The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-29
At Meeting of County Cen
trail Committee Today, Will
Robbins Was Elected as
the Chairman.
COMSTOCK ELECTED
AS VICE CHAIRMAN,
Assessments for Holding the,
Primary Will Be Made on
the Candidates Meredith
Has a Cinch. ~,

The Wayne County Republican cen.
trail committee met this morning at
the court house and organised. elect
Howard Brooks. secretary. Sanford
Henning, treasurer, and Paul Com
stock vice-chairman.
The executive committee which will
act with Chairman Robbins In IN nd,
visory capacity during the campaign,
will be composed Of the o1acera OF tho.
county committee-chairmAn vice.
chairman, secretary and treasurer, and
eight other Republicans three Of whoss
are selected from the county commit
tee. Chairman Robbins announced this
afternoon the full makeup Of the oom-
mittee thus selected - follows: rrom
the county committee. Charles Hiatt.
Of Dublin: VIII Barton, Of Franklin
township and Francis McAiinn. of Cen
terville. From the city Of Richmond
Lewis Bowman. county auditor; VIII
liam A. Bond. A. NJ. Gardner. Charles
w. Jordan and Demas s. Coo. The ex-
ecutive committee held its first meet
ing this afternoon.
Primary oats 10 sst.
After little discussion the commit
tee decided upon Febraury s ~ thD
date for the primary election. Candi.
dates for ofices. subject 70 tho repntr
lican nomination. viii meet this aftar-
in0ene Wi4k athaseslnl niktea~SI4aa esoe1
at which time the amount of the ~
sessment OF each candidate, frosn
which the expenses Tor tho fortheoGn.
ing primary will be paid. win b. d.
cided upon.
The election OF Will Robbins -
chairman OF the central committee wab
| unanimous. AZ was that Of Howard
Brooks and Paul Comstock. Sanford
Henning and Charles Potter we're both
nominated for the position of treas-
| urer Of the committee. Each rocetyed
twenty-six votes. Mr.. Potter withdrew
after the flrst ballot and aalEo4 Tint
! the election Of Mr.. Henning - uade
unanimous. 2s
Practically every candidate Tor oQco
has been In favor Of February s ~
the date for the primary. A petition
was drawn up this morning and ciTcu-
| lated among the candidates, ashdng
the COMMITTEES to N this as the. dats
for the primary. The petition was sim
ed by seventeen out Of tW1nty-threo
candidates. It was presented at tho
committee meeting and although Some
members OF the committee favored
February 10. 1t was believed that nh
arrangements could be made By UeA-
ruary s.
Some Of the candidates who did Apt
sign tho petition wanted February il
hxed 40 the date for the primary elec-
ton. believing that the osntral COM
mittee could not make Ill preparations
by next Monday. February 10 W. 10
lieved to be the best date. Tut jnAi-
much as this II . legal holiday Il was
excluded from choice.
To Make AsssssnseGts.
The assessment npou eack candidate
for ONCE will be made this a1e4knoon-
| Each candidate will b 1orced 10 ~ !
certain amount. in properties - thA
salary Of the ONCE which N II seek-
ing. In this way the expenses Oe tho
rigs in which to carry y0tor1 70 tlle
primary election will be met.
An agreement has been mads apoqg
the candidates to expend 10 mcney
for political workers q tho polls, fos
polls. or for treats. a @cleAn. mi
mary II the word which II being
| passed among the candidates..
It was suggested 1t the meeting thAt
in printing the ballots, each candidats
/ should be allowed 10 haye his na1ne
at the head 0f the ticket On m equ1I
number Of ballot ahests. q foFnper