The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
INDIANA THINKS
sun IS SHINING.
ONLY FOR SAM
Hard Finds Democrats There
BIissfuIIy Confident Raj
ston Is Best Hope.
Ry WILLIAM HARD.

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INDIANAPOLIS. Ind... April 1B.--
Confident ana united, the Demo.
Gratis Of Indiana are presenting TO
the country unwaveringiy and mo.
tionlessly the name OF Good Old
Sam Ralston," Of Indiana, for
President; and the key.word In that
statement is the word motionlessiy.
The Democrats Of Indiana are
not going one inch out Of their
way and are not lifting q little
finger or an eyelid at this time to
get one delegate for "Good Old Sam
Ralston." from any State outside
Indiana.
They are not doing 1t and they
viii not do it. They do not think
1t necessary. In fact they think II
would be harmful.
Their theory IL that all that
Uncle Sam Ralston needs IL to have
his name presented to the Demo.
cratic national convention with the
backing Of his State and that then
the stars in their courses and the
logic Of the universe will do the
rest.
win Have Stats Backing.
There is no doubt that Uncle
Sam Ralston will have the backing
of his State. He will have the
two delegates from each Of the
congressional districts of Indiana.
He will have the eight delegates.
at.large' with a half vote apiece
from Indiana as q whole. He will
have all the delegates that Indiana
has to- give. Numerous Indiana
Democrats. when asked today It
any other Democratic Presidential
aspirant could get any delegates
from Indiana, looked bewildered.
The idea Of any delegates from
Indiana for anybody except Ralston
had not occurred to them. There
win be no such delegates. All In"
diana delegates to the Democratic
national convention in New York
win be spontaneously and cogeni-
tally for Ralston.
They, there, will calmly point out
the sad circumstances which, &C
to them have made all
other candidates unavailable. They
win not be nasty about It. On the
contrary they will be very friendly
and forboding. Uncle Sam Ralston
has never made any enemies IN his
life and his managers and delegates
are operating in harmony with his
temperament.
At Democratic headquarters here
in Indianapolis today this writer
was strongly and quite impressive.
" assured that william Gibbs Nc
Adoo would be a good candidate.
and that the only reason In the
whole wide world why the Indiana
Democracy seemed to be opposing
him was simply because It hap.
pened conscientiously to regard Mr..
Ralston as a better candidate.
RalstOn Inevitable"
Mr.. Ralston is not against Mr..
MacAdoo, he is not against any
body. Nor Is the Indiana Democ-
racy. It is simply sweetly going to
New York all by itself without any
help from any other State to point
out gently and scientifically the
complete availability and the utter
inevitability Of Ralston.
Thus the three great bosses OF
the Democratic party will be play
ing three extremely different roles
in the Democratic national conven-
Murphy. Of New York, win be
spread all over the landscape
through his association with AL
Smith and through AL Smiths con.
quest Of delegates in many other
States after conflicts with rivals.
also, through Smith, will
be tied to the wet cause.
Rronnon ~ T1lanniO NTH 1fu
mob or machine Of "uninstructed"
nobody either, within or without
his State, but through his associa-
ton with Mayor Dever, Of Chicago,
will be linked to the cause of pro-
hibition which Mayor Dever ia
mously has tried to enforce in Chi.
cago.
Meanwhile Taggart Of Indiana
will be doing his best for Indlana's
favorite son end through that IA
vorite son and also through his
own public utterances will be linked
to the dry cause even more EN-.
phatically than Brennan.
Two Of the three great Democratic
bosses will be doing their best for
friends Of theirs-namely, Dever
and Ralston, both of whom are
committed heavily to dry law en-
forcement.
On that point Of dry versus wet
the boss of Illinois and the boss Of
Indiana in the Democratic national
convention will on their recent
records be closer to McAdoo than
to the boss Of New York.
No Feud Against McAdoO.
They also in general have no such
feud against McAdoo as Tammany
Hall has. They further have not
gone out in State after State to
encounter and combat McAdoo as
Underwood has.
1t is accordingly now sometimes
Guessed that il the Democratic ma,
tional convention gets into pro-
Hanged deadlock the ultimate break
may come through negotiations be.
tween McAdoo on the one hand and
Brennan and Taggart on the other.
The McAdoo forces viii argue that
McAdoo is tho most positive of all
the Democratic candidates, which is
true. The Indiana delegation will
argue that Relston is the most cen.
trail, the most neutral, and the most
unoffending candidate, which is also
true.
Uncle Sam Ralston's temperament
In public affairs can be expressed
through one true story.
Once. when he was governor Of
Indiana there was q big strike in
indianapolis. There was a prospect