The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-23
Wayne and Fayette Among the
. Counties From Which Is
Heard Favorable News to
Republicans.
GRAND FINISH TO
OCCUR NEXT WEEK.
Special Trains Galore Will Be
Run by the Two Big PoIiti-
cal Parties to All Parts of
State.
Especial to Palladium

indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 23.-George
T. Dinwiddie, vice chairman of the Re-
publican state committee, said today
that conditions have so greatly i'm
proved in the last two weeks that he
predicted that Taft will carry the state
by from 10000 to $4,000, and that
James E. Watson will be elected gov
ernor by a large plurality also.
Il did not think SO ten days ago." he
said,/ but reports are coming in that
change the appearance of things to a
wonderful extent. Why, every county
that we hear from brings in the same
report. County chairmen come in now
and tell us that their counties are
showing up as we'll as ever and that
means that we will have about the
same plurality that we have always
had
Dinwiddie is at the state headquar-
ters all the time and meets every man
that comes in. In fact, he Is the glad
hand artist of the state committee. 1t
is his business to meet every caller and
see to it that their business is taken
care of He talks with everyone, and
it is on his talks with the people that
come in that he bases his prediction
for such splendid Republican victory.
81 talk with forty or fifty men each
day here in the headquarters" he said,
land in that way | am able to get a
good line on what is going on. 1t is
surprising that the gains should be as
great as they are
Cannot Lose.
What Dinwiddie said was corroborat-
ed by Carl Riddick, secretary of the
committee. I'VE cannot lose Indiana" "
said Riddick. Things were slow in
getting started, but the conditions now
are all that we could ask. Take the
counties in the Sixth district, for in
stance. Reports show that in Fayette
county and Wayne county, especially,
show that everything is in fine shape
and getting better all the time"
James P. Goodrich, state chairman,
came to town yesterday and he added
his cheerful prediction to those of Rid
dick and Dinwiddie. He will remain
here until the end of the campaign and
keep at the helm of the state commit
tee.
Several of the Republican county
chairmen have been in the city in the
last day or two to receive instructions
from the state committee and to make
reports of the progress of the cam
paign. In nearly every case they tell
of Democrats who are coming out for
Taft and Watson. They tell of temper
ance Democrats who assure them that
they will vote against the brewery
ticket of the Democratic party, and the
number of such Democrats is very graf.
flying to the Republican managers.
Great WhirIwind Finish.
The next week will see one of the
greatest whirlwind finishes ever made
to a campaign in this state Special
trains will whirl across the state, back
and forth and up and down and they
will be so thick that they will have
difficulty to keep out of the way of each
other. OF course. the big event in the
special train line is the tour that Taft
is making this week, but there will be
special trains galore next week. Sena-
tor Beveridge starts from Chicago
Monday morning on a five days speak
ing trip over the state. The first day
will be spent in northern Indiana, clos
ing with a big night meeting at Fort
Wayne. On the second day he will
go through the atrial part of the state
closing with a night meeting at Rich.
mond. He is scheduled to arrive in
Richmond at 7:25 that evening from
Newcastle, where he will stop at 6:3l
for twenty minutes. The third day
will include trip all the way from
Richmond to Evansville, with sever
speeches on the way. On the fourtr
day he will come north on the ives,
side of the state and cross over to the
east, closing with night rally at And
erson. The last day will be devoted tC
a tour of the northern counties, the
trip ending at Laporte, Friday night
Senator Beveridge is sent out by ths
Republican national committee. which
will foot all the bills for tho train, ths
state committee being relieved of thi:
burden.
James E. Watson will have a specia
train for two days. He will leave In
dianapolis on Friday morning and gt
into the southern and Southwestern
part of the State. He will make abou
thirty speeches, with night meeting
at Evansville. Friday evening and clos
ing the campaign in this city with /;
great rally on Saturday night.
The Democrats have planned to ruI
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