The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-03

ten seats. These delegates have storm
ed national headquarters for tickets
but have been turned down.
Fred A. Sims. Republican state
chairman. has received requests from
county ehairmen in this state for
total of more than $500 conention
tickets. and he has none to give ex-
cept few that were ALLOTTED to him
because he was state chairman. In
addition to the specific requests from
county chairmen. Mr.. Sims has also
received an average of fifty requests
a day ever since before the first of
May. and the demands continue to
pour in at about that same rate. 1t is
though that Mr.. Sims has received re-
quests for no less than 5000 tickets In
addition to the $500 asked for by the
county chairmen. This would make
nearly 5000 requests for tickets that
have been received by State Chairman
Sims alone. Mr.. New probably has re-
ceived nearly as many requests.
Can't Get Them That's All.
How utterly impossible it would be
| for either Mr.. New or Mr. Sims to COM
| ply with all of these requests is seen
| In the fact that there are only 4,ssS
| convention tickets available for dis
| tribution among the fifty-four mem
bers of the national committee. Some
members of the committee will get
more than others. because they repre-
| sent larger states and states with
larger voting populations.
| One district chairman of a northern
Indiana district came to the city re-
lcently insisted on Mr.. Sims supplying
| him with forty convention tickets. He
said he simply had to have them OF
course. Mr.. Sims was not able to give
| them to him. and he went then to Mr.
New, but he met with no better sue
cess there than with Mr.. Sims Other
district chairmen also have made re-
quests for large numbers of tickets.
1t is believed that $4,000 Indiana Re
Ipublicans would go to Chicago for the
convention If they could get tickets
because of the close proximity of sths
state to the convention city, and 1T ii
safe to say that fully as many woult
go from other states nearby. If the
convention hall would seat a hundred
thousand people it would be filed
This enormous demand for tickets i
believed to be due to the prospect fol-
a big spectacular fight in the conven-
ton between the Taft and Roosevelt
forces. 1t promises to be the most ex-
citing convention in the history of the
nation. and every man that loves
fight will want to be there either tC
take part or to look on.
But this will be the last time thai
Harry New will have to wrestle with
the perpiexing ticket question. He ha:
ANNOUNCED that he will retire as ma.
ltionaI committeeman from Indians
this year, and some one else will bt
detected to succeed him. He will mo-
LIZ HA al g.
other term. He has had enough. ane
Isays that he is ready to let somebody
else take the glory and the bump.
from now on.
| The successor to Mr.. New will b.
elected by the Indiana delegates to tn.
national convention, but he will no
take his office until after the presen
committee has completed all of tn,
convention work, heard all of the con
tests for delegates seats and don
everything that is to be done for tn
convention. The election of a nationa
, committee man will be made after tn,
Indiana delegation arrives in Chicago
At this time every indication points t,
the election of James p. Goodrich Al
national committeeman. He will b
elected if the Taft forces control tn
Indiana delegation after all of tn
contests are decided, ana there doe
not seem to be mucn doubt but wha
they will control. If the contests ar
decided in favor of the Roosevelt PEG
lple and they succeed in seating a ma
jority of the delegates from Indians
they will probably elect Charles II
: Campbell, of Shelbyville, a. the ma
: tional committeeman. Mr.. Campbell /
the head of the Roosevelt movemen
in Indiana and has been touted for III
: place.
Intense interest is taken by Indian
Republicans in the results of the con
: tests which are TO be heard by the ma
2 tional committee. at Chicago, begin
1 ming next Thursday. because it is real
= ICED that the national committees &C
a ton probably will settle the complex
: ion of the convention.