The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-16
HOOS|ERDOM WELL
REPRESENTED At
BIC CONVENTION
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arrangements in the big convention
hall, of dishing out the tickets to the
heads of various state delegations and
seeing to it that the small army of
doorkeepers are assigned to their
proper places. Ostensibly Mr.. Stone,
the sergeant-at-arms attends to this,
but in this case as in the army the
superior officer necessarily puts the
burden of the actual work on his I'M
der-officer and that's why Col. Thayer
is busy and looks tired and wan.
GIad-Hand for Charley.
Charley Edgerton, formerly of Foun-
tain City, and well-known to many
Wayne county people, is a doorkeeper.
Mr. Edgerton has been living at Rush
vile for some years and recently sold
his hardware business. He is prepar-
ing to go to the southwest to re-en-
gage in business of some sort. but de-
cided to stay long enough to Officiate
at the big circus. While he does not
say so in many words, yet he prob
ably would close his eyes tighter than
clam should he spy Wayne county
man without a ticket looking his way.
The chances are 10 to l that the
Wayne county man would find himself
in the convention hall. ticket or not,
for Edgerton is filled to the brim with
good nature and is always seeking to
do somebody a favor.
A Little Disappointment.
Today tickets were distributed.
Many men who travelled hundreds of
miles on the promise of getting a tic
ket found themselves in possession of
coveted bits of pasteboard that will
admit them to but one session 9th
ers, more fortunate and with stronger
pulls, had tickets good for all the SEES
sions. There were others, and they
were in the majority, too, who still re-
etained the promises, but the delivery
of the goods had not been made The
story told some days ago that a
scheme had been devised in order to
hustle Indiana boomers of Fairbanks
into the hall, brought many a Hoosier
here, but most of them are finding
out that the difficulties of arranging
for entrance to the coliseum are en-
countered on every side.
Delegates go Early.
The Hoosier delegates. resplendent
in their decorations of bronze bades
bearing portrait of Fairbanks, went
from the Auditorium Annex to the Col
n
delegation entered the hall at 1890,
nearly two hours before the time set
for calling the body together. This
was for the purpose of ascertaining
just what conditions would prevail.
There is no question but that at
least dozen of the Hoosier delega-
ton are DESTROYS of seeing Fairbanks
name withdrawn and thus open the
way for Indiana. to get in the band
wagon for Taft. However. it was said
this morning on the best authority
that the Indianians will stand as a
unit for Fairbanks, in compliance with
instructions.
Do Not Want Roosevelt.
Despite all declarations TO the con-
trary, it can be said that every In
diana delegate knows that Fairbanks
will accept the vice presidential NOM
ination If the offer is made. 1t is al
so true that the Fairbanks managers
are pulling wires with this end in
view. 1t is not with any hope of get
ting Fairbanks in first place that the
Indiana Fairbanks boomers are con-
tinuing their fight in the contested
delegation cases, but with the idea of
precipitating trouble that will defeat
Taft and perhaps throw the nominal
ton to Roosevelt. Members of the