The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-07
RAJ STON FAVORED
IN WAYNE COUNTY
Congressman Boehne Will
Get No Local Backing
for His Candidacy.

Samuel Ralston, the Lebanonite,
who has sacrificed his own personal
interests to the Democratic cause al
most as often as John w. Kern, but
with less reward, Kern finally being
handed a senate tOga by his shame
faced party, is the favorite for the CUB
ernatorial nomination among the Dem
ocratic party leaders in this city and
the sixth district generally, SO far as
can be ascertained now.
If John w. Boehne, of Evansville.
the former mayor and at present rep
resentative to congress from the First
Indiana district, is to develop any fol
lowing in this county and in the sixth
district for his candidacy, it will come
from the progressive" Democrats. not
from the Taggart machine crowd.
Boehne followers believe that the
sixth district is an uncertain quantity.
but are confident if the northern Indi-
ana districts rally to the Evansville
man, the Fifth and Sixth districts will
come across for him. In such an event
his supporters say that with the sup
port he is promised elsewhere he will
never be headed in the convention,
which will probably be held next May
or June at indianapolis. They say his
campaign is one of vim and vigor with
a close inside organization.
Local Democrats are busy now talk
ing Ralston, his strength of character.
his ability as statesman and his
many sacrifices to the party causes.
Ralston is endeared to them as he is
to many Of the state leaders because
of his supreme unselfishness and big
heartedness His supporters here say
that as many times as he has been Civ
en- justification for backbitting he has
never once shown resentment Even
the GOODNESS of Governor Marshall to-
ward Ralston. despite the political
debt the governor owes Ralston, has
never caused Ralston to ruffle his hair.
He tried to forget and plug along, his
friends say.
According to these leaders. there is
when the sixth district Democratic
chairman is selected. The candidates
include Charles Beck of this city. DR..
Balser Of New Castle, Charles Hack, of
Shelbyville and Herman Trichler of
Brookville. The district meeting will
be held either in Cambridge City, Con
nersville or Rushville. All of the candi-
dates for chairman are non-cOmmittal
as to their favorite for the gubernator-
ial nomination. The candidates when
pinned down simply say that both the
candidates are able and either would
| make strong nominee.
Boehne, SO far as is confessed by
| the local leaders, has not had a man
here comforting with the powers that
be- Neither has he sounded the senti
ment through correspondence SO far
heard of the sentiment through his
personal workers. John MCGEE. Rush
vile lawyer, and hot Ralston man.
i has been here viewing the situation
1t is said that Ralston is confident he
will be the magnet which will draw the
sixth district delegates votes at the
nominating convention.
If the Wayne county Democrats had
their choice of all the Indiana timber
Congressman John Adair of Portla nd
would be favored by the ma jority. But
the Portland banker prefers to hold or
to the Job he has cinched. Insofar as
Marshall is concerned, local Demo
Gratis do not like the way which he
has treated Ralston, his benefactor al
the last nominating election and there
fore will pay no attention to him.