Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1909 — BEVERIDGE BOSS IN INDIANA [ARTICLE]

BEVERIDGE BOSS IN INDIANA

Republican Machinery to Be In Charge es the Senator. Washington, Dec. 21. President Taft haa been talking politics with several visitors and is giving more attention to the situation which confronts his party in Ohio and in Indiana than he has since be assumed office. Taft saw Assistant Attorney General Wade Ellis who comes from Ohio and former Representative James E. Watson who was defeated in the last Indiana gubernatorial race. In both Ohio and Indiana it is asserted the Republican party is not flourishing too welL Watson talked with the president about Indiana affairs generally. The Hemenway-Watson faction, it was stated, will make no effort to elect a successor to State Chairman James Goodrich, but will permit Senator Beveridge to pick his own chairman. Chairman Beveridge will be allowed to rim the Indiana political machinery as he sees fit and will be handed also all the responsibility. The floors of the new executive office corridors are as slippery as those of a ballroom and large statesmen like Watson have to be careful. After a brief audience with Secretary Carpenter, Watson hurried out joyful and serene. As he neared the doors which lead to the open air his feet slipped and he came close to descending with force. As he looked around disgustedly he remarked, “Why that floor’s too slippery even for a politician."