The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-05-17
REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
1t Can Be Easily Accomplished in
Marshall County

for the boilers, have come to the
Tribune Office with the statement that
Ed earn was willing to join in a joint
call with County Chairman Hendricks
for an entire reorganization of the
county central committee.
But if this is true it does not
amount to anything Mr. earn has
no more influence with the boilers
than County Chairman Hendricks has.
He was not an original boiler, does
not naturally belong to that crowd
and is only cats paw for Pickerl,
Yockey and Carl Riddick, who care
nothing for the success of the Re-
publican party in Marshall county or
anywhere else, unless it will benefit
them. There are three or four other
satellites of these men. Among
them might be mentioned L. J. Hess,
John Staley and Postmaster Wiseman
of Culver, but all of these will do
whatever Frank Pickerl tells them to
do. PickerI is the brains of the bolt
ers' movement if such a movement
can have any brains, which we admit
is doubtful But Pickerl is the force
of the whole movement. When he
pulls the string all the others jump;
consequently if Pickerl, Jockey and
Hess will issue orders for the few
members of the county committee
whom they still control, to fall into
line with the regular Republican or
ganization, there will be no more
kicking.
The large majority of Marshall
county Republicans are just begin
ming to realize what this boilers
movement means. State Chairman
Goodrich says tina. county commit
tee was regularly organized January
Is, and there is not a particle of doubt
OF the legality of the election of Will
liam c. Hendricks and all the other
officers of the committee at that time.
Now recollect this the official state
ment of the state chairman and it
will be presented to the courts if this
matter has to go into court.
When the boilers met to GUST Mr..
Hendricks without giving him any
notice or making any complaints Of
what he had done or promised to do.
and he had pledged himself to know
no factions in the discharge of his
duties, to make no attempt to dictate
nominations. and to give every Re-
publican an equal chance to work for
Republican successfully pretended
to remove him and elect another
chairman, but they reelected all the
other officers by reclamation. This
was twice that all the officers of the
committee except the chairman had
been elected without dissenting
vote.
When Chairman Moorman called
the committee meeting at the Grand
Hotel, he followed the directions of
Frank Pickerl, refused to entertain
any motion made by any member of
the committee who was not controll-
ed by Pickerl and Yockey, refused to
listen to any legal advice, and or
dered the committee to elect an en-
tire new list of officers without max
ing any attempt to remove the old
Ulcers who had been twice elected
without dissenting vote. Of course
all the we'll informed men of the
committee not controlled by the post
masters, left the hall, and as District
Chairman Norman did not have a
particle of authority to do what he
did, and as it is contrary to law and
common sense, the committee re-
mains as it was organized Saturday,
January 10.
If the boilers want harmony let
them tell their followers to fall into
line and support the regular Republi-
can organization in Marshall county
If County Chairman Hendricks or
any other officer of the committee
proves inefficient or recreant to the
interests of the party he can be re-
moved.
There can be but one Republican
ticket in Marshall county and that
ticket will be nominated by the con-
vention called by the regular Repub-
lican organization of the county.
Every man on that ticket can be
elected if every Republican does his
duty.