The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-24
News of the Nomination of
Taft Was Received Silently
and with Much Anger by
Local Citizens.
WAYNE CANDIDATES
ARE VERY ANXIOUS
Conference of Those on the
County Ticket Reported
Bandanna Battle Flag" in
Evidence Here.

If the situation in Richmond and
Wayne county can be taken as cri-
terion it will be useless for the Messrs.
Taft and Sherman to waste time and
energy in making a campaign for re-
election this coming fall The theft of
the Republican national convention by
the discredited leaders of the Taft fac
ton has, to state facts mildly, enraged
the big majority of Republican voters
in the city and county and they are
about as amiable today as dog in fly
time.
Saturday night, all of Sunday and to-
day the telephones of the Palladium
have been ringing in chorus. Boiled
down the bulk of the questions asked
over the phones can be summarized as
follows:
WAS Taft nominated? Well when is
the third party to be organized?"
Some of the exclamations snapped
cut over the wires and by those who
personally called at the Palladium Of
fce for information, when they were
informed that Taft was nominated can
not be printed owing to the strict
rules of the post Office department.
An Angry Merchant.
A we'll known merchant angrily
strobe into the Palladium Office this
morning and asked where he could
obtain a large lithograph of Roose-
welt. Il am going to put it in my win
dow and keep it there until after the
election" he said
A well known professional man, a
Democrat, stated to Palladium repor,
ter as his eyes snapped, They're go,
ing to use the steam roller at Balti-
more and the same gang that operated
the one at Chicago will be it's crew, ~
he said. THE quicker they organize
the Progressive party the better salts.
fed I'll be-
A woman called up late Saturday
night. rs it true they nominated
Taft?" she asked.
''It is,'' she was told
"Oh, durn it, she exclaimed, bang.
ing down the receiver
The Palladium extras Saturday night
were the first to tell the crowds on the
streets of the nominations of Taft and
Sherman They were eagerly purchas.
ed and silently read. There was no en-
tnusiasm shown, but hundreds of Re.
publican voters grimly bade farewell
to the party under whose banners they
had fought for years. And the partings
we're in anger, not in sorrow.
Candidates Nervous.
1t was reported today that in short
time there will be a conference of Re
publican candidates on the county tick
ct to determine what course they shall
pursue as result of the split in the
party. The county ticket carries with il
the congressional nominee and some
ca ndidates are gravely afraid this bur
den will be too heavy to carry.
| A. E. Smith, chairman of the local
Roosevelt committee, was the first
man to appear today with the bandan
na handkerchief which has been adont
ed as the sign of protest against the
"clouded convention"
The reason for this is explained by
the following Chicago dispatch, which
/ Smith carries around with him:
| The bandanna handkerchief was
adopted as the Roosevelt battle flag
Most of the delegates wore flame
b@ ndannas tied around their arms and
others We're distributed by the hun
dreds to the crowd. The bandanna. il
vas explained, stands for the plair
people who ordinarily use them.
| We're all plain people here and this
is a movement of the plain people.
said one of the delegates.
| Colonel Roosevelt gave his sanction
10 the battle flag by appearing last
night with one in his hand. which he
waved to the crowd on the street His
daughter. Mrs. Longworth, wore q
i flaming bandanna on her hat.
Everywhere Smith went this morn
ing there was hasty exit to the fur
rishing shops to get the Roosevelt
battle flag. One man was seen running
down the street with five under his
arm.