Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1903 — Crumpacker’s Decision. [ARTICLE]

Crumpacker’s Decision.

Representative Crumpacker, who has been often mentioned as being among those who might enter the already many cornered contest for governor of Indiana, is credited with having declared at Washington this week that; ‘‘l think I know what is best for me, and my preference is to remain in congress.” No one who knows Judge Crumpacker doubts his qualifications for the governorship of Indiana or his usefulness in congress. He is a man of sterling worth and his bitterest opponents are forced to respect his judgment and his devotion to the interests of his district. There is no question, however, that his decision, if he is correctly quoted, will prove disappointing to several gentlemen in the district who have been looking longingly toward a seat in congress and had hoped to succeed the present incumbent by virtue of his retiring to enter the state contest. The feeling is growing in Indiana, however, that it will not be absolutely necessary to go to congress to secure material for the governorship, and Mr. Crumpacker is sagacious enough to see it. There is something of a protest over the coterie of Indiana politicians at Washington attempting to direct politics from the national capital, and it might be advisable for all the republican members to decide to “let well eiyaugh alone.”—Lafayette Courier.