The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-19
Sentiment, However, Is at
Least Unanimous for Con-
gressional and Legislative
Nominations.
ROBBINS MAY HEAD
COUNTY COMMITTEE
A. E. Smith, Provisional
Chairman, Announced His
Resignation Today-Wants
Robbins to Lead.

mittee will wrestle with the problem
of putting a full county legislative
ticket into the field at the forthcoming
election, in a meeting called for Tues
Masonic Temple for the purpose of or
ganization and deliberation.
Tl.o4 sentiment of the committeeman
elected at the primaries last week is
un ,ln5~Nts in insisting that congress
| sional candidate, also candidates for
representative and joint representa-
, tive to the legislature, shall be NOM
mated by the Progressives.
The committeeman assert that it is
useless to elect a Progressive presi-
| dent and governor of the state if those
executives are not backed and sup
ported in the state and national legis-
latures by representatives of the same
political faith and imbued with the
same political principles and aspira-
tions.
Must Have Support.
1t would be suicide, or at least a
slow death, declared prominent Pro-
gressive worker, if the Progressive
governor of the state does not have a
Progressive legislature to enact meas
ures and carry out the plans of the
| chief executive of the state.
| The same obtains in a still greater
degree, it is argued, with respect to
the relation that must exist at Wash
ington between a Progressive presi-
dent and congress. If the latter is not
composed of Progressives, or is hostile
to the measures and suggestions of the
executive, nothing will be gained by
electing a Progressive to the execu-
tive chair, it is held.
Holding this conviction, the Pro-
gressive committeeman say it is a
matter of life and death that Progress
i've legislators and congressman be
elected at the fall election. This de-
termination, they say, will impel them
to nominate candidates for the state
legislature and to insist that a pro-
gressive candidate be named in the
Sixth congressional district for the
lower house at Washington.
| Committee Divided.
The committee, it was learned to-
day, is about equally divided on the
question of naming a list of Progress
ives for the offices of the county ad-
ministration. Some favor the reten-
ton of the slate nominated in the
publican ticket.
| hot
didates should declare their political
affiliations, and if they espouse the
Progressive cause should be retained
as Progressive candidates II the can
didates stand by the Republican state
and national platform, it is held they
should not be considered worthy of
Progressive support and be left to
fight out their political destinies with
the Old Guard
Smith Will Retire.
The resignation of A. E. Smith, pro-
visional Progressive county chairman,
which was made public today, proba.
bly, will result in the selection of Will
Robbins, country recorder, to that i'm
Iportant post at the meeting of the
central committee Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Robbins recently resigned as coun-
ty chairman of the regular Republican
party in Wayne county. His selection
it is believed, will be satisfactory to
the Progressives of the county
A. E. Smith, the provisional county
chairman, stated to a representative
of the Palladium today that he would
retire as provisional county chairman
tomorrow, and ask the committee to
appoint Will J. Robbins in his place
as head of the Wayne county organi.
zation. In making this announcement
Mr.. Smith said that he felt this action
would be best for the good of the
cause, as Mr. Robbins had served in a
very efficient manner on the old com:
mittee, and was familiar with organi.
zation work in the county. Mr.. Smith
said that he would serve in any other
capacity to which the committee might
Iassign him
Morton ". Grflls, of Hagerstomn,
today announced his candidacy as rep
lresentative to the state legislature on
the Progressive ticket. Adherents of
the movement at a meeting in Hagers-
town last Saturday voted for legis-
lative ticket, but held that the Pro-
gressives should not put a county
ticket in the field. They elected the
following chairmen of the three pre-
cincts of Jefferson township: First,
r. B. Worl; Second, NJ. T. Fox, and
Third, l. NJ. Pierce.
I Wayne township will be represented
on the central committee by l. NJ
s Jones, Theodore Martin, William Bar
ton, Richard Davenport and Levi
l0lntinned. On PlGs sixl