The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-25
INDIANA MEN GETTING
READY FOR GATHERING
Hoosiers Will Have twenty-five Automobiles For
Doubtful Delegates at the Big Re-
publican Convention.

Indianapolis, April 24.-Interest at
taches just now to the plans of the
Indiana delegation to the national re-
publican convention at Chicago next
June. Inasmuch as this state has
candidate for the presidency in the
person of Vice President Fairbanks.
this interest is greater than formerly.
The delegation has a chairman to
elect and it will also be called upon
to conduct the Fairbanks campaign in
Chicago. The republican leaders are
counting on accomplishing much for
the vice president in the convention
city They calculate letting every
delegate and every visitor know in a
forceful way that Fairbanks is the
man to nominate.
Marching clubs fife and drum corps,
bugle corps, automobiles, ETC., will be
used to arouse enthusiasm. The Mar
ion club of this city is not forming a
marching organization. 1t will travel,
five hundred strong, by special train,
to boom the states favorite son. The
marchers will be uniformed and will
be headed by a bugle and drum corps
of one hundred members.
Charles s. Hernly, former state chair
man, announces that he has arranged
to have twenty-five automobiles at the
Indiana headquarters for the use of
the Fairbanks managers. These au-
tomobiles will be used to entertain
doubtful delegates.
Doubt exists as to the chairman of the
Indiana delegatio 1t is agreed, how
ever, that that the chairman must be
a man of force and of strong and
pleasing personality that he may in
spire confidence and win delegates
when he votes the Indiana delegation
for the vice president. The chairman
of a delegation is practically the only
member who is seen or heard by the
other participants of the convention
and a chairman is desired who will
serve for show purposes.
It had been thought that Senator Al
bert beverage would be elected chair
man of the convention. 1t had been
thought. too, that Governor Hanly
might be made chairman, but now 1t is
thought that the governor may nomi-
nate Fairbanks. The elimination Of
these two makes it appear that the
Craftsmanship honors may fall to Sena-
tor Hemenway. The fourth delegate
at-large, James Goodrich, state chair
man, would probably refuse the honor
if it were offered to him, inasmuch as
he already holds down Craftsmanship
Joseph B. Healing, United States dis
trict attorney for Indiana and dele
gate from this district, will act as
floor manager for Fairbanks. He is re-
| garded as the vice presidents personal
representative. A better or a shrewd-
er political manager has not operated
in Indiana in many a day. Healing is
the big chief" and what he says goes
and what goes is usually the result of
something he said.
George AIDE, humorist and play
wright who is one of the delegates
from the tenth district, will be used
for show purposes. Everyone knows
and likes AIDE. 1t is planned that he
shall get in good work among the no.
| tel crowds and street throngs.
The announcement, yesterday, that
Robert H. Bryson had been appointed
postmaster of indianapolis to succeed
| Henry w. Bennett came as a great sur
prise to newspapers, politicians, and
everybody else save a few close friends
| of Bryson and Bennett, who had been
| let in on the secret. 1t was not known
here that Bennett had resigned. The
4 republicans saved themselves a lot o.