The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-10
Those Who Have the City's
Best interests at Heart
Realize That Bitter Fight
Must Be Waqed on Him.
WOULD BE AN AUTocRAT.
PROPOSED CHANGES IN the LAW
WOULD MAKE HIM VIRTUALLY
POLICE CHIEF AND JUDGE or
THE POLICE COURT.

Citizens. who during the last may
orality campaign worked with coats
off in a successful effort to defeat
DIR. w. w. Zimmerman and then
smugiy assured themselves that they
had dome up" their victim 70 COM
pletely that he would never again
monkey with political machinery. are
now beginning to extract themselves
from the meshes Of their selfsatisfac-
ton and to realize that the parting
shot fired by the doctor four years
years hence"-was not = blank cart
ridge.
He 10 Running Fast.
Today they behold the defeated but
not discouraged candidate running his
little boom-which. like . rolled snow.
ball. grows larger daily-with tie
same disregard Of speed limits. pscu-
liar to MIN when behind one oe hiD
speed mares on . level stretch of
road. In other words they go Dr..
w. W. Zimmerman . strong poosibll.
ity for the republican mayoral1ty NOM
inatiOn.
DIR. Zimmerman's late opponents.
who include many women, NO doubt
win be just az bitterly opposed TO his
candidacy this campaign - they were
four years ago. Although the Doctor
has stolen a march ON them and has.
for the past two months. been active
ly engaged in rebuilding his former
effective political machine. there ID no
intention on the part OF his opponents
to step into the discard and allow
their old enemy a straightaway course
for the plum he 10 hankering for.
"To Arms" % eeunded.
The cry, ito arms" has already been
sounded by the Anti-Zimmerman fac
ton of the republican party and %
the tip has 1t. the battle VIII be On m
soon as the opposition has formed its
forces.
Three or four other candidates WIN
undoubtedly take the field against
Zimmerman. but whether this win bo
a benefit or q disadvantaGe to him 10
matter of speculation. However the
majority of republican politicians op-
posed to Zimmerman are Of the opin-
the doctor win be OF assistance to
him. Consequently those Who arc
most bitterly opposed to Zimmerman
1t IL stated. viii select . champion
to enter the arena against him and
will make an effort to induce the 9th
er severd prospective candidates to
retire from the limelight- This brings
up another question, Il 10 stated
| would the candidates effected consent
to such an arrangement, or would
they stay in the fight and kick up .
party row. which would be en to the
advantage Of Zimmerman?
His Election q OstrimeNt.
zimmerman is not favored BY the
socalled better class" Of citizens.
They look upon him ~ the leader Of
the undesirable citizens" 70 called.
and they think his election n mayor
would be = positive detriment 70 the
city.
It is pointed out that when Rich
mond was more or less Of wide 0p-
en-" town Zimmerman wis fits chief
executive and that he favored the city
being oDerated I'm such . manner. In
the last campaign the fssue waS made
against Zimmerman that during his
regime saloons were openly encourag-
ed to violate the laws and that ho
licensed houses Of III fame and made
medical investigations a the inmates.
BY doing this. It vas eoatended. ho
admitted he had Official knowledee q
the operation Of such places but Da4o
no effort to suppress them.
Women Rese Against him.
During the last republican primary
campaign Lee b. Nusbaum hoa1e1 to
opposition against ZimmerDaa but
was defeated affer . bdttor eoono06
Enraged mothers held paha1e noot1ngD
to condem ZmmeFmAn. stating TIT
his official sanction u hoaooo - ~
fame was . menace to their soas. Ag.
ter Zimmerman secured tie noulfnp
alton the light agn1nDt Nm boeane
more bitter and hi reDabo1eoA eDDeo-
entS sided with the de0oefat1c enn2l-