The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-11
Chances Are Anti-Hanly Ele-
ment and Democrats Will
Conspire to Make Entire At
fair Ridiculous.
GOVERNORS STATEMENT
CAUSES ODD SITUATION.
Manufacturers Pleased by Re-
suit of Coal Mine Adjust
ment-Crowds That Bryan
Draws Are Meaningless.

Indianapolis. Sept. lit now looks
as though the special session of the
Legislature will be farce.
The governor is determined and
threatens to call second session If
local option bill be not passed.
Certain republican members of the
Legislature are said to be wavering.
and the democratic managers expect
some of these to act with the minority
In defeating the republican program.
The democratic program. as an
nounced, is to take care of the appro-
priations dilemma and then force an
adjournment.
The outcome of the conference OF
democratic leaders, held Wednesday
night. was awaited with intense in
terest by the republicans. At its con-
clusion, the announcement was made
that the democrats will assist the re-
publicans only TO the extent of taking
care of the appropriations trouble.
Then the situation was made clear 1t
was at once made plain that the demo-
Gratis will join hands with any waver-
ing republican members of the leg
islature to block Hanly's game. They
take the ground that the special ses-
sion was unnecessary, in the first
place and that the only urgent matter
is that relating to the appropriations
tangle.
| When the special session was called
the governor stated In his proclama-
tion that an emergency existed be-
cause of the law governing the turn
ing back into the treasury of unex-
pended balance of appropriations Sep
| tember 80. This he made his chief
reason for bringing the legislature to-
| gether. But 1t soon developed that
his real aim was to put through a To-
| cal option law. The democrats now
| assert that, having voted with the re-
publicans to lift the emergency, MOTH
ing more should be expected of them
And they will grant nothing more. If
the governor should turn about and
call a second special session, they de-
clare, he must do SO after his own ad-
mitted emergency has been removed
| The more the situation lis studied by
the republicansl the more they criti-
cize the governor, who has created
this predicament against the advice
of his partys chiefs. But the COVER
nor smiles and says nothing, and he
is working hand In glove with the Of
ficers of the Indiana Anti-Saloon lea
que. quite ignoring every political
consideration
At present the contending forces are
going carefully over the personnel of
the legislature, lining them up on
paper and trying TO learn the strength
that can be depended on. What 1t all
will end in remains to be seen Above
all is the specter of a possible second
call for an extra session should the
governors program miscarry.
| Manufacturers Pleased.
Manufacturers who are dependent
on the Indiana coal mines for their
fuel supply are pleased over the ami
cable adjustment of the differences
between the block coal miners and
the operators in the Brazil district
1t is looked on as the entering wedge
in the final settlement of all the diff
ferences in the Indiana field. The
trouble has gone to prove. many think
that John Mitchell is sadly missed az
head of the United Mine Workers or
ganization. President Lewis, his sue
cessor. has worked hard I'm adjusting
matters. but his efforts have met with
only partial success, an open revolt
against his orders being threatened al
one time.
6ryan's Crowds Meaningless.
II is the same old crowd-the same
old enthusiasm for Bryan. The Ne
braskan's swing through southern In.
diana revealed nothing more than had
been expected by the republican man
ayers. Bryan always draws big
crowds. He did so in years gone by
and he is doing SO again. The old en-
thusiasm for Blaine is recalled by the
clamor to see and hear the Peerless
One. But somehow only small per
centage Of those who have rushed &c
look on and listen have gone to the
polls and supported him. In fact. the
history of Bryan's speech-makins
tours has proved that he showed ur
the weakest where the crowds that
greeted him were the largest And
SO 1t happens that the republican man
ayers are not worrying. When Tafl
comes into Indiana they propose tt
show something in the way of political
enthusiasm that viii quite outshint
the Bryan brand and that will count
at the polls.
Marshall 10 on Record.
Marshall. the democratic candidate