Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-16
'REPUBL|CANSSEE
VICTORY IN indiana
Harding Expected to Garry
state-Watson Having
Hard Fight
woMEu's VOTE UNCERTAIN
nv CLINTON W. GILBERT .
s,.g correspondent Evening Public Ledger

,,rr.s,opdent Evening Public LedEer
roryrioht, 1870, bv Public Ledger co.
Indianapolis, Sept. 15.-The Indiana
Democrats arc running Doctor MeCui-
,ougb who was James Whitcomb
puev's physician, for governor. No
.orticular reason is discoverable for
noctor McCulloush's nomination, cx-
cont that he is a good fellow and was
nioy,s physician and that he has the
snrnor, of Meredith Nicholson and
o,bers Of the Indiana literary belt.
For United states senator. they are
.rnninp Thomas Taggart, who has the
s,tnnort of the independent newspapers
T Indianapols. Outside of Indiana
Tovgart is spoken of as Boss Tag
.apt" but here they tell you that In.
siano has no bosses, and that Taggart
T. merely a master of the art of poll
tics which every Indianian admires.
Ross or not, he has an even chance to
win the senatorship.
Another master of that art is Will II.
Hays, the chairman Of the Republican
National Committee. Indiana admires
Mr. Hays. He is an institution, just
as much as was James Whitcomb
Riley, Some day one party or the
other will nominate for governor or
senator the dentist who filled Will II.
Hayss teeth and, by virtue of that
Zoo; be will have certain political
standing.
Cox Attack on Hays Resented
All this is by way of introducing the
declaration that Governor Cox's cam.
paign fund charges and his demand for
the removal of Mr.. Hays have not made
A hit in Iniliana. The leading news
paper supporters of Cox here prints
paragraphs showing its impatience with
His charges about funds. Democrats as
well as Republicans resent somewhat
his attack on Hays. Cox made a GER
tain progress with his campaign, but
observers here who are sympathetic with
him say he has lost some ground since
he began to talk of the buying of the
presidency by the Republicans. The
charge is not serious, but it exists.
There is a certain amenity about In
diana politics. You may not call Tag
Kart a boss. You may not call him a
buyer of the presidency. And you may
. (not laugh at the nomination of James
|Wbitcomb Riley's physician. Tagfart
(Hays and Riley, each in his way. is an
|lIndiana institution. But even with its
amenities there is very real politics
here. When you arrive here and ex-
pan t,ai ;t; you l,ate ,;t' tq.ne 70 nave look
s,claims "Tbis is tbe nlaro r. ooma I"
And no tells Won iovfuiIv how ovnnod
ingIv Lonbtfui Indiana i, 'o'''
Sou call nm tbe Secretary of tbo Po
nubIicon state committees and nynia;r
who Won are. and he saws after a LONG
hesitation: - 'o"e
"TL try to find n few momonts n
ace Won lust before noon tomorrow -
Think of mere secretarv ~ n
state committee who is as hard to soc
AZ a fashionable oculist in New York
II is part of the Hays. or Indiana
tradition.
Ina state where politicians are held
IN such high esteem MS INDIANA. and
where the art of politics is practiccd
with such industry. YOU find the situa-
ton further developed and the issues
clearer than in the less political parts
Of the Union. In sense this cam
paign began in the primary campaign
for the nomination of the Republican
candidate for the Senate. The drive
on Senator Watson, which has made
Taggart's election to the Senate nos
sible. began in The fight to keep Gen
eral Wood from getting the Republican
delegates from this state.
""9o' ia''"s 'ia'u rIsht
Mistakes which he made then have
kept him busy on the stump for some
time. The campaign is well advanced
because he has hard fight on his