The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-19
C.F.S.NEAL FOR GOVERNOR,
SIMMS TO BEAT TAGGART.
IS HEARST'S PROGRAMME
Managers Mature Plans and John
c. Eastman Issues Formal State
ment TO the Public.
WAR ON REORGANIZERS
Challenge Sent Taggart and In
diana Boss Must Fight for His
Political Life.
DEAL MADE TO BEAT DEAL
Headquarters to Be Opened at
Once, with Neal Directing
Operations.
WAR ON REORGANIZERS
DEAL MADE TO BEAT DEAL

Neal, of Lebanon. for Governor. and Dan
w. Simms. of Lafayette. for member OF the
Democratic national committee from Indi-
ana.
Such is the detailed programme Hearsts
managers have set out 10 carry through in
Indiana by their invasion Of the State and
the establishment of a Hearst bureau in
this city. Mr.. Neal will be the real head OF
the Hearst forces in Indiana. although he
may not be the nominal head of the bureau.
for a gubernatorial aspirant 1t will be q
part OF his plan 10 be the power behind the
throne
The Hearst programme means war 10 the
finish the reorganizers. war on Parker
and the Parker following in Indiana. and a
war Of determination against Thomas Tag
CART, who is recognized now as the leader
of the Democratic forces in the State and
the prospective leader of the national organ
ization in event the reorganizers control the
ST. Louis convention The gauntlet has
been flung at Mr.. Taggart with a no un-
certain challenge. One OF Hearsts man
ayers last evening sent the following mes
sage TO the willy boss by mutual friend:
You tell Taggart that he has committed
political suicide-that he's a dead one now.
And you tell him that / said that we'd let
him go Just so far, but that when We get
ready to stop him he'll be given just thirty
minutes in which to decide to quit, and
he'll quit"
When c. +. s. Neal appeared in the city
Thursday morning with John c. Eastman.
Hearsts personal representative, 6. A.
Walsh. secretary of the Democratic ma
tional committee, and j. @. Johnson. chair
man of the Democratic national executive
committee. and the public statement was
made that he was here as a Hearst boomer.
his friends in his own party Immediately
set about discovering an explanation for his
sudden alliance with the Hearst forces.
What is Neal after2" the question
asked by all the Democratic leaders.
The answer TO this question. which has
been obtained from reliable sources. is:
Neal wants the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Indiana"
CONFERS WITH NEAL
The story in a nutshell is that Hearst
sent for Neal in Chicago last Tuesday and
told him that he wanted him to take charge
of the Hearst campaign in Indiana. Hearst
knew that Neal had wide acquaintance
over Indiana. gained through his long cos->
nection with the knights of Pythias. and
that he might look much farther and not
find better man. Hearst learned adroitly
that Neal was troubled with the guberna-
torial bee and that made his task an easy
one.
The plan as finally developed was that
Neal should come to Indianapolis and take
charge OF the campaign and undertake to
lineup the Indiana delegation to St Louis
for Hearst while at the same time he should
capture the gubernatorial nomination for
himself. Incidentally. good man was to
be selected for the Democratic national COM
nnitteemanship from this State TO succeed
Mr.. Taggart. and Dan w. Simms, of Lafay-
ette, former member OF the Democratic
state committee from the Tenth district,
and one of the men who have been men,
toned in connection with the gubernatorial
nomination, was eventually agreed upon as
the man who should beat Taggart.
Mr.. Simms was at the Claypool Hotel
last night in close consultation with Neal.
ofo nd Inh
The Neal-Simrns end of the deal was to
be kept a profound secret for the present,
but some of Mr.. Meals friends had TO be
taken into his confidence and in this way
the story leaked out. When the matter was
put to him directly last evening Mr.. Neal
pooh-poohed the suggestion that he had
gubernatorial aspirations, but his denial
was far from convincing. He admitted that
he expected to assist In the management
of the Hearst campaign In Indiana. but
he denied that he was to take charge OF
the headquarters.
Inasmuch as the Hearst managers have
had so much to say of the deal which Mr..
Taggart and his associates said to
have made with the Parker interests. the
full details of the Hearst deal with Neal
and Simms are not uninteresting IL Is
pointed out that through their statements
TO the press the Hearst people have been
denouncing Taggart for making deal TO
deliver the State TO one of the presidential
candidates, while at the same time they
have been negotiating deal with Neal
and Smms to have the State delivered 10
them for Hearst.
CHARGES AGAINST TAGGART.
They charge that Taggart is attempting
to deliver the Indiana delegation TO Parker.
in consideration for which he Is TO re-
ceive the. position as chairman of the DEM
ocratic national committee
At the same time they making a bar
gain whereby the State is 10 be delivered
TO Hearst, and in return they are TO help
make Neal the candidate for Governor and
Simms the Democratic national committee
man. with further emoluments in sight.
To carry through this deal the Hearst
barrel is TO be tapped and Neal and Simms
are TO have all the money they need or
can use. This will be good news for hun
dreds of Democrats in Indiana who have
yearned in vain for financial encourage
ment for their party services for the last
eight years.
When asked to name prominent Indiana
Democrats who would lend their names
and efforts TO the Hearst cause one OF the
quartet at the claypool mentioned Dan ".
Simms. of Lafayette; > NJ Ralston, OF
Lebanon: Ben r. Shively. of South Bend.
and John w. Kern, of Indianapolis Al
four of these men have heretofore been
classed ardent supporters OF w. j.
Bryan.
will be opened in one OF the office build
ings OF the city on Monday or Tuesday q
next week. Hearst literature will be scat
tered broadcast over the State and Hearst
speakers will be sent into every district TO
hold meetings and urge the cause OF the
cheek and checkbook candidate. IL viii
be a brass band campaign. OF the kind
Hearst has been conducting all over the
country wherever he started his forces into
action. The organization will be officered
by chief in indianapolis. with captain In
each district and lieutenants I'm each county.
LACK OF AN ORGAN.
One difficulty the Hearst boomers have
had 10 encounter Is the lack OF an organ.
The State Democratic organ is controlled
by Taggart and none OF the Indianapolis
papers has espoused Hearst's cause. IL
was reported last night that the Hearst
people were negotiating for the purchase
OF an indianapolis paper. and that they had
threatened TO establish a newspaper here
unless the Democratic organ ''toted fair
with them.
John G Eastman denied that Hearst had
any intention OF starting "A newspaper here.
although he intimated that II necessary he
could have newspaper IN this city within
ten days.
Messrs. Eastman. Walsh. Johnson and
Neal were exceedingly busy all cay yester-
day receiving numerous callers at their
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