The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-02
J.t, WATSON, CANN0N'S
EX-WH|P, AIMS BLOW
At SENATOR BEvtR|OGE
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his lines
All morning Watson and his men
were passing the word that lines be
frightened and when the convention
opened in the afternoon all the ar
rangements were perfected. Elmer
Bassetts election, which was the rea-
son for the call of the meeting, re-
lapsed into the thing of the least mo-
ment and was disposed of in about two
minutes.
The committee on rules and organi-
cations was prompt to report that no
rules were necessary and that James
E. Watson had been decided on for
permanent chairman" Every other de-
tail of the program was carried on in
the same fashion. Watson had all his
men in line and they responded at his
nod according to the precOnceived
schedule.
A watson Caucus"
1t leaked out that caucus was held
the night before the convention in
which an attempt was made to intro
duce resolution cOndemning Bev-
eridge's action on the tariff. One of
the members of the caucus divulged
the story and said that it was strenu-
Ously supported by Miles Moffett of
Connersville. 1t is known that Watson
and Moffett are on the best of terms
and that MOffett only came to the con-
vention after strenuous solicitation
Of Watson himself. Moffett has init
mated that he would not touch things
Republican since he failed to obtain
his postmastership again, and came
only to please his friend. Watson.
Shortly after midnight the caucus
finally adopted the resolutions which
were presented to the convention the
next day with the exceptions Of two i'm
portant changes which were insisted
on by Charles M. Morgan as commit
teeman on resolutions from Wayne.
These changes were for Senator Bev-
eridge and restrained the convention
from declaring for any preference in
the action on the tariff between Bar
nard and Beverage.
Held Out Two Hours.
Morgan stood out for two hours
against the Watson program and after
threatening to leave the room, gained
his point. Moffett threatened to leave
also if the Payne-Aldrich tariff were
not fully endorsed and made the issue
in the campaign.
While this was going on in Room 81
Of the Spencer house, Watson, by a
preconceived program, was made per-
manent chairman. The first motion
entertained and carried in rush was
that the resolutions be accepted by the
convention without debate. This was
only one of the signs of Watson's
scheme
His Speech Is Evidence.
In support of the story that Watson
is opening up on Beveridge and plan
ming to defeat the whole state ticket,
was his speech. He insisted that the
tariff is the issue and that the repub-
licans must either stand or fall by it.
But sticking out in the middle Of his
speech were the following significant
sentences:
Some of you will say that I am
fighting someone"
Il am fighting no one. l am not
fighting Senator Beverage. I have
no quarrel with him. Senator Bev-
eridge saw fit to vote against the
PayneAldrich tariff bill and that is
his business. The tariff is the high
lican party-and l am simply defend
ing it. Why don't someone tell the
truth about this tariff bill? It's moth
| ing to me, l am just an ordinary citi-
| zen, but l do not want to see this par
| ty dragged in the dust by lies and de-
ceit"
The resolutions committee having
appeared on the horizon of the door
way Mr.. Watson stopped while Will
Hough, of Greenfield, chairman Of the
resolution committee read the reso-
| lutions which were as follows:
| Resolutions Prepared.
We the Republicans of the Sixth
Congressional District view with
pride the grand record of our party
and its splendid achievements of the
past and present. A party grown old
the day at the polls. The splendid
| history Oi tIe party Oh lIlnCOln, GrdnL
and Morton will be throughout the
coming years an inspiration to the
| highest standard of Republicanism.
| The work SO we'll begun and carried
/ forward by these leaders of our party
has been continued in the illustrious
records of Harrison, Garfield Mckin-
| ley. Roosevelt and the great jurist
and administrator. William II. Taft.
We most heartily endorse the Of
fetal acts of William H. Taft. the
courageous and frank standard bearer
OF the Republican party and we con-
graduate the whole citizenship of the
United States upon the fact that we
now have a president a man of such
marked ability as jurist. a statesman
and an executive officer. We unani-
mously commend his action in secur-
ing the passage of the present tariff
bill and We declare it to be a complete
redemption of the pledge made BY
our National convention and of the
promises of our candidate for the
presidency to revise the tariff, and