The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-02
Result viii Be So Effective IN
Marion County as Probably
To Have Bearing on STATE
Senatorship. -.
BOTH PARTIES HAVE =
NOTIFIED CANDIDATES
Charges Made That Corpora
tons, BreWeries and Other
''lnterests" Are Behind
Some Candidates.

Indianapolis, Aug. s.-The eyes Of
both political parties In Indiana are
turned on Indianapolis this week b.
cause this city win hold primaries
next Thursday to nominate republican
and democratic city tickets to bs vot-
ed for at the city election next No
vember. The result Of the Indianapo-
lis city election this year II Of the
utmost importance to Indiana politics.
for 1t will have q great bearing on the
control Of the legislature at the next
session. Marion county has five sena-
tors and eight representatives In the
legislature. and Il II almost safa to
say that the party that carries MAJ.
ION county will be very likely TO con.
troll the legislature. Four Of the sena-
tors are democrats and are hold-overs.
They were elected last fall. served In
the session last winter and will serve
again in the next session. Senator
Cox 10 the only one whose term has
expired. He 10 republican and . sue.
cessor TO him viii b elected next
year. At the last session they were
al democrats and the democrats viii
make . heroic effort to vim at the
coming city elections In order to build
their machine to elect eight democrar
tic Representatives again next ysar.
The republicans are equally detsruin-
ed to carry the city election In order
70 make Il possible 10 elect eight re-
pablieans next ysas.
otaee Wide lnslwonee.
This 10 why the city election In this
city this fall win have state wide sig-
nifIcance. No ono can tell now what
will happen ut the city election. how.
ever. for both parties have put up .
weak HIST Of candidates for the nomin-
ations for the city offices. There -
little difference In the quality or the
strength Of the candidates Of both par
ties. especially for mayor This makes
the situation badly mixed one and
makes the outcome problematical.
Fitness - caNdi1aNss.
The republican candidates for the
ao0tnation for mayor are W. N. Hard
ing and Lew Shank. Harding was
the nominee Of the pd1W Cor mayor
some years ago anA WA do6eafed. b.
cause. he says. the republican admin
lstration just prevIoue b IL election
was 20 unsatisfactory that it drove
many republicans to vote the demo
cratic ticket Harding II first class
lawyer. one Of the leaders Of the In
dianapolis bar. He II rich. Thero q
no better speaker In the city than
Harding. He stands strong with the
colored voters. Of whom there are T.
1000 in this city. II II charged, bow.
lever. that al Of the special intorsots
lof the city are behind HARDING, lnclud.
ing the gas company. the street car
COMPANY. the water works company
and the brewefies.
Shank IN . peculiar fellow. He vaG
county recorder Of Marion county 1og
four years and left . clean record
There II . popular superstitioa about
town that he 10 hoaest. and this haa
never been disputed. But he is q NO
vice in the political game. Shank n
Ian auctioneer and runs . stoeagg
warehouse. When he announced hiD
Iself ~ . candidate Tor the nominatjoG
for mayor he was generAlly REGARDED
a. Joke and was not taken serious
". but he has made such IN unique
lcampaigB and made sueh unusual
Ispeeches an over the city that he hal
Irallied behind him large force a
voters.
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