The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1910-10-21
Addresses Immense Crowd at
Skating Rink and Then
Spoke to Overflow Meeting
at the Court House.
DEMOCRAT PRESIDED
OVER FIRST MEETING
Judge Heaton, Republican
Congressional Candidate in
the Twelfth, Is Making a
Splendid Contest.
Especial cerrsspondsn snt.)

(spseIaI csrrsspendsnt.)
Fl. Wayne Ind. Oct. 21.-A hard
day Of campaigning, cross country au-
tomobilins and four open air speeches.
ended with splendid speech before q
packed house Of 5000 enthusiasts In
this city Thursday night II was an
unusual meeting. held In democratic
bsiliwick. crowded with. q personal fol.
lowing. and presided over by demo
crat. c. H. Worden. iHtce president Of
the First National bank and president
Of the State Bankers association. Be-
cause Of the, many who could not get
into the Princess rink to hear the sen.
ator's principal address a crowd Of
more than 500 In the Allen county
court house was addressed after 10
o'clock.
His address at Fl. Wayne was like
many OF his speeches this week, In
that be avoided partisan politics and
made his appeal directly to heads Of
families. 10 soldiers because Of their
patriotism and to the conscience Of
his auditors.
Words like these were frequent
throughout the day:
Weuld b . Traitor.
n study. I work. I fight. I don't de-
serve any credit for that would
b untrue to the blood that. flows in
my veins II I were otherwise. My
father and my brothers left their pros.
psrous farms 70 give their lives for
the nag and for the cause Of human
liberty. And u I. 1t - years Of age.
/. With eAildreu Of ny own. stopped TO
little politics. ! would be . traitor to
the blood that begot me-"
The politicians Of both parties
might ~ well know now ~ at any
other time. that public office a. q
mere honor has NO attraction to me.
Il want 20 to live. 80 to act, 10 to
give battle. that II tomorrow. I. like
Johnathan Dolliver. am called to my
death. could leave. az he left to his
little boy and girls. to my boy and
my daughter. . memory Of father
who had done his best for the repub-
lie and had not considered the pow.
ers Of pillage or any honors they could
give.
Slavery. men and women. does not
merely mean that you shall be driven
In the cotton fields by an overseer's
club. Slavery In It's grossest form
may mean that your intellect Is In
bondage. that your soul is In shack
les. and no man and no nation ever
amounted to anything that was suff.
ering from any kind of moral or in.
tellectual slavery"
Heaten's Great Race.
The candidacy of Judge O. N. Heat.
on In inspirinG . great deal of conf.
dence In his race for congress from
the twelfth district. II will be recall.
ed that Judge Heaton twice has car.
ried Fl. Wayne In contests for the
bench. although the. city II normally
1900 democratic. Congressman Clines
plurality was 2.sA5 and he carried Al
len county by about $500. II Judge
Heaton receives only the normal re-
publican vote In Allen county. he will
cut down the Cline plurality enough
To win. conditions outside of Allen be-
Ing the same. Judge Heaton is making
m active fight. He has taken a pro.
gressive stand. speaking particularly
at Fl. Wayne Thursday night In ia
vor Of progressive politics. His stand.
Ing among labor and among business
men 10 good because Of his clean rec.
ord on the bench.
Congressman Cline is putting up a
hard fight. Where two years ago he
did not loosen the purse strings. this
year he 10 said to have started a cam
paign fund with $4,000 contribu.
tion. Steve Fleming contributed S3..
900 and the money box has not been
hungry. but he ia finding that he
hasn't set the district aflame with his
congressional record. His campaign.
ers are pointing to the usual pension
bills allowed every democratic con.
gressmap. and they don't do any other
pointing "Not that he did evil, but
that he did nothing" one man puts
Il. Heaton viii be handicapped be.
cause he has no money OF his own,
and can find little financial support.
In Blackford county. where Bever.
1dEe spoke during the day. the situa.
tion from a republican standpoint is
considered favorable. The county has
part In the election Of two members
Of the legislature. A senator Is elect
Cd with Grant and Wells counties. and
q representative with Grant county.
That Liquor Question.
In Blackford. ~ In many other nor
thern Indiana counties, the wet and
dry fights plays IN important part
The county went wet after a bitter
nsht BY about one hundred and fifty
sotes. Wells and Grant county were
saeely dry. n the wet and dry ele-
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