The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-10
Committee Met This After
noon.- After Resigning,
Robbins, Brooks and 9th
ers Leave Room.
RESULT OF TAFT'S
STOLEN NOMINATION
1t Is Likely that Paul Com
stock, Vice Chairman, Will
Be Chosen as Head by the
Republicans.

I'VE, the undersigned members Of
the Wayne County Republican Central
Committee, hereby. tender our resig-
nations as members of said body. the
same to take effect at once. We feel
that as We cannot give our support
to the entire Republican ticket, that
duty to ourselves and justice TO the
organization demands that we with
draw and that our places be Allied with
those who are in sympathy with the
whole ticket. In Withdrawing from
the Republican organization. we here
by pledge ourselves to the election OF
the nominees of the Republican prim-
airy Of last spring. irrespective OF the
views of those candidates on national
politics, and we gladly offer them our
services in the coming campaign:
Will ]. Robbins. chairman; w. How
ard Brooks, secretary: ]. o. Edgerton.
Harry Goodwin, A. J. Ford. Carey r.
Tingle, Isaac v. Cause. John McMinn.
Edgar Norris. VIM. s. Johnson. Chas.
E. Potter, E. G. McMahan, r. 8. An
derson. George Frazier. Clark Thomas.
Arthur Denny. Henry Scherb, r. A.
Davenport, r. W. Beeson, ]. v. Schnei-
der, G. o. Inderstrodt. viii Barton.
Frank Jacobs, Elmer Hall.
At 2:30 this Afternoon tbs Wayne
! County Republican Central committee
met at the court house and immediate
ly after the meeting had been called
to order County Chairman VIII Rob-
bins arose and presented the above
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himself. Secretary Howard Brooks
and twenty other members of the COM
mittee. There will be other names at
tached to this statement of resigna-
ton. It is stated that several men,
bers of the committee now out OF the
city have announced their intention
of leaving the party and that some
members, late in arriving at the COM
mittee meeting, will place their sig
natures to the statement on their ar.
rival.
Following the presentation OF the
designations the members of the COM
mittee who had severed their connec-
tions with the Republican party with
drew from the room and the commit
teemen who are to continue with the
party went into executive session to
iconsider plans for reorganization OF
the committee.
Vice Chairman Comstock took the
gavel after the withdrawal of Mr.. Rob-
bins and for the time being will act
as county chairman. IL is probable
that the committee will elect him
successor to Mr.. Robbins. II is not
! mi h< ola cd vi r.
man and secretary.
1t had been reported that the candi-
dates on the Republican county ticket
contemplated presenting a petition 10
the committee asking for its endirse-
ment of their candidates.. but no such
faction was taken.
Robbins Statement
In connection with the resignation
of Will ]. Robbins as chairman Of the
Wayne County Republican central
committee, today. Mr.. Robbins has is
sued the following statement:
To the voters of Wayne county:
AS have this day rendered my res
ignation as chairman of the Wayne
County Republican Central COMMITTEES
1t seems no more than just to the vot.
ers of this county and to myself that
state the reasons for taking such &C.
ton.
On January 2sth of this year I was
chosen by a united Republican party
, to be its County Chairman. II is true
that at this time we had two factions
within the party-the Stand-pat Re
, publicans and Progressive Republi
. cans, each standing for principles
which each believed to be right and
each ready to make q fight for the EN-
bodiment of said principles in the par
ty platform for the coming campaign
, Under these conditions we held a Pri
mary for the nomination of candidates
, for the various County offices and for
the Legislature-a Primary, the ex
penses of which was met by contribu
ltions from the candidates themselves
, We all as progressiyes or stand-pat
tiers. as Taft men or Roosevelt men,
participating in this Primary. the re
suit of which was the nomination Of n
z good ticket as was ever placed be
fore the voters of the county for their
consideration
Z Regardless of the personal views Of
any of these candidates on national
: issues they deserve the support OF
every man who considered himself q