The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-15

Representative James T. Ndt-oAF "a
Rushville. who. it is generally understood,
will be the chairman of the forthcoming
Republican state convention, is home from
Washington and will devote much of the
time between now and. the convention to
the preparation of the address which he
will deliver on assuming the gavel
Harry c. Starr, of Richmond, member of
the Republican state executive committee,
who was at the English last night. brought
the news of Mr.. Watson's homecoming.
Mr. Watson and his family returned
from Washington to-day said Mr.. Starr.
They stopped of in Richmond between
trains and / had long talk with him. lie
did not take me into his confidence. but ]
am inclined to believe that he came home
at this time 10 get TO work on the key
note which he will deliver chairman OF
the state convention
Mr.. Starr is in the city to talk politics
| not for publication for il is rare occasion
| when a reporter can induce him TO submit
| TO an interview on political matters. How
| ever, he met several members of the state
| committee and a number of other active
politicians and il would be safe wager
| that they were discussing the prospects for
/ a wheat crop, the best time to plant corn,
| nor yet the promotion and building of rail-
| roads.
According to a dispatch TO the Journal
| from Washington, Representative Watson
will probably be the only member of the
Indiana Republican congressional delega-
ton who will be able to attend the state
convention. The dispatch says:
| From the present indications only one
| Indiana member will be able to attend the
| Republican state convention in Indianapolis
| on the 18th instant. AS chairman of the
| convention, Representative Watson will
| make arrangements for a pair. and will.
| OF course, be in attendance. The present
| plan of the leaders is 10 adjourn about the
2. In the closing days of the session it is
| absolutely necessary that the majority
| shall maintain full membership in the
| House on account OF conference reports
| and a large number of measures on which
action is deferred until nearly the last mo-
| ment.
at will not be possible for Representative
| Hemenway, chairman of the committee on
| appropriations, to leave here for the state
| convention, as his position requires that he
| shall carefully scrutinize all measures that
| are rushed through near adjournment. The
| word has gone out that the Republicans
| shall not absent themselves from Washing
ton at any time bs nea asd
| away day comes before the 18th that Mr..
Watson and possibly Senators Fairbanks
| and Beveridge will be the only members OF
the Indianapolis convention
|
State Chairman Goodrich, of Winchester
was at headquarters yesterday, looking aft
er some of the details of the arrangements
for the state convention. Some difficulty
is being experienced in the selection of a
sergeant-at-arms for the. convention. Ar
effort is being made to finu a who
will be satisfactory to all the candidates
the nrinpina1 offices bnf III
that the candidates are having a hard time
to get together on the matter. The appoint
ment must be made within a few days
for the sergeant-at-arms will have con-
siderable work to do in advance OF the
convention.
There was a scene last evening in the
lobby of the English that would furnish
unlimited material to the political pipe
dreamer" j. Frank Hanly. of Lafayette
and w. L. Taylor. of this city. two of the
candidates for the Republican gubernatoria
nomination, met in the hotel lobby and
held protracted conference They with.
drew to one side of the lobby and talked
earnestly for several minutes, while a score
or more of politicians looked on wondered
what they were talking about and INDUCED
in humorous speculation as TO the nature OF
the deal that was being effected. The
only explanation vouchsafed by either OF
the men who knew most about what was
going came from Mr. Taylor.
We've got everything fixed up to one
point" he said. We've agreed TO split the
I'll take two years. but we can't agree as
to which OF us should have the first hall
of the term
1t is now understood that the new state
executive committee will not be named b,
Republican State Chairman Goodrich unit
| after the state convention All the mem
! Ia
not been announced up to this time, and i
is also said that the list will not be com
pleted until after the convention
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DIR. A. w. Collins. of Anderson, chair
man of the Republican organization of hi
city, was here yesterday, calling on loca
politicians. DIR. Collins says the Repub
licans of Anderson are going to redeem
themselves this year by electing their en-
tire ticket, from mayor down: Alexande
Mckee is the mayoralty candidate, and tn
doctor says he will beat Mayor F0rkner
who has been renominated by the Demo
Gratis, by from 800 to 500 votes.
~
, Carey Z. Cowgirl of Wabash, who will b.
one of the delegates from the Eleventh dis
trict to the Republican national conven
ton, was at the Columbia Club yesterday
The Republican gubernatorial candidate
were yesterday SuDJecteo 10 the catecnlSn
= inflicted quadrennially by a local independ
3 ent newspaper on the aspirants for the gov
ernorship. The questions put to the candi
dates this year are as follows:
What would be your policy if nominate
and elected, in the management of tn
States penal and benevolent Institutions !?
Would it be your policy to prevent tn
discharge of an employe of any of such in
sttutions because he belonged to "a politica
| party opposed to your election
I'm the selection of employees would it b
! your policy to make fitness the first con
: sideration rather than service to In
| party?"
These questions, it is safe prognostica
for Governor be he Democratic or Reput
lican, an unusually ardent party man or a
unusually Indifferent party man, in sub
: stantially the same manner. The last tw
questions would be answered in the affirma
r tive, while the answer to the first would b
in effect that the prospective Governo
would make it his aim TO give the State
: institutions the best possible business ad
ministration.
y Z. Z. Neal, of Noblesville, who is
prospective candidate for the RepubIica
nomination for clerk of the Supreme Cour
q two years hence, was at the English las
a evening.
e Gossip was rife among the.politcians Las
= night over a story published in an after
r noon paper yesterday to the effect tina
s | Senator Fremont C.oodWine Of Wilt m.