The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-12
Terre Haute Address Highly
Pleasing to Republican Man
ayers as 1t Shows Position
As "Idea" Candidate.
MAY BE PUBLISHED AND
SPREAD OVER STATE.
Valuable Document for Repub-
licanism-Terre Haute Out
break Put Committee in
Spirit of Harmony.
tBy Special Correspondence


Indianapolis. Sept. 12.-Nothing
half as pleasing to the managers OF
the republican campaign in this state
has happened since the campaign be-
gan as the speech of Thomas Marsh
all at Terre Haute Wednesday night
The ideal" candidate of the demo-
cratic party, they say. has shown his
weakness and its a weakness that is
pitiful He has done for himself.
they say, what James G. Blaine's oy-
er-enthusiastic friend did for him with
his famed Rum, Romanism and Re
bellion" speech.
A whole lot of voters. 1t is argued.
who had considered the Columbia City
lawyer a strong. clean. clear-headed
candidate, capable of making the
same sort of a governor, are going TO
drop all those adjectives except
Clean, after reading that Terre
Haute speech. He revealed to his
friends and his enemies. as well, that
he could not stand the gaff
That speech would have gone well
with bunch of sympathetic candi.
datess remarked a republican leader
today. but the manner in which
thinking voters may be expected to
take 1t is different. There may have
been laugh in every line, but Tom
Marshall will pay for those laughs. I
cannot understand why a man In his
position would make such mistake
unless this be strong and valuable
c Ia1f fUh
event 1t is sad mistake"
The speech in question will be re-
membered for such remarks as these:
i thought that when the holy oil of
conservation was poured on a preach
er's head he was dedicated to the ser.
vice of God and not the service of the
republican party There are still
| some preachers left In Indiana who
think it their duty to preach the Cos
pei and not to beat a bass drum in a
political procession"
Not very tactful this, to say the
least. Such tone would have emf
nently fitting had the object of the
candidates sarcasm been the brewers
or some similar influence whose mo-
tives could reasonably be impugn-
ed but toward those ministers of the
state who have seen fit to line them
selves up against the democratic tick
et-neyer.
At republican headquarters the
speech has been under discussion con-
| stantly. So valuable republican cam
raign document is ii considered that
the proposition of spreading 1t broad
cast over the state was given thought.
| However 1t was the concengus OF
opinion that the speech will keep itself
alive without aid from the republican
managers. Without a doubt It will go
bobbing along through the whole cam
paign and Tom Marshall will not soon
hear the last of his unfortunate cas-
tigation of the ministers.
| The speech was further valuable as
a boomerang for its obvious lodging
of the local option issue. when I
get in Office" said Marshall. there
will be time enough to examine the
bills that may be passed by the legfs-
lature and to decide whether or not
| shall sign them"
/ For this the candidate FIR governor
has been laughingly referred to in In
dianapolis as a new Senator Sox"
Senator Sox" is a local light weight
politician who conceived the notion
that he was running for the legfsla-
ture. AS a candidate before the pri-
maries. he was interviewed with re-
gard to his position on temperance
legislation. "Mebbe there won't be
any temperance legislation" he sug-
gested hopefully.
4 II only needed the Terre Haute out
break to put the republican campaign
committee In the best possible mood.
Within the past two days the sifua-
tion with regard to the special session
has cleared and they now face 1T in
an equable frame Of mind They are
absolutely sure now, they say, that
the county local option bill will have
clear sailing as far as the republican
majority is concerned and that the
democrats are ready to take advan-
tage OF the opportunity TO show an
tagonism toward any temperance 1egIs-
lation- They are frank to admit. now
that their worry is passed. that for
a few days following the call for the
special session there was fear that GER
tain republican members would take
unkindly toward the local option bill.
This fear is gone. for the state COM
mite has assurance that the majority
for the party program is secure This
assurance has come within the last
forty-eight hours by mail and by word
of mouth.
Il So 1t is that certain wrinkles on
the brovs OF certain republican lead