The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-07
BROKEN DELEGATION
To STATE CONVENTION
c. w. Metsker, Democratic Candidate
For the Nomination For Lieutenant
Governor, Fails to Get United Sup
port of His Own County.

After five months of the most
strenuous campaigning a man can
do; with the keenest political gen.
erals In his party at his back; with
a lavish expenditure of money, with
intimidation and cajolery, and the
influence of "booze," Clay w.
Metsker democratic candidate for
the nomination for lieutenant gov
erncr, must after all go to the
state convention on March 21st with
out the united support of his home
county. .
In the caususes Saturday he lost
the delegate from West township
and only won those from Center
after one of the hottest fights ever
seen In a caucus In tbs township,
and after the shrewdest planning
and carrying out of plans by able
politicians. The delegates elected
are:
Metsker Delegates.
In Center S. n. Stevens, Michael
Ryan, C. A. Bondurant and Fred
Goodyear.
Walnut, John M. Wickizer.
Tippecanoe, Benjamin Meredith.
North, C.. A. Gonter.
Polk, Henry FARRELL.
Union, Sam Lennon.
Green, Jacob Voreis.
Bourbon, Chas. Wink and Peter
Hahn.
German, John Graverson, Frank
Koontz and VIM. Engle.
Anti -Mstsksr Deleg2*es.
Jonathan Wolfe of West township
Mr.. Wolfe was elected over the
Metsker candidate and was instruct
ed to vote against Metsker in the
convention. 1t is the plan, so it is
understood. that Mr.. Wolfe will
give his proxy to E. C. Martindale
or to VIM. O'Keefe. The Metsker
men say that if O'Keefe goes down
to the state convention, he will be
thrown out bodily; that they won't
stand for any of his cussedness.
They plan to bind and gag the
West township delegate and compel
him to vote against his instructors,
whether he wills or not.
Delegates Are Lukewarm.
Although all the other delegates
are said to be Metsker men, they
are either not instructed or are
lukewarm toward his candidacy. 1t
is known that Henry FARRELL of Polk
has never been in love with Metsker
and while he will in all probability
vote for him In convention, yet he
can see a lot of delegates of the
other counties and ask them for
heavens sake "save us from our
selves" as is sometimes done In
such cases.
The German township delegates
are not instructed, and advices from
there say that they viii vote for
Metsker for one or two ballots at
least, and then go for someone they
think will be nominated.
C. C. Wink, one of the delegates
from Bourbon township, when ask
ed whether the delegates from there
would vote for Metsker, said it
would be hard to tell whether they
would or not. They were not in
strueted, and there was no fight
there on the matter at all one way
or the other.
In addition to this lukewarmness,
the spectacle Of 157 democrats in
Center township voting against a
candidate for state Office win not be
very encouraging to a state conven-
ton, nor to the other candidates on
tho ticket who have any hope of be-
ing elected. Of course the republic
ans will be highly pleased with the
situation if the Marshall county
candidate can get the nomination
They believe he would add to Che
load which the corrupt Taggart ma
chine is already piling on the demo
cratic wagon for next fall.
instructions Passed.
Tn Center township the Metskel
steam roller rolled over the O,Keefe
forces pretty hard. but they were
not sure until she began to roll
whether she would break or not
This was the resolution which made
the bones crack:
ssResolved by the Democratic
voters of Center township, Marshal
county, in convention assembled T.
nominate delegates to the state con
vention Of the Democratic party o.