The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-02-09
POLITICAL GAME TO
RAGE COMING week
Lincoln Day Celebrations to
Be q Cause for Unus-
ual Activities.


ual Activities.
National News Associatjon)
WARRINGTON. d. c.. Feb. o.
Politics a-plenty 10 promised for the
coming week. In fact. the next few
days win be the busiest ones that the
politicians have experienced In . long
time. The Lincoln Day celebrations
Will b cause for unusual activity on
The part Of the Republican leaders.
particularly those Of oratorical ability.
President Taft will 60 to Newark to
take part In tho Lincoln celebration
In that city Monday and in the even.
ing he 10 scheduled to speak in New
York City. The same night Attorney.
General Wickersham will address q
Republican banquet in Milwaukee:
Senator Townsend Of Michigan. will
speak in Detroit; Representative Nc
Call, of Massachusetts and several
other Republicans Of note, will be
heard in Minneapolis. and Representa-.
tive Kinds OF Maine will be the chief
orator at . gathering Of the clans in
Portland. Me.
Secretary of the Treasury, Mac.
Veagh will add to tho gaiety Of the
Republican situation by making a
speech to the Republicans of Michi.
gan with what Is . Progrcssive?''
~ his topic. The speech will be de.
lIvered Tuesday night at the annual
dinner OF the Zach Chandler club at
Lansing.
A Michigan Oanqvst.
Another Michigan banquet at which
Republican oratory will be on tap will
be that Of tho Calhoun Lincoln club
at Albion. Governor Osborn will be
tho chief figure, with Congressman
J. NJ. G. Smith Of Michigan. c. H.
Sloan Of Nebraska. and Frank w. Mon
dell Of Wyoming ~ the other speak.
srs' list indicates that many good
words will be spoken for Theodore
Roosevelt before the evening 10 over.
A Lincoln Day banquet to be given
IN st. Louis by the association Of
Young Republicans of Missouri will
have ~ speakers Governor Deneen Of
Illinois and Governor Hadley Of
Missouri.
Governor Tener Of Pennsylvania,
Ex-Governor Utter of Rhode Island.
Charles NJ. Schwab and Congressman
Rowland Of Ohio are scheduled as
speakers ut q banquet to be given by
the Lincoln Republican club Of Beth.
lohem. Pa.
Republicans of the Hoosier state
viii turn their eyes toward New Cas-
tie. whore . thousand of more of the
party leaders are expected to gather
for the annual meeting and banquet Of
the Indiana Lincoln league.
Event In Colorado.
In Colorado. also, the anniversary Of
the birth Of Lincoln promises to be
banner day for the Republican party.
Republican leaders Of all factions
have been invited to meet In Denver
on that day for grand harmony"
ooaferoaos. The state committee will
Msst 70 discuss plans for the state
oonvention. q conference will be held
by NE Republican editors, and the
sathsring will close with . Lincoln
heaaust at which former Senator Bev-
ss00O VI AuOhouo - " O0 tuo UtoE
sDsaksr.
Aside from the Lincoln Day jubila-
tiens the chief event of the week on
the Republican calendar will be the
state convention Of Gsorsia Republi-
cans. which 10 to meet in Atlanta
Wednesday 70 name delegates to the
national convention at Chicago. Re-
eeat reports from the South give evil
1soce Of considerable activity on the
art q Roosevelt adherents in Georg.
- and Il 10 reported that they will
mako an effort to have . Roosevelt
man elected chairman Of the state
committee. The Taft people, however.
% not appear worried over the situa-
ton and the general opinion 10 that
about the best that the Roosevelt fol.
lowers can hope for II IN uninstructed
delegation to Chicago. A solid Taft
delegation 10 the prediction Of the
prssident's friends.
On the Democratic side. the most
Interesting news Of the week probably
viii be furnished BY Governor Wood.
row Wileon. who will make q hurried
trip 70 Chicago to deliver one or two
addresses ON Lincoln Day and to con.
fer with some OF the prominent Demo
Gratis In the West. Also of interest
viii b the Democratic presidential
primary In st. Louis to select 21S dele
gates to the Democratic state conven.
ti0n ut Joplin. The Joplin convention
will determine whether former Cover
nor Joseph w. Folk Of Speaker Champ
Clark shall have the Missouri indorse-
msnt for President.
Professor Russell's class ut
!. M. G. A., 7:SO tonight.
The receipts Of French theaters last
PEAR amounted to about $500. 900.