Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-29
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BIG IN INDIANA
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Fighting Man Has Straight
Path Paved by Republican
Mistakes.
GOOD FEELING IS RIFE

Not in the last five years have the
democrats Of Indiana had occasion to
congratulate themselves on the br1lltancy
Of their party's star Of a~scendency to
the extent that has been given them
within the last two weeks. Things have
Happened in Indiana politics that have
placed a new face on old conditions and
have pointed stronger than ever to the
fact that democratic success next fan
will be measured in Indiana wholly by
the extent to which Indiana democrats
bestir themselves.
/. The Watson faction of the repub
ncan party has assumed the leadership
Of that part Of the party which will
no longer answer to the crack Of the
machine whip and whoop for James 2.
Goodrich when Chairman Ed Wasmuth
gives the cue.
2. The Goodrich machine has come
into the open and declared that it win
continue to operate the republican party
in the state, even if its operation spells
the collapse Of the whole organization.
8. Republicans from outside the state
have come to a realization that Indiana
has no 'favorite SON. for the presidency
and is in reality open territory for the
corraling of delegates.
4. The shameless way in which the
republican legislature passed the SUI
frage resolution and ran away from the
other admitted duties has aroused the
democrats to a sense of duty and they
are beginning to see that the whole state
demands relief from the "centralization"
in the office of Gov. Goodrich. Of all the
power of the state government.
TAX LAW DILEMMA
Squirting CIRCUMSTANCE.
8. The desperate efforts Of the repub-
lican state committee and others to de-
fend the administration Of the tax laws
nave served to arouse the state to the
iniquities of this law to a greater ex-
tent than anything else could arouse 1t.
"a. The combination of all these In
fiuences has induced the active demo
Gratis of Indiana to get busy and county
meetings throughout the state are being
held with enthusiasm and good feeling.
Even the hide-bound republicans OF
Indiana admit that the democrats have
never had a better chance to carry the
state regardless of the political situa-
ton nationally than is presented today.
At democratic stata headquarters the
word comes from republicans every day
that preparations ought to be made 10
win a victory, for there is a victory in
sight and all that is necessary to win
it is preparation.
The recent announcement OF Dr.. earle
ton McCulIoch and Mason E.. Niblack OF
their candidates. for governor, the en-
trance Of S. NJ. Foster as a candidate
for Acknowledgement and the steady
"~pIugging'' Of John Eisenbarger for the
g%oyernorship have all had their effect.
They have aroused the sleeping demo-
Gratis to the fact that these men see a
chance Of victory, for they are not the
type who would give up their time and
effort to the leading of a lost cause.
Among a great many democrats there
is a feeling that the entrants for the
-governOrship race are not all in yet.
There is a disposition to feel that at
least one more candidate viii be brought
out. and it is generally conceded that
when he does come he Will be of a fight
type-some man who will enter the
race on the theory that a spade is a
spade and should be so designated.
MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN
EXPECTED THIS YEAR.
While no one appears to know from
VheI ce this type of a candidate Will
spring, there is an apparent confidence
that he will come forth and with his
coming there will be a campaign that
will linger long in memory.
Newspaper men who have watched po-
litical campaigns in Ipdiana for. years
unite IN the Dellef CnaC THIS campaign IS
going to be a "hot one" They express
the opinion that there viii be a hammer
and tongs fight before the election and
that the candidate who fights the hard
est, the boldest and with the least timi-
dtty will be elected.
In this respect they concede that who
ever the democratic candidate is, he will
have the advantage, for he will not be
compelled to defend anything that even
remotely resembles the Goodrich admin
istration.
This, they say, is the year for de-
mocracy in Indiana, for the reason that
the republican party is split, the admin
istration In need of much explanation
and the enemy on the defense.
Democratic victory, it is conceded, even
by republican state oficehoIders, depends
wholly on ability to grasp the oppor-
tunity and make the most Of it while
the republicans quarrel over who shall
dominate their own party.-COpyright,
1920, Indiana Publicity Bureau.