The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-20
YOUNGER GROUP
IN C. 0. P. OUT
TO BAR WATSON
They and Liberals Feel
Ex-senator Seeks Control
of Convention.
BY ROBERT X. KYLE


The younger and more liberal ele-
ments in Indiana Republican cir
cles are casting about today for
worthy candidate for the governor
ship who can stay the hand of
James Eli Watson in his drive to
capture the balance of power at the
June convention.
This group, some Of them district
and county chairmen, some active
in Hoosier Republicans, Inc, and
others merely interested G. o. P.
partisans, have determined that the
former Senator shall not rule the
convention-that his number is up.
They charge the failure of Repub-
licans to gain more ground in the
past was due to his inability while in
Congress, with perhaps the greatest
amount of patronage ever given any
Senator during the Hoover admin
istration, to put party interests
above his own.
They say that good party leaders
were not developed because Watson
insisted In keeping them in their
local communities to further his in
terests and not developing them into
political leaders of statewide i'm
portance.
Boys Among the Leaders
Leaders in this revolt include
Samuel E. Boys, Plymouth publish
er; Arthur l.. Gilliom, Indianapolis
attorney and former attorney gen.
eral; Frederick E. Schortemeier,
former Secretary of State, and Lem
j. Dare, of South Bend, Third Dis
trict chairman.
They are of the opinion that Wat
sonism must be purged from party
ranks before complete harmony is
to prevail, and they believe that if
this can be accomplished the G. o.
P. has a chance of carrying the
state next Fall.
However, they say such pro-
gram will require strong, and thus
far unannounced candidate. None
of the four who have announced
can do this, they claim. Further
more they insist that whoever their
party leader might be he must come
from north of the old National Road
in Indiana. Their theory for this is
that since the northern half of the
state pays the majority of the taxes
it should have the representation.
Rogers Candidacy Suspected
The recent announcement of Eliza
o. Rogers, Lebanon lawyer and for
mer Republican state chairman, is
looked upon with distrust by this
younger element because they be-
lieve that Mr.. Rogers is only a
They know his strategy of old, they
say, and believe it is but an attempt
by him to gain the balance of power
in the June convention. BY such
tactics the former Senator either
could get the nomination for him
self or control the convention
Failing in securing thetgovernor-
ship nomination, they assert he
probably will attempt to gain the
nomination for the U. S. Senate in
1888, position he held through
many bitterly waged campaigns
from 1916 to 1888.
The candidates thus far men
toned fall short of pleasing this
virile younger element.
Springer Defeat Recalled
Raymond E. Springer of Corners
vile fails to meet their require
ments, they say. 1t is their opinion
that he did not make a strong cam
paign against Gov. McNutt in 1882.
1t will not be State Senator Her.
bert H. Evans of Newcastle; it will
not be M. Bert Thurman, who also
has gone to the we'll too often, they
say. Mayor G. W. H. Bangs, of
of Huntington, has been connected
with too many controversies during
his turbulent term in Office and be-
fore, as newspaper publisher, to
gain the younger groups support,
they say.
Eli F. Seebirt, former mayor of
South Bend and former president
of the Indiana Bar Association, is