The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-27
MYERS CARRIERS
MOST VOTES IN
SENATOR POLL
Albert Stump Is Second
Choice of Indiana Demo-
cratic Delegates.
BY BEN STERN
tCopvriaht 1882. BY The Times

a oark horse, a dark horse. my
kingdom for a dark horse viii be
the reaction Of Democratic masters
OF political manipulation today
when they study the tabulations
on senatorial choices in The Times
secret poll of 1880 convention dele
gates.
Conditions are just right in this
night for a third man TO step in
and seize the omination, while
Speaker Walter Myers and Albert
Stump go TO it hammer and tongs
IN the convention.
The house Speaker got 173 votes
to 157 given Stump. the 1868
senatorial nominee.
And the third man may be one
of the following four: Frederick
Van Mugs, former state chairman
and former United States district
attorney; Representative Louis Lud-
low Of indianapolis; Frank Daley.
Democratic 1923 nominee for Gov
ernor, or Evans Woollen.
Watson Choice Of G. o. p.
AS for the Republican senatorial
nomination, well, barring an act of
the Almighty, the incumbent, James
Eli Watson, has it all wrapped up
and ready to take home.
Watson was given BAT votes,
against II cast for all possible OPP
ponents, and the leader of that
group was Governor Harry G.. Les
lie, with five scattered tokens. Next
high is Frederick Lands, Logans-
port editor, with four votes; then
Arthur Gilliom, former attorney
general, with three, and trailing
with one each are Oswald Ryan,
Fred Purnell, Judge G. w. Mount,
James p. Goodrich and Scion Carter.
The Republicans aren't all sold on
jim, either. For three-score ballots
were tossed aside because they car
ried NJ choice, but had written upon
them mot WATSON anybody but
Watson" I'VE need a Progressive"
"give us some one to carry the party
to victory" etc.
These protests were received from
almost every county. with Lake
taking the lead in the onslaught.
Only eight out of twenty ballots
from these bore Watson's name.
But he is a cinch for the nomina-
ton, SO let's turn to the real bat
tie, which is among the Democrats.
Why Myers Leads
Lake county vets and the pres
sure put upon Marion county dele
gates by Hendricks Kenworthy.
campaign manager for Myers, and
his aids put the Speaker in the
lead.
For several days telephone mes
sages and notes we're received COM
planning because of the activity of
Kenworthy and his workers in
soliciting delegates to vote for
Myers. But, after all, the same
thing would happen in a conven-
ton.
The Democratic tabulation is as
follows: Myers, 173; Stump, 157;
Ludlow, At; Woollen. 35; Daley, 80;
Paul McNutt, 20; Fred Van Mugs,
IS; John A. M. Adair, 7; Arthur
Greenwood, 5; R. Earl Peters, 4;
Lew O'Bannon. 3; John Friedrich,
3; William P. O'Neill, 2; Sam Clel-
and, O.; l.. Ert Slack. 2, and Regi~
Maid Sullivan, o.
Those obtaining one vote each
we're: Samuel P%ettengill, Joseph
Cravens, Walter Chambers, Thomas
D.. Taggart and John Heller.
Analysis of the tabulations war
rants the following assumptions:
The Myers strength is deceptive.
In the first place, he is the only
announced candidate; in the sec
ond, he won a great many votes in
Marion county which will not go
to him in a convention because in
dications are that the party
leaders here will demand an equal
division of the county ballot among
all senatorial candidates residing
here, and, third, the pressure will
have reactions.
Wet Trend Shown
Lake county's vote for the Speaker
is significant in that it represents
q wet sentiment, which may hold
true in the convention.
Stump has not visited many party
rallies nor has he been active. His
percentage would increase If he
either announced or at least made
q gesture.
The quiet work through circular
ization of eulogistic newspaper ar
ticles. letters and the church
speeches by Ludlow are indicated in
his vote, but even that pales into
insignihcance beside the evident
fact that Van Mugs, who has open
" declared that he is not a candi-
date. is given sixteen votes; McNutt,
a contender for the governorship,
GETS twenty votes; DALEY, who is also
a possibility for Governor, has thirty
two votes: while Woollen, who has
kept in the background, gets thirty
five votes.
What is the answer?
Well, your guess is as good as
mine, but Just paste this in your
hat: II Van Mugs or DALEY or
woollen announce, any n of the
three will get the nomination.
Study the tabulations and figure