The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-08
MARSHALL OPENS
HIS MOUTH AND .
STICKS FOOT IN
Remark That He Will Cut Out
The Churches and Fight Un-
der Directions of State
Committee Causes Alarm.
BREWERY INTERESTS BE-
HIND HIS CANDIDACY.
State Committee Is Generally
Conceded as Being Under
Thumb of Taggart - Fair
banks Liquor Combine.

indianapolis. Ind, May S.-The dem
Ocratic politicians here who are close
ly allied with the state organization
were busy today trying to explain the
statement made by Thomas E. Marsh
all Of Columbia City, their candidate
for governor, at a meeting of the state
committee at the Grand hotel Wednes-
day afternoon. Mr.. Marshall himself
did little explaining before he de
parted for LoganspOrt.
The democratic campaign managers
are trying to remove the effect of the
report that Mr. Marshall said that he
will cut out the churches i'll the com
ing campaign and make his fight un-
der the guidance of the democratic
state committee and the democratic
state platform.
1t seems that at the committee
meeting Mr. Marshall made three diff
ferent speeches. In one he said in
substance the following:
Il will not accept any invitations to
address church NEE tings, Sunday
school meetings, Y. NJ. C. A. meetings
Anti-SalOOn meetings or other confer
ences. | expect to make my fight un.
der the orders and guidance of the
democratic state committee and on
the democratic state platform and
will not mix religion with politics"
This utterance as a matter Of coarse
was not intended for publication but
some of the members of the commit
tee who regarded it as a covert at
tack upon the republicans were un
able to keep still about it. They tolC
it so often that it is gaining genera
circulation, much to the chargin of the
party leaders, who do not relish the
idea of Mr.. Marshall being compelled
to start in the campaign with expla
nations of his own statements.
Mr.. Marshall in attempting to ex
plain this statement said in substance
that he does not care to attempt tC
get votes through religious bodies anC
that he prefers to make his campaign
at political meetings.
The report that he had said tha
he would not address church gather
ings or conferences but that he woulC
make his campaign under the direc
tton OF the state committee is caus
ing a lot of comment in view of the
well known fact that the committee
is under the control of men who were
elected by the Tom Taggart- Crawford
Fairbanks Brewery Com bine, which
is debating the policy of the demo
cratic party in the present campaign
The night before the meeting of the
| democratic state committee. Taggar
was in conference at the Denison no
tel with Crawford Fairbanks. Stoke.
| Jackson, Chairman of the state Com
mittee Joe Riley. Secretary of The
State Committee. W. II. O'Brien. for
merly chairman of the committee
Bernard kOrbly. chair of the Indiana
| polls district and other well knowr
! democrats, who are WhOoping thing!
up for Mr.. Marshall. During thei
! conference, Albert Lieber. another i'm
/ portant member of the brewery com
bine. Joined them and spent an hou
with Fairbanks.
These men are in control of tn.
democratic organization which Mr.
( Marshall says will direct this cam
paign and which made up the plat
form tlat he says he will support.