The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-03-23
Personal Feud in First and
Second Wards Resulted in!
the Loss of Two Roose-
welt Delegates.
FIFTH WARD FIGHT
WAS GEM DEFEAT
Mayor Zimmerman's Follow
ers Trimmed in the Fourth
Township Meetings Are
Being Held Today.

As the result OF the Republican
ward meetings held in this city last
night. Richmond will send eleven
Roosevelt and three Taft delegates to
the state convention, which elects
four deiegates-at-large to the national
convention. and will send ten Roose-
welt and four Taft delegates to the
district convention at Connersville.
next Thursday, which elects two dele
gates to the national convention. This
afternoon township meetings are being
held throughout the county. outside OF
Richmond, and twelve delegates to
both the state and district c0nven-
tions will be elected. It Ia expected
that at least nine of the delegates 70
each convention, who are to be elect
ed today. will be Roosevelt men. ~
this event Wayne county viii send
nineteen Roosevelt and seven TAft
delegates to the district convention.
and twenty Roosevelt and nix Taft
delegates to the state convention.
The result Of the Roosevelt victory
in the city last evening was no sur
prise. to the leaders OF tho WAyne
County Roosevelt league. Ths seIfl-
ment for the Colonel In Richmond was
well known and II was also known
that the Roosevelt element IN the
ranks Of the local Republican party
would turn out In large numbers 70
carry the city for the Ex-President.
The attendance ut the ward meetings
was probably the largest in the his
tory Of the city.
Hot Personal Fight.
It ia, probable II personalities had
not entered into the fights In the first
and second wards two more Roosevelt
delegates would have been sent 10 the
district convention and one more
Roosevelt delegate to the state conyen-
tion. As result OF q clash . few days
ago between l.. p. Meredith, district
chairman, and n. F. Warfei, secretary
of the County Roosevelt organisation.
Meredith declared war on Warfel. who
was candidate for delegate from tho
first ward to the district convention.
and the latter was showed under by
the votes of the district chairman's
supporters. who packed the court
room at the court house. Councilman
Weishaupt, Roosevelt candidate for
delegate to the state convention. also
went down In defeat. the direct result
of the Meredith-Warfe feud.
In the second ward. w. r. Bloom. m
Item employe. also was = victim Of the.
Meredith Warfel feud. He wae defeat
ed as a Roosevelt candidate for dele-
gate to the district convention. Chas.
Woodhurst, Roosevelt candidate for
delegate to the state convention from
the same ward, was elected by . big
majority. tn
In the Fifth Ward.
In the Fifth ward where dos" Gennl
| resides and where he was expected BY
| the Taft machine to bring home the.
| bacon" the Roosevelt forces won over
whelmingly. casting ia votes against
81 for Mayor Zimmerman's street COM,
missioner.
AL Ford was elected chairman OF
the meeting and Demas s. Coe, secre-
| tary, this being the Roosevelt organi-i
| zation's slate for the meetings. Off;
GERS. On the call for the nomination;
Of delegates to the state convention.
/! the Roosevelt forces nominated
Charles Newman. George Parry and
| Frank Howells. The Taft forces nomi-4
! mated Ray Shiveley, but got no further
| as nominations we're declared closed.
| ShiveIy seeing . hopeless outlook
withdrew and the Roosevelt ticket TO
the state convention went through
(, without opposition The alternate
sdelex1teS to the stAte conyention, all
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