The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-17
GRANT COUNTY PROBABLY
SOLID FOR C. ". STEELE
Marion Man Says All the Thirty
Five Delegates Will Vote
for Him at Peru.
CLAIM OF A lands MAN
Special to the Indianapolis Journal

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MARION, Ind, March 16.-Republicans of
Grant county elected delegates this evening
for congressional state and district con-
ventions. Major Steele. candidate for Con-
gress from this county, when seen tonight
said he would have thirty-five delegates,
a solid county delegation beyond any doubt.
State delegates are for Warren G.. Sayre,
the district candidate for Governor, and it
is the avowed purpose of the Grant county
delegation to stand with the Wabash county
candidate so long as he is in the race. 1t is
the general belief that for second choice
in the governorship contest j. Frank Hanly,
of Tippecanoe, stands the favorite In fact.
a majority of the thirty-five delegates are
SAID to be friendly to Mr.. Hanly.
In a number of precincts the congress
sional fight was the first paramount issue,
because of the appearance of opposition to
Major Steele. In Van Buren township,
where DIR. c. III. Good, of Huntington. had
delegate two years ago. the Steele dele
gate was elected to-day by a vote of 16l
to 2S In Marion, at Thirtieth street there
was fight on congressional delegate and
the Steele man won by vote of l0l 10 S.
l. MS has been regarded as an anti-Steele
center The Soldiers Home precincts.
e,
turned out vote of $50 TO 73 for Steele and
against Lands. The fight at Matthews,
where the Lands supporters worked hard.
resulted in a victory for the Steele forces
parts OF the county We're there contests
against Steele delegates Work was done
to-day by the Lands people at Gas City.
some of the latters strongest lieutenants
being on hand. spirited fight resulted
from anxiety of several Steele adherents to
sit on the delegation, but the effort of
Lands men to secure the place was de-
feated without great trouble.
The following were the congressional dele
gates elected, all being Steele slate men:
Fred Drake. James McTighe Edward Dam
lace, I. c. Kimball, +. +. Mcclure, A. C..
Jay, j.: w. c. Titus, Charles w. Halder-
man, John Hayes. John Shearer, T. II.
O'Neal, w. C. Irwin, j. n. Brown, F. NJ.
Piper, Edward Bowlin, John r. Hadley,
William Kiefer, Edward Morgan. Asa FL
lott. Joseph Walthall, Levi Teeter. j. A.
Ballenger Everett Trook, Ed Morgan, Rob-
ert Reeder, John Stewart, John A. Jones,
Otto Tutor, G. NJ. Echelbarger, B. r Tign-
er. Jesse Huffman and Ross Harvey.
The head of the Lands forces in Grant
county, Ross "A. Heavilin, made the state
ment tonight that he had secured one
Lands delegate to-day, but the Steele men
declare that the slate went through without
a hitch. Mr.. Heavilin declines to say
where the Lands strength is located. 1t is
reported that the Lands people have been
claiming that at least eight, and possibly
ten, utleSdleS WOulu De secured In TINS cOun-
ty to vote against Major Steele. This claim
is not borne out tonight so say the Steele
men.
One man who is a warm supporter of
Steele said tonight: THE Grant county
delegation two years ago very strong,
but two delegates were taken from us at
Wabash and the delegation voted i2 for
Steele and against him. This wear the
delegation is solidly for Steele and there is
no breaking in il at any point. If there is
a Lands man in the delegation ! do not
know where he is. The fact is the vote
where any fight was made by the Lands
forces was so overw whelmingly in favor of
Steele that the result is very pleasing to
the major and his friends
Especial care was taken to give all dele
gates ironclad and strictly correct creden-
tials in order that there may be no trou-
BILE in seating every delegate when the
convention meets at Peru to nominate a
congressman.