The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-26
GEO. A. CUNNINGHAM AND
JOSEPH D, OLIVER To HEAD
THE TICKET AS ELECTORS
Conference of State Committee
Agrees on Two Prominent
Republicans.
PLATFORM IS DISCUSSED
Similar to One Two Years Ago
Will Be Crowded with
Endorsements.

George A. Cunningham, of Evansville.
committeeman for the First district, and
Joseph d. Oliver, prominent South Bend
manufacturer, will head the Republican
ticket in Indiana this year as presidential
electors at large If the consensus of opin-
ion of members of the state organization
and other prominent party leaders is car
ried into effect by the state convention at
Wednesday forenoon's session.
. The delegates at large to the national
convention will be Senator Charles w.
Fairbanks, Senator Albert j. Beveridge,
Governor Winfield T. Durbin and State
Chairman James P. Goodrich.
The alternate delegates at large will
probably be Henry c. Starr, Richmond,
member of the state executive committee;
Z. 2. Mcclure, Marion, one of the Eleventh
district leaders; Howard Maxwell Rock
vile, former candidate for Congress in the
Fifth district, and DR.. ]. T. Adams. Port
land, well-known party worker in the
Eighth district.
AT the meeting of the state committee,
held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
Room 120 at the English, these matters
were fully discussed. Ii has been gener-
ally understood for months that following
precedent the delegates large to the
tional convention would be the two United
States senators, the Governor and the
state chairman, but the question of presi-
Dental electors at large and alternate dele
gates had not heretofore been taken up.
Contests seldom made in Indiana for
these places, which are purely honorary
and are given in recognition of long party
service, and il is usually settled in ad-
vance Of the convention whose names viii
be presented
NO FORMAL ACTION.
No matter was brought before the COM
mittee that required formal action, but in
addition to discussing the matters men
toned, the advisability of nominating the
candidates for state offices who have no
opposition at the opening session of the
convention this afternoon. instead of at the
Wednesday sessions, was considered with
the result that the committee rules and
permanent organization probably will make
such a recommendation.
Incidental matters pertaining TO the con-
vention were discussed and then Secretary
Sims distributed the tickets to the conVen-
tion among the several district chai-men.
Each chairman was given number of
general admission and stage tickets in pro-
portion to the Republican vote of his dis
trict
The members OF the committee present at
the meeting were: First district, George A
Cunningham, Evansville; Second, John c.
Billheimer. Washington; Third. John c.
Zulauf, Jeffersonville; Fourth, w. +.
Springer, Elizabethtown; Fifth. Julian ID.
Hogate, Danville; Sixth. Z. p. Thayer.
Greenfield; Seventh, Floyd a. Woods. In
dianapols; Eighth. George Lilly, Anderson:
Ninth. Fred a. Sims. Frankfort: Eleventh.
Z. II. Neal Jonesboro; Twelfth, Elmer
Leonard, Fort Wayne; Thirteenth. John l..
Norman. Knox. Thomas J. Mccoy. COM
mittceman for the Tenth district, was the
only member absent.
The committeeman were asked 10 report
if there would be any contests over the
seats IL the convention from any of their
counties, and il was reported that there
may be contest for the seats from Wash
ington township. Pike county. for four
seats in the Lake county delegation, for two
seats in the Jay county delegation. and,
possibly, for the fourteen seats from An
derson township. Madison county.
CONFER ON PLATFORM
At the conclusion OF the meeting of the
committee a conference Of state leaders
was held in the same room to discuss the
platform TO be submitted in rough to the
committee resolutions tomorrow. Pres
ent at this conference were Senator Fair
banks. Senator Beveridge, Governor Dur
bin, State Chairman Goodrich, Addison C.
Harris. National Committeeman Harry s
New. Charles l.. Henry, Judge A o.
Marsh. Judge Leander J. Monks. Oscar II
Montgomery. Secretary of State Storms.
Attorney General Miller, George a Cum
ningham. Representative James +. Wat
son. Representative +: ID. Crumpac cker and
John G. CLANCY. candidate for Congress in
the Second district
Aside from discussing i'm q general way
what should be included in the platform
little was done at the conference the spe-
ferred to subcommittees- 1t was generally
agreed. however, that the platform should
be similar 10 the one adopted two years
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