The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-12-01
Is Declared to Be the Outside
Candidate Who Desires His
Name on Wayne's Primary
For Candidates.
SAID TO BE A TRICK TO
DISCOURAGE PRIMARY
His Idea Is to Have Wayne
County's Candidates Come
Before Convention With a
Divided Delegation. tx

Judge w. o. Barnard's popularity in
Wayne county is likely TO be on the
wane if what politicians, amateur and
professional, are saying about him is
true. Judge Barnard is Il native of
Henry county and is said to be the
outside candidate who is so anxious
to get him name on the primary ticket
in this county if such means is talk
en- IL Wayne to choose which candi-
date shall have a solid delegation to
the district convention. lie is accus-
ed of throwing this boom simply as a
means of getting Wayne county's can
didates TO drop the idea of holding
any primary and coming before the
district convention with an unin-
structed delegation of which, so 1t is
claimed, Judge Barnard feels he can
make mince meat with his political
machine.
1t is asserted Judge Barnard ex-
pressed the desire to submit his name
for Wayne county's vote If primary
is held, while he was attending the
Pythian temple dedication at Hagers-
town recently. Rev. J. o. Campbell
was there also and did a little recon
noitering.
Friends of the Rev. Campbell. and
they seem to be legion. are showing
no little joy over the visit of the min
ister-candidate to Hagerstown recent
ly To attend the dedicatory exercises
of the New Pythian temple there.
Will, Do VIA IN
Haserstown was by no means in the
nature of political journey his
friends state his reception there show
ed how great and growing is his popu-
larity among all people, 1t was re-
marked that among the out-of-town
visiting Knights at Haeerstown Eone
seemed more taken with the minis
tercandidate than some of the
Knights from Henry county, supposed
| TO be Judge Barnards stronghold.
This is deemed significant by the Rev.
| Campbell's friends who state that
| Judge Barnard is facing divided
delegation from his own county owing
TO the feeling of many good and true
republicans that he is too closely al
| lied with the Fairbanks ring. Fur
| thermore, say the friends of the Rev.
! Campbell. the realization of the great
and growing strength of the minister
candidate not only in Wayne county
| but also in other counties of the dis
| trict. has caused Judge Barnard and
his friends TO sit up nights devising
ways and means to balk his candidacy
or at least cause him 70 come before
ha ryif li,,fl l.Als
iton. Working along this line Judge
Barnard is said to be behind a move
TO have his name on the ticket i'm
Wayne county in case a primary in
held for the purpose of selecting one
of our candidates and giving him
solid delegation. Judge Barnard's
plan it is said. is no: so much to be
voted on by Wayne county voters az
II IS to put a new phase to the Ques-
ton of a primary in this county and
make il appear undesirable TO our
candidates so that no primary will be
held and the delegation from Wayne
Will go before the convention. some for
the Rev. Campbell, some for Wilfred
b Jessup and others for DR. Veneer.
With a divided delegation from Wayne
county Judge Barnard is said to feel
that he can capture the nomination in
this district without any great trouble
and, inversly, he is said to feel that IL
an instructed delegation is sent for
one candidate and that candidate be-
the Rev. Campbell, his popularity not
only in Wayne but in the other coun-
ties of the district, Henry included,
will be more than sufficient TO place
the eminent iurist from New Castle
out OF the running Be that as ii may
lit is well to remember that the first
warning OF the intention OF any out
: side candidate TO have his name plac-
: ed on the ticket along with the Wayne
; county candidates came from Hagers.
: town and at Hagerstown is to be
. found one of the chief cog-wheels in
: the Barnard organization in Wayne
county, say the friends of the Rev.
: Campbell.
; The Rev. Campbell seems to be well
: satisfied with the results of his can
: didacy so far. He is campaigning
: most of the time now and SAYS he
f early worm.
: James z. Watson returns to Wash.
: ington today TO finish his last term in
congress. According TO Speaker Can.
e non. Congressman Watson will fill his
0 old. place as whip Of the house. no
/ change being made on account OF his
G retirement at the end OF this term.
+ Much speculation is rife over what
$ Mr. Wafson's course will be during
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