The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-11
Indiana Delegation Will Leave
Indianapolis. Monday. With
Capital CitY's Mayor at the
Head.
HANLY PREPARING HIS
NOMINATING SPEECH.
He Will Place the Name of
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Before the Convention
Other State News.
Especial CorrespondenceD


Indianapolis. June 1.-THE program
for the great roundup of Hoosiers at
the Chicago convention has been COM
pleted in the rough. and the FairAanI.s
boosters will be transported to the
city by the lake on special trains. An
effort is to be made to crowd onto one
train. but if the demand becomes too
great, there will be more than one.
the two running in sections. Mayor
Bookwalter is TO be the chief booster,
and the imposing demonstration" will
go at once to the Auditorium Annex
where the headquarters will be. AS
the Fairbanks headquarters are al the
same hotel, there will be a surplus OF
lndianians at this hostelry that should
make the welkin ring. The Marion
club, which is to have look-in at the
convention, will go 500 strong. most OF
the members in marching uniform.
| They will be headed by drum and
! bugle corps of twenty-four and band
of nearly thirty pieces. II is also like.
| ly that the Mckinley club. younger
itDubiltdil vi bIEdlllLdllOn Ol lDllhnaDp
! lis. will send a delegation in march
! ing outfit. AS it has been promised
/ that all those in marching uniform
will have admission to the floor of
! the convention. for a short time at
least. there is a rush to join the i'm
posing demonstration" Many hund-
reds who are aware that there is no
! chance of getting inside the coliseum
will go along just to witness the side
shows. such as street parades and
noise-making scenes. That the Fair
banks crowd will furnish plenty Of the
latter goes without saying, but they
| all admit that there will be nothing
more TO il than mere noise.
1t is given out from state repuhli-
can headquarters that on Wednesday
there will be a big parade of all the
marching clubs drawn TO Chicago by
the convention, and the parade is 10
go right through the coliseum from
the Wabash avenue TO the Michigan
avenue entrance While this enliv.
ening scene is on, the delegates are
supposed to be in their seats and also
to furnish much of the noise and hur.
rah. All this being out of the wav.
the convention will proceed 10 bust.
ness and nominate-Taft And II is
quite interesting to note the placidity
/ with which the Fairbanks cohorts are
accepting the unquestioned proposi
! tiOn that the war secretary will win
as he wishes. Once named. the Indi.
ana delegation will tear out its lungs.
/ so 10 speak, and the grand roundup
! for Taft will be as enthusiastic as
though opposition to him had never
/ been heard of
Want Riding Space.
Numerous requests have been re-
ceived from over the state for riding
space on the convention special or
specials that are 10 leave here Mon
day, unless the time of departure
should be changed to Sunday, which
is possible. The disposition is to ac-
/ commodate everybody who desires TO
go, but those in charge Of this feature
of the fireworks. desire 10 have II un-
dcrstood that applications must close
in time 20 make a definite estimate of
the number going Several Richmond
. ties who prefer to go with the crowd
| have made inquiries and il looks as
through the specials from Indianapolis
would be the real and only Official
/ boom-carriers from within the bordera
Of Indiana
HanIy Busy on Speech.
| Gov. Hanly has been busy on his
| speech which is TO be delivered at
the Chicago convention nominating
I Fairbanks. II is 10 be his greatest ef-
! fort. according to those who know
something OF what the speech con-
I tains. and the thousand delegates who
hear Indiana's governor, many for the
first time, will take notice Of his ora
tOrical powers and not soon forget.
The speech will extol the conserva-
tism Of the vice-president and. upon
this ground. urge him as the safest
and most logical candidate for the
troublous political times in which We
are living. There will also be a strong
| reference to the fact that the Indiana
man is a candidate without factions,
and that the party can unite on him
without endangering friction from any
quarter. The speech. it is understood,
contains about 1000 words.
Adsir Fears Nothing.
The denomination Of Congressman
John A. VI. Adair, OF Portland, by the
democrats Of the Eighth district, in
/ convention at Union City, was of
/ course. by reclamation. But the
speech Of Mr.. Adair was the feature.
/ He promised when he went to con-
| gress that he would not be guided BY
partisanship. and his record shows