The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-27

twenty different planks have been pro-
posed. but until the members OF the
resolutions committee are chosen this
afternoon no one will be able to make
anything like reliable forecast Of the
liquor plank. 1t seems, however. that
II has simmered down to one Of two
propositions:
1. A recommendation for city
and town local option law, which
shall not allow saloons in any town
Ahip which does not contain an incor-
porated town or city. Strict regular
ton Of the saloon business will be an.
other feature OF this plank II It II
adopted.
Q. No mention whatever Of the
liquor question.
II was stated by man who ought
to know as much as anyone else about
these two propositions are the ones
which are receiving serious consider
alton. A large number Of democratic
editors from all over the state are In
favor of leaving out all mention OF the
liquor business. They insist that the
party cannot gain anything by insert
ing liquor plank in It's platform.
while 1t might gain many votes by
taking the. position that the liquor
question is settled and that 1t has
been taken out of politics.
Hand Of c. Fairbanks.
Several OF the workers of the Anti
Saloon league have been mixing
among the delegates urging them to
favor the idea of ignoring the liquor
question. On the other hand. Joseph
n. Bell, Of this city. attorney for
Crawford Fairbanks, owner Of the Ter
re Haute Brewing company, has al.
ready been chosen as the Seventh dis.
trict's member Of the platform com
mittee, and It is said that Bell will
favor q straight out plank declaring
for the repeal Of the county option
law. Therefore. 1t looks like there will
be hard fight over this question,
no matter what else happens. The
platform committee will meet tonight
to frame up the platform. Samuel M
Ralston, of Lebanon, is the man who
IL engineerings the platform, and be
IL preparing the tentative draft of the
various planks. He will probably be
the chairman OF that committee.
1t Ii said that the platform will de-
nOunce republican extravagance in
both the state and the nation: will
praise the administration of Governor
Marshall: declare In favor Of Cover.
nor Marshall for the democratic nom
nation for president: declare In favor
Of m employers liability law; declare
In favor Of better child labor laws;
declare In favor Of better highway
laws: declare against trusts and mo
nopolies and I'm favor of q tariff FOL
revenue only.
Lamb Rooters Arrive.
Yesterday afternoon train load d
John Il. Lamb rooters from Terrt
Haute. arrived In the city to boost
his candidacy for United States sena
tor. They came with q brass banG
and marched behind 1t from the unior
station to the Denison hotel. owned
by Tom Taggart, and there Laml
made . red hot speech. denouncins
Taggart and boosting himself for sena
tor.
A dispatch from Washington yester
day said that Edwin M. Lee. chair
man of the republican state commit
tee. had arrived there for confer
ence with President Taft on the Indi
ana political situation. He did not sa!
he was there for that purpose. but /
was learned that such was his pur
pose.
1t ID known that before he starte,
for Washington, Chairman Lee obtain
ed expressions from many OF the lead
ing republicans of the state In regar'
to the present situation. He tool
these expressions to Washington witt
him and will lay them before tn,
president.