Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1908-01-16
WALSH Tells OF
NATIONAL PARTY
OTTUMWAN BASES STATEMENT
ON ENTHUSIASM SHOWN AT
INDIANA MEETING.

! Walsh of Iowa former secretary OF
I the Democratic National committee,
/ who has for some time been a mem
| her of the Independence leagne, re-
| turned Yesterday from the league
meeting in Indianapolis filed with en-
!, thusiasm for the future nj the move
ment Mr.. Walsh saws that the con-
! ference in indianapolis, at which
letter from William Randolph Hearst
/ outlining his policies was read, was Il
representative gathering of Dromin
ent men from every walk of life and
that the indications are that the
movement will shortly grow into the
proportions of one of the big upoliti-
cal parties. Two-thirds of the coun-
| ties of the state, he says, were repre-
sented at the conference, and an or
eanization will shortly be perfected
in every district throughout the
state.
Great Indignation was expressed on
all sides at the conference, said Mr..
walsh. at the reelection of the Tag
CART clique in eentrol of the demo-
cratic machine The league. it is ex-
nected, will gain much strength from
this source.
Meetinu Larger Than Expected.
NJ. Walsh was seen at the Hotel
Breslin last. night. He said:
"The Indiana meeting of the Iude-
| pendence league, which was called to-
gether at INDIANAPOLIS on Jan. TO- was
remarkable in this: Tt was called
! purely as a meeting of the state COM
mittee with few members of. the
league from different parts of the
state invited in for the purpose of
70 T1io OF
The large parlors in the English Hotel
it was supposed would he arp'o to &C
commodate those who would be pres
ent. hut an hour before the time of
meeting they We're so crowded that
the clubroom in the hotel had to be
procured, TO which the meeting ad-
iourned. Fully two-thirds of the
counties of the state were represented
at this meeting and the enthusiasm
was astonishing.
"Many democrats we're present at
I the meeting who stated that they
never before had participated in any
thing like an independent movement,
but that their extreme disgust with
the retention of the Taggart machine
in power at the election of committee
men and chairmen of the democratic
committee only a week before con-
! vinced them that nothing was to be
!. hoped for along the line of reform
from that source, and that they pro-
; posed to lend their assistance in ev-
cry way to the Organization of the
league in Indiana.
Z All Parties Represented.
"The membership of the meeting
/, was composed of all classes, demo
: cratic republicans. peoples party men
g and prohibiticnists. The farm ele
ment was especially strong represent
. ed, as well as organized labor.
George b. Harris, the democratic
/, chairman of Wayne county. telephoned
l into the meeting that since the result
: of the election of the democratic
4 state chairman had been made known
to him, he had determined to with
draw from the county committee and
cast his lot with the league. He
/, believed that majority of the mem
: bers OF that committee would do like
: wise and he expressed regretted his
t inability to reach Indianapolis In
! time to attend our meeting.
. Best Citizens Attend.
/, "some of the best citizens of Indi
. ana were present and addressed the
tSOuitlllILSC IiiHOhS5 tiiooC "hoiii iS
;, member now were E. e. Ballard o
q q Charlottesville. one of the leading at
torneys of the state and a prominen
law author: r. g. Ballard, attorney
}, of Gary Ind; J. W. Weidler, attorney
: of South Bend; George w. Campbell
b of Rushville N II. Harris and Free
Meeker of Portland, DR.. Lyndon Com
stock, for many years editor of dem
ocratic newspaper at Indianapolis an,
; a lecturer; Abraham Frakes of Sulli
f van. one of the welthiest farmers 0
g the state. who had just returned from
II a tour around the world. where he hat
n been studying sociological problems
:, j. M. Zion of Clark's HILL proprieto
. of La Lona-Jardin, orchardist an,
a greatest apple grower in the centra
west; Judge j. e. Truesdale of Port
land, late democratic candidate 70
|, CONGRESS, and half a hundred other
y whose names are equally well know
:, in the state of Indiana
S '"There We're quite a number pres
II ent from the Eighth congressional di;
S trict and the apparently unanimou
2, sentiment fro1s these men was tha
\. the conditions are such that it is q
Z the greatest Importance to nominal
g for congress, and they stated that h
4. would be easily elected. Member
e from the Eleventh district reporte
v similar condition in that distric
II while the reports by counties indica
ed that many OF the counties of Ind
ana could be carried by an Indepel
dence League ticket.
! Unanimous for Growth.
another remarkable fact in col
l. nection with the meeting was the al
is solute unanimity of sentiment as t
= the necessity for the league NOV
- ment in Indiana and elsewhere and {
&c the close of the meeting, after electin
ii a committee of fifty to see that th
state of Indiana was properly repre-
a. ented at the national conference
ne February in Chicago, the member
~ present agreed to attend in body 6
delegates, with such other delegate
= as might be selected by the commi
: tee.
r ''The letter of William Randolp
or Hearst, when read to the meeting, WE