The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-18
THE DRIFT OF POLITICS

the way OF arrangements. No. I don't
know what speakers would be brought here
for such an AFFAIR
IN the face OF the mayors denial that
he Is working up a cOunter-demonstratlo
the Bryan leaders OF the city persist IN say
ing that he has intimased 10 several men
that such an affair ought 10 De arraLseu.
and his admission that he has heafu OF
a banquet will be taken by them as good
and sufficient evidence that he is the prime
mover in the affair
Mayor Hoffman deity switched the con-
yersation last evening from the subject OF
local Democratic politics TO what ne IS 90
ing in the way OF reform for lndianapoLs-
Did you hear about the raid down at the
Lorraine Hotel to-day he asked. Ihe
police raided a game there to-day
Did they raid Gus Rahke's place out az
The Farm, tOO2' the mayor was asked:
/ Why Is there a game out there again
! prise
The mayor was informed that it has been
| generally known about town that Rahke
/ has been running faro game az his ola
! place ever since the Saturday night prior TO
I the resent Democratic primaries.
well, / declare, he said. rs that SOY
Well. shall have that looked into at once.
/ I'm glad you told me about it, Any time
| you hear Of a game just let me know, and
! III take care OF ii at once
The Democratic fight in Adams county
over the nomination for state senator from
| the district Of Adams and Allen county
eliminated in the primaries for the selec-
ton of precinct committeeman. in which
| John +. Shows slate received SS3 votes TO
.72S cast Tor John w Tyndall. wealthy
manufacturer Of Decatur. and now Tyndall
will be the nan presented by Adams county.
| Snow stole a march his rivals in Adams
county a few weeks ago by getting the old
county committee 20 indorse him the
| county's candidate for the nomination, IL
being conceded by Alien county that the
, nomination s,3n should go to Adams ,hat but II
| was decided that the old county committee
had no authority 10 give the Endorsement.
| and that the matter should be settled by
the new committee. Tyndall came out as a
| candidate. and the election of the precinct
committeeman was made a measure OF
strength between Snow and him. III Is now
| minated that Snow and his friends in an
effort 10 play even, will endeavor TO per-
suade Allen county Democrats 10 insist on
! taking the nomination. which they can 90
III they wish. they will have control OF
the joint convention
The seat in the Senate that is causing
| such a Juror is that now occupied by
Stephen B. Fleming, OF Fort Wayne. who
| has said that he will retire. There are
those In Allen county unkind as TO hint
that the whole squabble in Adams county
| was the result OF artful manipulating by
! Fleming, who seeks a preteXt 10 seize the
| nomination for Allen county again and
make himself the nominee. IL is said that
Fleming brought Snow into the race and
| planned his Endorsement by the county
|
| dali out to defeat Snow, TO the end that
| Allen county might have an excuse 10 take
the nomination from Adams county, alleg-
| ing fractional differences that could only be
/ healed by the selection of Allen county
/ man. Fleming is recognized as the man
| who will lead the fight OF the brewery
interests in the next Legislature 10 secure
| the repeal of the blanket remonstrance pro-
! vision of the Nicholson law, and as a MEM
Der Of the Senate he can do much more
/ effective work than outside lobby
list. consequently the story Of his part in
the Adams county fasco Is not incredl-
bic.
John E. Lamb, the well-known Democratic
politician of Terre Haute. who is just home
from a trip East. pays Senator Fairbanks a
graceful compliment in an interview in the
Terre Haute Tribune. In speaking OF his
visit in Washington, Mr.. Lamb said.
MIR. Taggart Mr. Tanning and / called
on Senator Fairbanks and he introduced US
to number OF prominent men OF Washing
ton. Mr.. Fairbanks stands very high In
politics among all the people Republicans
no willingness 10 be the vice presidential
nominee, there seems a disposition 10 draft
him for the nomination.
John b. Stoll, the South Bend Democratic
editor, is not one Of the Indiana stalwarts
who warns up to w j. Bryan, but on the
contrary he rarely, If ever. neglects an op-
|
the Nebraskan. Commenting on Bryans
recent speech in this city Mr.. Ston notes
that Bryan urged that the tariff question.
| among others should be considered from
| moral standpoint, and says:
ION this proposition Mr.. Bryan is un-
| questiOnably right IL is unfortunate, how
ever that he did not view the matter from
that standpoint ten years ago A little
morality Injected into his tariff speeches OF
that period would not have come amiss. or
captivating sophistry and demagogy, there
was a superabundance.
The fight among Shelby county Demo-
Gratis. growing out of the contest for the
judicial nomination in the circuit composed
| Of Rush and Shelby counties, has reached
the point where the organs of the two fac
! tions, the Shelbyville Democrat and the
Liberal, are using red ink and hurting col
umn upon column of charges, insinuati0ns
and denuciations at each other II r Hen
richs, through the Democrat, is the spokes-
man for the Morris faction. while George
NJ. Ray, with the Liberal, is putting up the
fight for Albert F. Wray. Ray and Wray
insist that the Shelby county delegation 10
the joint convention shall vote as a unit.
thus insuring Wray's nomination, as Shelby
county will have the most votes, while
Judge Morris and his friends insist that
each candidate should be given all the dele
gates in each county that he can elect. The
fight is rapidly reaching the stage where,
as John d. Mcgee, Of Nashville, the sixth
district member Of the Democratic State
committee, prophesied the Republicans viii
be able TO go I'm and capture both the Judge
and the prosecuting attorney for the cir
cult.
a dispatch from Lafayette says that
Clarence r. Jamison. that city, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Republican
nomination for representative from Tip
pecanoe county, to succeed Henry w. Mar
shall. who will not be candidate for re-
nomination. II is also said that no candi-
date has thus far announced himself for the
senatorial nomination and that IL is prob
able that Senator VIII II. Wood viii seek