The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-27
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

Representative Charles b. Lands, Of
Delphi was at the Columbia Club last
night. stopping off in the city on his way
back to Washington from Frankfort. where
the Ninth district Republican congressional
convention was held Thursday. The con-
vention unanimously renominated Mr.
Lands for his fifth term in Congress, con-
sequently that statesman is in a highly
satisfied state of mind. He is the first OF
the Indiana delegation to be renOminated
this year.
I'VE had a splendid convention said Mr..
Lands last evening. 1T was well at
tended, but the best thing about it was
that every man there was full of old-fash-
toned Republican enthusiasm and there was
not a ripple to disturb the harmony and
good feeling that prevailed. The people Of
Frankfort are to be complimented on the
manner in which they handled the conven-
ton. The arrangements were perfect and
nothing had been overlooked in the way o.
entertainment 10 make the affair all that
was to be desired More than that, the
Republicans of the city paid al the eN-
penses of the convention, thing worthy OF
note"
Mr.. Lands has been exceedinly FORUM
] ate in his successive canVaSSeS Tor the con-
| gressional prize in the Ninth district. as
he has had 10 make but two fights for the
/ nomination. He had a contest Tor his nrst
| nomination, then the second and third were
handed him without opposition. He had
10 fight again for the nomination two years
| ago. but this year he received unani-
nous Endorsement. Few members from IN
| diana have been so fortunate.
! Yes, l have been fortunate, he said,
/ in speaking OF this phase of the matter, but
| | am still more fortunate in that the Ninth
is the best district in the whole country
| 1t is primarily an agricultural district,
/ with prosperous class of people and no
| the district is i'm a splendid condition from
a Republican standpoint. There are no
/ factional divisions and we are absolutely
free of the numerous little troubles that SO
frequently break out"
Mr.. Lands was asked his views Of the
bill to increase the salaries of rural mail
carriers, a measure in which Indiana is es-
pecially interested, as this State ranks
next to Iowa the State having the most
complete rural free delivery service.
81 have no hesitancy in saying that
| favor an increase in the salaries of the ru-
raj route men," he replied 81 believe that
they should be given an increase at this
time of at least $40 per year. AS to the
| question whether the carriers should be
/ prohibited from doing a package delivery
| business and acting as agents for newspa-
| pers as a means of increasing their incomes.
| L am not prepared to say just where
| stand AS l look at il, il is not so much a
question as TO whether the carriers should
/ be deprived of this additional income as II
/ is one as 10 whether the patrons Of the
rural routes should be deprived OF the con-
venience of being able to have the carriers
| look after small commissions for them IN
| the towns and cities. L have lived in the
country, and L know what it means for a
farmer to have to drop his work or to spare
horse and a hand to go to town TO make
la varr
| for the farmers to be able TO have the mail
carriers look after such little matters. The
| matter of the carriers acting as agents for
i newspapers has some Objectionable fea-
lures, and / have not looked into IL suffi-
GENTLY to reach conclusion as to what
| ought to be done"
| night.
Secretary Sims, of the State committee
who is the Ninth district committeeman,
is as fully enthusiastic as Representative
lands over the convention held Thursday
at Frankfort. 1T was the best convention
ever held in our district" he said yes
| terday, land l don't believe there'n be a
better one in Indiana this year. There
wasn't a feature about the whole affair
that we would have changed, if we could.
Julian ID. Hogate, of Danville. the Fifth
district member of the Republican State
committee, was IN the city last night 10 at
| tend the Sigma Chi banquet at the Column
bia Club.
Mayor George NJ. Snyder, of Noblesville
one of the active Republican workers OF
| Hamilton county, picks the Hon. Addison
| c. Harris of this city, as the man for the
| Republican nomination for Vice President
| this year.
Republican State Chairman James p
| Goodrich will to-day send out the call fol
a meeting of the committee next Friday
1t had been decided originally to have the
meeting next Thursday, but it was found
that that date would conflict with the Sixth
district Republican congressional cOnven
ton, which will be held that day in Shell
byville, consequently Friday was FIXED
upon. At this meeting the committee viii
probably set the date for the state conven