Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-19
COUP
SINKS HARPOON
INTO WATSON
Violates Harmony Agreement
in Seeking Presidential
Preference on Ballot.
WANTS TO RUN THINGS

Breaking faith with the supporters Of
James E. Watson in the republican ranks
Gov. Goodrich has finally determined that
he will seek absolute control of the re
publican delegation to the national con-
vention through a primary preferentlal
vote for himself and has started petit
lions to put his name on the ballot.
Unless this movement is checked at
once it means that there will be d.
vided delegation sent by Indiana to tue
Chicago convention or Watson will have
few, if any, friends in the delegation.
The determination of Goodrich to have
his name on the ballot is direct va
rance from the agreement for har-
mony" that was produced by viii Hays
between Watson and Goodrich several
months ago when it was announced that
there would be no entrant in the prefer
entail vote for the presidential nomina-
ton.
At that time it was agreed that for
the benefit of the party it would be best
for Watson to remain an active eand1-
date for senator and conhne his Work
on the presidential delegation to seeing
that the delegates were men who could
be depended on to gravitate to wat
son in the event there was demand for
Watson's candidacy created from out
side Indiana and developed on the hoor
of the Chicago convention. 1t was
planned by Watson to have the delegates
pledged to Goodrich as long as there
was a chance of Goodrich being NOM
mated for president, but to take care to
select such delegates as could be de-
pended on to break to Watson in the
event there was a chance to nominate
him and none to nominate Goodrich.
WATSON STRATEGY
GOES AWRY.
The Watson people believed themselves
in a good strategic position as re
suit of this agreement and they SLOWED
the word to go forth that there was
complete harmony between Goodrich and
Watson. This apparent harmony con
tinued until last week, when the Wat
son people discovered that Goodrich was
preparing to present his name in the
primaries and was arranging to name
delegates who were not agreeable to
Watson, but could be swayed by Good
rich to any candidate he saw fit when 1t
became desirable to trade of the In
diana delegation.
Goodrich has gone about the selection
of the Chicago delegation with all the
smoothness that is characteristic of his
other political moves. He has iutrusted
the matter of getting up the petitions for
his name on the preferential ballot to
Edward J. Robson, who, he once said, Is
zone Of my closest business and per-
sonal associates"
Robson was actively engaged IN the
management Of Goodrich's campaign for
governor and his name appears in
number of distinctly Goodrich schemes
which have marked the administration IN
the last three years.
ALSO DIRECTOR
OF GLOBE NINE.
Robson is a director and active mana
ger of the Globe Mining Company, the
company to which Goodrich traded the
services Of convicts from the penal farm
for the opening Of the strpper mine in
Pike county Investigation disclosed that
Goodrichs son, Pierre, was also direc-
tor and stockholder in this company
while the penal farm convlcts were build
ing a railroad to this mine and clearing