The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-22
Reports Received at Indianap-
oils From All Counties Are
Encouraging to the Repub-
IicanS.
HUNDREDS OF FARMERS
TURNING TOWARD TAT 7
Where Republicans Will Lose
Votes Through BreWeries,
Greater Gains Will Be Made
Elsewhere.
Special to Palladium.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 22.-As a re-
suit of the vigorous campaign OF Or
ganization which the Republican State
committee has been carrying on for
weeks, nearly all of the counties of the
state in which there was republican
discomfort when the campaign opened
have been lined UP so that the repub-
lican prospects for success at the cleo
ton are brighter today than they have
been at any former time. Reports
that are received at headquarters from
men who come in from the various
counties are of the most encouraging
character. Word comes in every day
of the Strengthening out of the kinks
in some county.
George w. Cromer, of Muncie, form
err congressman from the Eighth dis
trict is in charge of the work of Or
ganization in the counties. and his abb
ility as an organizer in campaign is
as high as that of any other man in
the state. Early in the campaign Gro
mer was asked by the state commit
tee to assume charge of that part Of
the work, and he consented to under
take it. How we'll he has succee ded
is shown by the results that he has
obtained.
Cromer found several counties in
which there was a disposition on the
part of some of the workers to be luke
warm. He adopted a plan of sending
special organizers into such counties
with instructions to work out a rem
edy for the condition. Three organ
izers have been leading party workers
from this city and other parts of the
state, many of the state officials TAX
| ing a hand in the work. 1t was found
in every case that whatever trouble
there was was due to some local con-
dition that was easily Strengthened
! out.
| Lawrence county was one Of the
counties in which trouble was found,
| but Cromer's special organizers have
succeeded in getting the workers to-
gether to such an extent that it was
said today at the state headquarters
that that county will show no republi-
can loss when he vote is counted
A similar condition existed in Wa
bash county, one of the strongest re-
publican counties of the state. But a
meeting was held there a few days
ago at which the opposing factions
were present, and representatives Of
the state committee got them togeth-
er in fine shape. One of the leaders
who was holding back and doing moth
ing announced at the close of the
meeting that he was ready to jump
into the campaign, and asked the
county committee to bill him for
speeches all over the county from that
time until election day. He made his
first speech last Saturday night and
has been at it ever since.
Breweries Busy.
The republicans expect to lose some
votes in the cities, where the brewery
control of the democratic party will
enable it to line up a certain element
for its ticket. The breweries are busy
Ii anyone thinks they are not he
should change his mind at once. They
are working as they never worked be-
fore, their hope being to elect a demo
cratic governor and a democratic leg
islature that will repeal the county
local option law. In this effort they
have lined up the saloons and the bar
tenders as well as the rest of the
liquor element as only the breweries
could line them up. If the democrats
win 1t will be through this means and
none other.
But where the republicans lose in
| CifInc nil
try. The state committee finds thai
hundreds of farmers are changins
: from Bryan to Taft and that they will
also vote the state ticket because oil
the county option matter. The farm
ers, they say. are not under the dom
nation of the breweries as are the
people in many Of the cities, and the,
are therefore more free in their ex
preston of their honest opinions or
the temperance question. They are
standing by the republican ticket in
way that is gratifying to the state
organization.
Another thing that is expected tt
bring good result is the thre e-days
tour of Indiana by Taft this week
The state committee anticipates thai
his visit will add new enthusiasm
Even If he cannot speak at all the
places, his very presence will be
enough to awaken the party spirit thai
is always so necessary in every politi
cal battle. The committee is sendins
with Taft the very ablest speakers IL
the state and several from othe
states. These men will speak eithe
before or after Taft's arrival and the,