The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-26

OlAS oi MS SSNeTal terms, ne Is In the CITY
now for the state convention. working with
every power at his disposal for the nomina
ton of j. Frank Hanly for Governor.
1T is hard TO leave Congress at this
time" said Judge Crumpacker yesterday.
| las the last few days Of the session are
always interesting. Although have never
left for one of my own district conven-
lions. 1 felt that it was due Mr.. Hanly and
my district to come to indianapolis. | am
in the fight for Hanly, and have been all
the time.
Questioned as TO the senatorial situation
in the event OF Senator Fairbanks's nomi-
nation for the vice presidency, Representa-
tive Crumpacker said that he had nothing
to say. He was constantly the Hanly
headquarters yesterday afternoon and
evening. and was one of the men most
'button-holed'' and taken into dark corners
for private consultation.
Modern methods in advertising and pub
lefty are evidently part of the political
| creed of f. NJ. Smith. candidate for the
| nomination for reporter of the Supreme
Court On the wall of parlor B. at the
| Hotel English, Mr.. Smiths headquarters.
| is hung a large roster of names, under the
heading, Roll of Honor-The Great Smith
| Family-Delegates TO Republican State
Convention. 1904"
| Under this heading are twenty-five
names of Smiths, all delegates 10 the state
convention. with 'front.' names ranging
| through the whole catalogue of Christian
| names in the English language. When
questioned as to whether he claimed rela-
uonship with each of the twenty-five, Mr..
| Smith returned an evasive answer. The
evident purpose of the roster was 10 prove
| that any Smith is a good fellow and de-
| serving or political support. Some one Sug-
| gested that by the evidence of the roster
there are almost as many Smiths in politics
| as there are Landises.
| Congressman E. S. Holiday, of Brazil,
| representing the Fifth district is in at
| tendance at the convention, fresh from a
labor of several weeks at political fence
building. Mr.. Holiday left Washington
| early this month to look after his interests
in the district, and will not return to Wash
| lngton before adjournment of the session.
| He has one opponent for the nomination
| for representative, Otis L. Guley, of DAN
| vile.
| well" said Mr.. Holiday last night land
feel confident that l will be renominated
| without difficulty
| A lone Democratic politician wandered in
the throng of Republicans in the Hotel
English yesterday afternoon, Just looking
| on" He was David e. Poer, representative
1
| for his second term. Mr.. Poer thinks that
| he has sure thing in his election. and,
as Shelby county is deplorably Democratic,
| there are a good many Republicans who
| are willing to admit that he has.
|
| Warden James ID. Reid of the Michigan
| City prison, smiled upon the Republican
| delegates at the English yesterday after
| noon, but insisted that his mission i'm the
| city had nothing whatever to do with poll
| tics. He met with his prison board at the
| Columbia Club in the afternoon. and will
meet with the State Board of Charities to-
! day.
One of the youngest delegates to the
state convention is Howard Hancock, OF
Rockville, Parke county, who admits that
| he can only claim twenty-five years of life
| as his portion, but insists that that is not
| his fault. Mr.. Hancock has been practicine
| law in Rockville for three years, and, IT
! spite of his youth, has good practice and
| standing as a rising politician.
Elias H Owens. representative from Parke
/ county, has been renominated by the Re-
! publicans of that county for his fifth term
| to believe he will be- Mr.. Owens will be
the senior member, in point of service, OF
| the State Legislator
One woman played an unusual role among
| the delegates at the English Hotel yester-
Gay afternoon, as she was as active can.
| vasser for one of the candidates for Lieu
tenant Governor as any man on the parlol
| floor or in the lobby of the hotel. She was
| Mrs. Charles F. Whitaker, of this city, who
was an applicant for appointment to tho
i position as pOstmiStreSS of the Indians
| building at the ST. Louis exposition. Mrs
| Whitaker was busily at work bringing
| hac <,,l 70 ho ct
| candidates to meet the great men, and
seemed TO be as much at home in the IN
| usual environment as the veriest man OF
them all.
John L. Norman, of Knox chairman OF
the Thirteenth district has another hunt
ing story to be chalked up against hi:
name. When Mr.. Norman attended tn,
Republican love feast last winter he un
loaded a story of wonderful shotgun
that he possessed, and now tells of shoot
ing two wild geese, as they were fiyins
overhead, at night. 1t is an interesting
| story and Mr.. Moormans reputation fol
veracity makes it more
Il haven't had much hunting thi.
spring" said the man from Knox. be
cause I've had the grip almost all th'
time. But | went to one of our lakes on'
day for a little fishing and shot some wild
geese. The man that / stayed with hae
some wild geese that he had kept for sew
| eral years in "A pen near the water. Jus
as 1 was leaving in the evening, after dark
we heard some wild geese overhead anC
the geese in the pen answered their honk
The with started for his gun an,
l followed. Pretty soon the geese cam,
along down low. that we could just Sc,
them. We let fly and killed three of them
i shot two.
u How did you know you did,"
| "Well, / could tell it,"
''Was the other a poor shot?''
mo, he's a splendid shot, but he's no
as good one / am" and Mr.. Moormai
| is a very modest man.
| If Lew Shank doesn't add another to hi
list of accomplishments that comprise
because he hasn't made a trial. Histor,
doesn't state whether Mr.. Shank ever be
fore essayed the role OF political manager
although there have been rumors, but h
| did il yesterday. In a few brief moment
| he esta Dished a lasting reputation.
| j. ii. Stubs, of Indianapolis, a travelinl
| man of experience, is d candidate for tn
| nomination for state statistician. At tn
| door of the little room in which he has hi
| headquarters stood Mr.. Shank, with bi
hand outstretched and big voice working
Boys. have you met Joe Stubs tn
| bald-headed man." he asked i'm stentoria
| tones. Come on in and see him; twenty
| four years on the road. Shake hands wit
| the ald-headed man, boys Get acquainte
| with him; you may have to vote for him
He hasn't got much hair. but he's got bi
| heart"
| Men came around the corner of the hots
| hall 10 see what the noise was about a N