The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-07
Elected to Resolutions Com
mittee on Anti-county Op-
ton Platform and Then
Given Turn Down.
DIST. FOR OPTION
WHEN VOTE TAKEN
winfield T. Durbin Is Unani-
mously Nominated for
Governor Party Stands
for County Unit Again.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 7.-Wilfred
Jessup, for ten years attorney for the
"drys" In Wayne county, went down
in defeat yesterday at the Republican
state convention in a single-handed ef-
fort to defeat the county local option
plank and to have the convention ac-
cept his personal, planks dealing with
important issues.
There were two minority reports
submitted by dissenting members of
the resolutions committee. The first
was signed by three committeeman.
This report agreed with all the fea-
lures of majority report except the
section indorsing county local option.
It was defeated by a vote of 1,0041a
to 1914.
The individual minority report of
Wilfred Jessup, Of the Sixth district,
was then read. 1t indorsed the major
ity report save and except in refer
ence to those sections designated local
option 'woman's suffrage and 'consti-
tutional convention In lieu of these
sections he offered plank for the call
ing of a constitutional convention
which will provide for initiative and
referendum, thus providing a means
for settling the. option, woman's suff-
rage and other questions. He also in
cluded plank covering opposition to
child labor and indorsing legislation
fixing the minimum number of hours
which, women shall for wages be per-
mitted to engage in per day, the same
not exceeding ten working hours of
each day.
His report was tabled by a viva voce
vote and the majority report, including
the plank declaring for county local
option, was adopted also by a viva
voce vote
Durbin Is Nominated.
Ex-Governor Winfield T. Durbin of
Anderson was nominated for governor
unanimously after the first ballot
Three other candidates, John C. Cha
ney of Sullivan, Samuel Lewis Shank
of Indianapolis and Charles A. Car
Isle, withdrew after the first ballot,
and Mayor Shank made the motion to
unanimously nominate Durbin, who
had the support of the machine On
the only ballot for governor Wayne
county voted as follows: Durbin, 16.
CLANCY 5, Carlisle S. The total vote of
the sixth district for governor follows:
Durbin 76k, Shank 16, CLANCY 1Oh.
Carlisle IS.
Thomas T. Moore of Greencastle
was nominated for lieutenant cover
nor by acclamation.
The great game of double cross" of
which Indiana Republican politicians
are past masters was as popular yes
terday as it has been for years. The
feature double cross pulled off by
the sixth district delegates had viii.
fred Jessup as its goat" At the eau
Gus OF the district Monday night Will
fred Jessup after announcing his can
dfdacy for member of the resolutions
committee on an anti-county local on.
tion platform, was elected by a large
majority over Editor Elliott of New
Castle, an ardent county optionist and
king Of standpatters.
On the following day when the con.
vention voted whether the platform
should contain county unit plank or
an anti-county unit plank. the sixth
district left Mr.. Jessup stranded high
and dry. voting in favor of county 10.
cal option Is to 25. Even Mr.. Jessup's
own delegation from Wayne turned
him down by a vote of IL to 10, five
not voting.