The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-10
At State Meeting, All of the
Leaders Thought It Very
Wise to Ignore This Trou-
bIesOme Problem.
BREWERS ARE GIVEN
A REAL SQUELCHlNG
There Was No Disposition to
Take Fleming or Fairbanks
Into Confidence Taggart
Is in SoIidIy.
palladium Specially


indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 1O.-One |
thing developed at the meeting Of the
Democratic State committee. Satur-
day, that is gratifying to nearly every
body, and that is that here appeared
to be desire on the part of the men,
bers Of the committee 10 avoid say
ing anything in the next state plat
form about the liquor question. Anoth-
er thing that seemed evident was that
the committee was not being bounded
to death by the brewers.
Steve Fleming, of Fort Wayne, and
Crawford Fairbanks. of Terre Haute.
both brewers, We're at the Denison hO-
tel while the meeting was in progress
and prior to the meeting, but neither
of them seemed to be trying to handle
the situation. It looked, for the first
time in many years like the Demo
Gratis themselves We're to be allowed
to have something to say about the
organization and the management of
their party affairs. OF course. Tom
| Taggart was there. and he controlled
the whole business. but the real
brewery control appeared to have been
| lost sight Of
A Slap at Marshall.
Taggart named Stokes Jackson
state chairman, thus doing the very
thing that Governor Marshall did not
| wish done, and Taggart proposes fur
| ther to rub it in by having William +.
! Moore, of this city, appointed secre-
tary of the state committee. This is
the position that has been held for
so many years by Joseph Kelley.
| whom Governor Marshall appointed
secretary of the Indiana Railroad Com
mission just to satisfy the Taggart
crowd. Moore is an out and out Tag
CART man and always has been. He
| is the present Democratic city chair
man of Indianapolis and had charge
of the last city campaign in which the
Republicans won and elected Lew
Shank mayor. Moore was the Tag
CART candidate for city chairman and
Taggart made big fight to elect
him. The anti-Taggart people put up
q candidate and tried to elect him.
but they were helpless before the in
fluence of Taggart.
Forgets a Promise.
Then during the campaign Taggart
declared that he would not take any
hand in the management of affairs,
but about two weeke before the city
election he came up from French
Lick and looked things over: Then
he began giving orders right and left.
and practically took the management
of the city campaign out of the hands
of Chairman Moore. 1t is declared
that it was all part of the prearrang-
ed plan and that it was carried out ac-
cording to arrangements.
Tageart now evidently wants to re-
tain his firm grasp on the committee
and to assert absolute control of af-
fairs, so he proposes to have State
Moore as secretary nothing can get
away from Taggart.
But the most encouraging bit of
news from the committee meeting is
that the members We're declined to
the belief that the platform should re-
main silent on the liquor question.
Another matter that seemed to be set
tied was that the State convention
should be held late, thus forcing the
Republicans to meet first and adopt
their platform. This would require
the Republicans to make the first
temperance declaration il any is made
at all. 1t is not believed that this will
be distasteful to the Republicans. for
they will then be able to set the pace
in the campaign. They are not bit
more anxious to have a declaration
on the liquor question than are the
Democrats, and if the Republicans
keep quiet on this proposition the Ii.
lquor question need not get into the
campaign at all.
To Oppose Declaration.
Friends OF Governor Marshall say
that he will oppose any declaration
on this question by the Democratic
State convention. He wants the par.
ty to leave it alone He thinks it is
a moral question that has no place in
politics and that it should be left ex.
clusively to the Legislature to do with
> as it pleases. While it is true that
Governor Marshall is not cutting much
ice in the management Of party al
fairs just now, he may have strength
enough to head off any attempt tha,
might be made to inject the liquor
lquestion into the platform at the
State convention.
: The selection of Moore as secre
: tary of the State committee will no,
, be pleasing to that element of the
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