The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-25
Call for Republican Committee Is Sent Out
Party Chiefs the State Will Hold
That He Is Still

this year and place all candidates on
an equal footing
Taeeart in Charge.
1t is plain TO be seen from the list Of
names OF those democrats who have
been appointed by Democratic State
Chairman jackson TO help him manage
the coming campaign, that Tom Tag
CART is to be in full charge, foot, horse
and dragon. And another thing that
Is as plain as can be. is that Indianap-
Oils is not going TO cut much figure in
the management of the campaign, eX-
cept that William +. Moore. of this
city, one of Taggart's right hand lieu
tenants. is secretary of the committee.
Not Marion county man was appoint
ed on the campaign committee nor on
the executive committee. IL is true
that John w. Kern and Joseph E. Bell.
OF this city. were appointed members
OF the advisory committee but the ad-
visory committee will have mighty lit
tie say so about how the campaign
shall be run. Anyone can guess how
much Taggart will allow Kern to say
as TO how the campaign shall be con-
Quoted.
But the appointments made by Chair
man Jackson yesterday, afford some
interesting study. Reginald H. Sulli-
van of this city. is treasurer Of the
committee. job that does not carry
much responsibility. Sullivan is a
Taggart man from up the creek. He
was one Of the most active hustlers for
Charles E. Clark. the Taggart man
who ran for the nomination for May
or last summer and who was showed
under by an overwhelming vote
Campaign Committee.
The campaign committee, which will
have much to do with managing the
campaign, is composed of Samuel NJ.
Ralston, of Lebanon: Andrew A. Ad.
ans, of Columbia City; W. H. O'Brien
OF Lawrenceburg; w. II. Vollmer. OF
Vincennnes; and Edward NJ. Tuhey, of
Muncie.
Ralston. it will be remembered. was
the Taggart candidate for the nomina-
ton for governor in 1908 and was de-
feated by Thomas r. Marshall only
when Taggart ordered him to withdraw
his name and throw his support to
Marshall in order to defeat l.. Ert
Slack of Franklin. Adams is proba-
bly, the closest friend Governor Mar
shall has. They were neighbors at
Columbia City and were confidants of
each other. Governor Marshall thinks
more of the advice Of Adams on almost
every proposition than that of any
other living man. So Marshall will
have a friend at court; at least, and
ought to be in position to know what
is going on during the campaign.
Tassart Follower.
OBrien Is another Taggart follower
of the most loyal type. He was state
chairman for several years. always
elected by the Taggart element, and
when Taggart was national chairman.
O'Brien was treasurer Of the Democrat
ic national committee. He is a bank
err at Lawrenceburg. Vollmen was
talked of for awhile for state chair
man. but his name was not presented
to the committee. He is said to be a
good politician. He was the chairman
of the organization of the vets during
the local option campaign in Knox
county and so successful was he in tina:
campaign that the county voted wet
and saved all of the saloons in Vim
cennes. Tuhey is a liberal.
Jackson appointed the following as
members of the executive committee:
Jackson, himself, is chairman; Fabe
Gwinn. of Shoals, vice chairman of the
state committee; Peter Foley, Of Terre
Haute: Edward G. Hoffman OF Fort
Wayne, and George Beebee, Of Ander-
son.
Gwinn Is Untried.
Gwinn is a new and untried quanti-
ty in state politics, but it is assumed
that he is satisfactory to Taggart or
he could not have been elected vice
chairman of the state committee. Ev-
erybody knows the liberal tendencies
of Foley, who is very close to Craw-
ford Fairbanks, the Terre Haute brew
err. and to John Z. Lamb. Foley's
name was mentioned prominently for
state chairman, but he finally decided
not to be a candidate. Hoffman is a
follower of Steve Fleming, the Fort
Wayne brewer and president of the
Association Of Indiana Brewers He
was a candidate for United States Sen
ator last winter, but only received