The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-15
Situation for the Party in This
State Today Much Brighter
Than It Was About Three
Months Ago.
ORGANIZATION OF THE
COUNTIES GOOD MOVE
Factions of the Party Begin
ming to Realize that They
Must Stand Together in the
Coming Campaign.
palladium Specially

(Fntladium SpecfaID
indianapolis, Aug. l5.-There is not
the slightest room for doubt that the
republican prospects In Indiana just
now are much brighter than they were
two or three months ago. and that
they are improving all the time. Re-
ports that are being received from all
OF the counties Of the state as q re-
suit OF the organization meetings that
were held last week show this to be
the true condition. In many places
where local troubles were In the way
OF success the organization parties
made much headway last week in
smoothing matters out and putting
things In better shape. And when 1t
comes to the main question OF whether
the republicans will stand together
on national issues. the reports show
that there IL much less division now
than there was q short time ago.
II is not to be understood that all Of
the wrinkles have been ironed out Of
the situation. There are republicans
In the state. and many Of them. who
believe that the party would have
been In better shape II It had taken .
different position In Indiana on the
tariff question. But the best informa-
tion that can be obtained shows that
this element 10 In the minority and
that Indiana n Q progressive state In
republican politics. But In spite Of all
OF this there are %. many strong rea-
sons Why the republicans must stand
together this year that they overcome
any differences Of opinion that may ex-
jst ON the tariff question.
Could Control state.
For instance. It has been pointed out
at all Of the organization meetings
that II the democrats carry the legisla-
ture next fall they will very likely con-
troll the entire state for a good many
years Next winter the party II It
gets control Of the legislature. will re-
district the state In such q way as to
assure the democrats Q continual ma
jority Of the members OF the legisla-
ture. They will 20 gerrymander the
state that II will then be impossible
for the republicans to carry the legis-
lature at future elections. Not only
that. but they will also rearrange the
counties into congressional districts
a. to make It impossible for the re-
publicans to ever again elect more
than one republican congressman from
Indiana, and he will be from the
northwest corner of the state. It Ii
known that this h the plan in the
minds Of the democrats. for they are
talking II on al sides.
m order to prevent this plan from
being carried out It Is necessary for
che republicans to carry the legisla-
ture at the coming election. And the
big night will be for the control of
the house Of representatives, because
the senate Ia SO close that the republi-
cans are not likely to have q majority
there. As the matter now stands the
best they can hope for In the senate Is
an even one half Of the members. The
democrats have fourteen holdover
senators to start with while the repub-
licans have only ten. II the republi.
cans are able to elect enough senators
this fall to give them twenty-five out
OF the fifty members of the senate they
will be doing well, and no one is ex.
pecting more than that. This will
make ticvote In the senate. an6 since
Lieutenant Governor Hall. the p-esid.
ing oflcer. Is a democrat, II will mean
democratic control of that braiN Nh OF
the legislature.
Hope Rests In House.
Therefore. the hope OF the ,epubli-
cans lies In the house. and this was
made clear at the organization meet.
inss. The republicans must elect a
majority OF the representatives that
will he large enough 10 overcome the
situation In the senate IL they hope to
ye-elect Senator Beveridge and prevent
q re6is,ricting of the state which will
Keep them out of power for many
years to come. This is why such a
hard fight Is to be made to elect a
msjority Of the representatives.
There are surface indications that
the brewery interests OF the state are
going to tine up solidly in favor OF the
election Of democratic legislature
and II this IL true II will mean that
tho republicans will have a harder
axh: than ever on their hands. There
Is no denying the fact that the brew
ers are still . power in politics. des
pite their protestations that they are
out OF politics entirely. Their zen
trance into the campaign this yeal
will II Is pointed out. be signal fol
. strengthening Of the lines OF the tenn
perance forces In Indiana for the nigh,
70 control the legislature. and this vii
mean also that the fight will develop
largely into contest Of the cities and
lowns on one side and the country or