The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-10

ed at the session on April %, the com
mittee on resolutions will report at
the night session and the platform will
be thus drafted at the night session..
The talk that Charles F. Remy OF
! Indianapolis will be a candidate for the
nomination for secretary OF state is
meeting with a great deal of encour
agement among Republicans. There
has been considerable talk about the
lack of candidates for this office at the
head of the ticket, but as a matter OF
fact one of the reasons why there has
not been more candidates is that r. G.
Tucker of Indianapolis and Hugh
Miller of Columbus, who have been
talked of for the nomination have new
er defined their attitudes.
1t is said now though that Mr.. Miller
will not get into the race because he
wishes to be candidate for the COVER
norship nomination two years from
now, and it is not believed that Tucker
will get into the fight. Friends of
Remy, therefore, believe that if he can
be induced to consider the nomination
he may be able to land the place with
out opposition.
Remy is a brother of Edward Remy
postmaster at Seymour. Charles F.
Remy is popular with all elements OF
the republican party. He is an Origi-
nal Beverage man and in the last cam
paign he was a member of the repub-
lican state executive committee. He
probably did as hard work out over
4 = ,n toto in OF he,
ticket as any other republican in the
organization. kemy, for eight years,
was clerk of the supreme court.
1t is fortunate thing for the attOr-
neys in the Mcpherson case in which
the county option law was held to be
constitutional. that some of the coun-
ties of Indiana have gone wet under
the local option law. Attorneys for
the state and the attorney general have
filed their brief in the case and it goes
after the dissenting opinion of Judges
Montgomery and Jordan. These two
judges, it will be remembered, dissent
ed recently when the majority of the
supreme court held that the option law
| was constitutional. A rehearing of
the case would give the liquor men an
other opportunity to have the law de-
clared unconstitutional.
And the important point which must
be proved by the attorneys for the
state is that the law is not a prohib-
itory law and the best argument in this
connection is that in the time of its
operation it has not proved to be pro-
hibitive law. One argument cited that
it has not proved to be a prohibitive
where local option elections have been
held, the territory is still yet.
Attorneys for the state of which it
| is understood, ]. Frank Hanly, former
governor is the chief speaker, rather
pointedly, when referring to the opin
ion of dissenting judges. In answer
ing the argument that the word prohi,
bition is used several times in the law
| they say that the law must be judged
by it's general scope and intent rather
| than by words picked out here and
| there at random.
Interesting information is contained
! in a compilation of coroners' reports
by ]. L. PeetZ, state statistician. II
is shown that the counties leading in
suicides in the last year and the mum.
Der of suicides in each were as follows
Marion. 81; Vigo. %; Vanderburg. 20;
St. Joseph, II; Allen, 10: Lake, IL; and
Tippecanoe, 10. The following coun-
ties reported no suicides during the
year: Switzerland, Pulaski, Porter
Pike, Owen, Newton, Greene. Fulton,