The Lake County times., 1909-12-07

more important place for Overstreet
and they are not encouraging him to
run for the nomination
The only other candidate for the NOM
ination for secretary OF state up to this
newspaper man. He is said to be build
ing good many fences and gathering
good deal of strength.
In the last day or two there has de-
veloped considerable talk TO the effect
that the republicans Of this state may
yet have love feast. The general un-
derstanding was that no love feast
would be held this year. thus breaking
the custom Of the party in this regard,
as for years a love feast has always
been held during the holiday week pre-
ceding a state of general election. \
good many OF the leaders feared that
this would not be a good time for such
an event, while So many postoffces are
still untitled, but they have come to the
conclusion. so, it is said. that it would
be better to hold love feast now than
after the jobs have been given out.
Nothing definite will be known on this
/ subject. however. until the members of
the state committee and some of the
party leaders come to this city within
the next few days and talk it over
A new democratic possibility has
loomed up in the field for a state NOM
ination. Lew Ellingham OF Decatur
member of the state committee from
the Eighth district. and publisher of
the Decatur Democrat. 1t is said, might
be induced to accept a democratic NOM
ination next year for secretary of state
auditor of state or something else. Ell
| lingham is counted one of the demo-
cratic wheelhorses of the state and a
man with a large following While he
| is a member of the state committee
at the present time, he is not Taggart
man and has never been controlled by
/ that element. 1t is safe to count on
| his as standing with Governor Mar
! shall and John w Kern in their plan to
| re-organize the state committee and
run state campaign next year Elling-
ham has not made any announcement
| of his candidacy for anything yet. but
those who know him best are of the
| opinion that he will be in the race for
something when the time comes
The announcement at Fort Wayne
that W. H. Scheiman, treasurer of AL
len county. will be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for treasurer OF
state, was received with a good deal
of interest by democrats. Scheiman is
well known here. He came here last
| winter severaf times while the public
accounting bill was before the legis-
lature and he made numerous sugges-
tions as to the construction of the law
He so impressed Governor Marshall
that when the law was passed and this
time came to look around for mar
to place al the head of the public ae-
counting bureau he picked Scheiman
but Scheiman would not accept the
place.
Joseph Cravens, of Madison, formei
representative, Is being touted fol
democratic state chairman. and it /:
said that he will have the support o.
the MARSHALL Kern faction Of the par
ty Carvens has the time and tn,
money to spare to enable him to serv,
as chairman If elected. Cravens II
sore at the Taggart people in the par
ty because they kept him from get
ting the nomination for congress il
his district last year. He wanted to z,
to congress. but he did not stan'
right on the liquor question. AM
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