The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-28

Frank NJ. Smith, Of Brookville. has de-
cided to enter the race for the Republican
nomination for reporter of the Supreme
Court and the Brookville American will
to-day formally announce his candidacy.
The announcement will not come a sur
prise to his friends or to others who keep
in touch with political gossip. as it has
been known for some weeks that he had
the matter under consideration and would
probably become candidate.
Mr.. Smith is the fourth entry in the race
for the nomination for reporter, George W
Sell, of Corydon. Ben: +. Corwin, OF Green
castle and Leroy b. Nash, of Upton. hav-
ing launched their candidates. several
weeks ago. He is a comparatively young
I'd ieiI-JGst tutheu thlrly -seI I'll i IA " - -
Dy profession and at present occupies the
position OF chief deputy IN the United
States revenue office at Lawrenceburg lie
was graduated from De Pauw University
with the class of 1891 and entered upon the
practice of law in BrooNville that summer
n few months later on account OF the con-
spicuous part ne had taken in the prosecu-
uOh OF certain criminal cases, ne was ap-
pointed deputy prosecutor for the circuit
by George w. Plttman, prosecuting at
torney, who was a Democrat. This ap-
polntment was the more complimentary
because of the fact that the commission OF
or deputy of the opposite political taltn
was Cancelled to make the appointment pos
sible. This position he held two years and
office.
He was nominated for prosecuting at
torney by the Republicans of the Thirty
seventh judicial circuit and confronted
| Democratic plurality of over 500 No Re
publican had ever been elected prosecutor
IN that circuit, but he was optimistic, even
! IN the face of dfscouraSementS from lead
ers of his own party, and went into the
| campaign with such vigor that he was
elected. In January, 1898, he was appointed
to his present position.
Franklin county presents him as the
/ nrSt candidate of the county Tor State
! Office and he will be one of two candidates
presented by the Sixth district to the Re
| publican State convention, l. p. Newly, OF
| KnightStown, who is a candidate for lieu
| tenant Governor. being the other.
Apropos of Mr.. Newly and his candidacy,
by tho way, a Hammond paper observes:
THE indications are that l. p. Newly, of
Knightstown, Ind, will be candidate for
the Republican nomination for Lieutenant
! Governor" Inasmuch as Mr.. Newly an
nounced his candidacy several months ago
and has been busily perfecting an orsaniza-
| uon, IL would seem that the Hammond
| paper is reasonably safe in its prediction.
| The Eighth district will hold the center
| of the stage in Republican politics for the
next week or two, as everything there is
now set for the congressional fight, The
contest will be settled by direct primary
March 1. which gives the candidates. Rep
resentative Cromer, of Muncie, and NJ. NJ.
| Dunlap of Anderson, but a little over
month to put the finishing touches on their
| campaigning and line UP their forces. Up
until this week il had been expected by
many Republicans of the district that the
! congressional nomination would be settled
in convention, as heretofore, and Frank
| II. Snyder, of Portland, and Theodore
Shockney, OF Union City, were also In the
| field against Mr.. Cromer. When the district
| committee decided a direct primary,
however, and that the candidate receiving
a plurality of the votes cast in the district
! should be the nominee, Messrs Dunlap,
| Snyder and Shockney got together and de-
race and conferred upon the Anderson man
| as the candidate. Mr.. Snyder and Mr..
Shockney are asking their friends TO sup
| port Mr.. Dunlap.
Mr.. Dunlap, il is announced from Ander-
| son, will go into the campaign with re-
| doubled zeal. At a conference of number
OF his friends held Tuesday night in Ander-
! son plans for the campaign were discussed,
and it decided that Mr.. Dunlap should
! make an aggressive fight in every county
in the district. He and his friends express
confidence of winning the fight. Mr.. Gro
| mer and his friends, on the other hand, are
| even more confident and are claiming that
/ Mr.. CromerS denomination is a foregone
! conclusion. The contest is of especial in
| terest because it will be the first congress
sional nomination by direct primary that
| has been made in Indiana for several years.
r. p. Grimes and DIR. III. B. Reed active
Republicans of Anderson, were in the city
| yesterday few hours. They are counted
among the Cromer forces in the congress
sional fight, and when asked TO make a
prediction on the outcome of the primary
Mr.. Grimes indicated very clearly his po-
sition.
Madison county Republicans and a sub
stantial ajority of the Republicans of the
district will be found loyal to the best con-
gresham, save one, the Eighth district has
| ever had he said.
Oscar III. Montgomery and John M. Lewis,
of Seymour, both active Republicans and
the former until recently chairman of the
Fourth district organization, were in the
city yesterday Mr.. Montgomery indicated
that he is not yet ready to talk definitely
about becoming a candidate for judge of
the Supreme Court, but Mr.. Lewis had
no heSitancy in speaking for him.
Montgomery will be a candidate" said
Mr.. Lewis. 1.-The Republicans of the Fourth
district will see to that, and L don't mind
giving you tip that he will be nominated.
| We're going to see to that, too"
Mr. Lewis says the Republicans of the
Fourth district are in good shape for the
our almost hopelessly Democratic district
have as much snap and ginger and are as
thoroughly aroused for the campaign as
those in the biggest Republican stronghold
in the State" he declared.
Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Montgomery were
asked who will probably be the Republican
nominee for Congress in the Fourth this
year, and they said that the matter has
not been very generally discussed as yet.
1T is hardly probable that there will be a
contest for the nomination" said Mr..
Montgomery. Men won't fight for the
chance TO buck against an overwhelming
Democratic majority"
There has been some talk of Anderson
Percefeld of Nashville, Brown county as
the probable Republican nominee. He has
not said that he wants the nominate ton, but
ii is understood that he can have it for
the asking Mr.. Percefeld presided at the
recent district convention al Seymour and
made a speech that scored a hit with Re
publcans all over the district. He is an
attorney and is regarded a splendid
campaigner.
E. +. Branch, of Martinsville, who repre-
scented Morgan county in the House during
the last session of the Legislature, saws
/ that j. E. Sedwick, of his city, has decided