The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-02
DEMOCRATS FEAR
REVERSAL OF FORM
N NEXT ELECTION
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0crot1c members OF congress have Sc
lected him as the secretary OF the dem
ocratic congressional committee, which
has charge OF the congressional cam
paigns throughout the country, and 1t
will be up to him this year TO practi-
cally manage the democratic end of
these fights in all the states. During
the democratic senatorial fight at the
last session OF the legislature Dixon
was practically the manager of the
campaign of L. Ert Slack, who lived
In the Fourth district and who was a
candidate for the senatorship Slack
was defeated but Dixon stuck to him
loyalty to the end of the fight.
Fifth District.
Ralph w. Moss. congressman from
the Fifth district. has been renom-
mated. Two years ago he was elected
in the landslide. Up to that time he
was state senator from Clay and Vigo
counties and was one Of the democrat
leaders of the senate. He is farmer,
and was bachelor when he was elect
cd to congress, but soon afterward he
took unto himself wife. He Is con-
servative man and has good common
sense.
The "oId Burnt District"
Finley P. Gray of Connersville, is
the democratic nominee in the Sixth
district. This il new nomination.
Two years and four years ago the Rev.
Thomas H. Kuhn OF Richmond was the
democratic nominee. He was out for
the nomination again this year. and
1t was only by smooth, quick work on
the part of his opponents that votes
were switched around and Gray nomi-
mated. For several ballots Gray was
one OF the low men in the race. But
the nominee may as well be Gray as
anyone else, for there is no chance for
a democrat to defeat Congressman
Barnard for reelection.
Renominate korbIy.
The democrats of the Seventh dis
trict have renominated Congressman
Charles A. Korbly, who is serving
his first term. Mr.. Korbly was taken
UP by the democrats two years ago a
wholly unknown quantity. There did
not seem to be the slightest chance for
him to be elected, for he was running
against Congressman Jesse Overstreet.
who had served In congress for four
teen years and had reached high sta
ton in that body. Mr.. Overstreet was
at that time chairman Of the committee
on postofnces and post roads, and 1t
was under his direction that the rural
mail service Of the country had been
developed. It looked like an impossi-
bility for Korbly to take his place in
congress. but the unexpected happened
and Korbly was elected. He has not
done anything brilliant during his
term, and there is no reason to believe
that he can be reelected. MIR. Over
street died last week.
Raueh the Last.
Congressman Rauch. who was re-
nominated yesterday In the Eleventh
district, became q congressman four
years ago by reason of the awful fac
tional splits in the republican party in
that district. Any democrat could
have been elected that year. Rauch
+. has been q passive member of congress
and has not done anything to amount
to much. This year all Of the republi-
can factional troubles have disappear
ed and the party is reunited, 30 that
the prospects for Mr.. Rauch's re-elec.
ton are not very bright
oourbons Not Pleased.
The fact IL that the democrats are
not we'll pleased with the looks of
things In Indiana, so far as their con-
gressional chances are concerned. This
Is shown by the fact that they are dis
cussing the advisability of establish
ing the headquarters Of their demo.
cratic congressional committee in In.
dianapolis during the campaign this
year. This is the committee OF which
Congressman Lincoln Dixon Is the Sec
rotary. and the talk Of locating the
headquarters here is understood to be
based on the fact that the democrats
believe that they will have to do some
mighty hard work in Indiana this fall
to re-elect many Of their congressman
The question of whether the headquar
tiers will come here or 60 somewhere
else is still up In the air, and will not
be decided for some time, according
to the most recent information. They
want to wait and see how things look
in Indiana . little later before decid.
Ing on = location.