The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-30
Saturday Night viii Mark the
Last of the Many Political
Meetings Held in This
County.
ESTIMATED MAJORITY IN
COUNTY WILL BE 5000.
Systematic Campaign Has
Been Waged and the Best
Speakers in the Country
Have Been Heard Here.

Inc fepuDlican campaign, SO lar aS
public meetings are concerned in this
city, closed Wednesday night with the
monster gathering at the coliseum,
which was addressed by James 4.
Watson. The active campaign will
not close in the county until Saturday
night when A. NJ. Gardner ard Judge
w. o. Barnard. the republican con-
gresSional candidate will address a
large gathering at Hagerstown and
NJ. L. Clawson of indianapolis and
Senator r. K. Kirkman will speak at
Fountain City. This evening big
meeting will be held at Greensboro
and will be addressed by Eli Ritter
of Indianapolis and Judge Barnard.
Tomorrow afternoon a big rally will
be held at Webster and the principal
address will be delivered by Judge
Barnard.
AS was predicted early in the cam
paign. Wayne county has been one of
the battle grounds of the state IL
was an assured fact even at that ear
ly date that this county would return
a handsome majority for Taft but
there was some doubt regarding the
success of the republican state ticket
All these doubts, however, were laid
at rest Wednesday evening as a result
of the wonderful ovation rendered
Mr. Watson by the people of Wayne
county at the meetings he addressed
| in Richmond and Cambridge City.
Fix Majority at 5000.
Il predict that the republican ma
jority in Wayne county will be at
least 5000. County Chairman Bow
man as a result of the information he
has received from every section of
the county predicts that the majority
will be greater than 5000" stated A.
| NJ. Gardner, candidate for joint rep
resentative and farmerly county chair
man.
In conducting the campaign I'm this
| county. the speakers bureau of the re-
publican state organization has sent
| the best talent here. Foremost among
| these speakers was the Hon. William
Howard Taft, whose address was
heard by several thousand people.
The other speakers included James
r. Garfield, a member of President
| Roosevelt's cabinet: Seth Lowe, ex-
pre- esident of Columbia university and
| former mayor of New York; John l..
Griffiths, American counsel to Liver
pool, England; Congressman Edgar ID.
Crumpacker of Indiana. Senator Al
! bert j. Beveridge of Indiana; James
| Z. Watson, the next governor of In
diana; Harry Markle, one of the most
prominent railroad leaders in the
state; Major Denison of Chicago,
prominent colored leader; Thomas f.
Boyd of Indianapolis, a former MEM
ber of the state legislature; William
Dudley Foulke, personal friend of
President Roosevelt and former civil
service commissioner; Robert f.
Brown. ex-clerk of the supreme court:
| State Auditor J. C. Billheimer: State
Senator Ezra Mattingly; Judge w. o.
! Barnard, the next congressman from
the Sixth district and others of less
| prominence.
1t is estimated that between 81. 900
and 10000 people heard the addresses
| delivered by the various republican
| speakers. During the early stages of
the campaign but little interest was
shown by the voters of this county in
| the campaign. but the last three weeks
the interest displayed has been phe-
nominal. Wayne county. il is predict
ed. is safely republican on the nation
al. state, district and county tickets