The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-31
CONVENTION POSTPONED.
No Republican Convention at
Plymouth, Saturday June 2.

F. L. earn has recalled the del
egate convention which he called
for Saturday, June 8, and called
a mass convention to meet at the
court yard in Plymouth June 2,
a half hour earlier than the con-
vention called by the regular Re
publican organization, and the
cali is entirely different from the
regular Republican call. He says
or perhaps Mr.. Boys says for
him, that the call is in the inter
est of harmony, but taking the
call on its face, everybody will
see that it is the most fragrant at
tempt to permanently disrupt the
party ever made in this county or
any other county. All that has
been done in the past by this fac
ton is as nothing compared with
this call. Had Chairman Hen
bricks called the regular RepuDli-
can convention to meet at the
same time and place, June 9, after
this faction had called theirs,
such a howl about dishonesty and
disloyalty to Republican har-
mony as these fellows would have
made, has never been heard in
this county.
The Republican county COM
mittee was called to meet at Al
bert's hall last Saturday, at 8 80
D. m. Notices were sent to every
committeeman by County Chair
man Hendricks, stating that it
had been said that Mr.. earn and
the leaders of the boilers were in
favor of party harmony and they
were earnestly requested to at
tend in order to arrange if pos
sible for union of all discordant
elements, as there is not par
ticle of reason for any discord
but not one of the men who sign
ed the call for the convention in
tended to disrupt the party, and
raise a political row that could
never be healed, put in an APP
pearance; thus declaring, appar-
emily, that it was their deliberate
intention to prevent harmony.
After discussing the situation
the committee decided to post
pone the regular Republican con-
yention in the interest of har-
mony, rather than have two Re-
publication conventions in ses-
sion at one place on the same at
ternoOn.
Almost half the committee
were in favor of going ahead with
the regular convention regardless
of the action oI the factionSsts,
but it was thought that there is
still chance for harmony, and
that it IS possible that reason will
prevail and earn & Co., will call
off their convention scheduled for
Saturday.
If they choose to go ahead after
the concessions made by the reg
nlar Republican organization
they will be responsible.
If the men who called the last
convention cancelling their date
of June 9, in order to disorganize
if possible, the regular Republi-
can convention called for June 2
had attended the meeting at Al
bert's hall and assisted in har-
monizing all the discordant ele-
ments, an agreement might have
been reached, to restore good
feeling and bring Republican sue
cess in November. This may yet
be done. if all conventions are
called off for the present.
The regular organization is do
ing all that it can to bring har-
mony to the party, and if the mer
who changed the date of their
convention from June 9, to June
2, continue in their course, they
must be held responsible for di-
vided Republican party, SO far as
il is in their power to bring divi-
sion and dissension.
There will be no Republican
convention in Plymouth, Satur-
day, June 2. No convention held
on that day can be Republican
convention. Republicans of Mar
shall county will not be tricked
into taking part in a convention
intended to bring defeat to every
man on the Republican ticket.