The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-05

tOr IL. InlS VIII snow results AFTER
an overnight application.
option law or to pass any other kind
of liquor legislation. The republicans
throughout the state, 1t is believed.
have concluded that the local option
law shall remain on the books. To
take any other course, they declare.
would be to drive away from their
party the very large temperance ele-
ment which has always stood by the
party. and this they are not willing to
do.
Pleased About Taseart.
The republicans feel that the de-
feat of Tom Taggart and the brewery
element in Indianapolis is victory
that more than compensates for what
ever they have lost out in the state,
for here the big fight was made. not
party lines as we'll. While party lines
did not cut much figure in many
places in the state they did rule in this
city to very large degree. 1t was
an open secret that the brewers were
backing the democratic candidate for
mayor. There was no successful de-
NAL Of it. The brewers did not sup
port or aid in any manner the repub-
lican ticket. And yet the vote cast
at the election showed nearly the nor
NAL republican vote and nearly the
normal democratic vote in the city.
If local option election were held
in Marion county it would probably
vote wet, provided no party issue were
involved. This is the general opinion
Of the people, and this also is the rea-
son why the Anti-Saloon league has
not called an election in this county.
1t does not wish to take the chance of
losing the election. which it feels it
would do in case an election was call
ed. But when it came to a test where
the republicans felt that the security
of thir hope for next year in Marion
county was at stake they came out and
voted at the city election and carried
the city for their ticket
OF Much Importance.
Indianapolis being the state capital
and the largest city of the state, as
we'll as the political headquarters of
all Of the parties, it was naturally of
more importance at the city election
than any other city, and the fact that
the republicans were able to carry it
by nearly 5000 for every office ex-
cept mayor, where the plurality was
great hopes for next year. The big
fight of the democrats was made here.
They wanted to win here because
they knew that to control Indianapolis
would be worth much to them in the
fight for the legislature.
Another feature of the city elections
this week is the smallness of the in
dependent and prohibition vote in ev-
cry city. This is taken to mean that
the party organizations Of the two
great parties will be stronger next
year than they were last year, and
that fewer voters will start away into
independent camps.
Independents Show Poorly.
In Indianapolis. for instance, where
the republican candidate for mayor
was not bit more satisfactory to his
party than the democratic candidate
was to his party, and where. as a re-
suit Of this situation Fremont Afford,
former judge of the criminal court.
came out as an independent candidate.
the independent vote was extremely
light-so light. in fact. as to be insig-
nificent Out OF total vote Of $4,000
Afford received only I'll votes. The
nothing, numbering only a little over
900. This, the republicans say. is also
good sign from their standpoint, be-
cause the independent vote usually
comes from the republicans.
The talk here now is that the re-
suits of the city election contain a les
son for the republicans. 1t has shown
that the democratic party in this state
is absolutely in the control of the
liquor interests and that the fact is
undisguised. The election Of such
men as Mayor Miller at Michigan
City and Mayor at Hammond. they
say proves this Miller runs a saloon
and when he was elected to his first
term he appointed his bartender as
his city controller. The democrats
took him up again and reelected him
this time to second term.
Hammond. under Mayor Becker's
administration. has been an open town
in every sense of the word. The DEM
ocrats reelected Becker.
Then there was liberal elected at
Muncie and liberal elected at Ander-
son. liberal elected at Bloomington.
liberal elected at Terre Haute and
! liberals elected elsewhere, all OF
whom are democrats and all of whom
received the support of the breweries-
Therefore. the republicans feel that
the people are able to see and be fully
convinced that the democratic party In
this state is in the control Of the
liquor people, and that the thing for
the republicans to do is to say moth
ing at all on the subject of liquor leg
isiation- II the issue Is drawn into the
campaign let the democrats do II. say
| the republicans. II the democrats
bring in the issue. they say. then they
will oof a pn,d licking And II lie h<a,