The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-16
Demas S. Coe, Special Cor
respondent to Palladium,
Writes on Situation in
Chicago lust Now.
FAIRBANKS COHORTS ARE
NOT TOO ENTHUSIASTIC.
Sadly Realized by the Dele
gates That lndiana's "Fav-
orite Son" Has Not a
Chance.
(By o. S. coe,y

Chicago. June 16.-Hoosiers are here
galore. There are some who are put
ting on the frills of fashion. staying at
the Annex: others a trifle down the
scale are finding ample accommoda-
tions at some of the hotels where
prices don't range from Sl5 a day up
ward, yet are plenty high at S7J0. and
still others who have found quarters
that only pry them loose from So
bill each day. Then there are others
who appear to have found no quarters
and from the wrinkles in their clothes
might have been using the benches in
Lincoln park or on the lake front 10
rest their weary bones But anyway,
Hoosierdom is on the map. so far as
being represented at the Republican
National convention is concerned and
excepting, of course. the Illinois patri-
OTIS who are here always. Indiana
stands first in the number of visitors
sent.
Parade Dirty Streets.
Chicago had hardly awakened this
morning when the parades of new in
coming delegations began. From ev-
cry railroad station in the city the pro-
cessions of shouting men, headed by
bands. great and small, wended their
way over the toughest and dirtiest
streets in the world, to the Auditorium
Annex. Indianapolis sent one of the
big delegations today. and while every
mothers son in the long line wore n
Fairbanks badge. there was doubt ex-
pressed by onlookers as to the SINGER
ity of the outward symbols.
Nothing to It,"
In all this preliminary stew men
who certainly out to know whereof
they speak, say there has been nothing
to IL from the start-and when they
use the phrase nothing TO IT," they
have reference to Indiana's chance TO
land in the presidential race. OF
course everybody has conceded Tafts
| nomination for several days. yet news
papers of certain class have endeav-
ored to lead their readers to believe
that the favorite son of Indiana had
been showed out of it by means that
were not elegant If they were even To-
| gitimate.
Allies Blame Roosevelt.
| Just where the line of division comes
between legitimate and illegitimate
| politics in the preliminary skirmishing
TO convention such as this, is not ap-
| parent, yet the chorts of the antis are
still crying that every candidate save
| Mr.. Taft received brutal deal from
| Roosevelt. While the managers of
the "antis" are crying foul" the Hoo
sier contingent is loudest in it's pro-
| tests. The Fairbanks boomers saw
the end days ago. but they are dying
hard-they are trying to avoid the fu-
neral anyway.
| No "Foul" Means Used.
| Fairbanks friends among the Inds-
ana visitors are numerous. but on the
quiet most of them will admit that the
real cause of his apparent oyerwhelm-
ing defeat for the presidential nomina-
tion is due to the sentiment of the vot-
ers throughout the country and not to
any foul" means of the administra-
tion forces behind Taft. Everybody
here, who has an insight into things
political recognizes that Indiana is one
of the States most needed to swing the
presidential chair for either party. The
big men of the republican party east
and west, understand this thoroughly.
| 1t is pointed out, therefore. that these
men would not be taking part in an ef-
fort to nominate Taft did they not be-
lieye sincerely that he is favored by
large part of the voting population of
Indiana as well as all other so-caIled
/ pivotal states. So the hue and cry
being raised in the Indiana Fairbanks
camp that the state will find itself
enrolled in the democratic column next
fall If Taft is nominated does not ap-
peal strongly TO the men who are do
ing things at this convention.
Thsyer Has Big job.
Ed. P. Thayer, of Greenfield, one OF
the stalwarts of the Sixth congressio-
nal district, and very popular man.
is coming in for his share of atten-
tion during the preliminary workings.
Col Thayer is first assistant TO Ser
geant-at-arms william z. Stone. Col.
Thayer has seen service in the army.
being a Spanish-Ame rican veteran.
but he said Sunday night that no
routine or special duty of soldier life
was as wearying to mortal man as
making an honest effort to get nat
ional convention started out in good
order. Upon Col. Thayer falls the ar
dous task OF overseeing the seating