Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — To Remain in Hands of the Machine. [ARTICLE]

To Remain in Hands of the Machine.

Members of the state committee met at French Lick this week and discussed party affairs. The new primary law vacates the office of chairmen holding any public office, either through election or appointment, and as seven of the thirteen chairmen had been given fat jobs at the pie counter, there were only six legal members of the committee to do business. However, all the "ex’s’’ were present, including cur own "Boss” Murphy of the Tenth district. State Chairman Korbley will appoint new chairmen in place of those whose offices have been vacated as above stated, in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Thirteenth districts, within the next few weeks it is a safe bet to say that Korbley will only consult with the machine politicians as to who shall be appointed chairmen, and it is very probable that in our own district at least "Boss’’ Murphy will dictate who is to succeed him, notwithstanding the fact that 90 per cent of the Democrats of this district have no use for Murphy. However, the machine material in some of the districts will probably be a little shy, in view of the fact htat quite a number of the former members are now sojourning at Ft. Leavenworth and scores of other members are under bond and awaiting trial for alleged election conspircounties of the state.

These new chairmen should be 'selected by the county chairmen of the districts interested or by deleg selected by the people, rather than by the machine head.