The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-26

The above telegram was read last
evening to four hundred Wayne coun-
tty voters, crowded into a little hall in
1.-THE Pythian temple. 1t was received
with handclapping and cheers. The
message came in response to one sent
THE Colonel asking him for advice as
to cooperation with the national Or
sganiZation of the Progressive party.
T. The meeting last evening was for
the purpose Of considering plans for
tthe formation of a Wayne county
branch of the Progressive party, which
will probably be affected at mass
meeting to be held at later date.
The crowd last night was a most rep
preventative and enthusiastic one, and
IF any one was in doubt as to the sin
cerity of the average voter for a re-
form in politics and government he
would have been convinced had he
been present.
Many Democrats Present.
Apparently there were nearly as
many Democrats present as Republi-
cans. or rather, former Republicans.
The Democrats in the audience had
seen the handwriting on the wall in
the defeat of Bryan for temporary
chairman at Baltimore Tuesday after
noon. They realized that the same
crowd which controlled the Republi-
can convention was in the saddle at
Baltimore, and SO these Democrats,
yhn hoH he ha Of
SO many years, came to the meeting,
grim and ready for action. Probably
it seemed odd to them at first, to be
POLITICALLY associating with men who
had served in the Republican ranks,
but when the names of Roosevelt and
Bryan were linked by the speakers;
when they realized they held in COM
mon the same ideals, the lingering
Ipartisan spirit departed and they
Joined in greeting to the new cause
the cause of good citizenship.
1t was the unanimous decision of
1.-THE meeting last night that a mass
injecting of Richmond and Wayne
lcounty voters should be held some
time in the near future and to arrange
for this meeting the chairman, E. H.
Harris was instructed to appoint
committee of five. He appointed the
following:
DR.. S. r. Lyons, minister.
d. r. MikessIl. mechanic.
Clifford Price, insurance agent.
A. E. Smith. railroad employe.
Late Larsh, G. A. r. veteran.
Following the adjournment of the
Lyons. who is veteran of the civil
war, acting as temporary chairman
The committee decided to increase its
membership by appointing a member
lfrcm every township in the county
THE enlarged committee will then meet
and arrange for a mass meeting of
,citizens.
Fouike First Speaker.
William Dudley Foulke was the first
fperson called upon by the crowd for
an address. He made a stirring plea
for the organization of third party,
and paid glowing tributes to Theodore
Rposevelt and William Jennings Bry-
an He stated that Taft had been
nominated by a large assortment of
arepudiated statesmen" such as Hem
enway, Watson, Healing, Penrose,
Crane and Guggenheim, and said that
Ihe had never fully realized until the
convention was over how this country
was completely controlled by the
i"powers of unseen government" He
quoted from an article of Bryan to
prove that the big interests We're now
absolutely controlling the nation, and
said that what they did i'll Chicago
was being repeated in Baltimore
NOV. He also predicted that Mr.. Bry-
IAN would bolt the Democratic party
and organize an Independent Demo
cratic party. or join in the movement
for Progressive party.
MIR Foulke said that Roosevelt was
the man TO select as the Moses for the
new party. pointing out that he was
the soul of honesty. the champion of
irnrftpred on Pare TiphfN