The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-12-18
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OUSTED FROM CLUB
Marion Club Expels Bever-
idee and Eight Others
From Its Membership.
APPEAL IMPROBABLE
Hearing of Charges Took
Place Behind Closed
Doors in Club House.
APPEAL IMPROBABLE
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INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Dec Is.-Nine
Progressive leaders were expelled
from the Marion club. a Republican
organization. by a vote of TO in a
directors meeting. one of the directors
not voting. The charges against the
nine Prosressives We're presented by
Schuyler Haas. appearing as counsel
for the prosecuting witnesses. Orlando
B. lies and Fred r. Brown, two OF the
men who signed charges against the
Progressives made verbal statements.
Under the action of the directors
the following Progressives were order
ed expelled: Albert ]. Beveridge. Pro-
gressiye candidate for Governor: Al
fred r. Hovey. who ran for prosecutor
of Marion County as a Progressive:
l. H. VanBriggle, Progressive nomi-
nee for state senator. all of whom
were represented by counsel. and Har-
ry o. Chamberlain, Progressive dis
trict chairman of the Seventh District.
County Chairman w. A. Bastian of the
Marion County Progressive organiza-
ton; Fred A. Weise, who ran for coun-
ty commissioner on the Progressive
ticket: Edward A. Willis. Progressive
nominee for coroner: Charles NJ. Rea-
gan. joint senatorial nominee on the
new party ticket.
Samuel Joseph, one of the candidates
on the Progressive ticket for state rep
resentative, attended the hearing in
person and presented arguments why
they should not be expelled.
Hearing Behind Closed Doors.
The hearing took place behind clos
ed doors. with "bailiff" in the corri-
dor. Following the presentation of the
clubs case. the arguments of the de-
PENDANTS, and the receiving of evi-
dence. the directors went into execu-
tive session. Beyond the fact that the
vote was to against the ::defend-
ants" calling for their expulsion.
President Donald S. Morris gave out
no statement as to the proceedings. He
said that notice would be sent to the
nine men and that they would be "giv-
en- such rights as they might have" in
the premises.
1t is expected the nine Progressives
will file notice of appeal to the mem
bership
| 1t is pretty definitely settled that no
/ appeal will be granted by the directors
The bylaws provide for an appeal in
cases of forfeiture. suspension or ex-
pulsion, but it is understood the direc-
! tors will take the position that the
club is an institution similar to a
church body. or other social or purely
nonproht making concern. and that
there is really no legal right of appeal.
1t is argued by attorneys who have
been consulted by the directorate that
no court would sustain the Progress
sives in demand for an appeal under
the clubs rule.
| Progressive View.
The argument of the Progressives
has been that when Taft was nominat-
ed at Chicago by methods they declare
were fraudulent the contract implied
in the Republicanism clause of the Ma
rion Club constitution was vitiated by
that alleged fraud. and. automatically,
through that vitiation of contract, the
Progressives We're released from the
binding ties that ordinarily would have
impelled them to vote for the Repub-
lican nominee.
Progressives also have urged the be
lief that ma ajority of the membership
of the Marion Club is Progressive and
that the club ought to be saved from
destruction by making ii a social or
|
lican members hold, On the other hand
that Republicans comprise about two
thirds of the club membership, and
they freely urge Progressiyes to get
out in orderly fashion.
II has been a custom in the past
though not apparently provided for un
der the constitution, to redeem stock
held by expelled members II is unedr
stood that the nine Progressives ex.
peleld. if the action finally stands, viii
receive the money they paid for their
shares of stock in the club.
The directors of the Marion Club
who sat in the important session last
night are: President Donald S. Morris
whose vote made UP the required two
thirds to bring about the expulsion oi
the Progressives J. Burdette Little
George Holmes and Charles Fields
who have been counted as friendly to
the Progressives; Charles Smith, Her
bert G. Glosbrenner. counted generally
as peace-seeking members, and Thorn
as ]. Carter, Irving Lemaux, Wendell
lCoval. Frank c. Olive and W. K. Coop
er, who have been counted on all the
way to vote for the expulsion of the
Progressives-
! SUIT ON ACCOUNT