The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-08
OF RUGGED PIONEERS SOUNDED
At The BIG centennial CELEBRATION

counties OF 1t, It Is being concedo01
that the legislative ticket will run far
ahead Of other candidates and Its
strength viii be the sword and shield
of the state and congressional ticket.
The county has hand in the selection
OF three members Of the legimIAxure'
having one representative. one joint
representative with Whitley and Kos
ciusko counties and one joint senator
with Whitley county. The two candi-
dates for the lower house are asking
for second term and as both Of them
carried their fight two years ago und-
er more adverse circumstances than
faces the party this year 1t 10 expected
they will win. These two are Ed
mund Wasmuth Of Huntington and
Harry L. Plummer of Roanoke, the lat
ter being the joint representative from
the three counties. Piummer's plur-
ality last election was 209 and Was
muth carried Huntington county by
lat. The candidate for joint senator
is Marion B. Stultz of Huntington and
his is the hardest fight because of
the normally democratic county OF
Whitley.
VIII Lose Many Votes.
He will lose many wet republicans
but It Is certainty, ~ much as any
thing can be in politics, that he will
make an even break upon the swap
as both counties are dry and there -
considerable feeling upon the liquor
question. which is believed to make
net gain for the republican candi-
date here, az In the majority Of coun-
ties where the liquor question 10 being
agitated, the fight for United States
senator is over-shaddowing the liquor
fight and hundreds Of wet republicans
in Indiana will stand by their ticket
rather than SEQ Beveridge defeated.
while there are scores Of wet demo
Gratis among the working men who
place the local option fuss second to
the senatorial fight They say they
have six years in which to fight out
the liquor question but this Ii the only
year In which they have to decide up
on the successor to Beveridge.
Speech at Auburn.
With an audience Of 5000 to 10000
facing him Friday afternoon at Au-
burn Senator Beveridge finished q
three days SCr Of the twelfth dis
trict, havinS sbcken to exceptionally
large and enthusiastic crowds In every
county - the district. excepting Allen
county, where he will appear late in
this month His speech at Auburn
xas ono of two made Friday II n
Kalb county the other being at Gar.
rett, the site Of Baltimore and Ohio
car shops. employing 700 men. The
trip from Keudallville, where the sen.
ator and his party spent Thursday
night, to Auburn was made in auto.
mobiles and . stop was made at Gar.
rett enroute, arriving there during the
, noon hour.
A vast crowd Of shopmen greeted
Senator Beveridge and listened to ev-
cry word he uttered with very appar-
ent eagerness. He confined his talk
to national issues directly effecting
the laboring classes, laying especial
seress upon the fight put up by pro
gressive republicans in the senate for
remedial legislation in the face Of the
combined opposition of reactionary
republicans and democrats. His ap.
peals for help in the fight he is now
maging against child labor aroused
his audience and was greeted with
applause. De Kalk county IL one OF
the battle grounds IN the fierce war
now being waged for the next legisla.
ture. It 10 now represented by two
democratas, Stephen A. Powers Of An
gola. the state senator elected by De
Kalkand Steuben counties, and e. w
McKennan Of Garrett, the democratic
McKennan was elected by $50 two
years ago. but It ID recognized by ev.
eryone that this was m abnoramally
large democratic vote.
Democrats Admit Loss.
The democrats themselves admit
their poll at present shows Z margin
in their favor Of only $50. while the
Republicans claim tho county. Since
the last election the county voted dry
by LOO. It II claimed BY those who
are behind the scenes that there are
500 democrats in the county who VIII
not stand for. McKennan because oi
his wet attitude and his alliance with
Steve Fleming. These disafkected dry
democrats are organizing and working
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