The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-11-22
DATE TO Be
SET within
FEW DAYS
Stokes Jackson and Gov.
Marshall Hold Conference
at Capital About Date for
Holding Democratic Pri-
maries.
maries.
TINES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 22.-Within |
the next day or two, possibly today. |
the dates for holding the democratic |
primaries in the various counties for
the selection of delegates who, in turn
will elect the democratic district COM
mitteemen, will be selected. Stokes
jackson, of Greenfield, was in the city
yesterday to see Governor Marshall and
others about the best time for holding
the primaries. but the governor was out
OF the city and Jackson said he would
return today and have a talk with him.
Joseph Reflley. secretary of the dem
ocratic state committee, says the dates
will be set soon. 1t is believed that the
primaries will be held early in January
The delegates elected then will meet
few days later at some point in each
district and elect a district chairman
A little later the district chairmen will
meet in this city and elect a state
chairman.
Chairman Jackson has not yet an
nounced whether he will be a can
didate for reelection or not, it is be-
lieved that he will be in the race when
the time comes. He says he does not
expect many changes to be made in
i
mittee. but others are of the opinion
that there will be big fights in some
of the districts and that when the CON-
mittee meets for reorganization it will
contain several new faces.
The old committee. If reelected,
would probably re-elect Jackson or
some other man who would be accept
able to Tom Taggart for the commit
| tee as 1t exists now is a Taggart com
mittee. 1t was Taggart who brought
about the election of jackson as chair
man in the first place. The committee
might choose Samuel NJ. Ralston. OF
I Lebanon, as state chairman instead OF
Jackson. as Ralston is counted a
strong campaigner and good politi-
clan and he stands we'll, not only with
Tarsart but with the other element In
the party. He has always been counted
as Taggart man, and it IS known
that Taggart supported him for the
nomination for governor last year, and
came within an ace of nominating
him at the state convention. But Rails
ton has always denied that he courted
the support of Taggart and that he was
not under the domination of Taggart.
The name of Lemuel Darrow. mayor
of LaPorte, has been mentioned as a
possible candidate for state chairman,
but it is not believed that the demo
Gratis would dare to elect a man as lib
eTal in his views as barrow.
Some of the political writer's are
| pointing to Fred A. Sims, secretary of
state, as a likely man for the posi-
. ton Of republican state chairman. They
declare that he could get the place and
that he would make a first class chair
man, too, but it can be said now that
Mr.. Sims will not be candidate for the
place and that he would not accept it
If it were offered him. He was the
active head of the state committee dur
ing the campaign last year. because
James P. Goodrich, the state chairman,
was too busy as receiver of the c. c.,
& I. railroad 10 pay much attention to
the state campaign.
In that fight Mr.. Sims showed his
hand as good politician and worker,
but he says he never passed through
such a gruelling scrap as that before,
and viii never do so again. He says
he will not be a candidate for the chair
manship and that he would not have the
place under any circumstances.
Il have had mine" he says. Let
! some other fellow try it."
The same writer's are saying nice
things about Sims as a candidate for
congress in the Ninth district, and pre-
dieting that he may be a candidate for
the nomination. 1t is undoubtedly a
fact that he could have the nomina-
ton IL he We're to go after it. but per
sons who ought TO know what they
are talking about say that he will not
q be a candidate for congress or anything
4 else next year. If any other republican
4 in the Ninth district who wants to rur
i for congress but is holding back to see
what Sims will do he may as well get
ready to run, for Sims will not be II
his way.
There has been a good deal OF talk
I also. about former Governor winfelC
T. Durbin as a candidate for stat,
8 chairman. and it has even been saiC
that W W. Huffman. of Anderson, VIII,
8 has always been one of Durbins RICH
8 hand men, has been going over TIL,
& state. especially in the counties Of tn,
8 northern part, working up a sentimen
for Durbin Huffman says he is no
8 doing anything Of the kind, but tina
& he is attending strictly to his insur
ance business.
It is not believed that Durbin wishe
/ TO be state chairman in the first place
and in the second place it is though
that he is grooming himself for tn
nomination for governor m 1912, an
8 that If any organization work is go
81 Ing on in his behalf it Is what tina
& end In view. No one would be at al
s surprised to see Durbin in the race 70
3 governor. and IL he starts he Will max
& the fght interesting
The fact Is that Harry S. New is tn
& one man on whom all eyes are set 70
s the state Craftsmanship. This has bee
& true for several months. and there ha
been on change in the situation. Al
4 Sides are expecting that when the tim
comes TO reorganize the state commit
tee the name Of Mr. New viii be th
) toniy one presented Tor chairman.