of a large number
of Indiana Republicans who will go to
Cleveland to attend Senator Hanna's fun
eral.
Calls for five of the Republican congress
Lsional conventions have been issued by the
district chairmen. The list as compiled az.
state headquarters is as follows:
First District-March Is. at Mount YER
non.
Fifth District-May II. at Terre Haute.
Sixth District-March 3. at Shelbyv1lle.
Ninth District-Feb. =, at Frankfort.
Thirteenth District-March Is. at Knox.
The Fifth is the only one of these dis
tricts in which there is a contest for
the congressional nomination. Representa-
tive Hemenway will be renominated IN the
First. Representative Watson I'm the Sixth.
Representative lands in the Ninth and
Representative Brick In the Thirteenth.
without opposition. In the Fifth Repre-
sentative Holiday will be given a fight FOR
mis- laurels, Otis +. Gulley. OF Danviile. be-
ing an avowed candidate against him, while
there are two or three prospective candi-
dates in sight.
The congressional nomination In the
Eighth district will be settled by direct
primaries March 1. NJ. NJ. Dunlap. former
mayor of Anderson, is making a fight
against Representative Cromer for the nom
ination.
DR.. S. T. Murray. of Greentown, is a cam
didate for the Republican nomination for
joint senator from Howard and Miami
counties to fill the unexpired term OF the
late Senator De Haven, of kokomo. The
delegates chosen to represent Howard coun-
ty in the convention are. it is announced.
without exception favorable TO the candi-
dacy of DR.. Murray.
Howard county. it is said. will have a
candidate for presidential elector from the
Ninth district. to be chosen at the district
Republican convention. G.. w Landon, OF
Kokomo, will ask the preferment and at
the present time he has no opposition.
-. Do...1ia a.. rse.1.
district member of the Republican state
committee, was at headquarters yesterday.
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Walter S. Montgomery, of Greenfield.
president Of the Indiana Republican Edi-
torial Association, has discovered a new
theory, known as 1.-THE woolly worm the
ory,' to account for the length and severity
of the present winter. To be exact. Mr..
Montgomery did not discover the theory,
for it was revealed to him by Harrison
Watts, of Hancock county. but he is the
first to exploit it.
"An the weather signs indicated a long.
cold winter this year. said Mr.. Montgom-
cry yesterday. The goose-bone sign said
so, the corn-husk theory said so, the
grounding saw his shadow and said so,
and, in fact, all the signs said a long, cold
winter. People may not have had as much
confidence in these signs as they should
| nave, but there Is now a new sign lldI
is absolutely n~fallible-never known TO fail.
Uncle Harrison Watts, Of Brandywine
township, in our county, is an authority on
all kinds of signs, but his pet Is the woolly-
worm theory in regard TO the weather.
Uncle Harrison tells me that the woolly
worms this year show up "bunehier' and
'fuzzier' than usual. that they are black or
very dark brown in color, and that they
have a broad white ring or belt around
them, just in the middle of their bodies.
This means, he says, that the winter IS TO
hp divided fnfO halves and that We shall
have as much severe weather after the
thaw in February, when the rain came and
the snow left, as we had before the thaw.
As cold weather began the LIST of November
this year, we can look for cold weather to
continue during February and March,
while il will be unusually cool in April and
"Uncle Harrison has. been a student OF
theories and signs for loi these many
years, and is a hrst-class prophet. He looks
like a prophet, too, which is more TO the
point. Especially is this the case when he
wears his big white plug beaver hat. OF
the vintage of 1910 or Whereabouts. We
bank on his prophecies in Hancock county,
and were pinning our faith to the woolly-
worm theory
p. II. Mccormack, Of Columbus. who Is
still regarded as a possible candidate for
the Democratic congressional nomination
in the Fourth district, was at the Grand
yesterday.
OiLd 1dSkdll cit StSlcIuds dAltIntDl
for French Lick to spend a few days look
ing after King Pluto. Before he left he was
asked about the story from st. Louis which
said that he had said while I'm that city last
week that he could predict positively the
nominee Of the St. Louis convention, but
would not. He merely smiled the same old
smile and forestalled a question with the
query. How does that story sound TO
your
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Will II. Craig, editor % the Noblesville
Ledger, and w. z. Dunn. a prominent No
blesville banker, were at the English last
evening. Like other Republicans, the
thought uppermost in their minds was the
general sorrow over the death OF Senator
Hanna.
Senator Hanna was "a great man." said
Mr.. Craig. I'm my opinion he was. all in
all, the greatest man in the country. not
even excepting the President. He was a
remarkable in bust
ness as well as in politics. The elements
that made him great were his rare wisdom,
unselfsh devotion TO friends. love OF fair
dealing among men, and his broad patriot
ism. Partisanship will have no place az
his bier-tnat is the highest tribute that
/ could be paid him"