The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-25
ECHO OF THE TWELFTH
DISTRICT CONVENTION

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
ANGOLA, Ind, Feb. A.-The Angola
Magnet publishes the following editorial
relative to the proceedings of the Twelfth
district convention.
"Steuben county delegates to the district
convention in Kendallville Tuesday are
literally roasted for assisting in the adop-
ton of a resolution indOrsing the can
didScy OF Judge Penfield for Governor. They
are told that they were seI.t TO the con-
ventiOl 10 elect delegates TO the Republican
national convention, and to nominate a
candidate for presidential elector but not
to boost anybOdy's candidacy for a state
Office; and they've been derisively but
pertinently asked, why didn't you single
out some candidate for Congress and in
dorse him. AS matter Of fact the reso-
luton relating to Judge Penfield pub
lished in the Fort Wayne News, was not
the resolution reported by the committee
vention. Fort Wayne delegates came to
Kendallville with a long string OF type
written resolutions-evidently prepared be-
fore they left home-among them one in
dorsing the candidacy of Judge Penfield for
Nearly all the Steuben county delegates
strenuously objected to that resolution,
mainly for two reasons: First, that they
were not sent there to boom the candidacy
of anybody for a state office, and secondly
that they believed Hon. William l.. Taylor
to be first choice of a large proportion of
Steuben county Republicans Advocates of
the resolution argued that failure to in
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jury throughout the State, he being a
Twelfth district man. In reply to this it
may be truthfully said that Mr.. Taylor is
also Twelfth district man. He was born
and reared i'm Noble county, and lived and
practced law in Lagrange many years, till
official duties entrusted to him called him
to indianapolis. Judge Penfield lived in
Auburn quite number of years, till of
fetal duties called him to Washington, and
the one is as much Twelfth district man
as the other. The Steuben people regarded
the resolution, as worded, as equivalent to
pledge to support Penheld, and they be-
heved II would If adopted, be so proclaimed
throughout the State.
After considerable discussion, at their
suggestion, the resolution was modified to
read: We commend Judge Penheld to the
as man OF splendid intelligence etc, and
as thus modified II was agreed TO by the
committee. read to the convention and
adopted without dissent But when the res
oluuons appear in print, 10 and behold that
part relating to Penfied is the original draft
in committee and adopted by the convention
being wholly ignored and the Fort Wayne
News. In commenting editorially upon the
resolutions, speaks approvingIy OF the in
dOrsement OF Judge Penfield' AS already
remarked an Endorsement is tantamount to
a pledge of support, while to commend is
simply TO favorably mention. Those pro-
testing against the resolution in question
believed then and still believe that they
were right, and their chief regret Is that
they even consented to a modification of N
They might have been defeated had they
opposed adoption of the objectionable reso-
luton on the floor of the convention hut
defeat in fair and honorable contest is
Tar preferable TO being victims of a trick"