The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-12-01
TIMES BUREAU
AT STATE CAPITAL

AT STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis. Dec. 1.-Congressman
Adair. Of the Eighth district, has
sounded the war cry and announces
that he will be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for governor,
whether anyone wants him or not.
This is supposed to be music to the
democratic state machine for If there
is anything the machine likes it is a
fight. While w. H. O'Brien, auditor OF
state, has not made any formal an
nouncement that he will be a candi-
date for the nomination for governor,
is is pretty well known that he will
be in the race when the times comes.
and this means that the machine will
have to choose between OBrien and
Adair, and the choice will fall on
O'Braen. because he is closer to the ma
chine than Adair.
Adair says he will be a candidate for
denomination for congress in the
Eighth district next year. and that as
soon as he is reelected he will be-
gin his campaing for the nomination
for governor. He wants to serve ten
full years congressman, and he
is now serving his fourth term of two
years. Then he wants to round out
his political career with four years
as governor of Indiana
IF there Is a machine in this state
want it to be with me-" said Adair.
in discussing his plans. But if there
is machine and it does not want to
| support me will be a candidate any,
way. If 1t wants a fight 1t can have
1t. I will not be the candidate of a
| machine or any set of men. But / am
not afraid OF political machine. The
people do things to suit themselves
and l go to the people"
Adair has never been obnoxious to
the democratic machine. however, and
| if he were nominated for governor the
machine would not be angry about it.
But the machine would prefer O'Brien
| for numerous reasons.
The positive announcement of Adair
| that he viii be a candidate for gov
ernor adds interest to the talk abou,
| w. f. Kunkle of Button, for chair
man of the democratic state committee
Adair and Kunxle are both from the
same district, and 1t might be nice
/ thing for Adair to have friendly
state chairman
A dispatch from Washington says
| that unless Senators Kern and Shive-
ly hurry along with their recommend
ationS Tor internal revenue CoilectOs
Secretary McAdoo is liable to make Sc.
lections of his own for the places. TIL,
dispatch said McAdoo had made thi.
plain to Senator Kern and that the lat
ter had been trying to get in tele
| graphic communication with Shively
to deliver the message to him and urg,
him to hurry back to Washington. bu
he had failed to locate him. Secretar,
McAdoo says 1t is necessary to max,
the appointments at once in order tina
the new collectors may appoint thei
deputies to enforce the income Ia,
law
There is a well defined movemen
among republicans and progressive
over the state to come together oil
some basis of compromise that woul,
reunite them in one party, but up t.
this time no progress has meen mad
! in the direction of compromise. Bot
sides appear to be asking too mucl
of each other and each side is un
willing to give in as far as the othe
is demanding.
One of the plans that has been sug
gested and which is under eonsidera
ton by some is the holding of genera
primaries at which every man tina
. wishes to support the republican part
lshall have an equal chance to expires