The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-11
Political "Exs" All Smiles,
but Tis Said Scheme Was
Conceived to Boom Wat
son for Congress.
REGARD INSURGENTS
AS QUEER HUMANS"
Day at Rushviile
Also Drew Democrats Who
Mingled with Cannon, ct al
Until Banquet Hour.
~ STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

RUSHVILLE. Ind, Oct l1.-Yester.
day was Sherman Day at Rushville.
Sunny Jim" vice president OF the
United States. was the guest OF honor
Of the capital city of Rush county and
he beamed on thousands. both Repub-
licans and Democrats. Sunny Jim"
came to Rushville on the invitation OF
Our Jim" Watson. and there he met
Uncle Joe" Cannon, ex-speaker OF the
national house OF representatives and
Jim" Hemenway, ex-senator from In
diana. all stout members of the Old
Guard. and all wearing "exs" before
their titles. except Vice President
Sherman. and. II the signs read right.
he will In the near future have an EEK"
attached to his title. Besides Sherman,
Watson, Cannon and Hemenway there
were hundreds of lesser lights who
serve under the banner of the Old
Guard, and they cheered Justify every
time any one Of the Big Four moved
or spoke.
There were mighty Democratic mo-
guls in Rushville yesterday. also head
ed by Senator John Worth Kern. and
the Democratic henchmen fraternised
with the Republican Old Guard mem
alarms until the town clock hoomed
six o'clock, then the truce. was over.
the Democrats going to their. counell
chamber and the RspubIcan1st q .lllsir
love feast, .s h ....3s Il
=. WIN r,s,sz,s iisIszf
On the surface everything was PER
fectly. lovely. Everybody listened %
the orators, in the afternoon. speak
from the platform III front Of the court
house. and cheered them, then repair
ed to the neighboring booze empori-
ums and "set em up" and In loud
voices confided to everybody what =
grand old institution the Republican
Old Guard was. But when you asked
anyone what the real purpose Of the
rally was definite information was i'm
possible to be obtained.
Some Republican regulars said that
It was the formal opening Of the Old
Guards 1912 campaign.
One of the very few insurgents visi-
BILE to the naked eye remarked that It
was "the last stand of the Old Guard"
Democrats Were Bored.
Then when you asked why the DEM
ocrats were invited to attend any
Guardsman would inform you that tho
affair was a "non-partisan rally. pro-
NOTED by the Rushville Retail Trade
Association so the people Of Indiana
could meet Vice President Sherman"
but the Democrats who stood about
and looked bored did not answer thus.
They frankly stated they did not know
to serve az q background for som0
game the Republican Old Guard was
framing up. Congressman Ffnly4 Gray
was there, but he really does not know
just why his presence was necessary.
Some political prophets predicted
that the result of the Republican ma
chine rally would not do President
Taft any good, reminding you that thu
president turned Jim Watson down
flat when he sought the Indiana pat
ronage, and also telling you that Pres
luSAL i dII duQ vice fIG8l0GHl 6QGEs
man were out of harmony. But not
many people took stock in this expla-
nation. II
Osstgns Of "our Jim."
One Rushville man. who. like every
other native of the town, plays politics
from breakfast to, bedtime, and who 10
influential, whispered that Our Jim"
was setting the scenes for q sortie to
capture the Republican nomination for
congressman from the Sixth district.
and that his collection Of mighty ones
was to impress and overawe tho rank
and file of the Republican party in the
sixth district. To support his predic-
tion he pointed out that another dem
onstration In force would be pulled OF
today at New Castle, which IL also In
the sixth district Credence was given
this statement by many men, hut, they
added. II this was Watson's game he
was keeping almighty quiet about It,
and that to all intenes and purposes