The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-28
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

tity OF their district managers secret but
one by one II leaks out Who Is looking after
velOpcs now that former State Senator
Frank J. Heller of Whitley county. is or
ganizins the Twelfth district and that he
, is making considerable headway. according
10 the following dispatch TO the Journal
from Fort Wayne
There can be no doubt OF the substan-
tial character of the Hearst boom in this
part of the State, particularly in other
counties in this district. The real leaders
here followed Palmer and Buckner In ISIS
and have never warmed up TO Bryan.
though some OF them supported him four
years ago when he made imperialism his
slogan. The Hearst sentiment now devel-
ops among those who are loyal to Bryan
and who are opposed TO the reorganizers.
Senator Heller. of Whitley county. Is
charged with the responsibility of lining
up the voters for Hearst and is travelling
over the district for that purpose
THE Columbia City Post, the Democratic
organ of that county. and the only Demo-
cratic daily outside of Fort Wayne. shows
| strong inclinations to Hearst. IL Is edited
! by William Adams. brother OF Andrew a.
Adams. member of the Democratic state
committee. DR.. Parker. editor of the Ken
i dallNllle News, the strong Democratic week
/ ly of Noble county. is outspoken for Hearst.
/ The Albion Democrat. published at the
county seat, is also for Hearst but IL is
/ believed that the Ligonier Banner. edited
| by former Senator James b. Mcdonald. Will
/ favor Parker. The Auburn Courier, the
| Democratic organ of De kalb county, says
/ il is looking for the man who can poll the
/ most votes, but il quotes Or. Parker ap-
provingly. The Waterloo Dawn, however.
/ is a red-hot Hearst organ. There is no
| disputing.' it SAYS. that IS per cent of the
| Democrats of De Kalb for Hearst The
Steuben county organ. the Angola Herald.
| is also for Hearst. The Lagrange county
! Democratic chairman, Frank j. Dunten.
| has already declared for what he calls the
| matches Hearst
sid Moon. former reporter of the SUI
preme Court, made a trip over this part
| of the State last week and found a most
satisfactory condition outside OF this city
fha n dill &c xflI IN
! fight the Hearst members OF the party In
| the ranks of organized labor, and IL Is by
no means a foregone conclusion that the
reorganizers will control affairs Except
| the Journal-Gazette, of this city. and the
Banner of Ligonier, every Democratic pa
| per in the district has either declared for
| Hearst or is in sympathy with the Hearst
| movement In that they are encouraged by
James NJ. Robinson, member of Congress.
who accompanied Hearst on his junket to
the West last year and who'is one of his
nearest friends"
T. Taggart will be in the city from French
Lick to-day and the report was circulated
by Hearst people last night that he would
start at once on another trip East. This
story was denied by close friends of Mr..
Taggart. who said that he was not con-
templating a trip East at this time.
Howard county Democrats are up in
the air. over the ker-Hearst contest"
says a dispatch to the Journal from Ko-
komo land are at a loss where to land.
The position assumed by j. Oscar Hender-
son I'm consenting to lead the Hearst forces
was a big surprise to local politicians of
both parties. Mr.. Henderson was born and
reared in this county and nearly all his
business interests are here. He is the Sc
nior proprietor of the Kokomo Dispatch.
the organ of local Democracy, but there is
so little Hearst sentiment hereabouts that
the Dispatch has not and does not now
advocate Hearsts cause. There are many
| Democrats ready to fall in line as soon as
they get sight of the bunghole and spigot
of the famous barrel, but they are await
ing Developments.
1.-THE influence of Mr.. Henderson will be
largely if not wholly neutralized by the
position taken by John W. Kern. who Is
Mr.. Kern has great influence at his Old
home here and has large following.
this county as yet, but the barrel is being
watched for with anxiety by many stall
warts.
!, Clay w. Metsker editor of the Plymouth
, independent and one of the prominent
members of the Indiana Democratic Edito-
rial Association, discredits the reports that
| Hearst has captured the Democracy OF
Marshall county and will have the dele
! gates to the state convention. Mr.. Metsker
was in the city yesterday and last evening
: at the Grand discussed the Hearst move
ment at length.
"Hearst's methods are such as to make
considerable of a showing at first. but they
, can bring no permanent success" he said.
81 haven't the slightest apprehension that
! he will be able to get the Indiana delega-
ton to the st. Louis convention, or that be
: will be nominated, and 1 think take his
! candidacy as seriously as any one neen
! and collapse in Marshall county. and
: take that fair indication of what will
: happen elsewhere. Hearst's representatives
, came into our county some time ago and
: organized a Hearst club. Their methods
were such that they got numerous sigma
lures to their enrolment, but they counted
scores of men as members and Hearst sym
pathizers who did not know what they
were doing when they signed their names
Z and who have since come to their senses.
! Hearst will not get our delegates to the
? state convention. / am sure of that and IL
I every county i'm the State is as secure.
against the Hearst invasion as ours he Will
not be able to secure single delegate from
Indiana to the national convention His
e eampalgn mas caught the younger element
= headed ones who thought they saw win
{ ner in Hearst. but the saner counsels of the
veterans in the party will prevail i'm the
: end. The position taken by John W. Kern,
, s. NJ. Ralston, Ben +. Shiveiy, State Chair
u man O'Brien, Mr.. Taggart and others will
have tremendous influence with the rank
and file of Indiana Democracy-a far more
potent influence than that OF the hired
n agents of Hearst and officers of the national
, organization who come into the State TO tell
US what to do and TO show us how to do it,
A dispatch to the Journal from Marion
n says:
the Journal correspondent called upon
i, Major Steele tonight, requesting state
!. ment on the congressional situation. The
, major stated that he was now in communi-
II cation with his friends the district
and that he did not to make state
" ment for publication until he had heard
e from more of them
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