The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-08

Indianapolis. April Sit is now the
turn of the democrats OF Indiana to
pull hair and scrap it out at their COM
ing state convention The republic
cans have held their convention and
nominated ticket and adopted plat
form. The prohibitionists have done
the same. 1t is now up to the demo-
Gratis to do a little marching.
Numerous candidates have been
and there will probably be some sharp
contests for the places. but the main
fight is going to be over the question
of whether the state convention shall
nominate a man as the choice of the
party for United States senator. or
whether this shall be done in the old
and usual manner, by a party caucus
of democratic members OF the legisla-
ture during the session of the legfs-
lature next winter. This controversy
has already assumed serious proper
tons among the. democrats of the
state, and it threatens to cause big
split and a lot of hard feeling before
it is disposed of.
Taqgart is in Control.
AS is well known. Thomas Taggar,
is in complete control of the demo
cratic state committee and the state
organization. His followers fill all OF
the important positions on and with
the committee, and whatever Taggar,
says goes with them. The committee
the question of how the candidate fol
United States senator shall be select
| ed, but it is we'll known that Taggar
| is opposed to having candidate nam
ed at the state convention. The fac
| is that Taggart is an aspirant for sen
ator. He has not said SO himself, blu
, everybody knows it just the same
and everybody knows, too. that witt
his absolute ownership of the stat
committee, If that body is called on t
decide whether the convention sha]
select candidate for senator, Taggar
will tell it to decide against the Pre-
position. Taggart could not be non
mated at the state convention, S
many leading democrats believe.
1t was Governor Marshall who mad
the suggestion that the state CONVEX
ton make the selection of man fo
the senate. The governor does ne
want the democratic party to sen
Taggart to the senate if it can b
} avoided He has always held that tn
rank and file of the party should hav
the right to say who should represel
them in congress and in the senat
!. and he has stated on numerous occ
sions that he thinks the state co
j. vention should select the candida1
for senator. In this way, he says, tt
people would come nearer to makir
the choice than in any other way. tt
governor believes, it is said, althoue
he has not made the public statemeI
that II the selection is made in tn
way Taggart will not have chan'
to win, for the reason that the rar
land file of the party throughout tt
state would not stand for Taggart.
He Refuse to Answer.
Taggart has been asked many tim
4 to state whether he will be a cane
f date or not. and each time he has 7
luSGu Co NldkG d UtllIIllc dAo"Si
4 the question. He has not said tn
he will or that he will not be a ca
1 didate. He is taking the same at
tude that he held during the ear
r part of the senatorial campaign la
S year At that time there were sc
a eral candidates for the place, but t
report got to going that Tagga
| ~loh ~ hn nd
made all the other candidates mel
Gus. They feared the result if
b should decide to try for the place.
r was not until a few days before
d party caucus was held that Tagg
h made his announcement that he v
e not candidate and it was not uI
n after he had become satisfied tt
r. Shively would be chosen.
n Since the governor made his S
70 gestion that the candidate for sena
a be chosen by the state convention
q great row has sprung up among
y democrats over the state. Some
'. them are with the governor and so
stand against him. Democratic ne
w papers have taken up the discuss
n duO LIley are uislucu, lHOuSu mOSI
ct them are said to favor the plan {
, lined by the governor. It has e,
gone so far as to become an issue
- some of the county conventions t
have been held lately. Even in III
cock county, in the home township
Stokes Jackson. chairman of the d,
ocratic state committee, it was an
: sue. Jackson, who is a Taggart
= lower. made speech against
& proposition when some demoe