The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-10
POLITICAL AFFAIRS.
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Sixty-Day Poll of State.

Lie TWO ola pOllt1cal parties began
taking the sixty-day poll of the state
today. All told, between 5000 and
5000 men will be engaged in this
work for two or three days. The count
of noses will cost each of the parties
$4,000 Or $4,000. The State COM
mittees trust the poll taking to the To-
cal organizations, but the results must
all be made known to the State COM
mittees. If everything goes we'll each
State committee will, by the latter
part Of next week, have an abstract
OF the result showing how many prob
able voters it has in the state. 1t
seems that the Republicans have made
more preparations for taking the poll
than have the Democrats, and yet. it
is said by those i'll authority that the
Democrats will make careful count.
Neither party is inclined to put
large dependence on the poll as indi-
eating the outcome of the election.
Citizens are not required to reveal
how they intend to vote, although
nation to the poll-takers. The great
value of poll lies in the fact that the
record enables the local organizations
to locate every person who is entitled
to vote and to keep track of him until
election day. During the first week in
October a second poll will be taken
1t is the count on which the political
managers base their final operations.
Under the comparatively new law,
poll-takers are entitled to a good deal
of consideration. The person applied
to for information as to the number
of voters housed must supply it. Re-
fusal to furnish such information
may be punished by fine.
It is reported that Uncle Henry
Davis told the committee that he was
only fooling anyway and that $4,000 |
was enough to pay for a practical |
joke.
Crawford Fairbanks says "there is
not even the most shadowy basis for
such stories,' when asked if there !
was friction btween Mr.. Taggart and !
the eastern leaders.
Democrats are to have as much |
money for campaign purposes as the
necessities may require.
1t is announced that Senator Fair
banks will duplicate the cross country
trip made by Roosevelt in 1900 when
he was the vice presidential candidate.
The Hearst Democrats in the first
Indiana congressional district are said
to be mutinous still on account Of
the way that Taggart and his follow
ers treated them in the State Demo-
cratic convention.
Rev. w. D. Moore, of Dubois coun-
ty, Ind, who in 1900 stumped Kansas
for w. j. Bryan, has announced his
determination of supporting Roosevelt
and Fairbanks this campaign, and, in
an address to the citizens of Hunt
lngburg, Ind, and vicinity Thursday
night will give nine reasons why he
cannot support Parker and Davis.
The Republicans are arranging to
make it banner meeting.
DIR. M. S. Marble. of Grace church.
will not discuss politics at all but a J
Palladium representative asked about
his political observation in the east .
Turing his vacation. He replied that !
from the best information he could
get, it seemed one-sided. EVERYTHING ,
pointed to the election of Roosevelt
md Fairbanks. ,
J. Frank Hanly. the Republican !
for governor, has had a de- !;
'ldedly strenuous week. First. he was :
n an automobile accident en- routa
rom Paramount to Marion. in which
lie had narrow escape from serious +
injury, and few days later it was )
rs presence of mind alone that pre- !
'ented panic in the bis audience
aat gathered to hear him at Middle