Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1909 — State Politics Beginning to BoiL. [ARTICLE]

State Politics Beginning to BoiL.

Robert G. Tucker, of Indianapolis, has gotten into the race for the republican nomination for secretary of state, and his friends say he will make a determined fight for the place. The only other candidate mentioned thus far for this nomination is Carl Riddick, of Winamac, the present secretary of the republican Btate committee. And it is not even certain that Riddick will be a candidate, although the general understanding is that he will be. The entrance of Tucker into the race for the nomination may mean a big fight along certain lines. Tucker is the Indianapolis correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer, and his political “dope” which he serves to that paper every Sunday is read with a good deal of interest over the state. He has been an Indianapolis newspaper man for years. He was such an ardent supporter of James E. Watson for governor last year that many people believed that he was to have something good out of it—probably that he would be appointed Watson’s private secretary in case of his election as governor. Tucker knows all of the politicians in the state, and it is believed that he has received some encouragement from them to enter the fight for secretary of state. Riddick was believed to have no opposition for the nomination until Tucker’s name was posted, and it was thought he would get the nomination unanimously in return for the hard work which he has done in the last two campaigns as secretary of the state commitete. " He and chairman Goodrich have worked together in politics for several years, and he knows the game all the way through. There is a large element in the party which believes that Riddick is entitled to the nomination by reason of his faithful service; if he stays in the race it is altogether likely that it will be a hot one.