The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-04-28
POWER
SEEMS DOMINANT
WILL BE DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE, NO MATTER
WHAT ACTION TAKEN.
Boss of Indiana Democracy and
French Lick Statesman Get
ting Ready to do Things.

Will the rank and file of Dem
ocracy have right to indorse
Governor l1arsha!l's ihea Kiiat
the coming Democratic state
convention, when it meets next
week, make a choice for the Dem
ocratic party as to who shall be
the party's cadidate for the u. S.
senatorship and whose name will
be presented as such at the next
legislature?
Or will this idea be smothered
by the politicians under the die
tation of Thomas Taggart, the
recognized boss of the Democracy
of Indiana?
These questions are just now
agitating the faithful" through
out HOOsierdOrn.
According to statement in
the Indianapolis News Of We'd
nesday evening, Thomas Taggart
came to Indianapolis last night
from French Lick Springs and
it can he stated on authority that
MIR. Taggart is now confident
THAT the plan of Governor Mar
shall for having the Democratic
state convention nominate a can
didate for United States senator
will fail to go through, and that
it can be defeated even without
the aid of the 1873 delegates from
Marion county, altllouga1t it is
expected that practically the en-
tire delegation from Marion
county, though not yet selected,
will be with Taggart.
1t can also be stated on author
ity and without reference to any
hearsay that Mr. Taggart will be
b Candidate flor United States
senator if the plan goes through
or if it does not 60 through. If
by some chance his efforts to de-
feat the Governors plans should
| fail, his name will go before the
convention, as a candidate. He
would rather, however, take his
chances of reaching the United
States senStorship by the legis-
lative route. However Mr.. Tag
CART is in favor of settling the
question at the coming state con-
ventim and if any candidate for
the senatorsflip is to be recon-
mended in any way to the next
legislature he would prefer that
the recommendation be made by
the state convention next week.
Mr.. Taggart still stands oppos-
ed to the plan of indorsing can
didate for senator by means OF
primaries. He says the expense
would be too great. He takes the
position that nearly all Demo-
Gratis take part in the election to
send men to the legislature. He
realizes he says, that there is a
strong feeling all over the state
in favor of electing United
States senators by direct vote, but
says that This does not mean that
there is the same feeling in favor
of having the state convention in
dorse candidate.
Taggart and his followers do
not hope to keep the question OF
the Governors plan off the floor
of the convention. They would do
SO if they could, but at the same
time it is pretty we'll understood
that they see some recompensc in
getting the plan on the Aocr of
the convention, and defeating it,
as it is understood that John E.
Ia RIB Of Te,re Haute W.; lea,.
the fight for the plan.
There is pretty we'll defined
suspicion that Taggart would like
to bump John E. Lamb and bump
him hard, and that he wou.d not
hesitate very much at driving Mr.
Lamb to defeat ON the floor OF
the convention. One thing that
furnishes evidence of this fact is
that the Taggart men are con-
tinuing to spread the report that
this new plan for nominating
candidate for senator is really a
pet of Mr.. Lamb and not of the
Governor.
The Taggart men believe that
they can square themselves with
the Governors friends by unani-
mously adopting resolutions in
the convention high in praise OF
the Governors administration,
even going into detail and indoors
ing the views of the Governor
on various questions. After this
has been done they believe they
can administer a singing blow
to the new senatorship plan by
voting it down on the floor of the
convention and still not be accus-
ed of repudiating the Governor.
Taggart was busy from the time