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lt;IRough Treatment is Accordedto the Whiting andGary MenaH\\Bat)Clt;PR V El'GKXB J. CADOF[STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE]I INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Junej 6 — A new hand was felt | prodding the Indiana repub-j lican elephant today as the re-! suit of the G. O. P. state con-1jvention here yesterday. That I fresh pilot of the party was ! none other than GovernorI Harry G. Leslie.f Ij For, while United States Senators ! T, James E. ‘Watson and Arthur R. j h \ Robinson remained in Washington, ! ui ' j: the governor quietly assumed eon- • ri♦; trot of party affairs. The question |: today was whether he proposes to ; tl in or ease that management. ht;n1lt;t;tidcStl1cPfipThe hand of Reslie and his politi-n 1 managers was seen at many j points. It was strikingly demon- j ^lt;b, strated when a proposed platform, || drafted by Senator Watson, was Ij nI nearly totally rejected by the reso- ; 1 hit ions committee and another pre- ; 11pared by a Tenth district advisor of j*the governor was substituted.tli tiRKSKXTMRXT IS GREAT j nRut perhaps the greatest resent- j jrbAkmeut w%is felt by the Rake county delegates because of the rough J v treatment accorded to Senator James ! ^ J. No jell, former Mayor Walter Schrage of Whiting and State Representative John W. Scott, of Gary, j Overlooking the fact that Rake9i county provides the majorities need-i ed for the G. O. P. ticket, Statei; Chairman Elza O. Rogers d el i berate -1 lv denied a voice to the Rake court-I ty men, who wished to present plat-; form recommendations on the con-I vent ion floor. These proposed planks urged a prohibition referendum, re-¥I peal of the primary law and estab-I Jishment. of registration.| The G. O. P. platform and the ! convention speech of the governori| were nearly as alike as two peas in a pod.WATSON MACHINE WEAKWeakness of the machine of Son-! ator Watson was seen when his par-! tisans failed to renominate JusticeContinued on Page Thirty-Threeh1«tlt iIaI\\
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Hammond Gary Evening Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 06, 1930
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