Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-27
TAGGART 1T OR OUT
Convention to Make Him Boss
or Eliminate Him.
FIRST SESSION TONIGHT
Clash With Marshall Over Manner
of Selecting Senator-Governor
Hopeful of Dominating.

1NDIANAPOIIS. April 27.-The dem
ocratic party of Hoosierdom is about to
mix up in fight that will mean either
the dominating influence of Thomas Tag
CART or his elimination of Thomas Tag
vention begins sessions tonight.
The moon is somewhat obscured along
the Wabash. despite the optimism of the
followers of Gov. Thomas r. Marshall.
but the governor is standing by his guns
and his suggestion to the state democ-
racy.
His suggestion was that the state con-
vention should indorse a candidate for
United States senator to succeed Senator
Beveridge In the event that the democrats
carried the legislature.
The outlook for carrying the legisla-
ture is rosy. The democrats have a ma
jority Of the holdover senators. All
through the state the party is active
and aggressive
Gov Marshall Is the real leader. but
Taggart. who has as many political lives
as the most virile feline, affects to be-
lieve the governor is mistaken in his sug-
gestion. This he discovered after the
control of the convention had slipped
from his grasp. Now he is posing as the
peoples friend
Taggart Carries Indianapolis.
At the eleventh hour he has proposed a
plan for state primary after the general
elections to decide the senatorship He
fixes the date for December 10
His Hoosier steam roller is in fine con-
dition. This was demonstrated last night.
when he carried Indianapolis and Marion
county for delegates to the convention.
The returns showed that he had III out
of 1S3 delegates. Then he had adopted a
resolution that bound the opposition six
to a unit rule.
u. S. Jackson. chairman Of the state
committee. has at Taggart's command
changed the program of the convention
and brought on a fight that means su-
premacy of either Taggart or Marshall
The state chairman calls the convention
to order and presides until the temporary
is effected.
The Taggart program Is to have the
rules and organization committee report
to Jackson. In his report the Taggart
element desires to ignore the governors
suggestion as to the senatorship.
This would leave Gov. Marshall "up in
the air. i'm his address as temporary
which has been prepared to
swing the convention to indorse a sena-
torial candidate. Last night Gov. Mar
shall served notice on the state committee
that he would not serve as temporary
chairman if the committee should report
to Chairman Jackson.
Sorry He Started Something.
Friends of Gov. Marshall say he has
expressed regret that his suggestion for
a convention Endorsement of a senatorial
candidate has brought about strife and
dissension.
United States Senator B. F. Shively
arrived yesterday from Washington to
be permanent chairman of the conven-
ton.
1t was stated on good authority that
Senator Shively was opposed to Gov.
Marshalrs Endorsement of the conven-
ton plan and Taggart's statewide pri-
mary to nominate candidate for the
Senate. He preferred, it was said. that
the subject should go to the legislature
direct, but that as a compromise he
would favor calling separate state con-
vention, the delegates selected for the
express purpose of nominating candi-
date for no Senate