The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-07-05
RUMPER GARN & CO.
Versus Chairman Hendricks and
the Republican Party.

A committeeman sends his poll
book to the state central COM
mittee and receives reply that he
should have turned it over to the
county chairman and states he
has that day sent it to Mr.. earn.
Why not Mr.. Hendricks? He Is
the sure chairman and the state
chairman when he was here, June
2, acknowledged it to the "rump-
ers' convention by requesting
Mr.. Hendricks to resign; for it
MIR. Hendricks was not chairman
what would Goodrich want him
to resign from? Mr.. Goodrich,
the state chairman also stated
The hoped the leaders through
their wise efforts might settle
their differences and that har-
mony might prevail This is a
nice subject for him to touch on
when he is, and has been, the
willing tool of the postoffice gang
in furthering the disorganization
of the party here. A country
yaller dog" with his teeth full of
wool is no more vile. The fact
is this gang have simply thrown
the party in Marshall county to
the four winds, just as they did
four years ago; and with as fine
prospects of electing our ticket
this fall as we ever had. Ii we go
down to utter defeat the blame
belongs to this postofice ma
chine, claiming to be working
under the direction of Congress
man Brick. That Mr.. Brick
should ask for the election of a
Democratic county ticket in Mar
shall county seems absurd; but
four years ago, these same men
travelled over this county trying
to make everybody believe that
Congressman Brick was in dang
| er of defeat, and that the coun-
|ty ticket ought to be traded off
| to secure his election because
they said, there was no chance
Iof electing Republican county Of
ficers and Brick must be saved.
| By doing this they made Demo-
Gratis believe that there was
chance to beat Mr.. Brick and got
| at least 400 more Democrats to
the polls than would hare voted
in an off year, if they had kept
| still. This work was done UNI
der the direction of Goodrich and
| a man named Walter Brown,
now in the federal penitentiary at
Leayeawortb and Goodrich has,
ever since that time, seemed to
have it in" for every man in the
Thirteenth district that did not
endorse Browns methods.
There is no doubt that Good
rich, and Moorman under his di-
lrection, wants an immense Dem
|ocratic majority in Marshall
county in November. They say.
Congressman Brick has $4,000
majority in the district and cam
not be defeated.
This is true, but if it is true
as these men claim, that Mr..
Brick is trying to destroy the Re-
publican party in Marshall coun-
ty and is directing a boilers or
ganization here, how can he ex-
pect united Republican support
in other counties.
-Four years ago at least two
men would have been elected on
the Republican ticket if these
men had shown any political
sense. But these men succeeded
in giving the Democratic state
ticket and the Democratic candi-
date for Congress over 500 ma
jority in this county.
All efforts at compromise or
fairness have been rejected by
this gang. They have given all
the committeeman that they con-
troll orders to attend no meeting
called by Chairman Hendricks
in the interests of harmony and
are in every. other way doing
Everything in their power to
make the largest possible Demo
cratic majority in this county,
and if the effects of their efforts
extend beyond the county and
give Democratic majorities in
other counties, they and Good
rich and Norman will be re-
sponsible.
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