The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-26
Tdgg1rt Crowd Put One Over
By Selection of Greenhouse


(Palladium specially
Indianapolis. Aug. 36.-Ths demo.
cratic state committee put one over"
On Governor Marshall. yesterday after
noon. whom Il put Charles 0reathousc
on the state ticket 70 take the place
Of Robert J. Alley, - candidate for
state superintendent Of public in.
struction. 0reathouse II . red hot
Taggart man and has always been lin
Cd up with that faction Of the party.
And II was the Tagsart element that
put him on the ticket.
Alley sent TO State Chairman Jack
son. yesterday. letter In which he re.
signed ~ the democratic nominee for
superintendent Of public instruction.
10 succeed himself. In order that he
might accept the presidency Of tho
Uuiversity Of Maine. which was tend.
cred him last Saturday at Portland.
Maine. by the board Of trustees OF
that institution. He said In his let.
ter that the place offered him was too
good TO b turned down. and since he
had always been engaged In educa-
tional work and that this work APP
pealed to him more than politics. he
felt that he ought to accept It.
Whensit became known several days
ago that there was . likelihood that
he would resign from the ticket the
Taggart bunch got busy. 1t has been
well known that Alley was not Q Tag
aart man and also that he was popu-
lar candidate. In fact Alley was the
strongest man by far ~ candidate
that there was on the democratic
state ticket. because he was well
known all over the state In educa-
tional circles and had the additional
prestige of . wide acquaintance be-
cause OF his connection with Indiana
University for years.
Alley got . place on the state ticket
two years ago In spite Of the Taggart
crowd and was elected. The Taggart
candidates were defeated two years
ago and the anttTaggart candidates
on the ticket were elected. This year
Alley was renominated without oppo-
sition. because the Taggart crowd
knew II would do them no good to
oppose him. He would have won again
In spite OF them.
But his resignation gave them a
chance to get another place ON the
ticket, and they lost no time in taking
advantage Of the situation.
There can be no doubt but that X
Governor Marshall had been here he
would have preferred some other can
didats TO Greenhouse. It IL said that
the governor preferred Professor
Tapey. Of Wabash college for the
place on the state ticket. There are
several reasons for this. Tapey II .
we'll qualified educator. and he comes
from the college which 10 the COVER.
nor's alma mater. But the Taggart
crowd did. not intend that the COVER.
nor should have anything to say about
whom Il should select to iii the Va
cancy caused BY Alleys resignation.
Aley viii not resign his office -
state superintendent until the first Of
December. His term expires next
March. Therefore. Il viii BE- mp 70 the
governoe 70 appoint some man to MI
the unexpired time between Decem-
Der and March. Ordinarily. the gov
ernor would be expected 70 appoint
70 nh this vacancy the man On the
ticket for the place a& the tall cleo
tion. provided the state goes demo-
cratic and the man n electSd. But it
10 not believed that the governor will
relish the ides Of appointing Great
house. . TaGgart men. although he
win probably have TITO do in case Of
the election Of 0reathouse. To do
otherwise would BE- to show his teeth
to the TAGgart crowd.
It puts the oDvernor In an awkward
position. He was not even consulted
about the selection Of a successor to
Alley. although he 10 the recognized
head OF the democratic party In lndi.
ana. Ta8sart has taken advantage 81
him by making the selection In his
absence. Taggart has absolute con-
troll OF the state committee and wa
In position to slip one over ON the
governor.
Tasgart was not In tho city yester>
day. but he was here the night before
and left the same night for Chicago
hut II 10 said that he left the word
before he departed that Greathouse
was 70 be put ON the ticket at once
without waiting for the return oi
Governor Marshall
This whe the second time this
week that Governor Marshall received
slap from Indiana democrats. and
when he comes homo he may not be
In . very good humor. Robert W.
Miers. OF Bloomington. former con
gresham from the Second district.
came out In an interview the other