The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-01-23
MARSHALL
( TAGGART
TOGETHER
TIMES BUREAU,
At STATE CAPITAL.

TIMES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 23-Evidence
that Governor Marshall and Thomas
Taggart have reached an .'understand-
ing in political affairs appear to ac-
cumulate every day, and it is the COM
mon talk of the political fans that these
two leaders of the democratic party in
this state have come to point where
they understand" each other better
than ever before. One of the develop
merts pointed out now as showing that
this Is true is that Burt New, legal
clerk to Governor Marshall, has been
appointed secretary of the democratic
state committee, which Is absolutely
under the control of Taggart.
New has not always been rampant
anti-Taggart man, but ever since he
was appointed by Governor Marshall as
his legal clerk at a salary of So 500 a
year he has been counted as one. of the
| staunch supporters of the governor
against all corners, no matter whether
| they be Taggart and his followers or
some one else. The governor has relied
on New for good many things. He
| assigned him to make a thorough in
vestigation of the charge that gambling
! was carried on on a large scale in sew
eral parts of the state and it was
| largely through the efforts of New that
gambling in some of the places was
| stopped. This was especially true of
the pool selling and lottery schemes
at New Albany and Jeffersonville. and
at one or two other places in the state.
New also handled the matter of conn
polling the New Long Distance Tele-
1 phUns c0nTpaHy Is CEASE -tran5nfftfng
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and this has been accomplished.
Now many of the persons involved
in both of these cases were men close
~ aligned with Taggart politically
and the activity on the part of New and
the governor was taken as a slap al
Taggart.
But in spite of all OF this New was
chosen for the secretaryship of tht
state committee. and he viii take III
the duties of the job soon as the
governor has found a man to take hi.
place as legal clerk.
1t is pointed out that in this position
New will be in a place where he car
keep close track of things that may at
| feet the presidential boom of his forme
chief. the governor. and that he can re
port to him If anybody undertakes I,
stick a pin in the toy balloon. This Il
worth something to the governor, an,
1t Is believed that Taggart would no
permit such a state of affairs to exfs
unless he was on good terms with TIL
governor He would not want a Mar
shall man the inside of his stat
committee if he thought there was an.
danger of his carrying tales to hostil
leader on the outside
The appointment of Hugh Dougher
4
| treasurer of the state committee, is an
other bit of evidence that everything /
all right again between Taggart an
Marshall. Dougherty is Marshal
man, one of the governors best friends
and yet Taggart has picked him TO
treasurer of the committee 1t is point
l ed out that these are two good appoint
{ ments. even regardless of the factiona
affiliations of the two men.
t In addition to all of this Taggar
: himself has given evidence of tn
reconciliation between him and tn
: governor. On his return from Balti
more and Washington, where he at
/ tended the meeting of the Democrat
. national committee, Taggart called o
T the governor. and they had long an
;. | earnest conversation on political mat
f tiers. Taggart told the governor of til
| many things he had done at Washing
ton to spread his boom for presideT
among the committeeman and other
who were there. 1t is a fact that q
Washington Taggart lost oppoi
tunity TO push Marshall ahead, as til
candidate for president. He urged
on all of the committeeman, and TT
: NOR has it that the work done by Tas
] CART was productive of good result
for the governor. It is said that I
has a better standing among some
the democratic leaders now than
had before Taggart went to Washing
ton.
!. This visit of Taggart to MARSHALL We
the second that he had made since Ma
shall became governor. Only once
the first three years of the Marsha
administration did Taggart call at Il
" governors office. So the significan,
:. of the visit may be seen.
l. While there is no way of ascertain
g ing whether such agreement h.
le been made between the two men. y
sr report has it that it has been agree
that Marshall shall keep his hands {
the fight for the nomination for go
ernor and in return Taggart is to 5,
l. to Ii that the delegates from Indiar
lie to the national convention are all Ma
shall men. The governor has let it
IN known that he will not take any pa
in the campaign for the nomination f