The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-02
MERELY A SOCIAL CALL
No Politics in Uncle Joe cannon's In.
diana Stop-Over.


Indianapolis, Aug. 2.-Picturesque
Uncle Joe Cannon, speaker of the
house, was here yesterday afternoon
en- route home. AS soon as it was
learned that both he AID Congress =
man Hemenway were here the polt-
clans Immediately concluded that
there was something doing in Mr..
Hemenway's interests Uncle Joe
stated emphatically, and Indiana pol
iticians know what that means, that
he wasn't doing a thing for Mr. Hem
enway and that he had no business
meddling with Indiana politics further
than to help elect the ticket He
said that he merely stopped here en-
route home from Oyster Bay, where
he made the speech notifying Presi-
dent Roosevelt of his nomination. He
spoke in high terms of praise of the
presidents speech and expressed the
opinion that the Republicans will win,
although he thinks they will have a
rough and tumble fight in New York.
He met number of leaders here and
was pleasantly entertained until his
departure late in the afternoon.
Senator Fairbanks may not return
to his summer cottage at Mackinac
island Immediately after his notifica.
ton Wednesday, as has been an
nounced. His short rest there. has
done HIM a lot of good physically and
he is in fine spirits. He says that he
never goes to summer resorts as
rule. as he prefers to spend his time
at home here. But he was worn out
as the result of the Chicago conven-
ton, and Mackinac Island was a cool
and inviting spot in which to rest and
prepare his speech Oh acceptance. He
has partially arranged to return to
Mackinac, but he would rather stay
in indianapolis and probably will I'M
less there is a severe hot wave. The
senator was busy today arranging the
details for the ceremony tomorrow.
1t will be an unosteltatious event so
far as decorations are concerned, but
that is what the senator wants. He
is very anxious, however, that it shall
be generally understood that the pub.
lie is cordially invited. Several mem
bers of the notification committee ar.
rived today The committee will as.
semble at the hotel English at noon
tomorrow and will be driven in car
riages to Senator Fairbanks home.
The notification will probably not last
longer than an hour.
It seems to have been generally un-
derstood by the incoming delegates to
the Democratic state convention be.
fore they left home that the cards
were being stacked to nominate John
Worth Kern for governor as most of
them as soon as they landed began
talking Kern. 1t was a striking COM
pliment to the latter the way the del.
egates said good things about him. 1t
was evident that nothing but a posi-
tive declaration from him that he
would not accept would put him out of
the running and the delegates seem
ed to understand that he would &C.
cept, although he is in no sense an
avowed candidate. Kern is the choice
of most of the delegates, and the
chances seem more than ten to one
that he will be nominated. J. W..
Spencer of Evansville, the advance
guard of the First district, said Major
Menzies will not be candidate. Col.
c. C. Matson of Greencastle has put
a stop to his BOOM and s. M. Ralston
OF Lebanon has come out for Kern,
so it looks as if the nomination is
going to Kern whether or not he
wants it.
Frank Herring of South Bend and
Edward ]. Fogarty of that city arrived
here on the same train. However,
they are not training in the same line
now, for Herring wants the nomina.
ton for lieutenant governor and Fo.
garty for governor. The success OF
one means the defeat of the other, so
naturally their interests clash. 1t has
made a somewhat embarrassing situa-
ton for the Thirteenth district dele
gates, especially those from st. Joseph
county. Herring's chances seem bet
ter than Fogarty's, although there is
some talk of nominating Warder s..
Stevens of Salem for lieutenant COVER
nor. Herring is making things lively
and many believe he will win. Stokes
Jackson of Greenfield, well-known
politician in the last two national cam.
paigns, is here, and it's said that he
would like to have second place on
the ticket, but he is not making a
fight for it.