The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-14
C. 0. P. MEETS
HERE TO NAME
STATE LEADERS
Re- election of State Chiefs
Slated at Session of
Watson Friends

With a cut and dried program
providing for the reelection of all
It's officers, the Republican state
committee meeting here today was
TO be more Of a get-together session
Of friends Of Senator James E. Wat
son than anything else.
Eliza o. Rogers, Lebanon, was
scheduled to be reelected state
chairman: Miss Mary Sleeth. Rush
lille, vice-chai,man; Harry Fenton,
indianapolis, secretary, and Irving
Lemaux, treasurer.
For the first time in years there
was no evident desire to unseat the
Incumbent officers. This may be
hid to result directly from the in
justification of the Watson hold on
~Jne state committee.
In Harmony With Regime
According to M. Bert Thurman,
G. o. P. national committeeman
and the senior senators adviser,
ninety-one Of the ninety-two Re-
publican county chairmen elected
Saturday are friendly to Watson.
District chairmen elected Tuesday
also are said to be in harmony with
the Watson regime.
State elections followed schedule
except in the Fifth and Eighth dis
tricts where the dope bucket re-
ceived & severe kicking.
Frank Gordon, Button. Eighth
district chairman had been expect
ing opposition from Judge Roscoe
D. Wheat, Portland, but when the
meeting opened, the name of Ira J.
Wilson, Delaware county chairman,
was presented and Gordon was de-
feated by a Us vote.
Nebeker Withdraws
At the last minute Mark Nebeker,
Clinton, declared he would not DE
a candidate for reelection as fifth
district chairman, and James Raper,
Brazil, was named.
The First district Republicans
also voted to replace Bruce Cooper,
SteWartsville, who became chair
man in 1923. when the Males ma
chine gained control.
Cooper was defeated last week for
the Republican congressional nom
ination from the First district by
Harry ROwbottom, the incumbent.
District Heads Named
District chairmen and vice-chair-
men who were elected Tuesday and
are here today are:
First district. BENJAMIN F Huffman.
Rockport, chairman; Mrs. Mabel T. Red
man. Princeton. vice-chairman. Second
district. Ewing Emison. Vincennes. chair
man; Mrs. Charles E. Combs. Bloomfield,
yice-chairman. Third district. War Nor
gan. Austin. chairman; Mrs. Walter H.
Grim. Salem. vice-chairman. Fourth dis
trict. Harry E. Nichols. Madison. chair
man; Mrs. Margaret Dietrich. lawrence
burg. vice-chairman. Fifth district, James
a Raper. Brazil. chairman; Mrs. Aaron
Cooper. Fillmore. vice-chairman. Sixth dis
trict. Raymond Springer. Connersville.
chairman: Miss Mary Sletth. Rushville.
vice chairman. Seventh district. Schuyler
A. Haas. chairman: Mrs. Paul Wetter. vice
chairman. both indianapolis. Eight dis
trict. Ira Wilson. Muncie. chairman: Mrs.
Bessie Markle. Winchester. vice-chairman.
Ninth district Don r. Irwin Frankfort
chairman. MIS-. b T. Rowland. CraWtordS-
vile. vice-chairman. Tenth district, w.
J. NcAleer. Hammond. chairman; Mrs. A.
H. Hopkins. Rensselaer,. vice-chairman.
Eleventh district. James Showalter. Wa
bash. chairman; Mrs. Veffa B. Smith. Lo-
Ransport. vice-chairman. Twelfth district,
John Yeager. Wolcottville. chairman: Mrs.
Clara Enrich. TT. Wayne. vice-chairman.
Thirteenth district. David M Hoover. Elk
hart. chairman; Mrs. Julia ecker, La Portr
vice chairman.