The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-23
This Was the Decision Of the
State Committee Yesterday
and Speakers Will Be Given
Orders.
TOM TAGGART WAS A
PROMINENT FACTOR
At the Conference, Floating in
and Out of the Committee
Room All the Oay-Mar.
shall Was There.
palladium Specially


indianapolis. July 23.-The tariff Is
TO be the main issue with the demo
Gratis In Indiana during this years
campaign. and they will instruct their
speakers to hammer hard on that is
sue. This was the decision of the
democratic campaign committee yes
terday after q conference with the
state candidates and the candidates
for congress. This conference was
arranged secretly and no one was told
IN advance that 1t was to be held. But
the statesmen began arriving night
before last and the arrangements leak
ed out. Tom Taggart was present
and 20 was Governor Marshall, but
the governor did not stay long. He
was not at the meeting more than half
an hour in the forenoon and he did
not return In the afternoon. Taggart
was In and out of the conference room
and was az busy as dozen men
should be. Once when he came out
he was asked what he was doing In
going in and out so often.
II Just 60 in and turn the crank and
get them started right. and then
come away and leave them." he ans.
wered.
candidatss Attended.
Nearly all of the state candidates
were present. Congressman Boehne.
of the First district; Cullop. OF the
Second; Dixon. of the Third and
Korbly Of the Seventh were present
and John b. Peterson. Of Crown Point
candidates for congressman from the
Tenth district, also attended.
Everybody present pressed his
Views on the situation as It exists at
this time and told what he believed
should be done In the interest Of the
party during the campaign. Reports
were received from practically every
county and district In the state and
the committee sought to lay plans to
meet conditions AZ they found them.
Probably the most important decis.
ton reached by the conference was to
have w. J. Bryan invited to come into
Indiana and make campaign speeches.
II was announced by 8. M. Ralston,
chairman Of the campaign committee,
that at the proper time Stokes Jack.
son. state chairman. would send an
Invitation to Mr.. Bryan to stump In
diana. There was q general impress
sion that he would accept the invita-
ton. and some went even 30 far as
to say that he had already agreed to
accept the invitation II 1t was sent to
him.
There IL q belief that the PROPOSE
ton to invite Bryan into Indiana did
not originate with the Taggart wing
Of the party, for Taggart hates Bryan.
40 every one knows. While It cannot
be stated definitely, It Is believed that
the suggestion In the conference that
Bryan be invited originated with some
OF the followers Of Governor Marsh.
all, who has always been q Bryan
man and In whom Bryan is we'll pleas
ed. OF course. II this IL the case. the
Taggart crowd could not oppose the
plan to send the invitation without
stirring up an awful ruction In the
party among the Bryan people.
II is further believed that when this
proposition was made the Taggart
crowd saw what 1t was up against
and quickly agreed to the sending OF
the invitation. but lacking onto the
proposition the restriction that all
speakers In this campaign shall speak
squarcly for the state platform.
Paramount Issues.
II 10 known that this will be the in.
structions to the speakers. 1t was Civ
en- out after the meeting that the con.
florence discussed the subjects which
are to be made paramount issues by
the speakers. Il was decided that the
main issue should be the tariff. The
speakers will hammer on the tariff tc
beat the band. and according to Rails
ton, will denounce Senator Beveridge's
tariff commission plan as "a barren
ideality." They win also hammer on
the high cost Of living.
When II comes to state issues they