The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-18
Young Millionaire's Boomers VIII
Attack Reported Deal for
Judge Parker.
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
National Committee Secretary and
Kansas Leader Plan the In
diana Campaign.
HOLD LONG CONFERENCE
Bureau to Be Established and Or
ganizers to Be Dispatched
To All Counties.

William Randolph Hearst. candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomination.
has decided upon an invasion of Indiana.
and through his managers. who were in
conference here yesterday he has served
notice on Thomas Taggart. State Chair
man O'Brien and others OF the leaders OF
the regular organization that he will fight
aggressively Mr.. Tagagrt's alleged deal TO
turn Indiana over TO Judge Parker or
Senator Hill, of New York.
Ii is announced that an active organi-
zation will be formed by the Hearst peo-
pie TO prevent the carrying out OF the
Taggart-Parker deal. Headquarters will be
opened in Indianapolis with some Indiana
man who is an active Hearst advocate in
charge.
The parties to the important conference
here yesterday at which the campaign was
decided upon were John c. Eastman. gen.
eral manager of Hearst's Chicago newspa-
per properties and the man who is direct
ing Hearsts campaign in the middle
West and West; c. A Walsh. OF Iowa,
secretary of the Democratic national COM
mittee, and ]. G.. Johnson, of Peabody.
Kan, a member OF the Democratic national
committee c. +. S. Neal, formerly OF
Lebanon, now of Chicago. met with
Messrs. Eastman, Walsh and johnson, but
he did not come here one of Hearsts
lieutenantS.
Mr.. Walsh last evening dictated the fol-
lowing statement to the Journal:
THE object in the visit OF Mr.. Hearsts
friends to Indianapolis was TO ascertain
real conditions in Indiana. Some time ago
Mr.. Taggart and others from Indiana were
in Chicago. Since that time IL was report
ed that he, with others. had gone TO New
York and Wednesday mornings papers
stated that he had agreed while East TO
turn the State over to the reorganizers and
to Senator Hill, as the residuary legatee
of Judge Parker, and for that purpose
would endeavOr to secure the selection OF
a Parker delegation Knowing, through
different sources that Mr. Hearst had
many warm friends and admirers among
the regular Democracy OF Indiana IL was
determined TO investigate the probability
of the correctness of the dispatches re-
porting the intention TO turn the delega-
tion over TO Parker, and, II found TO be
correct, TO put in organization TO pre-
vent il.
MIR Hearst believes in going directly to
the people in these matters, taking their
Judgment and abiding by II.
"As result OF the VISIT believe that an
active organization will be formed by the
Hearst people In Indiana"
Pressed for further particulars Mr.. Walsh
said he would confine himself 10 the
dictated statement. but when he was asked
when the organization would be put in
here he SMILED and said:
Knowing Mr.. Hearsts methods in the
newspaper business / would be inclined TO
the opinion that no time will be lost. How
ever. / know nothing of the details OF the
plans and as IL has only been determined
within the last few hours TO put I'm an or
ganization IL is scarcely probable that the
details have been worked out"
Mr.. Walsh stated that half a dozen men
had been mentioned as available for the
position at the head of Hearst's Indiana
bureau, but he would reveal none of the
names.