The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-10-09
OF COUNTY
BOARD TOCHA|RMAN
ROBBINS NOT KEPT
Had Promised This Right to
Progressives Because They
Have No Other Election
Officers.
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assertions that they had made up their
minds, Linderman prevailed upon them
to agree to a secret session before an
nouncing the decision of the commits
sioners and the board retired to a pri-
vate room. Mr.. Robbins and Mr.. Com
stock were soon sent for and the COM
missioners proposed that the inspec-
tors be divided as compromise. Mr..
Robbins refused to consider this, con-
tending that the Progressives were
standing for principle and should
have all the inspectors or none.
After three-quarters of an hour of
deliberation the commissioners return
ed and Linderman announced for the
board that they had decided to ap-
point Republicans as inspectors.
The action taken today by the coun-
ty commissioners in appointing Repub-
lican workers as election inspectors
shows that the commissioners are a
party to the perpetuation of the old
Republican machine in Wayne coun-
ty.
The action taken today was COM
plete reversal of their opinion given
four weeks ago as to what would be
just and right to all voters of the coun-
ty. Under the law the Progressive
party has no right to have any repre-
sentatives present at the election pre-
cincts to see that the votes cast will
be counted. The law was written be-
fore the formation of the Progressive
party and consequently no provision
was made for a representative of that
party being present as watcher, clerk
or judge.
Made Fair Request.
The representatives of the Progress
sive party requested the county COM
missioners, in the spirit of right and
fairness, to appoint inspectors who
were known Pregressives and would
see that the election is fair and that
the votes be counted.
The fact that the county commits
sioners reversed their opinion today
as to what was right and just and an
nounced that Republican inspectors
should be appointed as inspectors can
have no other Interpretation than that
they are party to the continuation
of boss politics in Wayne county.
The action of the commissioners in
Wayne county Is merely an indication
of what is taking place all over the
state and that the results of the COM
ing election are entirely in the hands
of the Democrat and Republican BIZ
partisan machine.
What Must BE Done.
The only way for the Progressives
now to secure fair count of their
votes is to arrange with either the So
cialist or Prohibition organizations for
their watchers to act also for the Pro-
gressive party. This matter will be
taken up Immediately by the Progress
sive organization and arrangements to
that effect made as soon as possible.
The Progressives feel that the &C
ton of the county commissioners is
part of a well defined policy on the
part of the boss-controlled Republican
organization to leave the way open to
repeat on vaster scale the tactics
that characterized the last Republican
convention at Chicago. where a presi-
Dental nomination and control of the
national committee were stolen.
Homer Farlow's position is particu-
larly resented as he is a candidate for
reelection on the Republican county
ticket at the coming election and it
was felt that in the interests of fair
election he would see the justice of the
Progressives' request for the inspec-
tors.