The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-28
Every Scion Is Casting En-
Wous Eyes on the Chair
manship of This Desirable
Committee.
cox BELIEVED TO HAVE
CALL ON THIS JOB
Indications Are Democrats
Will Have Bitter Contest
Over Selecting U. S. Sena-
tor-kuhn's Denial.
Palladium Bureau,
Indianapolis, Dec. %.

Palladium Bureau,
Indianapolis, Dec. %.
One of the most important commit
tee assignments that the republican
committee on committees in the SEN
ate will have to make will be that of
chairman of the plumber committee.
This committee has charge OF the dis
tribution of the jobs in the senate,
and at the opening of the session it is
the busiest, most cussed and discuss
ed committee of the entire lot. There
is a report to the effect that Linton
A. Cox, senator from Marion county
IS to head the plumber committee.
though the committee on committees
itself has not said that this will be the
case.
Option Committee Scramble.
The public morals committee is an
other important committee that will
have to handle all temperance legisla-
ton. Any bills introduced to repeal
the county local option law will go to
that committee for consideration and
report There is rumor that Sena-
tor King, of Miami county, is to be
the chairman of that committee.
While there is a strong temperance
sentiment in Miami county there is
said to be also bitter opposition to
the county option law. 1t will be re-
membered that at the special session,
when the county option bill was pass
ed, Burton Green, representative from
Miami county, was one of the demo
cratic members of the house that vot-
ed in favor of the passage of the bill.
Green's action created much indigna-
ton in democratic ranks and Tom
Taggart came out in an interview
reading Green out of the democratic
party for voting for the bill.
Green was a candidate for re-elec-
ton as representative and the indig-
nation against him in his own county
was SO strong that he was showed I'M
der at the election and a republican
representative was elected from
Miami county for the first time in a
thousand years.. The vote was purely
rebuke to Green and showed that
Miami county is not pleased with the
county option law.
KING Course Puzzle.
Politicians are wondering now what
the course of Senator King will be-.
in view of this situation. He has al
ways stood for temperance legisla-
tion up to this time, but there are
some who believe he will listen to the
result of the last election and favor
the repeal of the law. He has not
said anything himself on the subject.
but it is known that he is thinking
hard and deep.
Kuhn Denies Candidacy.
A few days ago Kuhn was in this
city mingling with the democratic
statesmen, and while here he declared
that he was not candidate for sena-
tor But he did not say that he was
not framing things up to land the
nomination for governor two years
hence, and there are many democrats
who are looking with favor on him
for that nomination.
It is said that the recent develop
ments in the senatorial race have Civ.
en- some of the dark horses new hope
however. and that they will probably
do little more looking around be
fore the thing is over. All the regu
lar candidates have made eXtravagant
claims as to their strength, but every
body knows that no candidate at this
time has enough votes at his command
to win out. 1t is declared by all thai
there have been no combinations fix
ed up and that each candidate is work
ing for himself alone. And 1t ha.
not yet been proved that any combina
lions have been formed. Even the
brewers seem to be keeping out of the
fight as an organization, though eacl
brewer has his man individually.
viii be Long Fight.
Unless conditions change within tn,
next few days there will be Ions
continuation of balloting in the demo
cratic caucus before senator ii
chosen. Under such circumstances
there is no telling but that the lightn
ing may strike one of the dark horses
1t Is also believed that no candidat,
will be able to swing his entire vote t,
any other candidate when the break
up comes. This also, is giving SOM
hope to the friends of the dark horses
Machines Get Jolt.
The use of voting machines receiv
ed severe jolt in Bartholomew coun
ty when Judge Hacker. of the circui
court, refused to grant recount o
the vote OF p, ]. Kelleher, the demo
cratic candidate for state stausticiar
Machines were used at the election il
bartholomew county. In one precinc
the machine showed a difference @
about 40 votes between the vote TO
Kelleher and the vote for the othe
democratic candidates for state off
ces, Kelleher's vote being that muc
below the others. Kelleher filed q ps
tition for recount of the vote of tn
machine, but Judge Hacker decide
that there was no law authorizing tn
recount of the vote as shown on tn
machine. He said there was no wa
A s>t nj the Individual ballots cas-