South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-02
CAMPAIGN PLANS
FOR 1874 BEGUN
BY DEMOCRATS
State Committee COnveneS in
Indianapolis to Prepare for
State Convention in Spring
-"BoomS" Are in Air.
News-Times bureau.

NeWs-TlmeS bureau.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec 2.-The dem
ocratic state committee met here
Tuesday to fix a date for the re-or-
ganization of the committee and to
lay initial plans for the state conven-
ton next spring and the state cam
paign next fall Several of the MEM
bers of the committee were repre-
sented by proxies on the committee,
notable among them being Mayor
elect Benjamin BOsse of Evansville,
o fthe first district. Mr.. Bosse was
called TO Chicago on business and his
proxy was left with State Sen. George
William Curtis Of Mt. Vernon, secre-
tary of the first district democratic or
ganization.
1t was expected that the date Of the
district meetings will be set for about
Jan. 6 by the committee late Tuesday
Afternoon and that the time for the
reorganizational meeting of the state
committee would be set for about Jan.
3. The preliminary plans for reor-
ganizing the superb democratic or
ganization of 1912 along lines similar
TO those used years ago when Thomas
Taggart was state chairman of the
party, were extensive, politicians here
declared today.
Preliminary conferences between
members of the committee were held
Monday night and Tuesday and many
"booms' were smothered or started
on their way at these conclaves. y
flock OF democratic politicians from
all over Indiana arrived Monday night
and Tuesday and general enthusiasm
was evident, due to the overwhelming
victories of the party against the di-
vided republicans during the past two
years
Sullivan Returns.
Reginald II. Sullivan, Taggart can
didate for the appointment to the dis
trict attorneyship in Indiana, return
ed from Washington early this week
with the news that he considered him
self no nearer the goal than before.
Mr.. Taggart, who was in Washington
to assist Sullivan, used every string
at his command in the hope that he
could be successful in landing the
job for sullivan, whose father. once
mayor of indianapolis, is we'll remem-
bered here. Sullivan had brief con-
ference with Pres. Wilson Thanksgiv-
ing morning but 1t was entirely of an
informal nature and no reference was
made TO the forthcoming appointment.
1t had been rumored here that Mr..
Sullivan was slated for a place in the
legal department Of the city Of In
dianapolis under Mayor-elect Bell,
but when Mr.. Bells list of appoint
ments to city offices was made public
here Saturday evening, Mr.. Sullivan's
name was not there. Later it was
discovered that Sullivan had been a
member of the legislature that had
raised the salaries of certain officers
in the legal department Of the city
and therefore was ineligible to ap-
pointment under the Bell regime.
Therefore Mr.. Sullivan still is heart
and soul in the fight for the district
attorneyship.
According to friends of Sullivan,
eSn. Kern is the one holding out
against his appointment on the theory
that Sullivan is too young for the
place and has had too little trial ex-
perience. Frank Daily Of Bluffton is
another who is hard after the plum,
and his visit to Washington preceded
Sullivan's by a few days Several 9TH
er Indianans are after the place hard.
BY the latter part of this week it
was believed the recommendation of
the two senators would De given for
Peter j. Kruger and Isaac r. StrOuse,
as collectors Of internal revenue for
Indiana.