The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-08
INDIANA TO Be
BATTLE GROUND
OF POLITICIANS
Active Preparations for Siren
uous Campaign Being Made
at Both Republican and
Democratic Headquarters.
To RALLY AT RICHMOND
Especial to The Palladium)

Especial to The Palladium
INDIANAPOLIS, July s. = Active
preparations for one of the most siren
uous political campaigns held in In
diana for many years are now in prog
ress at both the Republican and Dem
ocratic state headquarters One seat
in the United States senate and 13
seats in the national house of repre-
sentatives will be the principal stakes
to be played for
At Republican headquarters it was
announced today that the campaign
would be formally opened in each of
the congressional districts about Lab
or Day, Sept. 4. No announcement has
yet been made by Democratic head
quarters concerning the opening of
the Democratic campaign. but i prob
ably will be early in September
Democratic leaders here express con
f1dence that Democratic candidates for
representative in congress will be
elected in at least hve of the districts
They will center their efforts in the
first. second, third, fourth and twelfth
districts. All of them are in the south
ern part of the state with the excep-
tion of the twelfth which includes the
city of Fort Wayne
Hope to Hold Districts
Since 1916 the Indiana congressional
delegation, both in the senate and in
the house, has been solidly Rapubli-
can. 1t is a fact, however, that the
first, second, third and fourth districts
are normally Democratic Republican
leaders realize this fact and they are
planning TO put forth every effort to
hold these districts in line. They
mention the fact that Democratic lead
ers were as confident two years ago as
they are today that the four southern
districts would be swung back into the
Democratic column. The 1920 cleo
tions. however, gave those districts to
the Republicans by increased majori.
ties over the 1918 elections
Democratic leaders make the charge
that conditions which obtained both in
1918 and in 1920 no longer exist in the
first, second, third and fourth districts.
They assert that at the two previous
elections the large German vote in the
four southern districts. hitherto strong.
ly Democratic, voted largely Republi-
can as an expression of disapprovaI
over Democratic policies leading up tc
the war with Germany Democratic
state headquarters is now inclined to
the opinion that this feeling of resent
ment no longer exists and thew are
predicting that the German vote in
the southern part of the state will be
largely Democratic again this fall
Democratic leaders base their claim
10 carrying the twelfth district on re
cent primary election in that distriet
which showed a larger Democratic
vote than Republican
To Send Speakers.
At Republican headquarters it was
announced today that Chairman Ad
ans of the Republican national com
mittee had been asked to send l.
speakers of national renown into In
diana between the middle of Septem
Der and election day The COMMITTEES
plans to hold at least one large po
litical rally in each of the 90 count,
seats.
Senator James E. Watson has as
sured the state committee that he will
make an active campaign throughou
Indiana, and of course the Republican
senatorial nominee. Albert J. Beve
ridge, plans to conduct an intensiv,
campaign.
Clarence Martin will open tn
speakers bureau of the Republican
state committee, July Is, and by tn
middle of August expects to have hi
speaking program completed. It i
probable that the Republicans vii
open their sixth district campaig1
with a meeting at Richmond. and ]
would not be surprising if both Sens
tor Watson and Mr.. Beveridge aC
dressed that meeting One of the il
teresting features of the Republica
campaign will be the spreading c
: Republican doctrines at several of tn
most important county fairs. A FLY
yer equipped with a large tent and
moving picture machine, manned by
crew of expert political workers, wi
visit 10 fairs in 10 congressional di:
tricts. Republican propaganda wi
be spread by oratory and by movies
The county committee in each plac
where the Republican gospel wagon
visits will be expected to furnish tn
speakers The crew of the 'gospt
wagon" will turn the crank of tn
movie camera, shoe the folks into tn
tent and hand out Republican literi
ture The first fair to be visited wi
be in the sixth district, at Middleton
Henry county.
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