The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-08-31
The Wayne County Progress
i've Central Committee
Held Session This After
noon at Court House.
WILL ROBBINS is
ELECTED CHAIRMAN
All Officers Were Chosen
by Acclamation.- Howard
Brooks Was Also Named
as Secretary.

Officers of the Wayne county Pro
gressive central committee were elect
ed by acclamation at a meeting OF the
| committee held at the court house this
afternoon.
A spirit of harmony prevailed and
the work of organization was compiet-
ed without balloting or long parli-
mentary pickering.
VIII Robbins. former chairman OF
the Republican central committee,
was elected Progressive chairman this
afternoon. In accepting the Office he
said, 1T Is not a case of making or
| losing friends. but OF being right"
His sentiment was received with en-
thusiasm by the committee. He refer
red to his recent withdrawal from the
Republican committee.
The permanent officers elected are:
| Chairman-win Robbins.
Vice Chairman-A. Z. Smith.
| Secretary-Howard Brooks.
Treasurer-John Dynes.
| With the permanent organixation
perfected this afternoon. the Progress
sives say they will be able to cope sue
cessfully with the political situation in
Wayne county. and the leaders believe
the Progressive ticket will be victori.
Gus in the fall election.
Almost all members Of the commit
tee were in attendance.
The committee voted by acclama-
tion to put a full Progressive county
ticket in the Aeld.
Candidates nominated by the Repub-
lican party at the spring primaries win
be placed on the Progressive ticket
and given ten days to decide II
they want to change TO the Progress
sive ranks.
1t is known that almost all the can
didates nominated on the county tick
ct last spring are Progressive In senti-
ment and will gladly allow their
names to be used as candidates by the
lProgressives.
The county chairman was instructed
to appoint an executive committee.
consisting of five members outside the
central committee. The four officers
of the central committee will be mem
bers of the executive committee.
The following is the text OF the res
olution passed by acclamation regard
ing the full county ticket and the
nominees. A copy ofthis resolution 10
to be given to each candidate. except
ing the legislative candidate.
Whereas. A large number of the
mass conventions of the Progressive
party of Wayne county. Indiana, re-
Gently held In the various townships
of said county and In the wards Of the
city Of Richmond, have voted In favor
of full county ticket being placed
before the voters of Wayne county to
be voted for At the general election 10
be held on the 5th day Of November.
1912. and II 10 believed from Impair
sensus of the opinion of the Progress
sive voters of Wayne county is that
full county ticket shall be named.
Therefore. be IL resolved. That the
County Central Committee of the Pro
sressive party of Wayne County, In
diana, hereby vote and declare that q
iull County ticket shall be nominated
for said Wayne County. and said CON-
rnittee hereby authorizes the delegates
who were selected to nominate q can
! didate for the legislature OF said
} Wayne County. to meet in convention
! at 10 o'clock on the 3rd day OF Sep
tember, 1912. at the court house in
the court room and nominate candi-
dates for all the ofiices in said Wayne
County TO be filed at said general elec-
ton. to-wit: Prosecuting Attorney, Re
corder, Sheriff, Treasurer, Coroner,
Commissioner Western District, Com
J missioner Eastern District, Surveyor.
: Be II Further Resolved, That this
Committee recommend to said conven-
tion that the present nominees Of the
! Republican Party. nominated at the
: primary election held in February.
1912. be named as the candidates for
J said respective offices, III they de-
sire to become candidates on the Pro
gressive ticket for such offices. And
We further recommend that after sucn
: nominations are made. the chairman
of this committee shall ascertain from
said several candidates who may be
Nominated for County office. on or be
fore the 10th day Of September. 1912.
: whether or not they and each Of them
desire to become candidates for office
: upon the Wayne County Progressive
ticket, and all Of those who fail and
refuse to signify their willingness In
writing to become candidates on the
Wayne County Progressive Ticket. on
or before said date. shall be deemed
to prefer not to be candidates upon
said ticket and shall therefore forfeit
their right to become such candidate:
and in the event of any and ali va
cancles occurring on said ticket. mch
vacancies shall be filled by this com
mittee in such manner and foxn O
lit may determine.