The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-25
ADVANCE GUARD Of STATE
CONVENTION CROWD ISA
RECORD-BREAKER IN SIZE
Sundays Arrivals Include Many
Delegates and Prominent
Party Men.
MUCH BEHIND SCENES"
Frequent Secret Conferences
Shows No One Is Confident
of a Victory.
JUNIOR SENATOR HERE
Representative Frederick Lands
Is First Arrival-Mr. Fairbanks
to Arrive To-Day.
JUNIOR SENATOR HERE

Contrary TO general expectations, scores
OF politicians arrived in the city yesterday
and last night TO be on the ground early for
the Republican state convention. They
came from all parts of the State. Some of
them came to put their shoulders to band
wagons, others came looking Cor a seat in
the most promising bandwagon, while
few came possessed with skeptcism con-
cerning the existence of any bandwagon.
In any event, there were more arrivals
than had been anticipated for Sunday, most
OF the politicians already on the ground
having jumped at the conclusion that there
would be comparatively few people here
until to-day.
Among those who made their appearance
yesterday were several members OF the
state committee, including State Chairman
James +. Goodrich. of Winchester; George
A. Cunningham. Evansville, committeeman
for the First district; Julian ID. Hogate.
DanviIle. committeeman for the Fifth;
Edwin P. Thayer, Greenfield, committee
man for the Sixth; George Lilly. Anderson,
committeeman for the Eighth, and John L.
Moofman, Knox, committeeman for the
Thirteenth; John c. Billheimer WASH
ington; Fred A. Sims, Frankfort;
Floyd A. Woods, Indianapolis; Elam
IL. Neal Jonesboro, and Elmer Leon
ard, Fort Wayne. committeeman for
the. Second. Ninth. Seventh, Eiev-
enth and Twelfth districts, respective
ly. were already on the ground, and 1t is
believed that every member OF the COM
mittee, save Thomas j. Mccoy. OF the
Tenth. will be on hands for the meeting at
O'Clock this afternoon.
lands FIRST REPRESENTATIVE.
Representative Frederick h. Lands, OF
Logansport member of Congress for the
Eleventh district, the first member of
the Indiana delegation TO arrive from
Washington. He was closely followed by
Senator Beveridge. Mr.. Landis brought
word that his brother Representative C. b.
Lands. of Delphi, will not be able to come
out for the convention, but that Senator
Fairbanks and Representative Crumpacker
will be here some time to-day.
Leading party workers from almost every
district and county in the State were prom
inent among the arrivals, and the lobby OF
the English last evening presented the
busiest scene of any time since the conven-
tion crowd began to pour in. Many OF the
newcomers were delegates or held proxies
that.~viit entftle them to seats in the con-
candidates found considerable material
upon which TO work-and they lost no time
in getting 70 work.
AT times during the evening the Suberna-
torial candidates and the aspirants for the
other good things that the state convention
will have at its disposal mixed Industrious
ly in the crowd in the lobby, but they re-
consultation behind closed doors. Their
close lieutenants were working behind the
scenes" for the most part. but there were
more evidences of real activity than at
any time during the last week.
ALL ARE CONFIDENT.
The unsophisticated individual who
dropped into the English at any time dur
ing the afternoon or evening and mingled
freely with the throng of politicians. be-
lieving all he heard and drawing conclu-
sions from all he saw, would have been
convinced that the Republican state ticket
this year will have four candidates for
Governor, three for Lieutenant Governor,
four for reporter of the Supreme Court and
three OF four for state statistican- So in
sistent and confident were the several cam
didates and their managers in advancing
their claims and figures of what is to trans
spire in Tomlinson Hall on Wednesday that
on other conclusion was to be drawn.
For real news developments yesterday
was duplicate of Friday and Saturday of
last week. Ii was generally conceded that
nominations We're made during the day
or night and nothing occurred TO throw
any new light on the general situation.