The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-02
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

party workers are for him. but IL is prob
leulatical III they would be able TO get any
OF the delegates there for him IN event
there is a candidate from the county. James
Soule. the retiring county auditor and
Postmaster Gray are prominent among Mr..
Holidays friends i'm Terre Haute.
Howard Maxwell. of Parke county, has
not yet come out OF the woods on the con-
gressional question. He has been included
in the list Of prospectives and his friends.
too, have said that he would be a candidate.
but so far he has made no formal declara-
ton Ii is said for Mr.. Maxwell that he
IS IN a better position now 10 make the
race than he was two years ago, for the
reason that he can command the support or
Nefmiliion county. Nermlllion and Parke
counties constitute a judicial circuit, for
winch judge is 10 be nominated and
erected this year. Parke can control the
nomination, but il has been understood
mat the Judgeship would be conceded 10
Nermlhon county, and as a result three
candidates have appeared there 10 contest
Tor the prize If Vermilion Republicans
want the judge they will have 10 be good
10 Parke-theren lies Mr. Maxwells
strength.
Otis +. Gully, of Danville. the man who
started the congressional contest by an
nouncing his candidacy Jan. p. is laying
his plans for an aggressive campaign and
has already done some little work
Il announced my candidacy without a
thought as 10 whether there would be one
candidate or a dozen against Mr. HoIi-
lay" said Mr.. Gulley at Danville last even
.ng. Il went into the race because 1 want
10 go to Congress and because L thought
here was a fair chance of securing the
nomination. l have the assurances of the
loyal support OF my own county and be-
ieVe l can win. Beyond that have moth
10 80 a. il
{ viii be some weeks before anyone can
40 any prophesying.
Maj Joseph b. Holman, who is managing
Mr.. GulleyS campaign, Tim T.. DOugan,
county clerk and chairman OF the Repub-
iican county committee, and Julian Hogate,
editor of the Danville Republican and chair
man of the district organization, all con-
hrm Mr.. Gulleys claim that he will have
the loyal support of the Hendricks county
delegation.
Hendricks county will be for Mr. Gulley,
of course" said Chairman Dougan. The
delegation viii be one that Will do every
thing in its power for him"
We are for our candidate said Mr.. Eo-
gate. Mr.. Gulley will have the loyal sup
port of his county. l shall do what | can
TO see that the delegation is for him. but
OF course, as district chairman L am not in
position 10 take hand in the fight or 10
so outside my own county"
The inference was drawn from CONVERSE
lions with number of other Danvlle Re-
Publicans that Representative Holiday has
many warm friends in the county, and that
he Will be the second choice of a majority
of the Hendricks delegates. The delegates
VIII be for Mr.. Gulley until he is nominated
or as long as he is in the fight and then,
in event of his withdrawal most OF them
will go 10 the Brazil man.
Putnam county, it is said. will not have
a congressional candidate, and as Ben f.
Corwin, of Greencastle. is a candidate for
reporter of the Supreme Court, it is UNDER
ct haf no of TD,.fr, h.
fully divided among the several candidates
1t is not definitely known as yet whether
Morgan county will have candidate. ].
+. Sedgewick, of Martnsville. was reported
to have announced his candidacy last wee...
but he has since said that the announce
ment was premature and unauthorized. but
that he is considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of
entering the race.
There win be 100 delegates in the Fifth
district congressional convention, which
will be held May II at Terre Haute The
relative strength of the several counties
is as follows: Vigo 20: Vermillion 10.
Parke, Il; Clay. 16: Putnam IL: Hendricks
10; Morgan. IA. On the face of this dvi-
sion 1t is apparent that the possibilities for
combinations and deals is unlimited.
The Fifth, by the way has the most het-
erogeneous population of any district in
L.
mining and manufacturing district, and
has as well city that aspires to be
metropolis and that is entitled to recogni-
tioa as such so far as a large element of
what is known floating vote is con-
cerned. incidentally there are four large
educational institutions ia the district-the
Normal at DanVille, De Pauw University
at Greenc2stle. and Rose Polytechnic In
Stltute and the State Normal AT Terra
Haute. The large mining population in
suTes thousands OF foreigners. many OF
whom can neither speak nor understand
English, and not few of whom are known
by numbers only at the mines where they
are employed.
Some of our foreigners don't even know
their own Names" declared Mr. HOgate I'm
commenting on the mixed population of The
district. or, if they do, the names ara
so unpronOunceable that they don't at
tempt TO use them. Why. one of our Dol
takers found a woman in one of the mining
towns who didn't know her own husband :
name When she was asked his name she
the name he had"
There has been some little talk as TO the
men VINO shall be made delegates to tho
Republican national convention from the
Fifth and ii seems TO be a matter of gem
eraI understanding that the honOrs will
ran 10 w. X. McKeen, Of Terre Haute and
MAJOR George w. Grubbs, of Martinsville,
without contest.
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So much for the Fifth congressional dis
trict. To come back to the capital city, the
hrst thing TO interest the politicians is tho
pleasant little surprise party rendered
James l.. Reach, Mayor Hoffman and
friends yesterday by. Thomas Taggart, Jo-
seph l. Tanning and w. w Spencer, when
the latter, as chairman of the Democratic
county committee. issued the call for the
primary 10 elect precinct committeeman
next thursday, Feb. 4. To say that the
heach faction was surprised at the sudden
call' which gives but the three days notice
Iequreu Dy the primary election law is
Putong IL mildly, and the latest coup OF
the WHY boss was the topic OF general COM
ment last evening. Mr. Taggart and his
1ose friends took a few days 10 select A
candidate for county chairman and then.
before the other crowd had had time 10 al
more than talk about prospective candi-
oates, the call for an immediate primary
was issued 1t is taken as a foregone con-
cluslon that the Taggart candidate Charles
IS. Clarke, Will be elected, and il Is prob
able that under the circumstances the
Reach faction will not attempt TO make a
hight.
The primaries viii be held under the new
city, ward and precinct boundaries and the
polls viii be open from 4 till s O'Clock
thursday evening. The newly elected COM
mltteemen viii meet 10 elect a county chair
man and other officers Saturday afternoon
in the Masonic Hall.
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