The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-23

the State as TO who will be placed in
charge of the press bureau of the Repub
lican state committee during the coming
campaign. 1t is now known that George
3. Lockwood, who had charge of the bu-
reau during the last campaign. will be
continued in that position. The chairman
of the state committee has the appointment
and Mr.. Goodrich has asked MIR. Lockwood
to continue in charge OF the work. MI
Lockwood is at present secretary 10 Gov
ernor Duroin. but mis- continuance IN the
press work does not mean that he VIII re-
tire from that position. he has eHecteu
arrangements whereby he can direct the
work OF the press bureau and with efficient
assistants conduct IL upon an even larger
scale
The press bureau largely an expert
ment with the state committee during me
last campaign, but the work brought such
gratifying results that ii has been made a
permanent department OF the organization
The members OF the state committee. as
we'll as the Republican editors of the State,
attribute the success of the work in a large
measure to Mr. Lockwood. and almost
without exception have urged that he
should be asked to remain in charge. The
work of the bureau has been kept up to
certain extent ever since the close of the
last campaign. and it will be some weeks
vet before the work is enlarged to active
campaign proportions
-
State Chairman James p. Goodrich re-
turned last evening from a weeks trip to
Salt Lake City and stopped off in the city
an hour before proceeding to his home in
Winchester.
Il went to Utah solely on business and
attended strictly to business-didn't have
| time for anything else" he said. when
| asked If he heard any political talk while
| in the West II didn't talk politics and
/ didn't hear any one else talk on that sub
| ject, except a little general gossip on the
trains, going and coming, that didn't
| amount TO anything
| Mr. Goodrich never courts publicity. on
the contrary, he avoids ii as much as pos
sible but he had lively time lodging
porters while in Salt Lake City. The pa
pers there learned OF his visit, and were
| anxious TO get an interview with him on
Indiana and national politics. but he went
out TO the mines in which he is interested
as soon as he arrived, and by little adroit
| maneuvering escaped a hold-up.
| Mr.. Goodrich last evening corrected the
! report that he would leave at once for
! Washington. Il shall have TO go to Wash
ington before long," he said, "but have
made no definite arrangements and do not
know when L shall start 1 shall be here
at headquarters most of next week"
1t had been reported that Mr. Goodrich
in company with H. c. Starr. of Richmond,
would leave for Washington Immediately
upon his return from Utah.
c. F. Bicknell. of the Fort Wayne News.
who was here for the Republican editorial
meeting, last evening explained his position
and the attitude of his paper on the gov
ernorship question. The News, it will be
remembered, announced a few days since
that it would not support Judge Penfeld, of
Auburn, but would stand by it's declaration
| for w. l.. Taylor of this city.
| Il have nothing against Judge Penfield
| put on the contrary have very high opin-
| Ion or his ability and believe that he is in
| every respect qualified to make an excellent
hal Ia fob q
| against him and have no desire to stir up
| opposition in the district. However, / have
committed myself to Mr.. Taylor and the
! News has Endorsed him and l do not feel
that l can change my position in the mat
ter. Judge Penfield will undoubtedly have
the support of large part of the Twelfth
district, but believe that Mr. Taylor will
be the first choice of some of our delegates
and the second choice of practically all of
them.
Il cannot but regret that Judge Penheld
has decided TO be a candidate for Gov
ernor," continued Mr. Bicknell. but of
course that is matter for him to deter
mine for himself. i believe he is the right
man in the right place now and 1 should
like to see him continue In his present
work for which l believe he is especially
! htted. If he should continue in that field
i fully believe that he would be recognized
as second John w. Foster within a few
years and would attain a position much
more enviable than that of Governor of
Indiana
Mr.. BickneIl was asked about the con-
gressiondl situation in his district as re-
CARDS the race for the Republican nomina-
ton
1T is rather difficult to say at this stage
where the nomination will CO." he replied.
Lieutenant Governor Gilbert has just an
nounced his candidacy and that puts a
new phase on the situation. 1 am inclined
to believe that Mr.. Gilbert Will be nomi-
mated and l am morally certain that if
ne Is he will be elected. II he had got into
the race several weeks ago / think he
would have been nominated easily The
/ W q n "a frfn
the conditions the Democrats are in They
have to renominate Robinson, although
many of them do not want to do so, and
will help US to defeat him"
Governor Durbn returned yesterday
morning from Chicago. where he spent a
day or two on business. While in Chicago
the Governor was besieged with reporters.
who wanted expression from him on
the presidential situation in Indiana. and
as result he was quoted one way in one
paper and another way in another In
fact. he was credited with variety OF
views fully diverse as the utterances
attributed to him recently while in Wash.
lngton. When the Governor was asked
about his Chicago Interviews" he laughed
and intimated that hereafter when he goes
away from home and reporters get after
him he will simply throw up his hands and
tell them to go through him and take what
they want. They do it anyhow. so what's
the use of wasting time in talking &c
them %
Ordinarily the governor is not given IL
saying one thing one minute and taking il
back the next, and he usually expresses
, his views in such way as to admit of but
one Interpretation, but he confesses thai
Washington and Chicago newspaper mer
set pace in mental gymnastics that he
cannot maintain.
a party Of the Republican editors attend.
ed the performance of "A Japanese Night.
ingale" last night at the English. and after
ii was over, J. A. Kautz, of Kokomo. Johr
A Lingle, of Paoli, Frank Braden, of Port
land, c. F. Bicknell. Of Fort Wayne. anC
one or two others were exchanging com
ments on the play.
! Il enjoyed the performance very much
said Mr. Kautz, but there is certainly :
fake in it. One of the features is a dane,
which the programme said was older thar
. Buddhism, yet the dancers kept up a chan
the burden Of which was 'Ko-ko-mo-and
= Pa-o-li.'. Now Lingle and | will max.
affidavit that Kokomo and Paoli are no
over four or five centuries old"
Mr.. Braden. by the way, declared himsel
last night on the gubernatorial question
I I'm for Frank Hanly.' he said 'HanI,
is Irish and a Braden can never go baci
WHAT a CuIrpCu TTnArCD chuc