Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1914 — ‘BOSS'MURPHY'S TACTICS AGAIN [ARTICLE]

‘BOSS'MURPHY'S TACTICS AGAIN

At District Meeting ot Delegates to Convention OPPOSITION TO MACHINE'S I’roCiam Is Throttled by Tenth DisOict ( hairinan in His Usual Bull--Itozing .Manner*. ianapolis March 1T —The prim- ;; y .- st! >n o . -mmed debates and > :-m:.-hb-' in > :-trict meetings of delegates , ■ state convention. whi<h wer? held at the state house and court house last night. The meetings named members to the ■ rC> ion.-, rules and credentials commitiees, .and -selected vice-presi-dents aid assist ar. t secretaries for the conveotibn.

In three district meetings the pri: vary question overshadowed all Other-; and was the cause of clashes between the two factions of the party. The question o* voting delegates by districts also caused some trouble, and in several instances cu inty delevstb ns balked at the ■ ropo<’-’.-n of pledging themselves to. stand- h their districts on every ballot. Led by ejeorge. R- Dnrgan. exor of Lafayette, the “insurgents won over their opponents in district meeting. They ijo only i orved through a resolution instructing the district’s representaU'lb on the resolution committed— Emery Sellers; of White countys—to work for the direct primary planlt. but to return a minority report in case it is not favoed.

Despite frantic efforts to defeat the resolution, it carried by ten votes. Tills caused Sellers to declare. in making known his attittide to the meeting, that he ‘‘would not ’ ring in a minority report if you elected me governor of Indiana.” Adjourn men t prevented any discussion of Seller’s remarks. , i , a ve in iny pocket a copy of t- »• resolution on this question, approved l y the leaders of the party, that- will be adopted tomorroyv, and ’ bring in a minority re- • io Sellers. “This ).--o!uv,,p -cod enough for abv •! mor-rat,” n as John A. Gavit, of n -' I-‘ ! ■ county, nominated the, district imitteenien, Mayor 1 ■ d his resolution indorsing the primary plan. It was < eclared; out b* order ,by Chairman . : ■ j. .Mrr’ihw. .-..Mayor Dnygan’s resolution came .Up nvain a',>er the election; Thereeffort ■'On. Murphy’s i art to h oaid tl • r f^ !i h’*‘on v.-q;>ld be certain to :. about the m,ln('’-it-.-r ; r i-- , eHmlnat.b'd,-.: The . ' v' 1 ". re'used to coaipromiSe ;.nd ’’’ '' ; '.Me vo hr Counties. ; en J vote w -vs read showing tuat the resolution had been adepti f *FUr- ri Ai-j-’-iiv asked :ba i no ■ for adjonrnament. The motion Was made and he de- : '■: , ”ried mp. at least, a, ' ozf u wore t.rving to get •I > iorr r v answer Sellers or to (•’re lii'ii to xv'thdray . De; <te the facr 'thAt he declined ■ • ■ ustructed, Bellers s*iii-.re-mained on the resolutions coniniit?ee.

spr< ad bitteir feeling against the Tag-, "irt machine for. its desperate efort to nominate Homer L. Cuok for secretary of state. From everv part of the state comes word of opposition to Cook. and the machine has • eet. and still is roundly denounced 'or its activity in his behalf and its effort t (> put him across a winner regardless of whether the delegates '■■ant him op not. Strouse itn red Tauzart about his activity [ or c nG k, : nd the two got into a hot argument Strouse announced his opposition to l ook and said that Senator also was opopsed to the nomina*ioti Gt Cook. Did Senator Shively sav that'. ’ T '.;-rt asked, hotly. Ve< '• said Strouse. Then I am a Candidate right row -br United States senator.” Ta"hrt re-lied. • , ttrop.se walked away and the. word s. read out all over the Denison hdt el. Some of Shively’s friends heard <»; it. and asked him about the r atter. He denied that he had exuro sed any opinion whatever in regard to any Hate nomination, and said taat he did not propose to take pny pant jn making nominations for >tate mfi-eers. He said Strouse had c-lled at his room and talked about ook. but that he had not answered M-ouse or made any expression on the subject. Strouse did all of the talking, he said. i This information was carried to Taggart. and after explanations had been made. Taggart said that he had only been bluffing to get rid of Strouse, and that he was not a candidate for senator. However, the incident set the Taggart machine henchmen at work and throughout the remainder of ■he evening they were industriously buttonholing every man that would listen to their arguments in favor o’ nominating Taggart for senator. U is many a day since there was a« much excitement over a teapot tempest as that which raged in’ the Dehtison hotel over the Taggart trouse incident. t Buy your correspondence stationery, engraved and printed calling cards at The Democrat office. We carry the largest stock of this class of goods in Jasper county. Call in and see for yourself.