The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-22
And II You Are an Expert in
That Kind of Business, Hand
In Your Application to Any
Big Chief.
LEVI HARLAN STARTS
BOOM FOR T. TAGGART
In Washington and Now Some
Other Ambitious Leaders
Greatly Desire to Have the
MuffIer Applied.
palladium Specially


indianapolis. Jan. 22.-Some fellow
who is an expert at getting certain
people to put on the soft pedal in
political way can get a job right now
by applying to certain well known
leaders OF the democratic party. The
soft pedal is very much desired for
those democrats who are going about
now crying that Thomas Taggart is
to be the next United States senator
If the legislature is democratic. Since
State Senator Levi P Harlan gave out
his interview at Washington early this
week that Taggart was the man for
United States senator the boom has
spread like wild fire among the
friends of Taggart and those who have
never been SO close to Taggart and
who are hoping for the best for the
democratic party are trembling with
fear.
Fear it Will Do Harm.
To say that some Of the democrats
who do not worship Taggart as a
demgod are fearing that the Taggart
talk will do the party much harm in
the election of d legislature is putting
1t mildly. In fact il the Taggart talk
keeps UP it is feared it will require
some drastic efforts to turn the next
legislature to the democrats. Even
this early the talk has set in among
the democrats that if the next legis-
lature is republican the chances are
that state wide prohibition, amend
ment will be put through. This talk
is put out in spite of the fact that the
Anti-Saloon league has declartd that
the question shall be kept out of poll
tics and 1t is the opinion of the re-
publicans that the talk has been start
ed purely to offset the harm which
the Taggart talk may do to the chan
ces for getting democratic legisla
ture.
Some of the leading democrats re
gard the Taggart talk at this early
date as being the worst thing that
has happened for the democratic par
ty. Governor Marshall is not saying
much about it but it is understood by
his friends that he is worried consid
erably. 1t is no secret that the gov
ernor thinks there are many demo
Gratis in Indiana who are much bette
qualified to be United States senate
than Thomas Taggart. The governo
1t is said. does not believe that Tag
CART Is an expert on the tariff. tn
finance and other great question
States senate. The governor believe
according to his friends. that if tn
democrats are to talk for anybody 70
United States senator before the elet
ton it should be some big democra
who will measure up to the standar
of United States senator. 1t wa
significant that John f. Lamb of TIE
re Haute came to Indianapolis yeste
day and was engaged in a long col
ference with the governor yesterda
afternoon. 1t was understood thu
Mr.. Lamb came to Indianapolis at tn
request of the governor and it wa
believed around the state house ths
It was a political mission that brougf
the Terre Haute man to the capita
Lamb is Not Cordial.
It is known that Mr.. Lamb does NJ
think any too much of Taggart an
that he probably would not care
play with Taggart even If he wei
assured that Taggart would not be
candidate for the United States Sc
ate. The report is also that the Go
ernor believes Mr.. Lamb is about tt
best equipped of any man in Indiar
to serve as United States senator.
One of the questions which is VIC
rying the democrats is whether Sen
tor Harlan when he was at Washin
ton was authorized to speak for Tia
CART. or whether he was talking {
his own hook. If Harlan was talkil
on his own hook 1t may be that Il
soft pedal can be applied to the Tia
CART talk even yet But II he W
authorized to speak for Taggart CO
1itions look rather bad. With Harl;
in Washington and Taggart in Miss
sippi shooting ducks there is n
much chance to solve the mystery.
Expect the Usual Crop.
While there apparently has been
shortage of republican candidates
state offices up to this time it is t
belief among republicans that t
usual crop will appear when the q
nual meeting of the Lincoln league
held at Columbus. February II. IT
fact that no love feast was held pro
ably had a great deal to do with t
backwardness of the republican CT
didates," said A. G. Cavins. assista
attorney general and formerly sta
senator from Vigo county. IF we h
had a love feast l have no doubt /
that there would have been candida'
for every office by this time. But
love feast at the Lincoln league me
ing will do the work and in my opini
there will be batch OF announ
ments Just before the date for
league meeting. They will make tn
announcement and then they will