The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-01
GUARDIANSHIP CASE.
Election Commissioners Hear Evil
dence Showing That Hendricks
Has Not Been Removed.


heard before deciding the position
and emblems of tickets on the ballot
The board was organized with
William Everly as president ano
John X. Jones secretary. Francis
Marion Burkett, the other member ..
the board was also present maKIn2
the board complete
Attorney John w. Parks appeared
for earn and Charles Kellison and L.
M. Lauer for Hendricks. All Wit
nesses were sworn by John K Jones
w. G. Hendricks was on the stano
over two hours and presented all the
facts in tie case showing that he was
legally elected, had been recognized
as the legally elected chairman by
State Chairman Goodrich and Dis
trict Chairman Norman, that his
elction was made unanimous on mo-
ton of Lewis Hess, his opponent,
after the ballot was taken at the reg
ular meeting for the organization d
the county committee in kuhn's hall
Saturday, January ID, 1906 he having
received Is votes to 6 for Mr.. Hess.
He showed that no charges had
ever been preferred against him, that
he had been given no notice of any
intention to attempt To remove him
and that no attempt had been made
to remove him at any meeting OF
the committee regularly called IN &C
cordance with the usages of the party
in this county during the past twenty
FIVE years.
He stated that at the regular meet
ing in January Condie NJ. Parks was
elected secretary; N. p. Asphalt
vice chairman and Clarence Slayter
treasurer, all by reclamation and that
none of these officers had been re-
moved. c. M. Parks. J. M. Black,
Samuel d. Medbourn, Frank earn
John A. McFarlin, Homer II. Bon
ham, Francis Marion McCrory, John
w. Siders and Clarence M. Slayter
al corroborated Mr.. Hendricks as to
the usages of the party and the If
regularity of the attempt to remove
the Chairman.
Mr.. Hendricks also showed that he
had received no notice of any meet
ing of the state committee to consid-
err the Craftsmanship case. That a
communication from State Chairman
Goodrich dated March IA, was mailed
to him from Warsaw. (This letter
was admitted in evidence). This was
after Hendricks had been acting as
chairman two months and more than
a month after the pretended election
of earn in February. During all this
time Mr.. Hendricks had been allow
ed to act as chairman and all dele
gates to the congressional conven-
ton which met at Warsaw. from this
county were selected under call is
sued by him.
When District Chairman Moorman
called a meeting for Marh "a, to esec.
a chairman, he was given no notice,
but he filed a protest against the pro
ceedings as irregular and illegal
Mr.. earns witnesses were exam
ined Friday. District Chairman Moor
man was placed on the witness stand
to prove that the state committee
had decided that Hendricks was lie
gaiIy removed before the notice OF
his removal was sent out by Chair
man Goodrich, but he testified Or
oath that so far as he knew nc
meeting of the state committed
had considered the case befo-s
March IA, when the state Chairman
sent Mr.. Hendricks the notice ant
that the state committee as a whols
had not been informed of the conte1
fion in Marshall county. He stated
that he was ordered by the state
chairman to call the meeting held al
the Grand hotel March "a, to cleo
a chairman and corroborated Mr.
Hendricks in almost every particular
He proved a far better witness TO
Hendricks than for earn.
Bert Hand who was secretary o.
rump meeting held February 8, to re
move Hendricks, testified that he di.
not know much about it. that S. +
Boys was allowed to write up The
proceedings as he chose 1t seemed
from his statement that he wa
only the nominal secretary of thu
meeting. allowing his name to b
signed to any statement OF the pro
ceedings the chief plotters and DIS
rupters of the party might choose t.
send out
F. E. earn, the pretended chair
man, was placed on the stand, but !
was soon apparent that he is a mere
figure head, cats-paw in the hands
of Others and knows nothing abou
what was done before or since he ha'
been pretending to be the chairman
of the Republican party of Marshal
county. He admitted that numbe
of committeeman had been removed
by his followers without giving then
any notice but he did not know when
where or how it was done. 1t wa
really pitiable to have this condition
of the Republican party shown to tn
people of Marshall county.
S. E. Boys was on the stand ant
admitted that he was almost thu
whole thing in the earn organization
although he holds no official posi- ion
He said he wrote the resolutions pre-
scented by ]. F. Behmer for the re
rncval of w. C. Hendricks, Febru
a.y 3, and made many other admis
sions of like character
None of the earn witnesses denie'
any of the irregularities proven b,