The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-16
STATE G. 0.P.
WORRIED OVER
DIVIDED CAMPS
Confidence of Hoover Win
Tempered by Concern
for Indiana Slate.
THREE DISTINCT GROUPS
Rogers Announces Person.
mel of Two Important
Committees.

leaders for sweeping victory for
Herbert G. Hoover, Presidential
nominee, was tempered with frank
concern for the fate of the State
ticket, headed by Harry c.. Leslie,
gubernatorial nominee, when State
committeeman, candidates and or
ganization leaders conferred on
Wednesday at the SEVERN.
Camp followers" who 1nilled
about the lobby while G8mmittees
conferred behind closed doors, were
dismayed at the prospect of a cam
paign in which three distinct and
mutually suspicious groups are in
tent on leadership:
l. The State committee and it's
regular organization" in which
Senator James E. Watson remains
the controlling factor despite the
sallies of Arthur R. Robinson, junior
Senator, who seeks reelection.
Separate Leslie Office
2. Forces allied with Harry c..
Leslie, nominee for Governor, who
have opened separate headquarters
adjoining State headquarters, os-
tensibly for effecting "close coopera-
ton" with the State committee.
Leaders in this camp are Bert G.
Fuller, Leslies primary campaign
manager; Henry Marshall, Lafayette
publisher, who engineered his NOM
ination in the State convention;
Bert Morgan, former deputy prohi-
bition administrator for Indiana,
whose overtures to Hoover forces in
the primary for a Leslie Hoover al
lance we're rejected, and Alfred
E. Hogston, State fire marshal,
whose offices in the Statehouse are
a frequent rendezvous for the Leslie
crowd.
8. Hooyer's "out and out" primary
friends. headed by Oscar G. Foellin-
ger, Ft. Wayne publisher. the presi-
Dental nominees Indiana primary
manager, who announced headquar-
ters will be opened here for an In
diana Hoover-f for President organi-
zation in which Hoover's primary
organization will be re-enlisted for
cooperation with the State COM
nittee."
Committees Are Named
Eliza o. Rogers, State chairman.
with perplexing job on his hands,
announced the personnel Of two
important committees after a con-
ference with the campaign eXecu-
tive committee.
Irving w Lemaux, Indianapolis
treasurer of the State committee,
will head the finance committee
which includes George Ball, Muncie
manufacturer; James P Goodrich,
former Governor; Ralph Lemcke,
Indiana polls, former county treas
urer, and Enos Porter, Shelbyville
manufacturer Each district will
have a representative. Those named
Tuesday; Joseph Kelly, Mount YER
non, First district; Claude Mallott,
Bloomington, Second; Will j. Irwin,
Columbus. Fourth; Roy G. Shane
berger, Indianapolis, Seventh; Nor
ris Ritchie, Lebanon, Ninth; Wal
ter j. Riley, East Chicago. Tenth;
Robert J. Spencer Jr, Marion,
Eleventh; Maurice Fox, La Porte,
Thirteenth.
William Kleppinger, East Chicago,
will head the business mems COM
mittee, with a member from each
district Already named are W. w
Cave, French Lick. Third district;
Orville H Platter, North Vernon.
Fourth; John B. Schlosberg, Terre
Haute, Fifth; G. E. Wilson, Ander-
son, Eighth; Carl inns, Frankfort,
Ninth; E. NJ. Wasmuth, Hunting
ton, Eleventh; Peter McCray. Ken
dallville, Twelfth.
Ogden Fears for Success
John G.. Brown of Monon, former
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
president, was named to head the
State committees farm bureau.
Donald D. GoSS, veteran newspaper
man, now with the Security Trust
Company, indianapolis, was ap-
pointed chairman of the publicity
bureau.
State candidates were one in de-
claring t1oover'S acceptance speech
assured him the support of Indiana
farmers, guaranteeing him a ma
iority of 100000 to 25o,0o0 over AL
fred E. Smith in the November
election.
James M. Ogden, local attorney
aominee for attorney general, was
one of the candidates openly skep-
tical of the success of the Repub-
lican State ticket. He urged aggres-
sive organization work to sell the
State ticket to the public"
Senator Watson sounded an ap-
peal for full support for the whole
ticket, State and national, and ar