The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-11-08
REPUBLICANS WIN.
Boilers Crushed in Marshall County
and Boss Brick Laid on Shelf in
District.

The greatest Republican victory
ever won in Northern Indiana, was
won by the Republicans of Marshal
county and the Thirteenth congres-
sional district Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Congressman Brick, who with the
assistance of James p. Goodrich
Carl Riddick, Ananias Boys and the
postmasters of Marshall county, or
ganized bolt from the regular Re-
publican organization of Marshall
county last February, declaring that
they would send the Republican par
ty in this county to hell if they were
not allowed to name its chairman
have learned a lesson that they will
never forget.
Congressman Brick said he could
be reelected without a vote from
Marshall county and his henchmen
proclaimed This statement on the
streets of Plymouth as late as Mon
day evening
With a majority of 1000 to his
credit two years ago, Mr.. Brick felt
that he was bigger than the Republi
can party, and Sam Boys was only
reiterating the language of his mas
ter when he said I'VE will see the
Republican party in hell rather thar
see Hendricks rule it."
| 1t is not necessary to say anything
| more about these boilers. Their v:
cious attempt to destroy the Repub-
lican party of Marshall county is
now history, and they are dead aid
buried politically, but the grand ole
party still lives.
1t is said that whom the gods
would destroy they first make mad,
which means crazy; and that is just
the condition that Brick and his fol.
lowers were in during this campaign
No sane man would have tried to dis
rupt his own party in any count,
when he was a candidate for Office
The Republican candidate for con
gress having organized bolt If
Marshall county could not expect The
votes of the best Republicans OF any
county in the district, and the best
truest and most unwavering Republi
cans in every county in the district
voted for B. F. Shively or remained
at home.
They felt that man so selfish md
INSCRIPTIONS as A. L. Brick has
proven himself to be, was capable oi
doing the Republican party far more
harm than any Democrat.
Here in Marshall county the bolt
ers succeeded in getting the ticket or
the ballot under the emblem Of the
eagle, and it was really strange K
find men who are sensible on every
other proposition, believing thai
such ticket had chance TO win.
There were good men on thai
ticket, men whom nobody ~odld
have believed could be led out Of the
Republican party by a gang OF b'it
ers, yet they believed they had Z
chance of election when they knew
that they had no right to expect Che
votes of any true Republicans. Il
was another instance of men aetna
without reason.
Had these men kept out of tht
boilers camp, sat down on the
scheme of Brick and Goodrich tc
destroy the Republican party in
Marshall county and made them I'M
derstand that they could not be made
the tools of political machine, there
would have been harmony in the par
ty and Republican ticket would
have been nominated and elected if
Marshall county. x
The men who have voted and
worked for the success of Republic
canism in Marshall county for moro
than quarter of century could not
assist in destroying the party now
at the command of A. L. Brick OF
any other man or set of men, They
voted as they have always voted, to
preserve the Republican party, and
of course, the boilers were showed
|under along with the men on the real
Republican ticket. But it was a bic
Republican victory over bosses and
disorganizers, which shows that ths
Republicans of Marshall county will
have Republican organization in
the future.