The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-08
CLUBS BEING FORMED
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS
An Anti Taggart Organization
Is Now in the Field in the
Strongest Taggart Ward in
indianapolis.
palladium Specially

at the city election In Indian
apolis, last week, there is an evil
dent desire on the part of many
democrats in this city to put him
down and out for good. This feeling
has found expression in several little
meetings which have been held in the
Eleventh ward in this city during the
last few days for the purpose of Or
ganizing an anti-Taggart club among
democrats. The club has not yet been
organized. but the promoters of it are
pushing the plan and declare that with
in the next few days they will have
things in shape to complete the organ
ization.
This is especially significant from
the fact that the Eleventh ward is one
of the heavy democratic wards of the
city, and one in which Taggart has al
ways held sway. 1t is pointed out that
if the Anti-Taggart sentiment is SO
strong that a club can be organized
there, a similar club can be organized
anywhere else.
Talked Over Quietly.
The meeting at which the plan was
talked over, was held quietly and only
the invited few were present. Some
of them were held at the homes of
some of the promoters. The fact that
they were held became known only
through the fact that through an err
ror, one or two Taggart followers were
invited. The ants did not intend to
invite any of them, but they made a
mistake in one or two cases and ask
ed the two Taggart men to attend.
Harry Bassett, member of the leg
islature from Marion county was one
Of the Taggart men who was invited,
but he did not attend. He told after
ward about it, and in this way the Sc
cret got out. Bassett was elected to
the legislature last year along with A
delegation of other Taggart men, and
is known as Taggart follower.
The fact that the anti-Taggart move
ment has been started in this way has
caused revival of the story that
there is a strong element of the demo-
cratic party that is in favor of the
elimination of Taggart from control
of the party. This. of course, con-
meets the names of Governor Marshall.
John w. Kern. John E. Lamb and 9th
ers with the plan. just as it did before
Taggart and Marshall had their re-
cent talk after which the statement
was made that Marshall would not
make a fight on Taggart.
The City is Divided.
o.> 80 ~ +h;,re +b,t hoe coneod tho
Eleventh ward democrats to start on
the trail of Taggart is the poor show
ing which the Taggart wards made at
the city election. In this city it is a
case of the north side against the south
side, with the exception of one ward,
the Fifteenth, which is a democratic
ward and which is located north of
Washington street. All of the other
wards north of Washington street
went republican. The south side
wards went Democratic. The south
side wards are the ones that have al
ways been supposed to be controlled by
Taggart, and in these wards 1t is fact
that Taggart's sway has been supreme
But this year they did not show up as
we'll as had been expected, and many
democrats blame Taggart for the
slump. They say if the Taggart
wards had done as we'll this time as
they usually do, the democrats would
have elected their candidate for may
or. The republican candidate for may
or was elected by only 1886 plurality
The democratic pluralities in the Tag
CART wards fell off more than that
amount. and this is what has stirred
up the democrats to action against
Taggart.
1t has been openly charged during
the last four years that at the former
city election Taggart double crossed
Hoffman. the democratic candidate tof
mayor. in the Taggart wards. and that
this double cross resulted in the de-
feat OF Hoffman and the election OF
Mayor Bookwalter. Taggart, OF
course has always denied this. The
fact Is that he went into those wards
at that time and ostensibly worked TO:
Hoffman. but the Hoffman follow
ers have always believed that he did
not tear his clothes in Holtzman's be-
half.
Left a Bad Taste.
This has left a bad taste in the
mouths of many democrats during the
last four years. When, during the
last city campaign, Taggart remained
out of the fight for weeks. and then
came up from French Lick and got
busy for Gauss, the Democratic candi-
date, there were some democrats who
feared that the same thing would hap
pen again this time. And now they
are pointing to the results in the Tag
CART wards to prove that Taggart's
work this year was not effective for
Gauss any more than 1t was effective
for Hoffman four years ago.
Just who is behind the Eleventh
ward movement for the formation OF
the anti-Taggart club is not yet known
definitely, but they are lot of expert