Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1907 — MENTIONED AS CANDIDATES. [ARTICLE]

MENTIONED AS CANDIDATES.

When the text Democratic state convention meets, the delegates, in cnoosing a candidate for governor, will have to consider the claims of several men of high standing in the party. The men already proposed by their friends for the office are Richard K. ErErwin of Decatur; Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon; Thomas R. Marshall of Columbia City; Daniel W. Simms of Lafayette; John A. M. Adair of Portland; L. Ert Slack of Franklin; Thomas H. Kuhn of Richmond; Mont Hathaway of Winamac; John W. Boehne of Evansville. Other names may be suggested before the convention.

While only two or three of those mentioned have openly declared themselves candidates, it is known that others are consulting their friends with a view to determining their course. The outlook for Democratic success in 1908 is so promising and the public need of it so urgent that the honor of leading the party forces in the campaign is considered a high and important one and the rivalry for it will doubtless be keen when the convention assembles.

Unlike the Republicans, the Democrats are not troubled with warring factions. There will bi- active candidacies, but no bitter dissensions such as are tearing the Republican party to pieces. There is every indication that the Democrats of Indiana will be thoroughly united for an aggressive and winning fight, carried on with old-time enthusiasm.