The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-01-12
DISPUTE NOW RACES
OVER THE BAlLOTING
Kern and Lamb Want Open
BaIIoting at Caucus, the
Others Want Secret Ballot
ing-Message a Hit.
Palladium Bureau,
Indianapolis. Jan. 12.

Even in spite of the fact that there
are boosters in town from all over the
state working for the various candi-
dates for United States senator.
there has baen little change in the
situation during the last twenty-four
hours and there is not much prospect
of there being any change. The ho-
tells are full of politicians, all of whom
are button holing members of the leg
islature to vote as they request.
Henry A, Barnhart. of Rochester.
congressman from the Thirteenth dis
trict, is here. He was the first con-
gre ssman to arrive on the scene and
take hand in the senatorship fight.
He began to swing his right and then
his left and then his right again for
Shively and he has put in some tell
ing licks for the tall statesman from
St Joseph county. Barnhart, by the
way. says he likes to be congress
man and thinks he is going to be we'll
satisfied with the job. He is working
like beaver, he says. 1t would not
be such a hard job. he said, if Con-
gressman Brick had retired at the end
of term, but the fact that Brick died
while in office and thus left many
things unfinished has added addition
al burdens on the shoulders of Barn
hart, who has to clean up the docket.
But he is getting on with the work all
| right, he says. and will soon be even
with the game.
Dixon Works For Slack.
Lincoln Dixon, of the Fourth dis
blow in from Washington. Dixon is
one of the cleverest politicians in the
state and he no sooner lit in the Deni-
son house than he began doing things
in the interest of l.. Ert Slack, who
| comes from his district.
Cyrus Cline, of Angola, congress
man-elect from the Twelfth district, is
here working for Hoffman. and he in
| sists with all the solmnity that be-
comes congressman-elect that Hoff-
man is going to win. And Cline was
not the only one present from Fort
Wayne and the Twelfth district-not
! by good deal.
A delegation came in last night
! from the First district. headed by
Mayor Boehne. of Evansville, con-
gressman-elect from the First district,
and they are yelling for Menzies.
And it was said that a delegation
numbering at least a hundred would
arrive today to whoop things up for
| Slack.
Kern Still in Lead.
| No one has been able to see any
change in the situation, however, in
the face of this great lot of hard
work Kern is still in the lead, with
Slack and Shively giving him a race
for his life. The question will not be
settled in the hotel lobbies. 1t will
have to be done in the caucus tomor.
row night.
The question of whether the voting
in the caucus shall be by open ballot
or secret ballot is still bothering the
candidates and their friends. Kern
and Lamb have declared for an open
ballot. while the others have all favor
ed a secret ballot. Kern believes he
will get good many votes in an oper
ballot that might be controlled by his
opponents if the voting were secret
On the other hand Slack thinks he
will get some votes on a secret ballot
of men who wish TO vote for him in
spite of instructions if they are SURE
they will not be found out. Shively's
friends say secret ballot will helI
him wonderfully. Shively's opponents
insist that it is the brewery element
that wishes secret ballot in his inter
est. because they can control votes OF
control if the members knew it was II
become public that they voted as thu
brewers dictated.
i So there are the two sides of thu
case. It is likely that a test o
strength will come when the question
of open or secret ballot is voted on II
the caucus. II Kern and Lamb arr
then be practically a cincn that Kerr
is going 70 win, because Lamb viii
drop out of the race before many bal
lots are taken But if the secret bal
LOT fellows succeed IN having thei
rule adopted il will not look so goos
for Kern And. by the way. il look
like The secret ballot will be adopted
L Address Was Pleasing.
Il Governor Narshalis inaugural ad
dress and message to the legislature
yesterday. received many comp1i
ments. even from republicans I
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