The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-03-23
This Week Watson and Miller
will Know Where They
Stand.
DANIEL G. REID STORY
AGAIN CIRCULATED.
Watson's Denial That He Is
Trying to Secure Bever-
idge's Seat Seems to Avail
Him Nothing.

Indianapolis. Ind, March 23.-The
governor will be settled within the
present week. At least two Of the can
didates- Congressman James Z. Wat
son. of Nashville. and Charles w. Mil
Ter of Goshen seem to feel that it is
all over now in their favor but the
shouting.
VIM. l.. Taylor. the indianapolis can
didate is very confident that he is
right in the running, and that he will
be nominated. Lieutenant Governor
Hugh Tn. Miller's followers declare
that he has the most enviable position,
and that there will be a deadlock be
tween Watson and the Goshen Miller
that will give him an opportunity to
land at the head of the ticket.
There does not seem to be much
doubt however, but that a majority OF
the party workers are picking Watson
to win AT least it is generally con-
coded that he will go into the conven-
ton stronger than either of his Oppo-
npnts, with a fair chance of being
nominated on the first or second bal
lot.
Captain John X. GoWdy, who is look
ing after Watson's interests, is still
confident that Watson will be nominal
oJ ha11nt o. hat
he has the enthusiastic kind of support
that counts, and that his showing will
be surprise to his opponents.
There is no doubt but that it has
been the game of the Goshen Miller
and Taylor to combine their forces in
many counties during the last month
in hopes of eleCting delegates who will
not vote for Watson at any time. Their
plan has been to stem the popular tide
in Watson's favor in hopes of prevent
ing his nomination on the first or sec
Ond roll call.
Whether or not this combination
will exist during the convention is not
known. Taylor's lieutenants declare
that they didn'e have a combination in
indianapolis with Miller. but that, on
the contrary. the only trouble they had
here in eIecting delegates was with
NIiIler's friends. who wanted to select
men who would vote with them on the
second ballot.
The fact that he has been regarded
from the start as the leading candidate
has caused Watson to be the target for
the other candidates. The methods
that have been used against him in
many localities are as unique as they
are unfair. according TO the views of
his lieutenants. The latter say that
the day before the primaries at FIT
Wayne last week some of the managers
of the Goshen Miller and Taylor held
I meeting of Methodist ministers, al
which the ministers were informed
that Watson is a very bad man.
At the same time others engaged in
the management of the campaign Of
The Goshen Miller and Taylor were
making the rounds of the saloons. tell
ing that Watson is the Hanly candi-
date. and that Hanly is the arch enemy
of the saloons.
That night Watson's opponents sent
5.opo circular letters through the mails
At Fl. Wayne, declaring that if Watson
is elected governor he will go after
Senator Beyeridge's seat in the senate.
or that he will back Dan Reid. the New
York millionaire. for the place.
Only few hours before the letters
were sent out Watson stated publicly
in a Fl Wayne newspaper that he will
lot be a candidate for the senate
against Senator Beverage, and that he
has nothing whatever 10 do with Dan
Reid's political plans. If he has any.
hat Reid has nothing TO do with
him. - Sc aAs
4e Reid story is being circulated.
SlIhnuzh he hasn't been a resident OF