The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-16
Questions and Their Answers b,
One Who Knows.

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Judge: / am glad to meet You
and talk the matter over. |, as you
and every one knows am a Republi-
can. | believe in Republican princi-
pies, have never voted Demo-
cratic ticket and have been worker
for my party 40 years. | have taken
no part in this muddle, but have
watched it closely, and believe |
know every fact in the case.
Farmer: Tell me then what is the
cause of the trouble.
Judge: 1t would take me a long
time to tell you all the facts that
lead up to the cause, but the cause
itself is the determination of the ma
chine to control the Republican or
ganization at all hazards.
Farmer: What do you mean by
machine?
Judge: A machine is body of Of
fee holders or employees of the gov
eminent, who get together in meet
ings and form an organization or
machine to work for themselves,
that is, to hold their jobs under the
government whether elected or APP
pointed to their positions. They are
called by different names. Here we
call it the postoffice ring because ma
ny Postmasters belong to it. In
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio and
Pennsylvania they call them the fed
eral ring because all federal officers
are a cog in the machine.
Farmer: Do you mean to say that
all federal officials belong? Tell me
what the u. S. senators have to do
with it?
Judge: Oh they are the head and
front of the state machine. They are
the chief operators controlling the
state district and county chairmen.
They keep firm hand on the lever
that guides so they can control the
nominations for state senators and
representatives, who later are expect
ed to reflect them to the senate. !
am a firm believer that the United
State senator's should be elected by
direct vote of the people. 1t would
| be hard blow to machine politics.
Farmer: | see, but how is the con-
gressmen interested in the machine
Judge: He depends on it for his
denomination. He expects every
postmaster ne recommends for al
lpointment to be useful cog in the
machine. To see to it that precincs
| and county committeeman are select
ed tina. can be made tools Of A
failure to do so on their part vii
not be tolerated by him. He expects
the committeeman assisted by the
postmasters, to see to it that dele
gates are sent to congressional con-
|ventions favorable to him.
Farmer: l see plainly. Now tell
me do you believe Hendricks is the
county chairman?
Judge: l do. At legally called
meeting of precinct committeeman
IMr. Hendricks and Mr.. Hess were
candidates for county chairman
Hendricks received IS votes and
Hess received votes. Then Mr.
| Hess rncved that Hendricks be elect
ed by the unanimous vote of the
meeting, and every vote was cast fol
Hendricks.
Farmer: Now Judge, tell ms
whether there have been charges
filed against Hendricks and he has
been voted out of the Guardianship
by a legally called meeting OF thu
committee.
j Judge: There have been no char
ges filed.
| Farmer: / do not understand how
man can be legally elected to po
sition and be deprived of it, withou
filing charges against him.
| Judge: He can not legally or fair
lly. but the machine does not Away
depend upon fair ways to accomplish
| its ends. The machine may have
been out of order, or it may have
been asleep. Bu. it awoke with ;
start to find that man had beer
elected chairman that they could no
make a tool of. They were in dis
| may. A cog had slipped. In des
operation they called a meeting o
postmasters and at that meeting
| they discussed the matter and delib
erately concluded as they had thu
| state and district chairmen back o
them they would wreck the Republi
can party in Marshall county rathe
than submit to the result of regu
larly called Republican convention
They then and there laid the plan
| for a bolt expecting to be assisted
by the state and district chairmen
Now | will have to say goodnight
i At some other time if you wish
will tell you where the meeting wa
held, who was there, why Brothe
Bows of Walter Browns Chronicle
50 .nt weeks of time travelling Owe
1.-The county encouraging the bolt, ant
many other facts about the matter
Farmer: One more question
fudge, before you go. Would it have
been better for the party If Hen
bricks had laid down and even If h
had been elected allowed himself t'
be kicked out for harmony in th'
party?
| Judge: I think not. In the mrs
place do not see how any man o
spirit could allow himself to be act
ually kicked ont by machine, with
iout making a fight. But of more i'm
portance than that for the future
harmony and welfare OF the party u
this principle The result of vot'