The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-13
Big BUBBLES
OF TROUBLE
ALARM G. 0. P.
Discord SeetheS Beneath
Surface at Love Feast
in Evansville.
JUDGES IRE AROUSED
RoWbottom and Cooper at
Odds as Result of
Congress Race.
BY BEN STERN

IS I UlttO fTtSS
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Feb. 13--
Three major effects Of the southern
Indiana Republican harmony meet
ing and banquet here Wednesday
stand out in the clarity of today's
observation of the situation, accord
ing to politicians,
They are: Announcement Of Otto
G. Fif1eld of Grown Point that he
is a candidate for denomination for
secretary of state; a sighting OF
Supreme Court Judge Benjamin
Willoughby, which may have been
in a humorous vein. but which ruff
fled the feelings of the judge and
his friends; and the open lack Of
harmony between Congressman
Harry Rowbottom and the aspirant
for his post, Bruce Cooper, First
district chairman.
Fifeld's announcement in Evans
vile is believed by his advisers TO
be a strategic move.
FifieId GraSps Opportunity
Utilizing the presence of more
than 1000 G.. o. P. workers OF
southern Indiana, Fifield took the
opportunity of impreSsing himself
on their mind. incidentally he
paid southern Indiana compliment
by making his announcement in
this section rather than at home.
his adherents declare.
F1held, it is known, did not take
this step until he consulted Eliza
o. Rogers, Republican state chair
man. and Philip Gould, the First
district chairman.
Fi1eld is Al, married, has two
children and was elected in 1923.
He served in the 1919 and 1921 Ses-
s1onS of the legislature, and In
1922 was elected Lake county treas
urer.
Before the speakers were called
upon, Gould, as POSTMASTER, an
nounced that all speakers except
Congressman Ellis Moore of Cam
bridge, o., would be limited to one
minute.
WillOughby Is Halted
Judge Willoughby was the first
state official called upon and he
was asked to halt in the middle Of
a sentence.
He angrily shook his gray head
and for a moment it seemed that
imprecatiOnS would be the lot of
the timekeepers, but the judge sat
down, amidst murmurs from his
neighbors and supporters.
After two other speakers kept
within the time, the ban was lifted.
While state officials and other
speakers urged harmony and
stressed the need for united front
in the fall campaign, it was ap-
parent the audience unconSciously
had divided itself into two factions,
one for Cooper and the other for
RoWbottom.
The direct insult was made, Row
bottoms friends charge, at the noon
luncheon rendered by Cooper as First
district chairman TO all state and
district officials.
RoWbOttOm Sighted
Cooper whose reception room at
the hotel was next to Rowbottom's,
did not invite the congressman to
attend the luncheon.
Democrats are frankly jubilant
over the split, as it denotes the dis
indignation of the Klan-G. o. P.
alliance which kept "the pocket"
in the Republican column.
Abandoning his set plans for a
Lincoln address, Representative
Moore swung into a vigorous de-
Tense of the administration urged
patience in waiting for tariff leg
islation and declared that law OBJ.
servance is the duty of every citi-
zen Of republic.
When but one law is broken, We
have anarchy" he declared.