The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-12-01
CHANCES FOR
A. { WISE
GROW LESS
TAGGART CROWD WOULD FA-
vOR PLYMOUTH MAN FOR
SPEAKER BUT HE LACKS
FOLLOWING
Being the Only Democratic Represen
tative From Thirteenth District
Can Not Get Recog-
milton.

The fact that Adam E.; Wise of
candidate for speaker of
the House of Representatives, is the
only Democratic representative from
the Thirteenth District, and of a
consequence leaves him without II
1orsement in his candidacy, will pro-
badly defeat him for the position.
If some one will please step for
ward now and tell the Democrats
what do about electing a speaker for
the new house of representatives the
information will be thankfully re-
and the wise one will relieve
a serious situation. The Democrats
themselves do not know where they
cat" They are up in the air
now worse than ever since w. w.
Spencer of Marion county,
ed his withdrawal from the race for
speaker. Spencer had such a strong
lineup and had such tremendous in
f~luences behind him that it was be-
it would be practically impos-
sible 10 defeat him for the place. But
now he has thrown il aside and step
ped out of the ring, and the politi-
clans are wondering who will benefit
from his action.
There is talk to the effect that a
large part of Speneer's strength will
90 to Homer McGinniss, of Martins
vile, but McGinniss has not yet an
nounced himself as a candidate for
the speakership. He is talked of and
is doing some of the talking himself
but at last accounts he had not made
up his mind whether to go into the
fight or not. One of the significant
features of the talk about McGinniss
is the fact hal the Taggart fellows
are telling what a strong, fine mar
McGinniss is. They characterize him
as a man with a clean record, honest
and highly respected, and some go
so far as to say he would make an
ideal speaker. This kind of talk may
have caused the report to start that
McGinniss would get the Spencer
vote. People probably thought that
the favorable comment on the part
of the Taggart people indicated that
the Taggart crowd would get behind
him and try to put him over.
Was Taggart's Candidate.
Spencer was the real Taggart can
didate for speaker, and Taggart it
was that lined up the votes behind
him. They claimed they had 26 votes
certain for Spencer and that several
others had promised to come to him
after the first ballot in the caucus.
He would only have needed 81 to be
nominated in the caucus, because the
Democrats will have 60 votes in the
house.
1t is admitted by everybody that
the Taggart crowd would have fallen
in behind Adam Wise of Plymouth
and given him their support if Wise
had been able TO command some
votes for himself. But 1t is pointed
out that he is the only Democratic
member of the house from the
Thirteenth district and therefore he
will not be able to come in with a
local following to help him get a
start. He will have only his own
vote from his W district to start
with. 1t is admitted that he is a
strong man with a clean record and
a good deal of experience gained in
his three terms as representative, but
the politicians evidently do not re-
gard these qualities as being half as
important as political pull and fol-
lowing.
The same is argued against John
Faulkner, of Michigan City. At
tention has been called to the fact
that he is the only Democratic repre-
sentative for the Tenth district. and
that he will not have any local sup
port. Therefore unless something
unforeseen turns up, Faulkner can
not figure much in the race.
Spencer says he shall not UNDER
take TO control the votes hal had
been promised 10 him and the Tag
CART fellows say also that the repre-
sentaties will not be bound by any
thing from now on. They will be;
allowed to. vote as they please. Yet
they point out what a strong man
McGinniss is. If McGinniss an
n his name as a candidate the
Taggart fellows cannot withdraw the
nice things they have said about him
but will be obliged to stand by what
they have said. Thus they could
gracefully come out and support him,
and excuse themselves on the ground
that they have always counted him a
strong man for speaker.
Marshall Opposes McGinniss.
But the anti Taggart crowd repre-
sented by Gov. Marshall would it is
believed oppose McGinniss. BY that
element he would not be regarded as
highly as he is by the Taggart crowd.
II is said that McGinniss has not as
much backbone as some other men
and that he could be controlled with
pleasant words. This, they say. is
the "a why he would be so emin-
emily satisfactory to Taggart.
1t is C badly mixed situation and
no one seems to be able to figure out
what the result will be. There is
some talk of holding a preliminary
caucus of the Democratic represen-
~tatives during the first part OF De-
cember to consider a legislative pro-
gramme, but no call has been issued
yet. But there are many Democrats
who stand opnosed IN anv meeting or