The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-13
THE EXODUS BEGINS
Indiana Republican Leaders Turning
Their Faces chicaqoward.

Indianapolis, June, 13.-The exodus
Of Republicans to the national conveD-
ton at Chicago will begin this week
Harry S. New, national committeeman,
and several other prominent Hoosiers
are already there. Chairman Good
rich, Joe B. healing. Harry Starr, Con-
gresham Hemenway and other mem
bers of that coterie who are known
as the Fairbanks leaders arc going
Wednesday. The national committee
will have meeting that day. The big
crowd on Indianians will move toward
Chicago about Friday and Saturday, as
the delegation will not have meeting
until Monday morning. Senators Fair
banks and Beveridge will, it is under
stood, go to. Chicago about Friday
night. Governor Durbin will attend
the Grand Army meeting a part of the
week and will probably land in Chi
cago Saturday afternoon. J. Frank
Hanly, nominee for governor, Secre-
tary Of State Storms, Auditor D. e.
Sherrick, Union Banner Hunt and Con-
gresham James E. Watson have re-
served headquarters at the Hotel Lex
ingtOn and will be there Sunday.
Nearly every party leader of promi-
nence in the state will attend the con-
vention.
The Republicans of the Fourth dis
trict will probably not hold their con-
gressional convention until the first OF
September. w. E. Springer OF Eliza
BEETHOVEN, the district chairman, who
toll
ton says that they are in no hurry
in the Fourth about the congressional
convention. The district is Demo-
cratic by from three to four Thousand,
and so the best the Republicans can
do is to cut down the majority. An
dersOn Percifield Of Nashville, Brown
county, will be the nominee and he eX'
poets to make a vigorous campaign.
Springer says the Fourth will have
two Republican members in the next
legislature He expects to see his
party carry bartholomew and Jeffer-
son counties. Hugh TIL Miller. the
nominee for lieutenant governor, rep.
resented Bartholomew last session
winning by narrow margin. The
county is normally Democratic. In
Jefferson county there will be the old
fight over again, as the Democrats
have nominated Joe Cravens of Madi
son, a popular man, who Overcame the
Republican majority of 1900 two years
ago. Cravens is confident Of winning
again.
1t was rumored today that Mayor
Fogarty of South Bend may withdraw
| from the race for the Democratic nom
| inatiOn for governor Back of this ru
! NOR there was another that several o.
| the labor leaders are jealous of FO
garty's good standing as a candidate
and that they have let the party leaders
know that he is persona non grata t(
them. although he is union man. III
turn it is said that the party leader:
have limited to Fogarty in a diplomatic
way not to be misunderstood that hi
had better retire from the center Of the
political stage. Fogarty had started
| an aggressive canvass and was favor
ably received, but it is the belief here
| now that his name will not go before
the state convention. The opinion il
growing that a strong effort will b.
made to induce Hugh DOugherty o
Button to accept the nomination. HI
is due here tomorrow when it Is ex
pected that he will make public state
ment