The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-06-07
The Truth Concerning the Regular
Republican Organization and the
Boiling Opposition.

county chairman, hence it was the
legal time.
On that date Mr. Hendricks of the
Plymouth Tribune, was legally elect
ed by the votes of IS out of "a COM
mitteemen present or legally repre-
sented by proper proxy and it was
SO stated in the boilers paper on the
following Thursday, January 18th.
This condition of things was unsat-
isfactory to the postmasters or bolt
ers and they at once set about to
call rump convention which they
did on Feb. 3rd at which time they
voted Mr.. Ed. earn to be chair
man. Now Mr.. Boys who edits the
Chronicle is brother-in-law of Carl
| w. Riddick, who is secretary of the
state central committee, and through
this channel and the solicitation of
Congressman Brick, the state central
committee was induced to take mat
tiers in hand and on Feb. Is Mr..
Hendricks and Mr.. earn were called
to Indianapolis for an adjustment of
affairs and though Mr.. Goodrich the
state chairman's whole desire and
intention was to Gust Mr. Hendricks
and declare Mr.. earn regularly elect
ed, he found Mr.. Hendricks so
strongly entrenched behind legal
rights that he was forced out of
respect to common decency, TO de-
clare Mr.. Hendricks the rightful
chairman and instructed Secretary
Riddick to address him as such which
Mr.. Moorman, district chairman, did
two days later in letter instructing
congressional and state delegates.
Now this leaves Mr. Hendricks chair
man, SO declared by the highest au-
thority But the end is not yet The
postmasters are persistent lot. They
prepared an appeal of the case for
Mr.. earn to state chairman Good
rich and he, regardless of past de-
cisions and possessed of burning
desire to serve his friends if it did
disrupt the party in Marshall county,
declared Mr.. Hendricks and Mr..
earn both out of Office. and the place
vacant directing Mr. Moorman OF
Knox, the district chairman, to take
charge; call the committee together
and elect a real chairman for Mar
shall county Republicans which
order that gentleman bulldozed
through at the Grand Hotel March
"a, Mr.. earn being elected again, O.
course. Now. my friends, where,
when, how and by whom was Mr..
Hendricks legally removed. If he
was the Chairman as acknowledged
by Mr. Goodrich what case was there
for Mr.. earn to appeal? There was
nothing in this matter from the start
only the unconquerable desire of a
half dozen men to rule this county
in their interests or xsin it which lat
ter they have seemingly accomplish
ed in the face of as fair prospects
to elect Republicans as we had two
years ago. To still further press
through their nefarious schemes they
enacted the most contemplate part
of their work by cancelling their
date of June 0, on which to hold
their county convention and usurp-
ing the date of June 2 as set by Mr.
Hendricks and doing SO, as they pre-
tended, in the interests of party har-
mony
They didn't tell the dear people
they had selected different hour for
an unholy purpose and retained a
knife up their sleeve for any EN- :
gency.
Consistency thou art jewel"
Does. any person knowing this prec-
ious lot believe there was any desire
for harmony IN them? If they do
then let me say Mr.. Parks the coun-
ty secretary, wrote Mr.. Boys on Tues
day proposing they select commit
tee of four composed of Mr.. Jockey,
Mr.. earn, Mr.. Lewis Hess and Mr..
Boys to confer with a committee of
four selected by Mr. Hendricks and
see if even at this late date we could
not get together. Mr. Yockey abb
solutely refused. Mr. Hess decided
to leave town. Mr. earn was too
busy figuring on some coal and Mr.
Boys would have to consult his
brother-in-law first, and that IS all
that came of the proposed harmony
meeting. The holding of the conven-
ton of Saturday June 2, was wholly
wrong, as its most ardent advocates
must acknowledge. All, too, must
acknowledge that Mr.. Hendricks was
legally elected chairman, that he new
er was legally removed from that po-
sition and that he still is the only
rightful claimant to that position
from which he cannot now recede
and retain any degree of dignity, and
a little time and thought will show
this conclusion correct.
The outcome cannot with certain
ty be predicted but the right will
prevail snd the public will learn an
other grea. lesson.
Mr. Goodrich has earned he con-
tempt of all fair-minded inen for his
part in the play, for had he said at
first, Peace be still, you have le-
gally elected chairman, now 90 to
work and help him win a Republican
victory this fal," all would have been
we'll from the first
Trusting this simple statement of
IL. Al.