The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-29

IL work. when he was fifteen, and awher Z,
he was seventeen he z got his job in the
lunch counter in tho Indianapolis sta
ton He walked here from 5 5,i r. y,
His First JOB
Taggart5 cut sandwiches and was the
general handy man in, the restau "a Y J
until he was ga*t wenty-one he made
friends with tho travelling men and VII 2
the indianapolis people. sss soon 81 no
could vote and proba bl " before.% he went
into ward politics IntE.the meantii' ne e
the lunch counter had expanded and PC
come a restaurant and Ia ggar wa Vii 8
placed In charge ~ 9 was q goods restall
"a Mt mar and heswas ira pidl " becoming
known in Democratic politics inS the city
Aafew years later, early In the $elg n
ties. he secured some BAG King and 5boug ut
a small hotel near the S Lion. 81 2 kept
y good hotel Many of his friends among
the travelling men stopped with him
He was making a title money, and was
5all5the time cultyatinE his poll teal for
tunes. The: hest office IN 4 diana at that
( time was the authorship tof Marion re
county, in which Indianapolis was sltu-
ated. The fees OF. the place amounted
to about $50, 900 mi yea III
Redeemed Marion County
Marion county had been Republican
4 since 1850. There was a Denlocrat tic or
ganizat ton, cccting a, few aldermen
\ from time to time, but Democratic sue
cesses on the county ticket were rare ar
In 1856 there vas Denomination 1or3 " g
authorship to be decided upon g
arnncrat i Of any consequence in the
county would look a It. There q p.
reared to be no chance for the nominee mn
The convention met, and Thomas rag
rart. the Young Democrat who kept a
hotel. said he would take the notnlna :.
ton n t nobody else wa nted l ntleeo,s
he had planned to get It some IA 'lohl.is
ahead, and had a lot Of delegate o. tEe .pBiS
EtoSvote for HIM. !, !, Z, = / H..
LET, him have It, said the ne leaaers;
atItfisk better that he hould ~
than one of Hs. ~ isa z,
Taggartl was nominated unanimously.
drhen the Republican papers ~ the CITY
poked fun at the young lrisl,1nall,s MI
VAS SIRE 10 be beaten. and u the older
sDemocrats told one another IT would be
h good lesson for him. ,ragsart went WEI
out in the country and canvassel! !, y =
4 city, He had made ma ny fr!enas a ,n,
The young men, Tie called them a az lhto
his campaign i,. 4
His First Office.
~ was elected That $4,000 job g ,asy
hin, ~ Ma start. Two years later, IN 1855:
after he had been ma de Nv hs
5c ei,p Marian county against Ben1a-s
min min HARRISON which an !, Z ama az,
Thing, as Harrison lived IN lndlana,p7'o ~
q avery presidential campal Ign sine 1896.
Meantime isN Taggart had fYpande q, ms y
hotel business. He secured control 4, o
the Grand Hotel, one Of the 5legdi,ng no
tels 81 tf,e city fixed 1 Z up and ghecame
4 hotel keeper i'll earnest. There had been
a Sort of tradition, in Indianapnlis w mat
should be held but one Il erm by any sue
cesst ii candidate. IA ggart said he was
bound by no traditian Iie became q 7. can.
ldidate again In 1890, md I won by a larger
majority than he had In 1885. 8.
No False M odesty,
IIe served until 1894. all the time max
ing friends Al Lana. He va N chosen
ich f of the Demo State Com
He had been airIna n o ( the City Com
smIttee and had helped twice ia elect