The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-03

| throughout the district in Mr. Dunlap's in
| terest. Mr.. Snyder takes the position that
/ before the district committee decided on
| the direct primary plan OF nomination the
\ other candidates. Mr.. Dunlap, Mr. Shock
| ney and himself. should have been consult-
/ ed and effort should have been made 10
discover whether the masses OF the Repuo-
| leans throughout the district favored the
abandonment OF the delegate convention
/ plan that had been followed for years.
Walter S. Montgomery. OF Greenfield. who
was recently elected president of the In
diana Republican Editorial Association.
! and Il. S. Truitt. OF Noblesville. who sue
1 ceeds Mr.. Montgomery as secretary Of the
| association, were in the city yesterday.
NJ a. Hastings. of Washington, one OF
the active Republicans Of Daviess county,
is at the English.
The midwinter meeting Of the Indiana
Democratic Editorial Association will be
held tomorrow at the Grand Hotel. Pres
| ident Ben F. Mckee. of Lebanon. will be
| here to-day TO make the final arrangements
/ for the gathering Of the editorial hosts,
and 1t is said that the attendance bids fair
to be cord-breaking
AS was indicated in the Journal some
/ days ago. a quiet movement has been set
on foot to bring about the Endorsement Of
Senator German as candidate FOR the
meeting, and this well other political
phases of the meeting, Will tend TO in
crease the attendance and interest. The
men who are engineering the German deal
ridcule the suggestion that they have such
/ a scheme in contemplation, and at the last
| minute, If the personnel of the resolutions
committee is not TO their liking. they may
abandon the plan. II Isaac r. StrOuse, or
/ the Rockville Tribune. is a member OF tho
committee, even IL he is present at the
meeting, it is a foregone conclusion that
there Will be no Endorsement of any one
save Bryan Hearst without fight, and
| 10 carry any weight the German indOrse-
ment must be secured without a struggle
and apparently as the unanimous sentiment
OF the Democratic editors OF Indiana.
! The banquet tomorrow evening will DO
! the feature Of the meeting. President Nc
! hee VIII preside POSTMASTER and a num-
Der OF speeches will be made. including
one by Mrs. j. Oscar Henderson, of this
| city, on Famous Tombs." At the business
session of the meeting il is planned TO have
a two-minute speech by every editor pres
| ent on politics and the approaching cam
! paign, the idea being 10 stir up little po-
| litical interest.
Nothing would be more pleasing to Indi-
ana Republicans than to raise aloft the
banner of either of our distinguished sena-
tors" said Senator Pressly Smith, % Para
gon, last evening in commenting on the
presidential situation, but Mr.. Roosevelt
has given the people such clean and adj
as well as all Indiana Republicans vie with
! each other in declaring the President the
man to succeed himself. He is the logical
| candidate The people are for him. i feel
that he should be given a clear field and be
nominated without opposition. L will say.
| however, / think, as many others do, that,
should candidates be presented from other
States, with probability of defeatin Pres
| ident Roosevelt for the nomination. then
! the Indiana delegates should look well 10
| the possibilities for their own State. OF
| course, conditions can be met as they de-
| velop."
| Senator Smith was asked If Morgan coun-
! ty will have a candidate for the Fifth dis
| trict congressional nomination, and he said
that he did not know. II read communi-
| cation in an Indianapolis paper the other
day wherein it was stated that Ed Sedwick.
| of Martinsville, will be candidate, but per-
sonally do not know Mr.. Sedwick's plans.
! said the senator. However, If we have a
candidate Morgan county Republicans will
! be loyal to him"
Mr. Smith was elected senator for the
joint district composed Of Marion and Nor
gan counties. The new apportionment
| placed him I'm a district composed OF Nor
act is held unconstitutional by the Supreme
| Court, sustaining Judge Artman's decision.
Mr.. Smith will complete his term as one OF
Marion countys delegation.
Mayor Hoffman, James L. Reach and
Jacob Piatt Dunn, the triumvirate of the
administration machine, recovered suffi-
GENTLY yesterday from the shock of County
Chairman Spencer's sudden call for county
| primary tomorrow TO break forth in moro
or less vigorous denunciation of the trick OF
the Taggart leaders.
| II very much regret that they saw fit to
! call the primaries without longer notice."
| said the mayor. 81 think that even the APP
pearance of snap convention should be
avoided.
Il think, like every other reasonable DEM
! ocrat, that this sudden action is out
rage" said Mr.. Dunn. Just at time when
efforts were being made TO effect a COM
promise. the negotiations are suddenly
| broken off and the call is issued, shutting
out all chance to any one but the candidate
| OF the crowd calling the primaries.
| ''Taggart is responsible for this, and i
| want him 10 get all the glory out of con-
! trolling the county organization, said Mr..
| Reach.
The latter is apparently the more tranquil
Of the triumvirate. and IL seems that he has
acquired some philosophy since his recent
conflict with the Taggart forces. He pro-
, ceeds TO say, with a fine touch of humor:
My machine is not running now, but Is
| being gilded and having new lights put on.
and the engineers are so busy eating pie
that they have no time to think of any
| thing else"
Those I'm a position to know the actual
| condition OF the Reach machine say that
| there is nothing left of it TO gild since II
| last encountered the Taggart machine, save
| the whistle, but Mr.. Keachs humor, IL
grim, is none the less infectious.
|
Mayor Hoffman says that he had re-
| sponded to a request for suggestion of
man for county chairman by naming John
| w. Kern Il know Mr.. Kern to be fair
minded man and thought him the kind Of
man to unite all interests" he said. They
| did not express approval Of the suggestion,
| but indicated that he was not available
| Considering the nature Of the fight made
! by Mr.. Reach and his friends against Mr..
| Kern when he was a candidate FOR city
4 rnaf Iauf xrrir.
| Mayor Hoffman will be taken as decidedly
| tardy recognition OF Mr. Kern's virtues as
| fair-minded man who would unite all inter-
| ests. However. IL is apparent that the adj
| ministration crowd has been left high IL
| the air by the sudden call for the pri-
| maries and that the leaders are attempt
| ing to get down as best they can. IL goes
| without saying that in turning this tries
! Mr.. Taggart and his friends have merely
done just what Mr.. Reach and his crowd
would do had they the opportunity. The
! Taggart. faction is In control of the ma
| chnery and purposes TO use its power az
all stages Of the political game. The pri-
maries will be held tomorrow evening from
| till O'Clock and il Is regarded as GER
tain that a majority of the precinct com.
| mitteemen elected Will vote for Charles u
| Clarke, the Taggart candidate, for county
| chairman
Chairman Spencer announced yesterday
that the new committee will meet 10 organ
ize Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock instead
/ of ut 81 In, no of