The Indianapolis journal., 1904-03-26

the Eleventh district has the center of the
political stage for the present. Even the
Hearst boom has almost dropped out OF
sight for the time being and both Repub-
licans and Democrats have turned their
eyes toward the north central part of the
State. where the most spectacular con-
gressional fight Indiana has known in
years is now drawing TO close. The
amount of interest taken by outside peo-
pie in the Lands-Steele struggle is really
surprising. 1t is a fruitful topic OF con-
versation around the hotel and club lobbies,
and last night the newspaper offices were
besieged with inquiries concerning the re-
suits OF the primaries in Miami county yes
terday.
To-day the primaries will be held in Wa
bash county and intense interest is cen
tered on the struggle there. for IL is felt
that the result may decide the nomination.
The Steele people claim that if they can
secure nine, or even eight, OF WABASH
county's twenty delegates the major nom
lnation is assured beyond question. ne
Lands forces do not concede this, but tney
maintain that Steele will be unable 10 ger
more than three OF the delegates from that
county and may be left with but two
On Tuesday at Peru the convention Will
be held and the remarkable campaign
brought to a close. Almost every actlNe
party worker in the district VIII be there,
and many visitors from other districts as
WELL as ii is generally conceded that the
convention will be almost as interesting as
a state convention The hotels OF FeSu cru
have had all their rooms engaged for the
last ten days or two weeks and the attend
ance will undoubtedly break all records Tor
district affairs of that nature.
Speaking of primaries, this is good
weather for fioaters.
Republican State Chairman James p.
Goodrich has received the following letter
from NJ. L. Bundy. of New Castle. in re-
sponse to the invitation TO all surviving
delegates of the Republican state conven-
ton of 1856, the first Republican conven-
ton held in Indiana, to attend the coming
convention as guests of honor:
Il think there must be other survivors
of the state convention of 1856 which or
ganized the Republican party in Indiana.
l was then thirty-eight years OF age, and
half the convention, l think, was about or
the same age.
81 suggest that you ask the Journal to
publish the proceedings of the convention,
which was held, l think. on the 1st day
of May. This would give the names OF the
omcers, the nominees names of the dele
gates to the national convention, as well
as the names of many who served on COM
mittees. This might revive the recollection
of some who could give the names of per-
sons who participated. IT was mass con-
vention of those who favored new party"
Judge Bundy's information that the con-
vention was mass convention and not a
delegate affair leads the officers of the
state committee to believe that there may
be number Of survivors. as a convention
of that character would naturally have at
tracted many young men-younger even
than Judge Bundy was at that time for
he had then passed half the three-score
and ten years allotted to man. The files
of the Journal will be gone into at an early
date, and the information Judge Bundy
asks for will be published.
Hugh TIL. Miller, of Columbus, and L. p.
Newby. of Knightstown. two Of the candi-
dates for lieutenant governor, were in the
city yesterday.
Candidates for state offices have been
stunning the Eleventh district for the last
few weeks, and will keep out of it until
after the Peru convention next week.
II found when 1 ventured into the dis
trict," said L. B. Nash, of Upton, one OF
the candidates for reporter of the Supreme
Court, that / couldn't get a Republican
in the district to listen TO me until he first
asked whether / was for Lands or fol
Steele in their congressional fight. They
won't hear. TO mans being neutral-they
insist that he must line up on one side OF
the other. As / don't want to take sides
in their contest, and as / couldn't If
wanted TO, didn't lose any time in getting
out of the district"
Other candidates have met with similar
experiences. and by common consent they
have passed up the Eleventh until after
the congressional fight is over.
| Fred A. Sims, secretary of the Republican
| state committee, was at headquarters yes
| terday after a brief trip to Iowa, wher.
he went, he insists, to a friend married
| and not for the dire purpose of committin;
| matrimony himself. There was no polite.
| in the wedding. but of course Mr. Sim.
| could not let four or five days slip by with
| out talking politics with some one.
Il was surprised at the amount of Hears
| sentiment there is among the Democrats o.
| Iowa" he said last evening. II was in tn,
| First congressional district. and from wha
| l heard and saw l was led TO believe ther,
| are no Democrats who not for Hearst
L talked with the Democratic district chair
man and he told me the sentiment was tn,
same all over the State and that Hears
| would undoubtedly have the Iowa delega
ton to the national convention"
| Ellis c. Darnell, postmaster of Lebanon
was in the city yesterday and called a
| Republican state headquarters.
Attorney X. o. Hawkins left last evenin;
| for Williamsport, where he will represen
the county officers of the State in the litiga
| tion over the constitutionality of the act o
| 1903 extending the terms of certain count
and judicial officers.
|
| Judge II. c. Duncan, of BLOOMINGTON
who is in the city, predicts the election O
John c. CLANCY, the Republican candidat
| for Congress in the Second district nv q
least 500 plurality this fall. The judge wa
one of the Monroe county delegates to tn
| convention at Spencer Thursday that nom
| mated Mr. CLANCY.
| 1T will be by no means an easy task Z
| defeat Miers," said the judge last eveninc
| but 1t can be done, and | believe IN will +
| done. Miers has always been popular an
has many friends among the Republican
OF the district. As result he has alway
| received some Republican votes-perhan n
| more than any of have suspected 81,
this year the party lines will be drawn NOR
| closely than ever, the Democrats are eve
| more sadly demoralized than they were I
| 1900, and we should carry the district py
plurality Of at least 500."
The abstract of the vote of 1902 show
| that the Republicans of the Second distric
have good reason for believing they ca
carry the district this year. Althoug
Miers was elected by plurality of 7S9, tn
head of the state ticket carried the distric
by but 65 votes. The vote for secretary c
| state was as follows:
Counties. Schoonover. Storm,
Daviess ..................... 2,7n 30
Green ---.-.---.-..-.......... 3,4Il So