The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-08
INDIANA FEDERAL
OFFICERS WORKING.
Shown That They Are Not La
boring for Taft as Stated.
But for Fairbanks Taft's
Nomination Predicted.
Especial Correspondence.)

IHuldHdpo4lS. June "a hoIe OF
alarm has been sounded, So panic
stricken are the Field" candidates
and their supporters that there is to-
day open talk of attempting a stam-
pede at the Chicago convention. The
triumph of Taft in the contests before
the national committee is the cause of
it all
Today there were received in Indian
apolis, by politicians of prominence.
who were in doubt about attending the
ing them to gather up their small be
longings and hurry To the city on the
lake. The letters are written in a
tone of desperation. and they urge that
the Indiana contingent he swelled to
the highest possible figure and that
an imposing demonstration he made
for Fairbanks In other words, the
whole scheme Is part of the daring
plan to bring about a stampede that is
intended to bury Taft II is any
thing to beat the war secretary" and
the Fairbanks supporters are neck
deep in the game. They are deter
mined that the beneficiary OF the STAN
pede. if ii can be brought about, shall
be Roosevelt. and If the field can not
land, the president will be made use Of
against his will
Taft the Nominee.
This stampede talk is all nonsense
said a prominent member of the
Marion club. which is 10 be part of the
imposing demonstration. 1t Is just
possible that the affair has been so
we'll advertised that the Taft people
will be ready for any such emergency
Those Taft fellows are some poIiti-
clans themselves. and everybody must
admit that thus far they have not over
looked any good things. They have
won in the initial contests: they will
win in the others and Taft will be
nominated. Don't forget that There
will be no stampede. either. the man
with the votes winning, as is the Gus
tom in political conventions. The
Fairbanks people are bowling. but it
will do no good. The fight is a fair
one with the man who has the votes
pressing down the screws. as he has a
right to do. or has been done before"
But, after all is said, nothing is left
for the field" candidates to do but
rely on carrying the convention off its
feet. And so 1t happens that many
Fairbanks followers who formerly
had little thought of going TO Chicago
1rfn IN ~ hn
club boomers in bringing about the
imposing demonstration that seems
to be the life and soul of the stam-
pede program. Joseph b. Healing.
who is the Fairbanks manager. is urg-
ing everybody TO join him at Chicago,
and there is a general up in the air"
feeling all along the line
Amusing Feature.
There is at least one amusing fea-
ture in connection with the note OF
alarm" sent to Indianapolis by the
Fairbanks managers at Chicago. II
has always been insisted that the fed
eral machinery of the country was be-
ing used bodily 10 further the interests
Of Taft Just at the present moment
IL would be hard to make anybody on
the inside believe that such a charge
could truthfully be applied TO the fed
eral machinery in Indiana. The fed
eral offices in Indianapolis. for in
stance. are TO be turned inside out de-
serted-in answering the Fairbanks
call from Chicago. Not only that. but
the state at large IS 10 dump it's con-
tingent into the convention city. Ask
=, H. EA
will tell you that the tall one is en-
titled 10 any support he can muster
from his own state. and that il is all
right to summon support from the fed
eral forces. Anyhow. Taft has been
doing this same thing. he will assert,
and now that the Taft tactics have
been exposed, any methods are fair in
the fight TO beat him. Nothing is
under cover now. Everybody is show
ing his firearms and will tell you
that he proposes to use them in the
most effective way at Chicago.