The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-29
Indications That Some Live
" Times Are Ahead Among
The Indiana Branch.
TAGGART IN THE THICK.
HE IS SAID TO BE AFTER SCALP
!. OF J.. KIRBY RISk-TAGGART
SQUARES HIMSELF WITH BRY-
Antics.

indianapolis. Aug. 29.-The reorgan-
iz1tion of the democratic party in lndi-
ana is progressing quietly but rapidly,
and in a manner which indicates that
smiling Thomas Taggart will be found
at the top of the heap when the scram-
BILE reaches a finish.
Nearly every day ushers in interest
ing developments in the state chair
manship contest. The fight is on and
it had advanced far enough now,
to bring out clearly the following facts:
I. State Chairman O'Brien positive
ly will not stand for reelection and
will retire at the end of his present
term.
q Thomas Taggart desires to con-
tinue in the saddle in Indiana and will
have a candidate for state chairman.
g. J. Kirby Risk will lead the AN
It's in fight on the Taggart organi-
cation.
H. John w. Hoffman and his CO.
horts will keep hands off and watch the
fur fly.
Mr.. Bryan's recent public dec
laration that Indiana is for Bryan
and that not even favorite son can
didate could take the states delegation
away from the Nebraskan focused at
tention on the state chairmanshop con-
test.
Call IL TactfuI Move.
Politicians generally regarded it as 4
very tactful move. Mr.. Taggart's in
fluence with the democrats of the state
was beginning to wane as natural re-
suit of the reports circulated broad
cast charging him with disloyalty to
Bryan. In some OF the rock-ribbed
democratic strongholds of the state,
like Hancock county, Taggart's polite
al stock had been sliding down the to-
boggan faster than railroad securities
on Wall street.
His interview conceding Indiana to
Bryan was applauded by democrats
throughout the state, and it was COM
monty remarked that it has put him in
a position to be great factor in the
state Craftsmanship contest
Everybody is wondering what card
Taggart has up his sleeve in the chair
manship game and every method |
known to shrewd political manipulate |
ors is being employed to discover his |
choice for state chairman. If he
would put his candidate for the place
on a pedestal and set aside a day for
an unwilling he would be certain of the
biggest crowd of democratic politicians
that ever assembled at one spot. Many |
believe that the drawing aside of the
veil would reveal the shining counte-
nance Of John Gilbert McNutt of Ter
re Haute, but on that point nobody ex-
cept Mr.. Taggart knows and he won't
tell.
Is Not for Risk.
There is one candidate Mr. Taggart
is not for and his name is j. Kirby
Risk. The battle royal between the
Risk and Taggart forces over the state
committee reorganization promises to
be one of the extremely diverting feat
ures of next years campaign. There
is not much doubt among the politi-
clans as to the result. All of them
seem to think when the fracas is over,
J. Kirby's political remains will be re-
posing comfortably in Chairman Tag
CARTS copper-lined stomach. But
there will be plenty of fun, the politi-
clans figure, for j. Kirby is a prince
of scrappers and one of his principal
of warfare is a brass band
There are signs that Sylvester
Meek. member of the state committee
for the Sixth District, will have SER
;0ua onnosition