The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-30
Progressives Are Practically
Unanimously Opposed to
Being the Tail End of Re-
publican Kite.
VARIOUS MEETINGS
LARGELY ATTENDED
One Meeting Will Be Held
Saturday, One Is Being
Held This Afternoon, and
One This Evening.

The Progressives of Wayne county
at the various war and township
meetings held last night, held for the
purpose Of selecting delegates and al
ternates to the representative, the
joint representative and district con-,
ventions, were practically unanimous
ly in favor of putting a full county
Progressive ticket in the field.
The sense of most of the resolutions
adopted at these meetings was that
the nominees on the Republican coun-
tv ticket be asked to resign from it,
provided they were Progressives, and
take similar places on the Progressive
county ticket. In the event any Repub-
lican nominee declined to resign from
that ticket the Progressive county
central committee Is urged to call
convention for the purpose of filling
vacancies on the Progressive county
ticket.
One of the most interesting meet
ings held last night was in the seventh
ward where William Dennis, former
solicitor of the state department., de-
Up to this afternoon no reports had
been received of the meetings held in
Franklin, Webster, Washington and
Jefferson townships. Perry held it's
meeting Wednesday. Wayne will hold
its meeting tomorrow, Clay Is holding
its meeting this afternoon and the
Harrison meeting will be held tonight.
Reports of the various meetings
held last night follow:
First Ward.
At the First ward meeting there
was an almost unanimous sentiment
in favor of putting Progressive coun-
ty ticket in the field. The delegates
are:
Congressional-Dr. A. o. Martin
and Charles Potter; alternates. George
Joint Representative-Rich Wig
more and Edward Warfel; alternates,
Lucius Harrison and l. r. Wood.
Representative-John Bruce, S. w.
Draper, Edward Warfel, George Nc
iKinley; alternates, l. T. Suits, Jesse
Borton, Clark Thomas, Richard Wig
more.
Second Ward.
In resolutions adopted at the Second
ward meeting it was the sense of the
meeting that the candidates who were
nominated at the last primary county
election be asked to unite with the
Progressive party and, in event they
do not. new candidates be chosen in
their stead.
Robert Benton was elected temper
ary chairman. and j. NJ. Wampler act
ed as secretary of the meeting.
The delegates elected were:
Representative, Tenth precinct,
Mark Thompson; Eleventh precinct,
o. " Kelly with DIR. Huffman as al
ternate; Twelfth precinct, E. O. Mar
latt; Thirteenth precinct, Robert Ben
ton.
Joint Representative-WR r. Bloom,
with power to appoint an alternate.
Congressional-J.M M. Wampler, with
Epower to appoint an alternate.
Third Ward.
The following convention delegates
were elected in the Third ward:
District-Dr. ]. NJ. Thurston, dele
gate; Charles Morgan, alternate.
Representative-Rich Shute, Pat
rick Mckinley, Elijah Lawton, Harvey
Petry. delegates; Cecil Clark, William
Golden, Roy Norris, Harmon Moss, al
ternates.
Joint Observation-Disclosures Van
Zant, delegate: Carl Sherer, alternate.
The meeting was unanimous in fav-
or of q full county ticket
The Fifth Ward.
At the fifth ward meeting held last
night at the No. 5 hose house. it was
decided to elect one set of delegates
and aiternates to the joint representa-.
tive and congressional conventions
Those elected were Harry Hodgin and
ARTHUR Brooks, delegates; John May
'hew and George Parry. alternates.
The delegates and alternates to the
county convention follow:
Delegates-G. H. Crawford, Demas
,Coe, Jacob Able, John Deitz, and Johr
Lancaster.
Alternates-Isaac Cause, Clarence
Cooper, Alfred Bavis, Everett Hiatt
and Elmer Ford.
A resolution was unanimously adopt
ed urging the Progressive county cen
ltral committee to place a full count,
ticket in tie field and to place on sucf
ticket the nominees on the Republi
can ticket who shall declare them
selves Progressive. About forty at
tended the meeting. Howard Brook:
acted as chairman
Sixth Ward.
AT the sixth ward meeting last nigh
resolution was passed. calling for 8
fun Progressive county ticket. The
following delegates and alternatea
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