The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-15

v%entions 10 select delegates will be on.
Representative James A Hemenway will be
renominated by reclamation.
Visitors TO Evansville Saturday for the
Lincoln League convention were made fore
IDLY aware that that city is in a critical
situation over the water supply. AS War
rem c.. Sayre. Of Wabash. put It at the Lin
coin League banquet, the only water avail
able I'm Evansville at present is at only for
navigation or suicide.
Speaking OF Mr.. Sayre in particular and
the -gubernatorial candidates in general. II
doubtless has occurred to few people TO
consider under what heavy obligations the
next Governor, as well as all succeeding
Governors of Indiana, will be 70 Henry
Sherman. of Westport. who represented De-
catur county in the House during the last
session of the Legislature. Sherman saved
the bill giving the Governor an increase
OF 5000 per year in salary.
Those who followed the proceedings of
the Legislature last winter will recall that
Mr. sayre fought practically all the salary
increasing measures, and he did his utmost
to defeat the bin giving the Governor a SUBJ
stantial increase. Whether at that time he
considered that he might become a Kuber-
Material candidate, and If nominated and
elected would be the first to profit by the
increase, is another question. He fought
1t. In spite OF his opposition, however. the
finally, TO third reading. One day he was
absent from the House, and the bill was
handed down on third reading and put upon
its passage 1t was passed by the narrow
margin OF one vote over the constitutional
majority.
The next day Mr.. sayre learned Of the
action taken in his absence, but the vote
was so close that he started on a still hunt.
He found two Democratic members@Cully.
OF Franklin and Union, and Green, OF Ohio
and Switzerland-who said that they had
voted against the measure, while the record
showed that they had voted for IL. He had
a clear case. By demanding a correction
of the record, which the rules permit, he
could show that II the votes of Gully and
Green were properly recorded the bill would
fail TO pass for want OF the constitutional
majority, and he might yet hope to defeat
IL. Accordingly he sprang his sensation,
which was nothing short OF a sensation.
IN truth. The speaker was forced to rule
that Gully and Green should be recorded
as having voted against the bill IL they
stated that their votes had been in the neg
atlVe, and they did. IL seemed that the bin
was defeated. and, flushed with triumph,
Mr.. Sayre arose to offer a motion for in
Gehnlte postponement, when his seatmate,
sherman, addressed the chair.
MT. Speaker, how am L recorded on that
bnl2' he demanded.
After a hurried investigation he was in
formed that the records shows he had voted
in the negative.
That's q mistake" he declared; IT voted
for the bill!'
the end the matter was Strengthened out,
and II was shown that the change of the
vote or representative Sherman had saved
the bill. Despite the loss OF the two Dem
ocratic votes it still had the constitu-
tional majority, and the dramatic incident
was closed Sherman's vote was worth ex-
Governor of Indiana, beginning with Cow
ernor Durbin's successor.
In passing it may be added that the ON
ciaI record of the proceedings OF the House
OF Representatives OF the General Assem-
bly, of 1902 contains no reference TO the
bill. BY the action OF the House the pro-
ceedings were expunged from the record.
which. as published officially. shows mere
ly that on the date in question the House
convened at 9 a. m. and adjourned at ~ m.
for the fight lasted three long hours.
A meeting of the Republican state COM
mittee will be held this week to consider
accumulated routine business. and. possibly.
to decide on the date for the state con-
v%ention. Chairman Goodrich has not issued
the call for the meeting OF the committee.
but will probably do so to-day. At this
meeting it will be decided whether the BUSH
ness of1ceS OF the state committee shall be
moved from the present quarters in the Ste
venson building TO the English Hotel.
? :
One by one the laurels and powers OF
members Of the Holtzman-Keach faction i'm
the local Democracy are being taken from
them. The latest move on the D. ri of the
faction now in control Of the party ma
chinery. save the city committee, is to Dust
Charles Polster, Keach's most loyal lieu
tenant. from membership in the Demo-
cratic county committee as committeeman.
from the Sixth ward. Polster's political
prestige and ~perquisites have depended upon
his domination of the Sixth, but now that
is to be taken from him. The newly-elected
precinct committeeman or the ward have
decided 10 recommend the appointment OF
Joe Gates, the Indiana-avenue. ssloon-keeper,
as ward committeeman, 10 succeed Polster,
Clarke viii follow the recommendation.
Whether or not Chairman Clarke appoints
Gates IT Is a foregone conclusion that Pol
Ster VIII De thrown out or the organization.
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A dispatch to the Journal from the cap
ital of Vigo county says:
"The publication in a political letter from
Terre Haute OF a statement by John f.
Lamb that he would like TO have the nom
ticket this year, were IL not for his rheuma-
tism, and the added statement that Vigo
Democrats would present his candidacy TO
the state convention anyway, has aroused
the ant-LAmb faction. For some years
after an anti-Lamb organization defeated
him for Congress and practically put him
OdN VI 1VOdA PClllNrs WI dlA na0
TO say on political subjects. but in the last
few months he has been much TO the front.
The ants have been wondering what he was
after and had concluded that he was look
ing forward 10 a foreign mission in event
OF the election of a Democratic President.
but this new statement has undcceived and
aroused them.
There could be no greater mistake than
to suppose that there Is no serious split i'm
Democratic politics here. IL simply needs
an opportunity for expression. Should the
Republicans nominate a candidate for
mayor who would stand for what Mayor
Steeg does not stand for, Democratic husi-
ness men and others who are not wanted
in their party organization says the city
administration, which Lamb controls, would
lose from 100 20 1900 Democratic votes. Re-
publicans are chagrined that day after day.
with no Republican newspaper here, there is
no means Of meeting the assertions OF the
Democrats. They also wonder why IL Is 80
much is published AVA from Tcrre Haste
about the fractional differences OF the Re-
publicans and so little about the Demo-
l cratic quarrels-"
Ho-rfson took long walks huf mot The hind