The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-14
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

stronger in Putnam county than any Of
the other men who have been spoken OF as
possible candidates"
Walter Brown. of Elkhart, former MEM
Der of the Republican state committee from
the Thirteenth district, and V. w. Van
Fleet. vino represented Elkhart county in
the lower branch Of the Legislature dur
ing the last two sessions, are at the Clay
pool.
Chairman W. II. O'Brien. of the Demo-
cratic state committee, Will be at head
quarters this week and will probably de-
eide on the date for a meeting OF the COM
mittee at which the date for the state con-
vention will be agreed upon.
AS soon as the transcript OF the Dear
born county case has been filed in the
Supreme Court the attorneys representing
the two state committees in the litigation
over the cOnstitutionaiity OF the appOrtion-
ment act OF 1903 will get together and set
the day for the oral argument The Boone
and Ripley county cases are now in the
Supreme Court
The Tenth district Republican committee
will meet Wednesday Of this week at
Rensselaer, to decide upon the time and
place for holding the congressional con-
vention, and also the convention to select
delegates to the national convention IA
porte Republicans are bidding for the con-
vention, which will be merely a formal az
fair, as Representative Z. ID. Crumpacker
will be renominated unanimously.
John B. Stol, OF South Bend, who has
been complimented by Democratic guber-
material boom, cannot, apparently. learn
that his fellow-townsman. Ben F. Shively.
is looked upon as the possible nominee OF
his party for Vice President, nor that
Thomas Taggart. OF this city. is the only
man Indiana Democrats must mention I'm
connection with the Democratic national
craftsmanship, for he observes editorially:
The latest report as TO what the Demo-
Gratis are going 10 do at St Louis is that
Judge Alton b. Parker. of New York is TO
be the nominee for President and Senator
Francis NJ. COckreH, of Missouri for Vice
President. Senator Arthur Pue German ia
TO be chairman of the national committee
and have charge of tie campaign manage
ment. Not bad arrangement. But will IL
be cOnSummated?
The story is now going the rounds that
Senator Fairbanks may be the next chair
man of the Republican national committee.
to succeed the late Senator Hanna, instead
of being made the nominee for Vice Presi-
| dent. Several Western papers have printed
| the rumOr which is interesting chiefly be-
| cause it is a new contribution TO the mass
of speculation concerning national political
affairs.
Judge William L. Penneld or Auburn. will
return from Washington this week TO re-
sumo his campaign for the Republican gu
| bernatorial nomination. He will visit his
| home district first, and then viii start out
on swing around the State.
The candidates for state offices are up
| the First district convention at Mount YER
non or the Thirteenth district convention at
| Knox tomorrow. All of them would like
10 attend both conventions. but even can
didate finds it impossible to be in two places
the same time. especially when the places
are as widely separated as Mount Vernon
| and Knox.
George w. Self of Corydon, one of the
candidates for reporter OF the Supreme
Court who was at the English last night.
will attend the Knox convention. II would
like to be at Mount Vernon" he said. but I
| have been over the southern end OF the
State pretty thoroughly and have not WIS.,
tied the northern districts, so / decided 10
| go to Knox"
Mr. Self said he was well pleased with the
| guess 1 am getting along about as well as
1 deserve, he said, with laugh.
Lost, strayed or stolen-The Indiana JEFF
ferson League, an alleged Democratic or
ganization, said to have been founded FOR
the purpose of furthering true Democratic
principles; no reward is offered for its re-
turn, but we would be only too glad TO be
assured that we are permanently rid of it,
The Democratic state committee has not
caused the foregoing advertisement TO he
widely published. but there are several
prominent Democrats in Indiana who have
been inQuiring concerning the whereabouts
of the Jefferson League. Neither the league
nor its president, Edgar l.. Names, Of Zions-
vile, has been heard of for two mouths.
and the inquiry instituted by the Journal
three weeks ago has borne no fruit
IT'S about time for the Jefferson League
to bob up a Hearst organization" said a
well-known Democrat last evening at the
Grand. at was conceived solely 10 give the
regular Democratic organization trouble
and ii viii not have done its worst until i
FORCES 10 the front rs the machine with
which Hearst expects TO capture Indiana
delegates as he did the delegates in Rhode
Island"
]. b. Dillon. of Dubois county. is being
mentioned as the probable Republican nom
inee for Congress in the Third district. Mr.
Dillon is a retired lawyer, who lives on &
farm near Jasper. He has always taken AZ
active part in politics and many OF th'
Republicans OF the Third regard him as tn
strongest man they could place at the heas
of their ticket this year. The matter of be
coming a candidate was preached TO Mr.
Dillon several days ago and he said M
would take the matter under consideration
1t is understood that he will make known
his decision to-day
Papers in the northern part OF the STATE
are mentioning Representative Fred Lands
Of Logansport. a possible candidate FOL
| Lieutenant Governor in event he Is De
feated for denomination March - at Peru
| 1t is not known whether the boom val
launched by friend or by an enemy OF Mr
| Iandis