South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-25
STATE POLITICS
BEGIN TO BUZZ
Governor Has Several State
Office Appointments
to Make.
Associated Press Service:

Associated Press Service:
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov 24.-With
the return OF Gov. James P. Good
rich to his offices to take up the
reins Of government again, follow
ing a vacation during which he has
been recuperating from his recent
fatal attack OF typhoid fever,
Indiana state politics Will begin to
buzz audibly Monday. The governor
is expected TO take up Immediately
the matter of numerous appoint
ments TO state offices that have been
delayed during his illness.
Among these appointments are
those to fill the vacancy on the su-
preme court bench, which exists by
reason of the death Of the late
Richard X. Erwin of Fort Wayne,
the appointment to the public ser
vice commission to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late
Williams J. Wood. the appointment
to fill the vacancy in the office of
secretary of state, caused by the
probable acceptance of Ed. Jackson
the present secretary-as an Of
ficer in the United States army, and
many other similar appointments of
lesser character.
Many After Appointments.
Persons, in close touch with re-
publican politics, believe that Will
lam II. Townsend OF Fort Wayne
probably has the inside track at
this time for the supreme court ap-
pointment. Others point to the fact
that another candidate for the place
also is located at Fort Wayne, and
that until there exists but one can
didate there the appointment will
not find Judgment in the Allen
county capital.
Several names are being mention
ed for the public service commits
sion appointment. and the posi-
bility Of a dark horse appointment
there apparently is good. Among the
men being mentioned for the place
are Jesse +. Eschbach, state con-
scription agent; Oscar c. Pond of
indianapolis: VIII Bond, city at
torney Of Richmond; Paul Haynes
Of Anderson. formerly secretary of
the progressive state committee in
Indiana. and others.
For the secretary Of states job
three men are being mentioned:
John G. Bryson of Brazil, Deacon"
w. A. Roach of Delphi, and Pliny
w. Wolfard, who is the deputy sec
Tho
Bryson boom" looks the best from
this distance.
Adair for Congress.
An unusual situation in democrat
ic ranks has developed in the eighth
congressional district John A. NJ.
Adair, formerly congressman and a
candidate for governor on the dem
ocratic ticket in the last state cleo
ton, has announced that he will run
for congress again next fall in that
district. At the same time Mayor
Rollin II. Bunch, newly reelected
mayor of Muncie, has announced
that he will be a candidate for the
congressional nomination and late
this week Judge w. II. EichhOrn Of
Button. announced that he would
make the race.
Bunch has figured prominently in
many vice Investigations and in in
dictments, charging several types Of
municipal crime. He never has been
convicted, however, and has a strong
political following in Muncie. Judge
Eichhorn has been, for several
years, one of the leaders of the So
called Wilson Bryan league in In
diana. which was an organization
that fought the Taggart element Of
the democratic party during the
past several campaigns. Eichhorn
took particular interest in the pro-
posal for a constitutional conven-
ton and has otherwise been notable
for his advanced ideas OF govern
ment. Whether he would make a
stable official, other than in a judi
cial capacity, is not known, since
he never has been tried in a high
public office, except in the judicial
realm. Mr. Adair served the people
Of the eighth district for many years
as a congressman, but was defeated
by the present governor, James p.
Goodrich, a year ago. for the gov
ernor's position, after a spirited
campaign The race in the eighth
district unquestionably will be inter
esting for the democrats.
Guard Head i'm Doubt.
Much speculation is current here
as 10 who finally will be appointed
10 head the Indiana brigade Of the
Indiana national guard. now en-
camped at Camp Shelby. Hatties-
bury Miss. Harry =. Smith, ad
jutant-general OF Indiana, is the
choice Of Indiana state officers, but
rumors from Washington indicate
that a Kentucky brigadier- general
may land the job.
The formation Of the new Indiana
state militia, to guard property and
assist the federal government in
dealing with alien enemies. is go
ing forward rapidly. and two regi-
u1eurs of the militia nov ara in