Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1905-1906, 1906-01-13
VOTE UNUSUALLY HEAVY
Terrence Lost His Own Township
Carried Fifth and Sixth
Wards in Richmond.

Yesterday the Gardner faction OF
the Republican party OF Wayne
County made a clean sweep III the
different township and ward elections
and completely defeated the efforts
Of the opposing element TO name
committeeman pledged to +. l.. Tor
renee for County Chairman. The
fight has been long bitter one, aud
both factions were in doubt Of the
result until the returns commenced
to come in from the outlying town
ships late yesterday afternoon, nam
ing with but two exceptions Gardner
men as members of the County Cen
tral Committee and Carr men as del
egates to the convention at Shelby
vile next Tuesday.
The result throughout the county
exclusive of Wayne township practi-
cally assured Gardner of his renomi-
nation but at the several ward meet
ings last evening his constituents
were still in the race and sought to
in the city. The Terrence forces,
however, stood their attacks well and
in both the Fifth and Sixth wards
elected their committeeman and dele
gates. The fight has been hard one
and knowing this, both forces used
all their efforts to have heavy vote
polled, stith the result that more men
were lin attendance at the ward meet.
ings last evening than ever before at
a similar election. 1t is estimated
that fully three times as many votes
were east taking the city over as at
any election of this kind before.
Early in the evening the voters
from the different wards assembled
at their meeting places and both fac
tions had "lobbyists" on hand with
printed ballots. These were distrib-
uted after electing temporary
chairman and the work of the meet
ing commenced In some eases the
fights were long and bitter and In
both theasecond and third wards, the
Gardner forces were victorious with
but a margin of some thirty votes,
when the total vote polled was in the
neighborhood of two or three hun
dred. In the Sixth Ward, the Tor
renee men had everything so neatly
arranged that. their whole slate, in-
cluding temporary chairman, county
committeeman, delegates and precinct
committeeman went through with a
good majority at its back.
In the Fifth ward, the Terrence
forces We're not SO well organized.
but after hard fight, they succeeded
in naming their committeeman and
delegates, with majority of but
twenty-five. This ward was consid-
cred doubtful one by both forces
and returns were the last to be sent
to headquarters although at that time
the results of the election could not
be changed by single ward.
The victory Of this faction in
Wayne County is the same as it was
in the other counties in the Sixth
District Everywhere the Carr legions
scored large victories and from the
reports now coming in from the dif-
ferent counties, it is evident that
Carr will have no trouble in securing
the -chairmanship al the district con-
vention. His opponent is Joseph
Commons. OF Centerville. whose for
ces were yesterday everywhere de-
moraliaed, Fayette County went
practically solid for Carr and the
vote IN Henry County gives twenty
one lout Of twenty two delegates to
Carr. Carr won victories in Shelby
and Rush counties and his forces
were not afraid Of the remaining
parts of the district
In summing up the whole county.
it is found that there are nineteen
out of twenty-fom committeeman
elected who are pledged to Gardner