The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-17
General Sentiment Was for
a aFull County Ticket.-Ev-
cry Meeting Yesterday Was
Well Attended.
REYNOLDS STATUS
BEING QUESTIONED
Voters in Dark Whether He
Is Progressive or Republi-
CAN Makes Conflicting
Statements.

Six ward and ave township meet
ings were held by the Progressives
yesterday afternoon and last evening
for the purpose of electing members
of the county central committee. Five
townships, Wayne New Garden Green,
Dalton and Jefferson, are holding
afternoon and by this evening the per-
sonnel of the central committee will
be completed. Next Tuesday the full
committee will hold a meeting in
Richmond, elect officers, decide wheth-
er Progressive county ticket will be
placed in the field and transact other
important business.
At the various meetings held yester
day afternoon and evening, the gen
eral sentiment favored a full slate of
nominees for county offices. The First
ward took no action on the matter
In the Second a resolution favoring
full county ticket was lost by the mar
row margin of one vote. In every in
stance the plan of nominating legis-
lative and congressional ticket was
indorsed
Reynolds Questioned.
The position of Lee Reynolds, Re-
publican candidate for state repre-
sentative was questioned in the meet
ing of the Fifth ward. Conflicting
cfo ntc do hxyf he lot 1off
Progressives in that ward undecided
whether he should be classed a regu-
lar Republican and denied the support
of the Progressive movement, or
whether he, in reality, stands by the
principles espoused by the followers
of Colonel Roosevelt.
Arthur Brooks last evening inform
ed voters of the Fifth ward that Rey-
nolds had told him he was an advo-
, cate of President Taft.
One of the voters, a former candi-
date for Office in the county admins
tration, declared that Reynolds had
told him he was an ardent Progress
i've and would be found in the ranks
of those fighting for political reform,
while Howard Brooks declared he
could not determine whether Reynolds
was Progressive or Republican after
conversation with the candidate.
1t was said last evening that if Rey-
nolds does not declare himself square
ly in favor of Progressive principles,
and show by deed that he is worker
for the cause, a determined fight will
be against his candidacy as represen-
tative to the state legislature.
crystalized Sentiment.
The ward and township meetings
held Friday and today crystalized the
political sentiment of the Progress
ives into an organization that it's lead
ers declare will be able to cope sue
cessfully with the issues of the cam
paign.
| Voters in all the wards responded
largely to the call and displayed an
earnestness of purpose that was graf
flying to the leaders who are further
ing Roosevelts cause in Richmond.
! The First ward passed no resolu-
tions regarding it's sentiment on the
matter of placing candidates in the
u.
| following were elected precenct COM
mitteemen: Charles Potter, S. w.
Draper, Clark Thomas and Henry
| Scherb.
| In the Second ward resolution to
put full county ticket in the field
was lost by one vote. The precinct
committeeman are Robert Benton,
William Bloom, Ed Marlatt and L. NJ.
| White.
Oppose County Ticket.
| A resolution was passed in the Third
| favoring a legislative and congress
ional slate, but opposing the drafting
of a county slate. The Third will be
mittee by the following: c. G. Sherer,
Ed Norris. Elmer Hall and Harmon
Moss
The Fourth favored a full county
ticket and elected the following pre-
| cinct committeeman: Harry Hoover,
viii Pickett, Cash Beall, Will Wat
son and Samuel McDivitt.
| A full county ticket was desired by
the Fifth. 1t will be represented on
the central committee by AL Ford,
Omar Inderstrodt. Isaac Cause, John
McMinn and Carey Tingle.
The Sixth voted for full county
ticket and selected the following COM
mitteemen: Jesse Bailey, r. L. Moore,
and Clarence Brown
A number of the townships took no
action on the question of placing can
| iidates in the field. The meetings
were well attended.
i Harrison township selected Calvin
| Davis
/ Boston township passed resolution
/ asking that the present Republican
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