The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-23
VIGOROUS WILL
Be THE CONTEST
OF DEMOCRATS
Now That Plans for the War
Fund Are Completed Con-
testants Will Fight to the
Bitter End.
DISTRICT CHAIRMEN ARE
TO SOLICIT THE MONEY
Reported That Beveridge Will
Select Charles w. Miller to
Succeed Healing as U. S.
District Attorney.
Palladium Bureau,
indianapolis, Dec. %.

iiuiahoHots- Lev. -b.-EhlttE all. II
looks like the democrats propose TO
make a vigorous contest for the state
officeS which they claim they were
hornswoggled out of by the republi-
cans at the November election The
fact that Burt New. candidate for re-
porter of the supreme court. who got
cold feet on the contest proposition
few days ago. has returned to the
fold makes the contest assume "A real
ly formidable aspect. Then the furth-
er fact that the democratic state com
mittee has taken up the fight and
thus receives the candidates themsel-
YES of the expense of the contest
makes IL certain that the democrats
will go as far as they can in the mat
ter.
Nine members of the state commit
tee attended the meeting at which IL
was decided to push the contest. The
district chairmen who attended this
meeting were Alvin Padgett, Second
district; Mark Storen, third: George
Peasants. Fourth; Peter Foley, Fifth:
Bernard korbly, Seventh; John Os-
borne. Sixth; Lew Ellingham. Eighth;
Edward G. Hoffman, Twelfth; s. y.
Stevens, Thirteenth.
The First. Tenth and Eleventh dis
tricts were not represe nted j. Kirby
Risk. of Lafayette. chairman of the
Tenth, was out of the state
Plan Raise Funds.
1t was decided at this meeting to
have each district chairman raise
money in his district for use i'm con-
Quoting the contest and they all said
| they would see to IL that their dis
tricts came through with the neces-
sary.
Fremont Goodwine, who was in the
city last night. took occasion to tell
what he believed TO be the cause of
his defeat for lieutenant governor and
his story involves some carelessness
on the part of the republican state
headquarters during the campaign.
Goodwine. ii will be remembered. was
| the special target of the old soldiers
OF the state. who opposed him because
! they said that at the session of the
! legislature two years ago Goodwine
killed the bill TO appropriate money
for the preservation of the old battle
flags OF the Indiana regiments. These
tattered embiems of the war are now
in the State Museum at the state
house and bill was introduced at the
last session TO appropriate money for
the installation of glass cases I'm which
to place the flags and from which
they should never be removed The
old soldiers believed that this bin
would have passed but for the opposi-
tion OF Goodwine, who was a senator.
Goodwine denied the blame in the
matter but the old soldiers made il an
issue in the campaign against him.
Record Explained.
Goodwine says he had some circu-
| lars printed shortly before the elec-
tion setting fort1 his position in the
flag matter and explaining his record
These circulars. he said. he left at the
republican state HEADQUARTERS with in
structions to have them mailed out oy-
er the state. He left the city, and
when lie returned day or two before
the election he found the circulars had
not been mailed.
IF those circulars had been sent
| out" he said. Il believe | would have
been elected. But they were not. and
| do not know VINO Is TO blame for IT.
1t is said to be fact that the old
soldiers did soak Goodwine hard
throughout the state.
Plum for Miller.
Charles W. Miller. of Goshen. form
er attorney general of Indiana and
candidate against II A. Barnhart. of
Rochester. for congress from the Thir-
teentl district, at the last election
is being talked of as likely to be pick
ed by Senator Beveridge for the posi-
ton of United States district attorney
TO succeed Joseph b. Healing This
office will be vacant in 1909 and Sena-
tor Beveridge will have the naming
OF the man who is TO get il. II is
known that Beveridge thinks as much
of Miller as of any man alive and that
he has great faith in his ability as
lawyer. During the campaign when
Beve ridge made his special train trip
over the state the week before the
election he lost no opportunity while
speaking in the Thirteenth district TO
say nice things about Miller. He
urged the people TO elect him. and
| they didn't lack much of doing it.
i There is a belief here that Miller will
get the job.
i But nobody seems to know anything
!, about who will succeed Harry Petit
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