The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-09
Lieutenant Governor Bush
Gets Blame for Alienation
of Senator Neidl.
INSURGENCY MAY GROW
Even Possible Revolving
Group May Out Number
Party Regulars.
BY BEN STERN

! senate ma Jority has reared ltS head
and is the outstanding development
of the caucuses which marked the
converting of the seventy-seventh
general assembly Thursday
Beyond a doubt this dissatisfac-
ton is the most important happen
! ing on the political horizon and it
can be safely said will cause much
harm to the ambitions of Lieuten-
ant Governor Edgar D. Bush, who
is held responsible.
I The cause of the insurgency Is
laid directly to the manner in which
Bush used his patronage and APP
pointive powers to obtain election
| of Senator Lee j. Hartzell QIep..
Allen and Noble as president pro
tenn.
In interfering in the race for
president pro TEN. Bush has no
doubt incurred the enmity of SEN
ator James j. Nejdl rep, Lake. {,
who had been the outstanding con-
tender, and, until Bush interfered,
was scheduled to be elected. Those
who probably will join with Nejdl
and his original seven supporters
are Senator G. Oliver Holmes Bep,
Lake. and his three adherents, and
Senator I. Floyd CARROT QCep,
Benton and Tippecanoe)
Holmes May Join Nejdl
Holmes, who has long been OPP
posed to Neidl, is expected to bury
/ the hatchet and join forces.
There is also a possibility that
Senator John Sherwood Martin
and Orarge), who Joined the Hart
zell group on a promise of certain
patronage, may become insurgent,
which would thus include fourteen
of the twenty-nine Republicans. Ii
we'll managed, the rebels will be able
to win another vote which will give
them a majority of the Republican
senators.
Sherwood, it is declared, has just
cause for resentment. He was prom
ised that if he joined the regulars
Mrs. Pearl Gather of Shoals would
be elected postmistresS. But when
the caucus was held and after
Sherwood had voted for HartzeL,
Mrs. Gather was defeated and the
same force elected Felix Brown Of
Richmond as postmaster.
Election of Hartzell is also seen
as a rebuff to the heads of the state
committee and Governor Leslie, who
were said to have climbed on the
Nejdl band wagon.
For weeks Bush had been advo-
eating the election of Senator
French Clements (Rep, Wander
burg as president pro tenn. But
upon his change of front before the
caucus Clements pulled out of the
race and, it is said, has received in
recompense several juicy bits OF
patronage and appointment to two
important committees.
Revenge Possible in 1882
There. can be no doubt-ttat Bush
will feel the results of this cam
paigning for Hartzell when his name
is presented to the 1882 convention
for nomination as either Governor
or senator. 1t was generally under
stood that he was an aspirant for
the former post, but within the last
few days his friends are saying that
he wants to be senator
The Indiana Anti Saloon League
halls Hartzells election as a victory
for its cause, because Nejdl has al
ways been its bitter opponent. The
Republican .1najority's action indl-
Gates a dry policy will be adhered to,
The sudden death Of Representa-
tive George L. Saunders of Button.
veteran Democratic leader, who was
to have been elected house majority
leader, left that post open.
Now the three principal candi-
dates for the Speakership, which
was won by Representative Walter
Myers Dem, Marion), are wing
for the floor leadership.
They are Representatives DELPHI
McKesson (MarshalD, Earl Craw-
ford Union and Wayne, and Fa-
bus Gwtn Dubois and Martini.
Three Selected for Posts
They were won to the Myers
standard Wednesday afternoon
when they. perceived they had no
chance of election. AS a result Of
their withdrawal, McKesson, who is
an attorney and insurance agent, is
expected to be named TO head the
committee ,on insurance; Crawford,
a banker, that on banking, and
Gwin, ranking member. Of the judi
ciary "A, viii be chairman of that
committee.
Gwin, who studied the tricks OF
the -ablest parliamentarian in the
house for many years, Representa-
tive J. Glenn Harris of Lake county,
defeated for reelection this year,
put into practice the lessons he
learned during the caucus Wednes-
day night and at the opening ses-
sion.
The report is current that Myers
will forsake a time honored custom
and refuse to name the Democratic
budget committee member as chair
man of the important ways and
means committee. -
This is said to result from view
held by certain Democrats that Ben
nett in accepting the budget com-
mittee post became 100 closely af-
filiated with the opposition.
A speech that Hartzell made at
the Republican conference Wednes-
day morning at the SEVERN Is caus-
ing a furore among many Demo-
Gratis.
Although newspaper men were
barred, It is reported that the presi-
dent pro tenn. declared:
I'VE don't want to show the
Democrats any quarter this session.
/ have no use for them and we
should appoint special committee