The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14

Republicans interested in the Eleventh
district congressional contest have been I'M
necessarily exercised during the last day
or two by reports concerning the method
for selecting delegates decided upon by
the Republican central committee of Wa
bash county. Ii was stated that after
fierce fight the committee had voted that
the delegates should be selected by county
primary-that is, that two states should be
pat up for the entire county. and if Mr..
Landis's slate received a majority Of the
votes cast he should have the entire Wa
bash county delegation in the district con-
vention, or if Major Steele carried the coun-
ty he should have all the delegates. The
cry was at once raised that this action
of the Wabash county committee was a
coup by the Lands forces that would re-
suit in Lands receiving twenty votes where
1t had been expected the delegation would
be about evenly divided between the two
candidates, and it was also said that the
committee had violated one of the rules re-
Gently adopted by the state committee.
which would result in an ugly wrangle and
all sorts of complications
1t appears now that there was no founda-
| ton Tor these reports. The call for the
selection OF the Wabash county delegates
| provides that the delegates shall be selected
by townships, which is not in violation OF
the state committees rules and will place
] the candidates on an equal footing. Those
who are in position to know, and who are
| as unpreJudlced as ii is possible for an
| Eleventh district Republican 10 be at this
| time, says that the forces of Representative
Lands and Major Steele are about equal in
| Wabash county and that in all probability
| the delegation will be equally divided. A
| further argument in support of this is that
| Warren q. Sayre. of that county. is one Of
| the gubernatorial candidates and il is said
| that the delegates from his county, in order
best to conserve his interests, will divide
! their votes so as TO incur the hostility of
| neither the Lands nor the Steele people.
The headquarters of the Republican state
committee will be opened to-day in suite
of rooms on the third floor of the English
| Hotel. The offices of the chairman and
secretary will be in Rooms 2Ol-2Os. The
headquarters will necessarily be in more or
| less OF chaotic condition for a few days.
| but Secretary Sims and his assistant SEN
ator Lyons, will be able to receive callers
| and attend to the more pressing business
| of the committee. The rules recently
adopted by the state committee will be
issued in printed form this week and copies
| forwarded TO all the county chairmen.
Two Republican congressional conventions
and one convention to select delegates and
alternates to the national convention are
| billed for this week. Tomorrow the Re-
publicans of the First and Thirteenth dis
tricts will meet The First district con-
| vention will be held at Mount Vernon and
| Representative James A. Hemenway will
be renominated by reclamation The Thir-
| teenth district convention will be held at
| Knox and will be equally harmonious, as
| Representative A. L. Brick has no OPPOSE
| ton for denomination Both conventions
| Will select delegates to the national con-
vention. Mr.. Hemenway and Mr.. Brick
are now in Indiana and viii be present at
their respective conventions.
| On Thursday, at Nobesviile. the Repub-
| licans of the Ninth district will assemble
to name their delegates and alternates to
the national convention, and TO select a
didate has already been chosen in this dis
trict. Representative c. B. Lands having
been renominated three weeks ago.
A group of men interested in politics were
discussing State and national political af.
fairs last evening at the Columbia Club
when the subject of the complications that
might arise out of Senator Fairbanks nom
ination for Vice President was preached
The question was asked:
Suppose Senator Fairbanks is nominated
for Vice President, and that the national
Republican ticket is elected, but that we
fail to carry Indiana and the Democrats
should have control of the Legislature, what
would be done?'
The first answer, made offhand, was that
in such event Senator Fairbanks would moi
| resign his seat in the Senate and would
not qualify as Vice President. with the re
suit that there would be no Vice President
1t pointed out, however. that under
such extraordinary circumstances the Elec
toral College, a majority of which would b'
| Republican, would not be compelled to cleo
Mr.. Fairbanks Vice President, but cOulC
elect any other man. In that way a Vic,
President might be chosen for whom TIT
| Republicans of the country had never voted
Ii is an exceedingly remote possibility. how
| ever, based on too many "supposes." chic
of which is the one that the Democrat
| should carry Indiana.
Col. c. G. Matson, of Greencastle, for
merly Democratic member of Congress from
the Fifth district at the Claypool las
night The colonel is a regular Of regular
so far as his Democracy is concerned. bu
he confessed last evening that he would b.
severely tried should w. r. Hearst land tn
Democratic presidential nomination. H
made the admission when he was asked hi
opinion of the Hearst boom.
Il can't believe that there is likelihoo'
| of Hearsts nomination" he replied H
has made a showing of strength, it is true
but l believe that his boom Will fizzle out
l suppose IL he should be nominated Il
have-I don't know what l would do. i
would be an embarrassing position for on
who has always been a consistent part
man. But it's disgusting to think tina
Hearst must be regarded a presidential
possibility. and l don't want to think abou
it."
Colonel Matson's personal choice for tn
, Democratic presidential nomination
Judge Parker. of New York. He regard
Parker the strongest man who coul
be placed at the head Of the ticket. Aske
his choice for the gubernatorial nomination
T he said:
II have heard John Lamb of Terre Hautt
mentioned as a candidate, and if he want
the nomination | would be for him. O
course, for he is Fifth district man. ]
there is no candidate from our distric
, Hugh DOugherty. of Button, would