The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-04-16


governor say his speech will fairly
sizzIe.. but no one knows exactly what
he is going to say
On the Senator ouestiOn.
There is a belief that he will not
devote much of hts time to his sena-
torial scheme, About all he will do
with this topic. so 1t is said, will be
to reiterate his former statements that
the state convention ought to nominate
man to be the Democratic candidate
for United States senator and give his
reasons for taking this position, and
then let it go at that. 1t will then be
up to the convention to adopt it or
leave 1t alone. But it is pointed out
that If he does adopt this course and
he finds chat he must fight to carry his
plan through he will depend on his
able and husky lieutenants on the floor
of the convention to do the work for
him.
VIII Denounce Tariff.
Judging from what he has said be-
fore he will in his speech take the po-
sition that it is the business of the
people to rule themselves and not their
place TO be ruled by the interests
This has been the ruling thought in
his speechs all along. and 1t is hard to
teach an old dog new tricks. That he
will denounce the present tariff law
goes without saying.
Tnsgart Senatorial Candidate.
New interest has been added 10 the
talk about Tom Taggart as candidate
for United State Senator by the fact
that Taggart has reserved four rooms
for his own use during the convention.
The question is what he would want
with this number of rooms at the hotel
if he did not expect to carry on a red
hot campaign of some kind. No other
candidate has reserved as many rooms
as Taggart. Some of the others have
reserved one or two rooms. and even
three rooms, but no one else has taken
four If Taggart is not a candidate
for Senator, and be has not said that he
Is not, he would not have use for this
number of rooms as convention head
quarters unless he was boosting some
other candidate or slate of candidates
for nominations. 1t may be that he
has engaged the rooms to use as a
headquarters from which to manage
any campaign which the brewers may
engage in, because he has for years
been the head and front of the brewery
political forces. But they say they are
not taking any part in the campaign
this year, and that they do not intend
to enter the game. It does not seem
likely that Taggart would take lot of
rooms for the purpose of boosting
other candidates, so it is figured out
that he is a candidate for Senator and
that he may make the announcement
at the time of the convention. If the
convention should happen to adopt the
governors plan and nominate a candi-
date for senator Taggart probably
wants to be on the ground ready for
the lightning to strike him.
Fleming to Endorse Marshall Plan.
1t is understood here that Senator
Steve Fleming, of Fort Wayne, will
come to the convention ready to en-
dcrse the governors plan for the nomi-
nation of a senatorial candidate and
that he will bring with him the boom
of Edward G. Hoffman, of Fort Wayne,
to present to the convention in case
Governor MarshaIrs name is not pre-
scented. Fleming would be for Marshall
first and Hoffman second.
- TaGgart Can Defeat Marshall.
One of the possibilities that has been
pointed out here is that Taggart may
have such complete control of the dele
cations TO the state convention that
he will be able to prevent the conven-
ton from having any choice about
whether a senatorial candidate shall
be nominated. It is said that if he
gains control of. the committee on rules
| and order of business he will be able
to do this. for this committee is the one
that decides on what business shall be
done by the convention. This commit
tee may decide that there shall not be
any nomination for senator. If this
committee makes such a report and the
report is adopted by the convention
Taggart would win his point and the
Governors plan would be defeated.