The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-05
Friends Are Announcing HIS
Candidacy and His Politi-
cal Abilities Are Very Well
Recognized.
LABOR INTERESTS OPPOSE
FURTHER DEMOCRAT RULE
Claim That Party Repudiated
Organized Labor After Its
Candidate Had Been Elect
ed by Working Men.

ed Oy working wen.
Indianapolis. Aug. 5.-The talk con-
inues in republican circles that Harry
5. New will be elected chairman OF
the republican state committee. pro-
vided he will agree to accept the
place. Harry New 10 one OF the best
sportsmen In Indiana and he never al
lows anything to interfere with
hunting or fishing trip. He would
rather fish and hunt than run for or
hold any office In the gift OF anyone
and that is the reason why he has not
been heard from on the subject OF nc
cepting the position OF state chairman.
He has been on the Michigan lakes for
weeks and weeks and weeks. and he
will probably stay there for weeks
and weeks and weeks more.
II il doubtful II you could get .
statement out OF New on whether he
would accept the place or not II you
were to chase him through the Micha-
gan woods and round him MP at the
edge of a lake. He would be too busy
to talk to you on the subject. It would
be a case OF politics interfering with
a vacation and New wouldn't stand Tor
that for a minute. When he vacates
he vacates, and he allows nothing to
interfere.
AeeomoIishes His Ends.
But when Harry New sets his head
ON doing something In politics he
works as hard at It ~ he works at
| having a vacation. He knows the game
and how to play II. and one OF HE
strong points is that he plays fair with
everybody. He Is just that kind OF
sportsman.
The friends OF New. however. and
most of the politicians are doing the
talking on the subject. and they seem
to take 1t as a matter Of course that
New will be elected state chairman.
No other names are now before the
party, all the others having dropped
out of consideration. Whether any
others will come up between now and
the time OF the meeting Of the state
committee in January Is q question.
but no one seems to believe he VIII
have any opposition.
/ What viii Labor Dot
i Just what position organized labor
lis going to take In the campaign next
year is a question that 10 being dis
cussed in political circles. Last year
!. the labor organizations OF the state
lined up largely with the democrats
land il was believed for q time that
THE democratic party would get prac-
. tically all of the labor vote. But this
, prediction failed. to a large extent. II
lis true that labor had much to do
. with the defeat Of James E. Watson
. for governor. No candidate for office
, ever had a more determined fight
Z made against him by labor than did
. Watson. He was charged with NJ
! kinds of things and his explanationa
1 did not satisfy the bulk OF the Iabol
{ voters. His career In congress Wal
J. condemned because. IL was charge<
+ against him that he voted agains
union labor ON several matters OF i'm
lportance.
It will be remembered that Samue
lGompers made q tour Of the state d
a special train and made speeche
against Watson and Taft. and tia
= labor meetings were held In man,
!. places throughout the state beside
those held on this tour. When Ii
votes were counted It vas fDaDd tn
2 Watson had been defeated. buf TAI
= carried the state by . safe plurality
Evidently the labor vote split on th
p two candidates
Election 10 Important
Next year. of course. there viii B
mo presidential election But thes
will be a state election. and NO on
at this time car tell what labor VI
do then. II IN safe to assume tha
a majority Of the workingmen Of II
diana are republicans and IT onl
needs proper nominations by the pars
to save the vote. There viii not B
any governor to elect next year. edtl
er. but there will be q legislature
ELECT. and that is going to be the maj
object for which both parties VI
strive.
II is not believed that the democrai
| will be able 70 cootrol much Of u
labor vote next year because q
democrats turned down the labor
l iganizations at the last session on u
LEGISLATURE when they had IN oppo
Itunity to repay Organized labor u
what 1t did n the election When
was found last fall that the democr1
had elected . majority Of the house
l Representatives and that they voa
lbe in . position to give the hbor
l lganfxations some Of the things II
were asking for It Was takea - -
u t<>- - r~esrno that tha debt OuuI6