Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1904-01-26
TAKING PLENTY OF TIME
Republicans in No Hurry About the
State Convention.

state convention.
indianapolis. Jan. 26.-Republicans
here are beginning to discuss the ques-
ton of when the next state convention
shall be held, and there is a growing
sentiment in favor of postponing the
meeting until May or perhaps even
June. For several years it has been
customary to hold early conventions,
and usually the nominations have been
made before the first of May. This
year change is likely, however. Re-
publicans here as elsewhere over the
state are not agreed exactly as to the
proper time, but for the most part
they say the convention should come
late. One reason given is that the cam
didates need more time in which to
make a canvass of the state The
present campaign for Offices has been
a peculiar one in that the candidates
have been very late in starting in to
canvass the state Two years ago the
candidates for state offices had almost
completed their first tour of the state
at this stage of the campaign. But
this year there is not a candidate who
has visited a dozen counties SO far as
can be learned. Some of the Repub1i-
CdA lSdQSIS dlSO LlllIh II VIII nc We'll
to postpone the convention as long as
possible in order that it may be posi-
Bile to know more about what the DEM
ocrats intend to do. While the action
of the opposition will not have much
effect on the Republicans it is felt that
no opportunity to take advantage of
Democratic mistakes and call atten-
ton to them in the platform should be
overlooked. For these reasons most of
the party workers here favor d lato
convention.
This city is in the grip of a cold
snap and blizzard such as has not been
seen here for a long time. The great
drop in the temperature, preceded and
accompanied as it has been by tho
furries of snow which have made the
walking difficult, has driven everyone
indoors who did not find it absolutely
necessary to be on the streets. The
blizzard which has been raging in the
West seemed to empty itself into In
dianapoliS last night, and this morn
ing the town was frozen up" The
streetcar service has been affected as
much by the cold as by the fire in the
car-barns which destroyed twenty-six
cars on Sunday night, and these Incl
dents coming together have tended to
make indianapolis anything but a
pleasant place to live in during the
last twenty-four hours. The cold and
the SHOWS have caused new apprehen-
sions about the safety of the bridges
here, too. The structures were so
weakened by the last freshet thatithey
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is feared that when the fresh ice caus-
ed by the cold snap breaks and comes
down against the bridges the supports
may weaken and the old structures go.
Mayor Hoffman has appeared in
new role and as a successful detective
he has set an example to the police
force which the officers could emu
late with great advantage to the city.
For the mayor made an arrest on Sun
day in person which may result in
clearing up some of the mysteries of
the past few months. Recently Mayor
Hoffman suffered loss of $1,000
through the rifiing of his rooms in the
Claypool by a thief who walked off
with q stack of jewelry. Sunday May
or Hoffman caught bell-boy coming
from his rooms and, seeming some
thing wrong, stopped him. On ques-
tioning the boy it developed that he
was very much alarmed and he finally
confessed to using the pass-keys to
enter the room and steal $3.50. He
confessed to robbing other rooms of
$39 The use of the pass-keys by the
boy is thought to explain the former
robbery, although the bell-boy who is
involved in the present trouble is not
considered guilty of the other offense.
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presents are sent to the bridegroom