The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-28

Inc democratic state convention 10 NOM
mate a state ticket and adopt a platform
for the approaching campaign. will be held
Aug 3, instead OF July 90 as originally an
nounced- The change IN date was made
public yesterday when State Chairman W.
II. O'Brien issued the formal call for the
convention. The explanation offered for the
change is that it was made by the state
committee at the request OF many Democat-
&c editors who have arranged 10 take in the
editorial excursion TO Canada during the
last two weeks in July, and of many dele
gates who desire to participate ia the ma
tional reunion OF Elks. TO be held in Gin
cinnat at that time. The reasons sound
plausible enough. cut it is a foregone con
cluson that they Will not be accepted at
face value by the Hearst wing Of Indiana
Democracy. The Hearstites and the anti
Parkerites will see in this maneuver evil
dence of a new scheme of Boss" Taggart
and his lieutenants TO further their plans
TO secure absolute domination of the state
so far as the Democratic party Is con-
cerned. The followers of Hearst ana the
men who are merely opposed to Parker
are somewhat hazy in their ideas as 10 just
what dire purpose the Parker leaders nave
but they are sure that there Is something
doing that is not right. :,
The really significant feature or the can can
is the statement that the convention VIII
be composed of the delegates selected prloI
TO May y. and of officers and committees
OF the state convention held on May l.. A.
had been generally UNDERSTOOD tndt 'ho
same delegates who comprised the first CON
vention would reassemble to nominate the
state ticket but it had not been intmated
that the next convention would have the
same officers and committees. This means
that the Parker leaders are taking no
chances on losing the grip they nave Sc
cured on Indiana Democracy and That they
purpose to control absolutely the nominal
ton of the state ticket and the preparation
and adoption of the state platform.
The committee resolutions, of which
w. A Culop, of Vincennes, was chairman,
is called TO meet in Room 81 at the Grand
Hotel at 1880 o'clock on the evening or Aug
2. AS this committee is composed OF twelve
Parker men and but one man VINO repre-
sents the Hearst or anti-Parker forces IL Is
assured that the platform Will be a farker
pronunciamento in every sense or the TERM ifi-
The one lone Hearstite, from the Iwel1th
district, may bring in a minority report as
he did at the convention May II but IL is
assured that such report will receive niue
consideration in the convention, IN wnlch
over 1000 of the delegates are Parker men.
unless they have changed their minus since
the Parker-Hearst fight.
Alonzo Greene Smith, of this city, who
was tried by The Parkerites and found not
wanting as the permanent chairman OF the
convention of May u Will WELD the saNe'
again on Aug. 3.
The attack of the Democratic State or
gan on ]. Oscar Henderson. the Indiana
representative OF w. r. Hearst, has deeply
| incensed scores Of loyal Hearstites. Mr..
Henderson himself declines to discuss the
matter, but his friends have no hesitancy
| in coming to his defense and In denouncing
the State organ. A man who was close to
Mr.. Henderson in the Hearst organization
declared holly last evening that the Parker
leaders owe Mr.. Henderson debt OF gratl-
| tude.
eff Tom Taggart only knew what he was
doing he would be thanking Mr. Hender-
son instead of attacking him and calling
| him a Hearst pay-roller in the columns OF
| his paper said this man. Perhaps rag
CART doesn't know that II was henderson
| who prevented a bot I'm the recent state
| convention and that Henderson prevented
| the contamination of plan formed py
some of the more ardent supporters oi
Hearst TO effect a new party organization
| throughout the State by calling county ahu
| district meetings and then state CONVEX
| ton to make such an organization TO ngnt
1 for recognition as the regular Dernocratlc
/ organization in Indiana Ii he does know II
| he's showing his appreciation In strange
way.
| influence on the Hearst followers through
ont the Campaign prior to the state con-
| yention of May u, and but for him the
| marty would now be split wide open. AS DIS
| reward he is insulted and denounced In the
state organ 1t looks as IL the Parkerites
were intent on driving the supporters OF
| Hearst out of the party and little more .
| of such work by the Sentinel will do the
1 business
National Committeeman Taggart returned
| Yesterday afternoon from his trip to New
/ York, but left at once for French LICK.
|
According to the position taken by Re-
publican State Chairman James P. Good
rich, the excess vote rule may not bt
waived after all, in the 'shoestring' dis
| trict composed of Madison, Hamilton
| Boone and Montgomery counties. AT thu
meeting of the chairmen Of these counties
here Wednesday it was decided by vote O.
three to one that the excess vote rul'
| should be waived in the apportioning of del
| egates to the convention, which was called
| for June 16 at Lebanon. Chairman Good
| rich said Yesterday while at state head
| quarters that the state committee woui'
| not permit the waving OF this or othe
| rules i'm cases where any of the interested
| parties raised a protest The committee
| will not interfere in any matters or TIM
| kind he said, but when any such action Il
| carried to the committee on protest tn
| committee will insist upon the observance
| of the rules.
Inasmuch as George F. Parker, chairman
| of Madison county, has intimated that h
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