The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-20
STATE BREWERS
TALK OVER THE
SENATORSH|P
Natural That They Should
Work for Man Who Would
Take Stand Against the Lit
tIefieId Bill.
L. ERT SLACK THREATENS
TO INVADE KERN'S HOME
indianapolis Man Must Be
Good and Not Seek Votes
In SIack's Home County,
Gossip of Candidates.
Ellis SearIes.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 30.-When !
it became known here that number |
of Indiana brewers went to Chicago |
yesterday and held a conference, 1t
was understood at once that the meet |
ing had something to do with the In
diana United States senatorship. In
the brewers party were Albert Lieber
and Maurice Donnelly, of this city, |
Stephen B. Fleming of Fort Wayne,
and several others. Joseph E. Bell of
this city, the attorney for the brewers
in nearly everything that they have
to look after, was also with them.
Bell said, when questioned in Chica-
go, that the brewers were in that city
to attend strawbOard meeting, and
that the senatorship was not even dis
cussed, but it is thought it was for two
reasons.
First, and above all, they probably
went there to talk over the legislative
program that they will try to follow
during the coming session of the leg
islature. 1t is known that the brew
ers are favoring certain bills that will
be introduced, among them being one
| to limit the number of saloons to one
| for each 500 of population to send
| saloon keeper to Jail for the first yio
| lation of the law and revoking his Ii
cense for the second violation; the re-
peal of the county OPTION law. and tire
I s. L. I,x,r
The second reason was, that they
wished to talk over the United States
senatorship. Ordinarily the brewers
do not care much about a United
States senator, because the laws for
| the regulation of the liquor traffic are
nearly all state laws. and not govern
ment acts. But there is in Congress
the Littlefield bill, by which it is pro-
posed to prohibit the interstate ship
dry territory, and this bill has attract
ed the fire of the brewers and whiskey
dealers throughout the country, and
has made it as necessary for the liquor
interests to be represented in congress
as in the legislatures of the states. For
this reason they are believed to be get
ting ready to take hand in the fight
for United States senator in this state.
Who Are Brewers For?
Up to this time no one has been able
to guess accurately just where the
brewers will light" for senator, and
there is nothing in sight now that an
!, swers the question, unless it be the
: general vague impression that they
} will be for Kern at the windup. And
, even in the face of that impression
there remains the fact that Steve
Fleming of Fort Wayne, one of the big
brewers of the state, is against Kern
, tooth and toe nail and he will fight
, him to the last ditch. So after all
, there is no telling where the strength
! of the brewers will land.
i L. Ert Slack of Franklin, one of the
! candidates for senator, does not take
! kindly to the proposition that each
, candidate should remain out of the
other candidates counties and not tr,
y to get votes there. He insists thai
they should stay out of each other:
/ district. He puts it on the ground tha
+ Marion county is a district of itsel
I with eleven members of the legislature
n He says Kern has no right to expec
}. to hold to himself all of these clever
v votes when Slack and the other can
) didates have only one or two member
: from their counties. He says he il
a willing to remain out of the other can
{ didate's districts If they will stay ou
|. of his, but not otherwise. He say
e that if Kern goes into the Fourth dis
5, trict in the search of votes he viii
: surely invade Marion county and TAX
It all he can away from Kern.
Up to this time the entire field i
open and the candidates are trying t
line up votes wherever they can. bu
it is believed that they will try t
reach some agreement that will kee
them out of each others private terri
, tory.
= Lamb Still in Race.
A report was started yesterday tha
IS John E. Lamb, of Terre Haute, wa
e about ready to get out OF the senate
is rial race, but Lamb denies it and say
L he will be in it at the finish. 1t i
d pointed out by some that Taggarf
t. when he announced his withdraws
IS from the fight, made smooth NOV
n in the interest of John w. Kern. The
II figure that Taggart remained in lon
enough to put up show of fightin
l. Kern. thus causing some of the stron
=. anti-Taggart members OF the legisl;
" ture to go to Kern and promise the
is support AS soon as they were con
= mitted. Taggart withdrew, they sa.
- loft theee antis still comnitte,