The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-30
palladium Specially

Indianapolis. Aug. 30.-Some of the
democrats are worried because they
fear that the appointment of Charles
Greathouse by the democratic state
committee to take the place of Robert
J. Alley on the state ticket as candi-
date for state superintendent of pub
lie instruction may cause lot of
trouble among the friends Of other
men who hoped to receive consider
alton at the hands of the committee
to fill the vacancy on the ticket cause
ed by the resignation of Alley 1t is
admitted on all sides and openly
charged by the friends of some OF the
candidates that the state committee
took snap judgment in making the
appointment of Greenhouse without
considering anyone else or giving any
Of the other aspirants fair chance to
have their claims presented. 1t SEEM
ed that the only thing the committee
had In view was to make a selection
that would be to the liking of Tom
Taggart. and to do it as quickly as
possible in order to avoid mix-up by
the other candidates.
A number of well known democratic
educators wanted the nomination left
vacant by the resignation of Alley. E.
E. Bunnell, the present deputy state
superintendent was one of them. He
came here from Laporte county. and is
counted an able man. He has many
friends who believed that since he
was the deputy under Alley he was
entitled to the nomination on the
ticket when his chief stepped aside.
But the Taggart element on the state
committee did not even take his name
into consideration, probably because
he would be too much like Aley-a
man that does not take kindly to the
Taggart brand OF politics.
T. F. Fitzgibbon, superintendent of
the Columbus schools. was another
aspirant. He is one of the best known
educators In the state, and for years
he has been prominent in the teach
ers organizations. He has many
friends who believed that he was en-
titled to consideration at the hands of
the state committee. and w. H. Ever
road, OF Columbus, presented his
name, but Fitzgibbon received only
one vote, that being cast by the men,
Der of the state committee from his
own district.
The name of 8. l.. Scott, county SUI
perintendent of Clark county, also
was prominently mentioned. He and
Ftzgibbon were candidates for the
for state superintendent a
few years ago but both were defe$-
ed. Their friends feel. therefore, that
they were entitled to the place on the
ticket when 1t was thrown open in
this way.
j. Walter Dunn, the secretary of
the state reading circle board, was
another name mentioned and it would
have been pushed with vigor II his
friends had had any chance to do so
and II the state committee had not
taken the bull by the horns and ap-
pointed Greenhouse. Dunn has many
friends in this city and in Starke
county, where he formerly lived.
Then there was Prof George Tapey,
of Wabash college. Tapey is the name
that is expected to cause the most
for it is said that he was the
personal choice of Governor Marshall
for the place left vacant by Alley. The
governor and Tapey are close personal
friends, and the governor has every
in him. Some time ago he
appointed Tapey a member of the
state board Of education. Some of
the governors friends are declaring
now that the haste of the state COM
mittee in naming a successor to Alley
while the governor was out of the
city was deu to its desire to prevent
the governor from insisting on the
naming Of Tapey. Tapey would never
suit Taggart and it is evident that the
state committee. which is controlled
by Taggart, did not want to please
the governor. In fact it looks to some