The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-18
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Indianapolis, July 18-Congressman
Jesse Overstreet of this district will
leave Wednesday or Thursday for
New York to join Chairman Babcock
of the Republican national congress.
sional campaign committee of which
he has been the secretary for the last
six years. Headquarters are to be
opened in the st. James building at
Twenty-ssxth and Broadway at once.
The immense amount of detail work
in connection with this committee is
not generally known. Mr.. Overstreet
says he has been working it out since
the first of April. He refuses to make
any predictions as to how the con-
gressional districts in this state will
go further than that he expects the
Republicans to carry the nine they
already have and possibly the
Twelfth. 1t seems that he has the
popular idea now among the Indiana
Republican leaders that they can take
the Twelfth away from the Democrats.
Any way, it is very likely that they
will make battle-ground of the
Twelfth. Mr.. Overstreets interests
here will be cared for by Chairman
Smith of the county committee, A. A.
Young, collector of customs, and sew
eral others who are his closest
friends.
Congressman Jesse Overstreet, sec
rotary of the Republican national con.
gressional committee, revealed a
little of the routine the big campaign
committees undergo, in an interview
given out here. For instance he con-
tradicted the popular idea that the
congressional committee is a portion
of the national committee. The two,
he said, are entirely independent of
each other. He laid that the con-
gressional committee has more detail
to look after. According to him the
national committees do not pay close
attention to every state. They simply
go at it by a process of elimination,
leaving out the states which they con-
slider absolutely Republican or Demo-
cratic. For instance, neither nation
Pennsylvania or Texas. The former
is Republican beyond question and the
latter Democratic. The national CON-
mittees simmer matters down to those
states that are doubtful and cOncen-
trate their efforts in them, working
through the national committees, so it
is generally the case that but six or
seven states are under supervision.
With the congressional committee it
pays attention to those districts that
are regarded as doubtful, it being re-
allied that there is not much use to
make fight where there is big ma
jority for either party.
John Worth Kern of this city, late
Democratic candidate for governor, is
probably the first Democrat in Indiana
to receive an invitation to visit Judge
Parker at Esopus. The mystery OF
his whereabouts was cleared up today
when it stated that he had GER
tainly gone to Esopus to have an in
terview with the Democratic presiden-
tial nominee. Kern was one of the
last Of the Democratic leaders in In.
diana to cut away from William Jen-
niEgs Bryan, but he seems to have
been the first to be recognized by the
new leadership. He was, by the way,
the original Parker man in Indiana,
for nearly two years ago on his re.
turn from visit to New York he
came out in a strong interview boost.
ing Parker for the nomination and
picking HIM out as the man on whom
the party could unite. It was sup.
posed at first that he was bound for
New York as a courier to inform Par
ker of Taggart's ability and services,
but it is said that Taggart firmly OBJ
jected to him going there for the pur-
pose of talking over his qualifications
and claims on the craftsmanship.
The final touches are being given
to one of the hardest fights in the
history of the county. Today there
were many conferences among the
local Republican leaders over the
plans for the primaries Wednesday
and convention Thursday for the pur-
pose Of nominating Republican candi-
dates for the legislature. The import
ance of gaining foothold here is gen.
orally recognized by the men who as
pire to succeed Senator Fairbanks.
The county has twelve votes which
may decide who the lucky man will
be. Captain Harry s. New is still the
bugaboo to the plans of those who are
figuring ON the delegation for some
other candidate. The movement to
instruct the delegates for him is gain
ing ground, and If resolution Of that