The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-09
palladium Specially


Indianapolis, March Sit appears
now that the Marion county demo-
Gratis will send badly divided delega-
ton to the state convention, which
probably will be held the last week
in April. According to the apportion-
ment to the convention which has just
been figured out for the democratic
state committee which was in session
here today, Marion county will have
1873 delegates in the convention. 1t
is probably that a large number of
these will be anti-Taggart delegates
and that they will stand opposed to
any Taggart doctrines.
Right now there is fight in half
of the precincts of Indianapolis, it is
said, between those who favor f. T.
Brown, the Taggart candidate for
county chairman and those who op-
pose him. The anti-Taggart people
concluded some time ago that they
could not rally sufficiently to elect an
opposition candidate for chairman,
but they propose to hold on to their
position for the good it may do them
in the future.
This rivalry it is understood, will
be carried into the fight for the Sc
lection of delegates to the state con-
vention and may lead to some I'M
pleasant predicaments when it comes
time to nominate candidates. With a
large anti-Taggart delegation from
Marion county as neucleus, it is
explained, large force could be raj
lied to carry it's own ideas in the con-
vention and this force it is said, would
get behind Governor Marshall in case
there is an attempt on the part of the
Taggart men to dictate nominations
or candidates.
1t is well known that some of the
Taggart men would like to be on the
state ticket. There is Dale Critten-
berger of Anderson for example, who
would like to be treasurer of state.
Mr.. Crittenberger when it came to a
fight probably would have the opposi-
ton of the anti-Taggart men. 1t has
long been said that the governor pro-
poses to have something to say about
nominations and the platform and the
this statement as meaning something.
The appOrtionment as figured out
for the democratic state convention
calls for total Of 1,747 delegates.
The republican state convention will
have LAS delegates. The apportion-
ment to the democratic convention is
based on the vote for Governor Mar
shall in the last election and the re-
publican apportionment is based on
the vote for Winfield T. Durbin for
presidential elector. The democratic
apportionment shows the following
counties to have a right to choose
more than 20 delegates for the state
convention:
Allen. 65: Cass. 81: Clay, 81: Della
ware, 81; Elkhart, 80; Floyd, 81;
Grant, 80; Greene. 81: Knox &c; Lake
80: Laporte, 20: Madison, 43: Marion,
1873; Miami, 81: Montgomery. %;
Shelby, 81: St. Joseph. 46: Sullivan,
90; Tippecanoe, &c; Vanderburg, A
and Vigo, 60.
To Visit Every County.
Republican State Chairman Lee, &C
cording to statement made today,
proposes during the course of the
campaign to visit every county in the
state and talk matters over with the
republican leaders. If he does not
find the time to visit every county he
will at least at different times, it is
said, arrange for conferences with the
leaders in every county of the state.
Mr.. Lee began his work of this kind
yesterday by going to Rushville on
the invitation of District Committee
man Elmer Bassett of the Sixth dis
trict to attend a conference of county
chairmen and other republicans at
Rushville. One of the chief subjects
| for consideration was the plans for
the congressional convention but 9TH
er matters of interest to the republi-
| cans came before the conference. It
is the plan of the state committee
this year to have a close personal