The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-31
LIVING IN A
GLASS HOUSE"
| Republican Stone Throwing May
Sting Some Of Party
Chiefs.
MCCLELLAN FOR GOVERNOR.
Side Lights on Character Of New
Chairman Called Himself
a Liar Once.
Grom our Regular Correspondent,

Tron Our Regular Correspcndeht.)
WASHINGTON u. C,s1uly5 30. Thomas
& Taggart the chairman OF the Democratic
i National Committee, is being criticised
for his connection with the famous hotel
at French Lick Springs. Kentucky, where
/ Is located tho best known gambling ssa-i
@ looms In the Middle West. Mr.. Taggart
4 Il quoted as saying that he does not owl,
Q. penny's worth of stock In the Casino,
where theEgambling Is conducted. lie Is
the president Of the corporation which,
\ owns the springs and the hotel, but lie.
( " In no way connected with the gambling
y establishment. s III "
It was expected that the Republicans
might raslly make some such charge as
this In View of all the cirtunistan II
n is unfortunate for them that the subject
a has been mentioned. j haven't to-day on
7 the authorityEof n gentleman from Ken
lucky. now In Washington. That 1t Is
understood that Senator Charles FarrenI
x Fairbanks, Republican candid ate FOR the
n vIce-presidency, Is one OF the stockhOld-
crs In the company which owns the hotel
and OF which Mr.. Taggart is the presi-5
dent. II tbs, according to the. gentleman
4 whom L have mentioned generally U der-5
stood that Winfield Thomas Durbin, the.
{ Republican Governor or Indiana. Is also
III O stockholder4in tho company. 1l the
Republicans are going to attempt to make.
capital for themselves OIL Of Taggarts 8
4 connection with the company, they would
+ better reconsider. ~ Ri ~ 3
Parker Wants Nc Clellan.
u lit Is believed by Democrats from New
4 York who have been&i in Washing on res
Gently that George 3. Clel1ani will he
81 the Democratic nominee TO the governor
shipaof New York. II Is said that David
4 d q Hill does not want him nominated
II but IT has become known " that Judge
parker desires to see the young Mayor
made the nominee. It has been. learned
~ only In the course of the last day orr so
Il that the Democratic national candidate
" IS for AfcC lellan4 Tor the goYernorshlp, and
81 the result is expected TO lie seen IN Y a.
pronounced Mcclellan boom. AZ si;3s
III Nice lellaii will not max as ST rong al run
Il forsthe governors.1ip as he made when he
was elected Mayor OF New = ork COM
y parntiYcly3 speaking. # While he has un--3
81 ducstionablya mad e Il the best Il Mayor the
N nv has had In many y ears. aicCl cllans
lost III popularity with many u the best
y. men who supported him by his signing the
gas grab bill. itch the Governor after
wards vetoed. The Ma or3 gave as ex-s
t.,ise for his ton that he knew the Gov
q ernor would veto the measure. but the
IS excuse was not accept ed It was sunfori-S
4 tnnate that he did not veto the bill In the
~
y OF suspicion on McClellan's personal char
/ acterssand even the Democrats who are
" not strongly s. n favor OF his nomination
q believe he can be elected:
III IS Thought that he will have the
strongest Republican In the State op.
4 posed to him Elihu Root. Root sents;t
y lettersto Governor Odell. cha lrman Of the
Republican State COMMITTEE. vest 5. erday,
in which he said he would not allow his
L me to be used In connection with the
royernorslip. But all the Republicans
Quoted in the New York papers on the
subject OF the communication agreed thai, y
IN view OF subsequent PROPOSE ions, Mr.
Root could be induced to accept the nolnl-
N nation sit3 NJ. ,,s$'
Called Himself Liar.
Mr.. Z aggart is perhaps the only poll
t,cIant In this country who ever. had the.
audacltysto stand up IN public and de "a
nounce himself as n liar. And he did "
II when he was mayor OF ndana polls: ana
In doing 1t. he evoked the nd n1iration of
n the people OF thai city and. incidentally
furnished an interesting sidelight to the
chara Ct e. OF one OF the. most picturesque
political leaders In the Union. :ySi 81 "A.
S5 The incident Is yividly remembered by
politicians IN Indiana and Is n OF yet for
Il got ten by ma ~ newspapersmen through Is
out the country. When 1'ag gart wa 8 run n
v lis, sTaggart made a promise which he
roalIzed, after his election, he could not
X bonorablys redeem. He wasn't the first.
d man who had ever been placed In such a
4 position. d james a. Garfield. after he.
was elected President, was confronted by
q similar problem. /, and lie solved IT by
declaring that the moment a man was
+ elected to the presidency OF the United
States. he became politically insolvenit
and had the right to wipe the slate clcan.5
+ Tom Taggart didn't go into the 9phio-s
v sUpy Of the thing as deeply ms 4 4 G. rt'eld
& had gone. but he clled a conclusion;
that was characteristicfnf the man. "a
delegation waited upon him at the City
Il Hall insIndIanapolis and reminded him Of
Sh Ills obligation to 5then,. Tho spokesman
Il told him tina Il he had promised repre-
sentative of a certain medica ! orga MIA
ton that certain things would be- done,
Il and that he was expected TO make
4 good" M sfs5ssf7 /. 5s
8Taggart bantered the delegation as long
as lie could but finally when driven to
h his corner, turned upon the spokesman
OF the delega ton and sajd
|, Il ibid i make that promlse?' q
,s2 'sYou certainly did Mr., Mayor, said
8 promised that Vol, would do this for our
A; society. and you ought to keep your
q fsnWelk look here. said Taggart, II
guess I did make that promise. meant
to keep tlwhen ! made II, but conditions
are s,ch N can't redeem It. Tom Tag
"A CART, the Individual, and Tom Tnggnrt, he
mayor OF indianapolis, are two different.
persons. SO You go back to Your society
'3 and tell them that the mayor Of Indians.
apolls says that Tom Taggart Is a liar"
Y And tina settled It,
n HThat was Tom u ggart all over
u said every one who knew him when the
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