The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-14
Candidate for State Auditor
Returns from Trip Through
the North and Is in Optimis-
tic Mood.
FINDS SHIvELY MEN
VERY SORE AT KERN
Resent the Bribery Charge
Made by Democratic Candi-
date for Senator-Repub|i-
cans Show Harmony.
palladium Specially


Indianapolis, June 14-John F.. Reed.
republican candidate for auditor Of
state, has returned from trip through
the north and east part of the state,
and he brings home optimistic news re-
Earding the conditions among repub-
licans OF that section. He says pros
poets are better now than they have
been at any time this year, and that he
Is sure that they will continue to i'm
prove. Mr.. Reed attended county con-
veptions at South Bend, Auburn and
other places while he was away. His
trip was a part of the program outlin-
ed some weeks ago by which all Of
the candidates on the state ticket were
to spend much time in attending the
county conventions all over the state.
This was decided on by the candidates
themselves as an important part of the
campaign, and all of the candidates
are assigned to the conventions and
meetings which they are to attend.
Everything Looks Good.
II found everything in good shape"
said Mr.. Reed, yesterday. 'In fact. ev-
erything was better than the reports
and much more encouraging than.
had even hoped to fnd. The republi-
cans in the north part Of the state are
lined up for the ticket. You do not
hear any Of them say they are not
going to vote the ticket this year. In
fact the democrats are in a worse
condition up there than the 'repupbli-
cans--a great deal worse. Senator
Ghively has strong following in the
north half of tho state, as well
as In the extreme southern part, and
his friends are good and sore this
year over the charge made by John w.
Kern that Senator Shively was elected
because eight members of the legis-
lature were bribed. Shively's friends do
not like the idea Of having this charge
stand against the legislature which
elected him to the high ONCE Of I'm
tied States senator, and several of
them told me while l was in the north
part Of the state that they will resent
It. Kern made his charge soon after
Shively was elected. and now when
they are calling on him to prove his
charge he stands still and says nothing.
! shall not be surprised to see Shive-
1y's friends remain sore over this thing
up to the time of election. Among the
republicans there is good organization.
Everything Is moving along smoothly.
A Little Discomfort.
OF course here and there you will
And a little discomfort. but you find
that in every party In every campaign,
10 1t does not indicate trouble. feel
very wen pleased with what saw and
heard In the north part of the state.
Another thing that was especially
pleasing and encouraging was the re-
port from the Twelfth district con-
gressional situation. 1t looks like the
republicans would nominate Judge
Owen NJ. Heaton of Fort Wayne. for
congress in their district convention
on June %, and II they do he will beat
Congressman Cline as sure as the
world. Heaton is the only candidate
in the field at this time and he will
undoubtedly make a strong candidate
mt the polls in November. He is a
very popular man all over the district
and he Is known as a man of much
ability"
sixth District Affairs.
When 1t comes to speaking Of the
congressional situation in the state
the republicans are well pleased also
with the conditions in the Sixth dis
trict. They point to the fact that the
democrats threw down r. H. Kuhn this
year when the democrats had the best
chance to elect a congressman from
the Sixth district that they have had
in several years. One republican said
today:
There is no question but that the
democratic situation In the Sixth dis
trict this year was better than it had
been for long time. but the democrats
themselves spoiled it. Four years ago
when they were looking around for a
candidate to run against James E.
Watson. Kuhn came out and offered to
take the nomination and make the
campaign although neither he nor any
one else believed he had ghost Of a
show to win. But he cut down the
previous republican majority of about
COCO down to about 1900. Because
he made such a good showing that time
the democrats nominated him again
two years ago. and that time he did
hatter than he did before. He came
within few hundred Of defeating
Congressman Barnard. He gave the
republicans OF the Sixth district the
scare OF their lives. happen to
know that the state organization put
N ! lot Of hard licks IN the Sixth dis
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