The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-12
KUHN LOOMING UP
AS A FORMIDABLE
MAN FOR GOVERNOR
There Is Much Evidence of a
Growing Sentiment in Favor
Of the Richmond Candidate
For This Place.
HAS A STRONG HOLD ON
TEMPERANCE ELEMENT.
There Is Reason to Believe
That Tom Taggart Is Going
To Have His Hands Full
With Preacher Candidate.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
democrats in many sections OF the
| state are supporting the Rev. T. II.
Kuhn's candidacy for the nomination
| for governor, 1t seems that his name
will not be the only one presented at
the next nominating convention in In.
dianapous.
The Ft. Wayne democratic press Is
pushing the candidacy of Thomas r.
Marshall of Columbia City. who is con.
sidered in that section Of the state the
strongest man the democrats can NOM
mate. The Rev. Kuhn, however Is re.
ceiving support from Marshalrs own
| territory. Kuhn's supposed attitude
toward Thomas Taggart and his gang
is exciting interest all over the state
and law and order democrats every.
where are flocking to his standard.
Along this line the indianapolis Star
says:
The assertion that Thomas Taggart
assisted by the brewery interests, will
make mince meat of the Rev. Thomas
II. Kuhn's prospects in the next DEM
Richmond preacher will be a seeker
for the gubernatorial nomination. is
seriously doubted by temperance dem.
ocrats generally and by friends of the
Rev. Mr.. Kuhn in particular.
In the Kuhn camp at the present
time the talk is that Taggart and his
friends, who have played into the
hands of the brewery crowd for so
many years that they are considered
almost part Of 1t. are underestimate.
ing the strength OF the temperance ele-
ment in the democratic party.
The Kuhn people have in their pos.
session a few figures that are caiculat.
ed TO stagger the average person who
has not kept in touch with the growth
of the temperance sentiment through
out the state. They believe that there
are enough temperance democrats to
make the Rev. Mr.. Kuhn a formidable
, candidate; and some of them go so
far as. to declare that he can be nom-
mated If the temperance forces with
in the party will make a concerted
effort in all parts of the state to get
on the delegation.
There are seven counties in Indiana
that are now "dry"-not a licensed
saloon within their borders. To these
must be added Boone, which will be
dry as soon as licenses now in effect
EXPIRE OF these eight counties, five
are put down as democratic counties,
as all of them were carried by the
democratic state ticket last year.
In practically all of these counties
the democratic party, as part of its
campaign thunder, has taken an open
stand against the LIQUOR interests.
The people have been decidedly hos
tile to the saloons and the politicians
have been quick to discern which way
the wind was blowing.
: The Rev. Mr.. Kuhn's friends figure
J that he would have a big following in
the dry counties to start with. IL
temperance should be made the issue
in the selection of delegates to the
state convention-and Kuhn followers
unqestionably propose to make this
the issue-the Taggart crowd will be
up against hard proposition, as the
Taggart henchmen in these counties
would find ii TO their disadvantage,
later on, If they tried to select anti
temperance delegates.
Again. at the present time there are
twenty-one county seat towns in In
diana that are under remonstrance
laws and when nothing stronger is on
tap than cold water unless the thirsty
one gets a prescription from physi-
cian II will soon be twenty-five as
Lebanon, the county seat OF Boone
county, will be saloonless in a short
; time.
AS far as political control goes these
towns are about evenly divided be-
tween the democrats and the republi-
cans In nearly every instance. how
ever, party affiliations were lost sight
of when it came to fighting the sa-
looms and democrats, republicans and
; prohibitionists worked side by side in
carrying the remonstrances.
In the state at large the Kuhn forces
will have q decided advantage IL they
succeed in making temperance the
paramount issue" The rural districts
Of Indiana are overwhelmingly for
temperance. Of the 1,016 townships in
the state 731, or considerably more
than two-thirds, are without saloons.
This is an increase of 1S4 townships in
two years. The Kuhn camp is using
these figures to show the spread OF
. the temperance cause among the mas
ses of the people. In April, 1905, there
were only two dry counties; now
there are eight; then cnly seven coun-
ty seats were dry. whereas now there
are twenty-five counting Lebanon.
The population of the dry territory in
. 1905 was S10.099. Now it is approx