The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-03-15
Indiana DEMS
ARE Confident
Leaders Looking Forward to Vic
tory Over Republicans in
Hoosier State.
BFVfRIDCE IS WORRIED some
Members Of Democratic State Com
mittee Meet in indianapolis Today
to Make Plans for the APP
preaching Campaign.

indianapolis, Ind, March 15.-The
members OF the new Democratic state
committee of Indiana assembled in the
CITY today to choose the date for the
state convention and to discuss other
arrangements for the approaching
campaign. Opinions expressed by the
committeeman and by other party
leaders attending the meeting seem to
indicate a general feeling of conf
dence in a Democratic victory i'm In
diana this year.
The coming state convention will
nominate "A full ticket, except governor
and lieutenant governor. Governor
Marshall is TO serve two more years.
and the lieutenant governor is not
elected this year. A legislature that
will choose the successor to United
States Senator Beveridge also is to be
elected
The Democratic leaders profess to
believe that the Republicans are "in
bad" not only as regards the state Off
ces but also the senatorship. That the
Beverldge supporters are somewhat
worried over the outlook is not to be
denied. They have decided to place
the senator before the people as the
man who has stood for the peoples in
terest. Senator Beveridge voted against
the Payne Aldrich tariff bill and his
supporters propose to make capital of
this fact no matter what the stand
patters think of il. The people of In
diana are strong for revision down
ward, and the Republican leaders think
Senator Beveridge laid a strong found
alton for victory when he voted against
the tariff bill.
But the Republicans will have to
carry the state by from twenty-five to
thrty-five thousand to insure the cleo
tion of a majority of the legislators
The task Is difficult because the DEM
ocrats have a large number OF holds
over members of the senate. Thomas
Taggart will probably be the most eff
fective force for the election of Dem
ocratic legislature. 1t is said now that
Mr.. Taggart will devote himself almost
wholly to this cause. The Democrats
also place great confidence in the work
which Governor Marshall may be able
to do.
To all appearances there is greater
harmony among the Democrats nt
present than among the Republicans.
In naming his executive committee and
campaign committee, U. 5. Jackson,
Democrat state chairman, divided his
appointments almost equally between
out and out Taggart men and Mar
shall men. Friends of Governor Mar
shall believe he and Taggart will work
pretty well i'm harmony i'm the coming
campaign, and that Taggart will be
willing to give his assistance In lend
ing the presidential nomination for the
governor two years hence.
If the Republican platform be de-
voted wholly to local questions. as rs
advised. the Democrats will 7'tch their
platform upon national )asis, at
tacl.ing the tariff law and f )ublican-
ism generally If the Republican plat
form wades into national questions
and does not support the Payne law
and Republicanism, as construed by
President Taft and the majority, theh
the president and those with him VIII
have little sympathy with what is DONE
If the platform defends the tariff law
AMI Republican management OF gov
ernment affairs generally the Demo-
Gratis purpose to appeal to the anti
Allrich and anti-Cannon sentiment
that exists In the Republican ranks