The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-12
DisAePEEARLY SURPRISED
Hungry Democrats Unable to FIJI
Pockets at Hearst's Expense.

Hungry Democrats Unable to FIJI
Pockets at Hearst's Expense.
Indianapolis, May 12.-The impress
sion was so strong that Hearst had
sent a barrel OF money to Indiana that
his headquarters were overrun by
men who Wee for lining their pockets
al his expense. The way they were
turned down seems to warrant the
statement that there has been lot
of exaggeration as to the methods
Hearst's representatives have employ
ed. Chas. F. S. Neal, who has shared
the management with J. Oscar Hen
derson, declared that Hearst had not
paid the expense of any delegates to
the convention and that he had not
bought man. some of the men who
have conducted the work of organiza-
ton in the districts he said had been
Eaid as a matter of course Hearst
had well-appointed headquarters for
his followers here, but those who
came expecting lavish entertainment
must have been disagTeeably surpris-
ed, for there was no attempt to make
an elaborate display. The impression
has been created that Hearst has
ia Indiana in the last three months.
While the exact amount will probably
never be made public, his representa-
tives say that it would seem surpris-
ingly small.
1t was remarked on all sides today
that Thomas Taggart has reached the
most critical point OF his career as a
party leader in Indiana. There is I'M
doubtedly much feeling against him
because of his insistence on instruc-
tions for Parker, yet his friends say
that in view of the way the Hearst
papers went after him that there was
nothing else left for him to do.
Whether or not Taggart really started
in to deliver the delegation to Parker
with an understanding that he is to
receive the national Craftsmanship as
his reward If Parker is nominated, is
an open question, and Taggart may be
relied on to keep quiet so far as he is
concerned. 1t is no secret that he as
pires to become national chairman,
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he feels that his hopes are centered
in the successful outcome of the Par
ker movement. 1t Is certain also that
his friends seemed to feel the same
way, for they rallied to him in this
fight more strongly than ever before.
The ta1lest man at the state con-
vention today was the Hon. Levi Mock
of Bluffton. He is nearly seven feet
high. His tall silk tile made him ap-
pear at least foot higher. He was
rated as a hot Hearst man, but he
spent most of his time about the
Grand, which was headquarters for the
Parker men. Another old-timer here
today was Colonel Eb Henderson of
Martinsville who was chairman of the
state committee in the first Cleveland
campaign. He was a Parker man.
Colonel Dick Bright, who owned the
party organ quarter Of century ago
and who was formerly sergeant-at-
arms of the United States senate was
another conspicuous figure. 1t was
said that he came to Indiana to work
against instructions, but it is said that
: he took no part. The convention
brought together many of the old-time
party men who have not been here
much in recent years.
One unique feature of the close OF
the Hearst campaign here was series
of revival meetings held all day yes
terday in the big assembly room at
the Claypool hotel, where speeches
were made by the famous Rev Sam
Small, G. A. Windle of Illinois, and
others who were prominent in the last
| two Bryan campaigns.