The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-12-29
Two Present Leaders in the
Race, Veneman and Wise.
Will Not Land the Office
They Are Seeking.
COVERNORSHIP WAR
FIGURES IN FIGHT
Democrats Will Select Speak
er from Cravens, Seiden-
sticker, Faulkner, Strick-
land-Adair Anxious.
palladium Specially

tPalladium Speeian
Indianapolis. Dec. 2e-Neither Al
bert Veneman of Evansville. nor Ad-
am Wise OF Plymouth, the two lead
ers In the speakership fight up to date
will be selected speaker Of the next
Democratic house in the state legisla-
ture
The speaker will be selected from
the following four men: John B.
Faulkner of Michigan City. Joseph
Crayens OF Madison. Adolph Seiden-
sticker of Indianapolis, and Harry
Strickland Of Greenfield.
The injection OF the hght for gov
ernor in 1912 Is responsible for this
change in the situation. Congressman
Boehne of Evansville. is back Of Ven
eman's candidacy for speaker. while
the organization that is booming Sam
uel Ralston OF Lebanon Is nearly iden-
tical with the organization that II
backing Wise. Other candidates for
governor. present and prospective.
and those Democrats who are against
the office of speaker being used as
cats paw for pulling gubernatorial am
bitions out Of the ire. have determin-
ed that the best interests OF the party
demand the defeat OF both vencman
and Wise.
Why They Were Absent.
| Therein is found the reason neither
OF these candidates attended the cau-
i ~ H. A.A> -
the Denison hotel Tuesday. The four
who did attend represent the coali-
tion. and they have an understand
ing that will take all but one Of them
out Of the race when the time arrives.
1t Is understood that at their meet
ing each or the four showed his
strength and after canvass they
! were decided upon one thing-that
among them they had more than
enough support to win the speaker
ship, and that this support came from
Democrats who are against letting q
gubernatorial fight OF 1912 enter into
the organization of the house this
year. Their support is negative ono
rather than positive one: 1t 10 anti
Veneman and anti-Wis rather than
for any particular one Of the four. but
it is ready to unite upon either OF the
four Another meeting OF these four
will be held Monday and Ii Is possi-
BILE that at that.time 1t Will have been
determined as to which one will be
selected to make the fight.
Congressman Adair who is another
candidate for governor. is hurrying
from Washington TO see that his
chances are not jeopardixed in the
organization of the house, and 1t ID
thought he will throw his support To
one OF the coalition. Senator Shively
!, is also coming home to be on the
scene, and 1t is said he will not dc
any boosting for Wise. although OF the
same district. because Wise has not
always been for Shively when Shively
: needed him.
i There Is some doubt OF this, how.
ever. inasmuch as the same organiza.
tion which put Shively over is back oi
: Wise's candidacy. This is the Taggart
crowd. The Taggart organization was
for Samuel Ralston for governor
0 when Marshall was nominated. The
!. story of how Taggart threw his
g strength practically solid for Marshall
q in order to defeat Ert Slack, when
tnat gentleman's nomination looked
almost certain lie yet fresh. The Tag
gart organization is going to exert ey.
, cry effort to put Ralston over in 1911
and they look upon Boehne ~ their
most formidable antagonist. In order
to keep the Boehne crowd from get
!. ting control OF the speakershfp and IN
order that 1t might be kept Ia the
northern part OF the state the Taggart
organization brought out Wise. Tc
counteract the story Of Shively's op
position to Wise. II is pointed out that
Wise was not brought out until Shive
Iy had been consulted and his supper,
promised. In line with this, IL il said
the Taggart forces tried to keer
! Faulkner out Of the race telling him
one man from the northern part OF the
state was enough and Wise was the
man.
! He supports venemsn.
y 1t is not denied that Congressman
: Boehne is back of veneman No 9th
+ er influence could have gotten the No
$ lan-Roosa faction to walk arm in arm
d with the Spencer-BrilI faction of the
+ first district Democracy and boost thu
+ candidacy Of an amateur In politics
e The speakership 10 valuable asset
to a prospective candidate 40 II car
ries with it the opportunity for dis
pensing the many favors. and putting
many men under obligations. Boehns
is an organizer after the Frank Hitch
= cock type-the man who uses a card
+ index. As a manufacturer BOehn<
has established trade worth hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars annual
2 ly by the card index II is said once
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