The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-07-19
GOODRICH
WILL Be THE
REFEREE
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis, Ind, July 19.-James
p Goodrich has been selected by the
White House to be referee in the mat
ter of postoffice appointments in In
diana, to take the place of Harry S.
New, who acted in that capacity un-
til he retired from the office of Repub-
lican national committeeman from
this state. The announcement of the
selection of Mr.. Goodrich has been
made at Washington. Hereafter all
matters pertaining to the appointment
of postmasters in Indiana during the
Taft administration Will be referred
to Mr.. Goodrich. He will make in
designations and then will make
recommendations to the President IS
to the fitness OF the applicants for
the places and to the advisa bility
of making the appointment.
Mr. Goodrich recently was elected
national committeeman to succeed Mr..
New The latter had announced long
before the Chicago convention that
with that convention he would retire
as member of the national comittee
and that he would also retire as post
office referee In this state. He said
he had been active in the party or
ganization for many years and that
he wished to retire and turn the work
over to some one else. The Indiana
delegation elected Goodrich as his
successor on the committee. Mr.. New
proposed that Goodrich and Fred A.
Sims jointly should act as referee in
postoffice appointments, but Sims took
the position that since he is Republi-
can state chairman 1t would be best
for him to keep out OF the position as
lra 10 cd haf
rich be chosen for the job and that it
all be turned over to him This sug-
gestion has been followed. and now
Mr.. Goodrich Is the arbiter In post
Office matters in Indiana
The third party leaders. it is said.
have not yet given up their hope that
Roosevelt may be induced to attend
the Indiana state convention of their
iparty August l. in spite of the fact
| that he has decided to aba aion tho
western speaking trip which he had
planned to take before the national
convention in Chicago on August 5.
They think it would be a great card
to get him here and it is understood
that they propose to keep after him.
The third party managers report that
county organizations are being form
ed in many of the counties In some
CARNATIONS are Democrats and Re-
publicans. The third party people say
they are seeking recruits from all
parties. because their party is
tirely new party. But in many coun-
ties. so 1t is reported, they are having
a very difficult time of it to form an
| organization. So many of the men
who were for Roosevelt before the
Chicago convention nave refused TO
join in with the third party movement
that it is hard to get sufficient num-
Der of reputable workers to carry on
the organization work in some places.
| Another thing that has developed in
connection with the third party or
lganiaztion campaign in this state is
that glowing reports of large and en-
thusiastic meetings in various coun-
ties are sent out, telling of the great
lcrowd that attend them, when in fact
the attendance is extremely small. For
instance. in one county in such cen
trail Indiana meeting was called 20
form an organization. and a long ac-
count of the meeting sent out stating
that big crowd was present made
up of both Democrats and Republi-
cans. The fact was that the meeting
was attended by just eleven persons.
In some places. however they do
have large meetings, but in most of
the counties the attendance Is shock
ingly light. Politicians here take this
to mean that the third party move
ment has not made much of a hit and
that 1t is not drawing much support
The scrap which George B. Lock-
wood, of Marion, has been carrying
on with Edwin NJ. Lee and Horace
Stillwell. two of the leaders of the
third party movement in this state
! has attracted a good deal of attten-
ton, and has produced many a good
hearty laugh. Lockwood charges that
Lee and Still well in the third
party movement at the best and In
aid of the brewers and the liquor in
terests and that the entire third party
movement is what he calls a '1iouo-
cratic movement. He says that al
!, that Lee and StillweT have in view is
, to help Tom Taggart elect Demo.
cratic Legislature that will be wet and
, that VIII prevent the enactment OF
any new liquor legislation.
Lee and Stillwell comeback at Lock.
wood and call him an kinds of name.
and charge that he got out and help
ed to elect wet delegates to a re
cent convention. They say this is no
| a very nice think for man to do who
is dry Lockwood. And so tn.
hight goes on. Lockwood is a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for Governor and he insists that tn
Republican state convention must de-
clare in favor of county option. LIE,
and Stillwell are both notoriousl,
l"wet" when 1t comes to the local op-
ton question.