The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-06
BD[L MOOSE PARTY SHOWED |
Astonishing STRENGTH IN
ELECTION IN THIS COUNTY
THIRD PARTY SWEPT THE PLATTER CLEAN

voters must have cast their ballots
straight.
Undoubtedly the stupid and mani
festly unfair action of the county COM
missioners, all Republicans, in refus-
ing to permit Progressives to have rep
resentatives at the various polls acted
as boomerang to the Republican par
ty and lost to it's candidates for coun-
ty offices a large Progressive vote.
"At the last moment I decided to
vote my ticket straight and take no
chances of having it thrown out on
some technicality," remarked a young
Progressive today
Causes Some Warm Talk.
1t is reported generally that some
mighty warm language is being direct
ed by irate Republicans at the county
commissioners and few wise" party
leaders who coached them to rule
against the Progressives.
Until late hour this forenoon it
looked as though Wayne county would
have two representatives in the lower
house of the legislature, but the re-
turns received from Fayette showed
that the majority that county gave
Crawford Oemocrat) candidate for
joint representative from Wayne and
Fayette counties, was sufficient to
overcome the majority Wayne county
gave Clifford, the Progressive candi-
date. John Judkins of Cambridge City,
Progressive candidate for representa-
tive from Wayne county, was elected
by good majority.
Jensen Lost to Gray.
Gierluf Jensen, the Progressive can
didate for congress-, received a major
ity of about 200 over Finly Gray, Dem
ocrat, in this county, but he has been
defeated by the latter in the district
at large, probably by a majority in
excess of 5000. viii RISK. the Repub-
lican candidate, finished poor third.
Much credit is being given Will Rob-
bins, county recorder, who acted as
county chairman for the Progressives,
planned the campaign carefully and
carried it out in a most thorough man
ner and the doctrines of the new party
were spread broadcast over the coun-
lty. Often Robbins and Brooks were
handicapped in their work through
| lack of funds to carry it on, but their
appeals were always answered by busi-
ness men, clerks and mechanics inter-
ested in the success of the cause they
were working for. The Women's Pro-
, gressive League, through the services
it's members rendered and the money
they raised for the campaign fund,
contributed materially in bringing
about the remarkable Progressive vic
! tory.
Democratic leaders attribute the de-
| feat of their county ticket to the shad-
ing of ballots by Democratic voters.
They say that both the Progressives
and the Republicans gained on the
split votes of the Democratic voters
who had friends on both tickets.
1t was explained that the party did
not run behind it's former record in
Wayne county. No disappointment at
the overwhelming victory of the Pro.
gressives was expressed.
Early today Democrats said that
Finly Gray had 5,100 votes to meet
any majority Wayne county might
give Jensen.
G.. B. Beck, Democratic Sixth dis.
trict chairman. said that the results
from the counties in the Sixth were
satisfactory to him and the state com.
mittee.
/ Intense qualification was voiced by
him on the results of the state and ma.
tional election.