The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-26
Rumors Have It in |ndianapo-
lis That They May Take Up
Fight in Behalf of Rich
mOnd Man.
PREACHER-POLITICIAN
Is NOT A CANDIDATE
Democratic Members Of the
Legislature Called to Meet
In Indianapolis to Discuss
Program.
BY Ellis Searles.

indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 26.-Demo-
cratic members of the Legislature
have been called to meet in this city
on December Is to map out legisia-
tive program. The call for this "get
together" meeting of Democrats will
be issued in a few days and will De
signed by w. S. Wells, Representative
from Allen county; Thomas BrolleJ',
Representative from Jennings and
Scott counties; w. S. Racey, Repre-
sentative from Gibson, Vanderburg
and Posey counties; Senator Harry
CRUDE, of Kosciusko county, and Will
liam F. Ranke, Senator from Allen
county.
The advisability of calling such a
meeting has been under discussion
among the Democrats for several
days This is not the first time such
been held by the Democrats. Two
years ago they got together and
talked over the things they would try
to do at the session. and it is said
that the results were satisfactory, as
far as the Democrats themselves were
concerned. There is believed to be a
much greater reason this year for
such gathering than ever before.
The House is to be Democratic and
the Senate Republican by slim mar
gin. and the burden of most of the
legislation will fall on the Democrats
because they will have the Governor.
While 1t is not given out that such
is the case. 1t is we'll understood that
the conference will consider the ques-
questions of legislation. The num-
ber of candidates that are now in the
field for the place Is so large that the
Democrats are going to find it hard
Job to settle on a man in caucus, and
1t is believed that this situation will
develop at the conference
Another matter that will be given
careful consideration and about which
there is a division of opinion in the
Democratic party itself is the ques-
tion whether the county local option
law shall be repealed. In fact all the
legislation promised in the Democrat
&c state platform will be discussed,
and the option question is in the plat
form
Kuhn For the Senate.
Talk was started here last night
that the friends of T. III. Kuhn of Rich
mond might push him forward as a
candidate for senator. Mr.. Kuhn
stands high with his party. He was a
candidate for congress in the Sixth
district two years ago, and although
the Sixth had acquired the habit of
giving a republican plurality of some
thing like 5000, he was defeated by
James E. Watson by only about 1,500.
This year he was nominated again
and cut the republican. plurality down
to a little more than S00 Some of
mis- admirers are pointing to this fact
to prove his running qualities and to
show that the people who know him
best are for him. Mr. Kuhn is not a
candidate, but ii is said that if he
should happen to be struck by the SEN
atorial lightning he would not object
in the least. He was in town yester-
day but declared that he is not a can
didate.
1t is said also that an effort is be-
ing made to bring John c. Nelson, of
Logansport. into the ring as candi-
date for senator. but he is not giving
the scheme any encouragement. Cass
county is said to be for Shively.
Representative-elect H. H. Stewart,
OF Howard county. and Joint Repre-
sentative-elect James P. Davis, of the
district composed of Howard Carroll
and Miami. are working together pre-
pairing bill to amend the cities and
towns law in so far as it applies to
cities of the fourth class. Stewart is
p republican and Davis a democrat.
but they intend to work in harmony
as far as this particular bill is con-
cerned. To the end that the bill they
are preparing may be an expression of
the opinion in business circles in Ko-
komo, Stewart and Davis have select
ed nonpartisan committee composed
of six of the leading business and pro-
fessional men of the city to assist
xhem in framing up the measure
1t is probable that when the bill is
finished 1t viii provide for the abolish
ing of the offices of city judge. city
treasurer and controller in all cities
of the fourth class and for the Great
ing of a board of public works, CON-
posed of the mayor. civil engineer and
street commissioner. At present the
board of public works is composed of
three men who hold their positions in
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