The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-30
Charley Miller, Jimmy Bing-
ham and Johnny BilIheimer
Make Goo-Goos at Guber-
material Nomination.
BINGHAM lS.ALREAOY
Bull DING UP FENCES
Miller Was Candidate for
Nomination Last Year, But
Was Defeated by Watson
--Fhe Present Outlook.
Especial correepo ndent.)

Indianapolis, Ind. April 3O.-A weil
known republican. who is way up in
state politics said yesterday that AT
least three candidates for the republi-
can nomination for governor. are al
ready looming up for 1912. They are
James Bingham. attorney general:
Charles w. Miller, of Goshen, former
attorney general and now United
States. district attorney: and John c.
Billheimer, auditor of state.
While Billheimer has not made any
announcement that he is candidate.
there is good reason to believe that he
has the bee in his bonnet. Many of
his friends have talked to him on the
subject, and although they have all
been told that he is not a candidate.
yet they believe that the suggestion
strikes a tender spot way down in his
heart and that he will yet decide to
get into the race.
Bingham Working.
Bingham is an avowed candidate and
is working on the job. He is doing his
best to line up the dry element Of
the party behind him and it Is on this
element that he will depend for most
of his support. Bingham has mad!o
life a misery for the saloons and the
brewers of the state during the last
three years by his activity In the d.
rection of forcing them to obey the
law. They despise him about as much
as he despises them. There Is no love
lost between them. 1t was Bingham
who brought suit against several Of
the biggest breweries in the state over
a year ago to annul their charters be
cause he alleged that they were run
ming not only breweries, but saloons
Aawdy houses. gambling joints and
other immoral and unlawful places
These suits were begun during the
Hahly administration with great
blarA of trumpets. but they have not
made much progress. Nothing has
been done with them for several
months and they are still pending "
the court in this city.
| Stood by Haniy.
| Bingham stood by Governor Hanly
through thick and thin during his tenn
perance and local optidSl campaign
and gave Linn opinions On the Law
whenever the governor asked for them
He stood behind Hanly in the call TO.
a special session of the legislature Il
pass the county option law and gave
all possible aid In effecting its pas
sage. Since then he has encouraged
A. ho1Isu~ - oo,,uxr, optios, o1orf{ons
in the various counties OF the state
Only a few days before the recent elec
ton in Delaware county, In which
Bingham lives, he went to Muncie ant
took a hand in the fight and helpes
the drys. And It is being pointed ou
by Bingham's friends now that hi
help was largely responsible for thu
Overwhelming dry victory in tina
county last Tuesday.
OF course, Bingham will not &c
much support from the politicians o
the party, because they want to keel
1.-THE liquor question out of the mex
campaign. but he is likely to get {
large following from the drys in thu
party. and this will be a big factor IL
the fight. The politicians are saying
however, that he will not get enough
to win.
! Defeated by Watson.
1 Miller was q candidate for the nom
Iination last year and was defeated b.
4 James E. Watson. Then he was nom
mated for congress in the Thirteenth
district and was defeated at the cleo
tion by Henry A. Barnhart. of Roches
ter, q democrat. He was appofnte,
United States district attorney q few