The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-25

Former Mayor Charles 4. Bookwalter
last evening made the statement that he
Is not and will not be candidate for
the Republican nomination for Congress
from this district
There really is little occasion for such an
announcement from me-" he said. but
am aware that the report has been indus
triousy circulated that l am congress
sional candidate, or that l contemplate
entering the race. and in order to set at
rest the minds of a few people who APP
parently have been disturbed by the report
| wish to make my position clear l am
not candidate for any Office. l am now
a private i'm the rear rank of the Re
publican army. marking time and waiting
for the command to march on the enemy.
l have no interest in the congressional Of
flee. save to see a Republican elected. and
| have no further interest In any other
Office. AS a Republican. however, l be-
lieve. and | have no hesitancy i'm asserting
my belief, that no man should receive the
slightest recognition from the Republican
party who cannot present an abstract
showing a clear title as a Republican.
Il now in the fortunate position, po-
litically speaking, where nothing that
any one can do or say can bother me-.
continued the former mayor. Il am now
a free lance IN the political arena. nut
/ wish IL clearly understood that my lance
will always be poised and pointed against
the common enemy of my party and that
II will never be turned TO stab a Repub-
the weakest
Mr.. Bookwalter refused to discuss the
contest for the Republican county chair
give his support to the man selected for
the position by the Republicans of Marion
county, and to add:
Il only trust that in selecting the county
chairman the Republicans will choose a
man whose record is one TO entitle him
TO confidence and trust and whose party
loyalty cannot be questioned. With the
county, State and national tickets at stake,
II goes without saying that the man at
the head of the Republican organization
must be like Caesars wife"
l.. M. Bllingsley. Of Lincoln, Neb., has
been spending a few days in the city with
his nephew, ]. II. Bnlingsley, president of
the City Council. Mr.. Bilingsley is prom
inent attorney and active Republican politi-
clan of Lincoln and. by a peculiar coinci-
dence. has served several years as president
of the Council of that city. He has been
a member of Nebraska delegations to Re
publican national conventions and will be
at Chicago next June, probably as a dele
gate.
In speaking of politics in his State Mr.
Billingsley said that the Republicans there
are practically a unit for the nomination
of President Roosevelt.
I'VE are for Roosevelt he said and then
added: THE tall senator from Indiana has
many friends and admirers among the Re-
publicans of our State and there is grow
ing sentiment out there that Mr.. Fairbanks
should be on the national ticket this year
Roosevelt and Fairbanks would make a
combination that would sweep everything
In the West"
THE decision of the Eighth district Re-
publican convention at Muncie to nominate
the congressional candidate by a direct
primary is generally regarded as favorable
to Representative Cromer." says a dispatch
to the Journal from Anderson. 1.-The friends
of NJ. M. Dunlap. of this city, however, are
not in the least discouraged, but prepar-
ing to work all the harder. 1t is said that
the opposition has q surprise TO spring on
the member of Congress that Will materially
change the situation in the district Mr..
and it must be admitted that he has a
strong following even in portions of this
county.
Representative w. T. Zenor's following
had an inning Saturday at a meeting of
the Clarke county Democratic committee
held at Jacksonville TO select a date for
the county convention and TO decide wheth-
err or not the unit rule should prevail in
regard to the delegations from Clarke coun-
~ to the congressional and joint senatorial
conventions. County Chairman S. L. Scott,
who is one OF ZenorS warm supporters,
and the crowd known as the Voigt faction
took the floor at the opening OF the meet
ing and never relinquished it for one min
ute, in spite of the efforts of Senator James
w. Fortune, of the Stannard faction, 70
secure fair play. resolution was pre-
scented by the Voigt faction setting the day
for the Democratic primaries as March IL
4 a q n
gressonal and senatorial conventions. The
resolution was passed to the accompani-
ment of Kisses from the other faction. The
meeting was decided victory for Repre-
sentative Zenor as it Is believed that he
will secure more votes in the primary than
either of the other candidates, Judge w. L.
Cox and Senator Smith Askren, and will
thereby secure the full vote of the Clarke
county delegation TO the district conven-
ton.
The meeting has left many sore spots.
| is regarded the leading candidate against
Zenor and the only hope of the opposition,
| high-handed methods to control the Clarke
county organization the Zenor faction has
| only followed the precedent established by
the Cox faction in dominating the district
| convention for the selection of district
chairman, held at New Albany "a few weeks
| ago, and the Cox people are not in a posi-
ton TO set up much of a complaint
Governor Durbin has accepted an invita-
ton TO deliver an address at the annual
banquet Of the Middlesex Club, of Boston,
| April "a. He has not selected his subject,
but the address will be of political ma
/ ture. The Governor has also received an
| invitation TO be one of the speakers at the
/ Washington birthday banquet of the
Stamina Club of Cincinnati but has not in
dicated whether he will accept il.
= Iaaf 81 h. ID
lican national committee, will arrive i'm In
diana to-day for a short visit before pro-
ceeding to his home i'm Salt Lake City. Mr.
| Heath has been i'm Washington To testify
at the Machen trial, but left that city
| westward bound yesterday.
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John b. Stoll. of South Bend, has so far
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