The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-01-18
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.


indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 17.-There is
talk that an effort may be made to steal
away some of the Marion county dele
gates who are supposed to be for Samuel
NJ. Ralston for the Democratic nomfna
ton for Governor. he story is that
John w. Holtzman. OF this city, former
mayor, may come out as a candidate
Tor the nomination. and if he does he
may be expected to get some votes II:
this county. Marion county has all
along been regarded as Ralston trri-
tory. because Thomas Taggart has al
ways been able to line up this county
for any candidate favored by him,
and 1t has been figured that in the
absence of a Marion county candidate
Taggart would throw the entire Marion
county deleation to Ralston.
If Hoffman comes out as a candi-
date he will get some of the Marion
county votes and thus he will break
into the delegation and prevent it
from being voted solidly for Ralston.
This will be in accord with the anti
Taggart policy of breaking into Rails
ton delegations wherever it can be
done. The hope is that by doing this
the nomination of Ralston on the first
ballot can be prevented. and If he is
not nominated on the first ballot it IS
figured that good many delegates will
desert him on the next ballot.
With Boehne in the race from the
first district; Hoffman from the sew
enth; Hall from the sixth and Proctor
from the thirteenth the anti-feel that
they will at least be able to give the
Taggart crowd a scare. If they do not
succeed in nominating their man.
Tom Taggart has declined to make
any statement in regard to the can
didacy of Boehne or the attacks
which Boehne has been making on him
and Crawford Fairbanks until he has
hae a chance to read the papers con-
tanning a; of the stun that has been
printed about them. 1t is known that
one of the first things Taggart did
when he returned from Washington
was to get copies of the papers and
prepare to settle down in an easy chair
and read all of these statements. I.
was expected that he would prepare
and issue a statement after he had
digested the Boehne articles. Taggart
has a clever style of expressing him
self in his written statements, and it is
expected that he will say some sharp
things about Behne when he answers
the articles.
Inere Is one feature OF Ine boeHHc
boom that is being hammered by the
Taggart crowd. That is the fact that
Boehne IS attacking only one brewer
in his onslaught against brewery con-
troll of politics. They point out that
he has ben charging Crawford Fair
banks with being the dragon that is
going to eat up the Democratic party.
They say Boehne has been saying nice
things about Steve Fleming and the
rest of the brewers of the state, but
denouncing Fairbanks This, the Tag
CART fellows say, looks rather incon-
sistent on Boehne's part They ask
why. If Boehne is opposed to brewery
domination in politics, does he line UP
with eleven breweries and against only
| one brewery. They say that the as
ISOLATION of Indiana Brewers number
eleven breweries of the state, and that
the Terre Haute brewing company
owned by Fairbanks, is the only one
outside the association. The Taggarl
men say il Boehne is opposed to
brewery influence he should oppose all
brewery influence and not eonfine his
opposition to one brewery alone.
! The Boehne fellows get back at this
lby saying that the eleven brewers who
are members OF the association make an
leffort to have the liquor laws enforced
while Crawford Fairbanks is opposed q
| the enforcement Of any and all liqHoi
flaws. and that this is why Boehne DIP
sposes him. SO. there YOU are. You car