The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-01-11
WILL he GET TT ON
FIRST BALLOT?
Continued from page fve.)

over the success of Taggart in grab
bling the organization of the democrat
ic state committee. and they are MAX
ing a lot of trouble. All of which
shows, that the factional fighting and
internal scrapping is not confined ex-
clusively to the republican party this
year. The Evansville Courier, a demo-
cratic paper which is supporting
Boehne for the nomination for govern
or with all of its might and main, has
come out with an editorial attacking
Taggart, and charging that he is ma
nipulating things so as to have himself
elected or appointed United States SEN
ator from Indiana. The Courier says:
Tom Taggart's restless political &C
tivities are so consistent, all point so
decisively to his ultimate purpose. that
only those who will not see need be
deceived by them
Tag CARTS aim is a seat in the United
States senate He wants the place
PLEASANT governor, or by securing so
strong a hold on the party organiza-
ton that he can force the election
from a subservient legislature.
ITO accomplish his purpose he must
tion. If. In doing so, he defeats the
party, he is, so far as his own personal
interests are concerned, no worse of
than though the party should win and
he not have complete dominance ovel
1t. This explains his strong arm meth
DDS in getting control of the state or.
ganiza.tion- This explains why he has
jeopardized party success in every dis.
trict in which there was a contest In
order to get control.
With all of his frantic rnaneuver-
ings there was danger that control OF
the state committee would pass out o.
his hands. f. NJ Griffith of the fourth
district had promised to vote for Hoff-
man. Taggart feared that one > vote
would elect the Fort Wayne man, sc
he contrived to have State Auditor
o'Brien to get Griffths proxy and de-
liver the vote at the proper moment
| If it was needed
Why is Taggart for Ralston? He
wouldn't be If he could with safety
switch to O'Brien or any other man
He has said repeatedly that he didnl
care anything especially for old Sam
And If Taggart should switch four
| ffths and more of those who are now
| yelling for Ralston would complacent
| ~ flop to Boehne. or any one else Tag
CART should Indicate.
But Ralston will serve Taggart'.
purpose we'll enough. He always ha.
F! in the past. In the convention of 1906
| Taggart sent word to Ralston to with
l'draw, but the Lebanon statesman huns
| on. Then Taggart marched to the from
| of the hall, crooked his finger to Rails
ton in the presence of the entire con
vention and gave his orders in person
| Instanter. Ralston withdrew.
I'm 1910 he forced Ralston to max,
a speech against the governors plan
when Ralston knew that Taggart ex
pected TO be the beneficiary of the de
feat Of the proposition to nominate
United States senator in the conven
! ton.
There is no use of being mealy
nouthed about it. Senators do not liv,
| forever and there have been alarming
reports about the health of one of TIN
senators. The willy boss is not too THU
skinned to try to get his fingers on dea'
mems shoes
But, at any rate, in the course o
events, there will be an election of
senator in three years. The holdove
senators that Will be elected next fal
are important. and besides the govern
| or's chair has vast influence over tn
| legislature, If he will WELD the bill
| stick
IF Taggart succeeds in naming TIL
/ state ticket from the chief executive
to the judiciary in the democratic con
vention of March 81. he will pave tn
way for his entrance in the Unite'
States senate.
i But. you say, if RaIston is nomi
| mated, carrying the load of Tom Tag
gart and Crawford Fairbanks, he cal
/ nor win There IS chance that h
may, and Taggart is taking tina
chance. If he doesn't Taggart is n
verse off than though Boehne wer
elected by 100000. The party has neve
won in Indiana with Taggart in contro
Its worst defeat was when he had com
plete control-in 1904. 1t was his can
didate that was running for the presi
dency, he was national chairman an
the state chairman, w. II. O'Brien, wa
his own selection.
|, Nevertheless, in all these years Q
party defeat Taggart has grown n
poorer His financial condition has nc
been injured Why should he worr
over the defeat OF the democratic. part
in Indiana next Year,"