The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-06-24
Balance of Democratic Party
To Be Run Over Rough
sh0d by Taggart.
STATE CHAIRMAN PICKED.
IN ADDITION TO THIS THE CANDI-
DATE FOR GOVERNOR WILL AL
so BE DECIDED UPON WELL IN
ADVANCE.

indianapolis, Ind, June PA plan
for continuing their hold on the ma
chinery of the Democratic party in
Indiana is said to have been concocted
by Tom Taggart, chairman of the ma
tional committee, and Crawford Fair
banks, the millionaire Terre Haute
brewer, who is now regarded general
ly as the financial hacker of the Dem
ocratic state organization.
This is the combination that pro-
poses TO conduct a law-and-order cam
paign in Indiana next year and which
hopes to convince the good people of
the state that the Republican admin
istration is so corrupt that the Repub-
lican party cannot be trusted in power
any longer. A systematic effort is
now being made for the purpose of
discrediting the work of the Republi-
cans and concealing the misdeeds of
the Democrats in the recent legisla-
ture who were controlled in every
thing by the Taggart-Crawford Fair
banks machine.
The situation that now exists among
the Democrats would not be tolerated
in the Republican party. There is
rumbling of discomfort now among the
Democratic masses that reaches here
every day or so, but the Taggart-Craw-
ford Fairbanks crowd has things sew
ed up so tightly that the masses will
have no voice whatever in the choice
of the members of new organization
and the selection of a state ticket.
Crooked Machine at Work.
According to information received
here from sources that seem reliable,
the Taggart-Crawford Fairbanks ma
chine not only has arranged for the
reorganization of the state committee,
but for the nomination of the entire
state ticket If necessary, the same
sandbagging tactics will be employed
that were used when the thousands of
followers of Bryan and Hearst were
gagged and bound three years ago to
vote solidly for Judge Parker. No at
tention whatever is to be paid to the
Hearst men unless they want to climb
into the band wagon and do whatever
Taggart's henchmen demand.
A few months ago the better ele-
ment of the party showed signs of un-
rest, and it looked as if there might
be a fight on the Taggart gang, but
the latter has triumphed completely
and the decent element has laid
down" The same gang that has been
in the Democratic saddle will be con-
tinued throughout another campaign
at least.
The present plan of the Taggart
bunch calls for the retirement of w.
III ol,o re
tirement, however, will be merely
sop thrown at the better element of
the party which protested against his
election last year. O'Brien and Tag
CART are on just as good terms as
ever When he retireS 1t will be the
plan of the Taggart men to attempt to
show to the masses of the party that
he has been set aside so that they
can elect someone who will do their
bidding 1t will be a subterfuge so
thin that it will not deceive many peo-
pie in view of the fact that the plan
will be exposed in time.
Another Tasgart Man Coming.
When O'Brien is retired to give the
people supposed chance of asserting
themselves, the machine will have
everything in readiness to elect some
one else who will do their bidding.
During the next few months there will
be an effort to create public sentiment
in favor of soEss man for chairman
who is secretly for the Taggart ma
chine, so that when he is elected it
will appear that the machine had
aothing to do with it,
It has been learned by your CORE
spondent, however, that the machine
has practically agreed on Stokes Jack
son OF Greenfield for chairman. Jack
son was known formerly as the king
of the silver push and is supposed
to he untre -rmelad by any machine