Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-22
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Dental nomination or there will be no
republican party behind him In Indiana.
There will be three and possibly more
candidates for the republican nomina
| ton for president on the preferential
ballot at the May primaries unless tho
managers of the republican party in
| Indiana succeed in "harmonizing" the
various factions that have been aroused
recently by the determination of Gov.
James P. Goodrich to go to the Chicago
convention with the Indiana delegation
: in his vest pocket
Goodrich has started to Obtain a pc
! tition with the names Of 500 voters on
1t asking that the republicans of In
diana have q chance to express their
alleged preference for him as candi-
date for president. He has entrusted
the preparation Of this petition to Ed
ward J. Robson, his close personal and
business friend, who is the manager of
the Globe Mining Company. This is the
company whose mine was opened by
convicts from the penal farm when la
Dor was scarce during the war. 1t Is
also the company which NJ Z. Lowish
swore gave Goodrich and Ward Watson
S25, 900 of its stock for services It Is
likewise the company in which Pierre
4. STOOQTlCu, son Oh Tie SUNGEuOES 4b a
stakeholder and director. Goodrich once
said he had given his son this stock
GIVES WATSON
CAUSE FOR GRIEF.
The "skinning" which 1t is proposed
to give Goodrich on this ballot VIII
cause Jim Watson to weep tears of an
guish-over his own failure to take adj
vantage Of Goodrich's unpopularity.
For the "skinning" will be admins
tered to Goodrich by the republicans Of
Indiana who would willingly, nay enthu-
siastically vote for Watson on a prefer
entail ballot. but will not vote for Good
rich even to exhibit their we'll known
loyalty to Indiana.
Thus Watson men will not be advised
to vote for any one. Jim Watson went
into an agreement with Jim Goodrich to
the effect that the delegates to the Chi
cagO convention were to be either I'M
pledged or to support an Indiana man as
| long as there was a chance to nominate
an Indiana man. Watson will keep his
agreement. He will not enter the presi-
Dental primary and he will not tell his
/ friends to vote for an opponent Of Good
rich. And he does not have to. They
will all vote against Jim Goodrich, re-
CARELESS of who they vote for
/ In this connection, the story or how
/ Watson was forced out of the presiden-
tial primary by Goodrich and how Good
rich is now preventing Watson from
declaring open warfare on him was re-
Gently related by a strong Watson sup
porter. This man tells 1t as follows:
watson felt that he could obtain a
solid Indiana delegation II he got out
and fought for it. But he knew he
could not do so without endangering
party success In the state.
WATsON's SAFETY
IN GOODRICH BOOM.
"He figured that II an uninstructed
delegation could be sent to Chicago he
might use it in event there was a call
/ FOR his nomination for president from
some other state, as he expected there
would be Hence, he was agreeable TO
| a suggestion that the delegation be
COMPOSED OF Watson men pledged TO
support Goodrich as long as Goodrich
was a candidate. For we'll Mr.. Watson
knows that Goodrich's boom for the
nomination would not last many ballots
! in the convention.
'.For while Goodrich seemed con-
! tent with this arrangement and 1t ap-
| peared that no one would seek the pref
! ertiaI vote but later there was an AT
/ tempt made to make 1t appear that the
law required candidates to file petitions
and put their names on the ballot.
about the same time word was sent
out from the Goodrich camp to the