The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-07-01
Will Delegates to the Repub-
lican State and District
Conventions Have to Be
Drafted Here?
MASS MEETINGTO
TELL PARTY FATE
Prospective Candidates for
G. 0. P. Congressional
Nomination Have Retired
to Storm Cellar.

1t is expected that some time this
week Fred Sims, chairman of the Re-
publican state central committee, will
issue a call for ward and township
meetings to elect delegates to the
state Republican convention which
will nominate state ticket.
Republican District Chairman Linus
Meredith states that as soon as he re-
cciyes the call from Sims he will send
cut a call for ward and township
meetings throughout the district for
he election of delegates to the district
congressional convention which will
probably be held in Richmond some
time this month In his call he will
also order the election of delegates to
the state convention at the same time
the district convention delegates are
chosen.
A peculiar situation has arisen in
sixth district Republican politics since
the national convention at Chicago.
Prior to that convention there were
quite a few Republican leaders in the
district bothered with the buzzing of
the, congressional bee. With the col
lapse of the G. o. P. and the appear
arce On the horizon of the Progressive
party these leaders are no longer be-
Ing: serenaded with said congressional
bee So far as can be ascertained there
now remains only one avowed candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for congressman. Attorney Bassett, of
Liberty 1t would not be surprising if
he would receive the nomination for
the asking.
Are a Gloomy Bunch.
Republicans who still stand under
the banner of the G. o. P. are viewing
tbe situation now in gloomy silence.
They are a very depressed bunch of
politicians, as the enthusiasm of
Wayne county Republicans over the
proposed organization of third party
is keeping them awake at nights.
"If the desertions from the Republi-
can ranks continue from now on as
rapidly as they have since the Chicago
convention there won't be a corporal's
guard attend the ward and township
meetings which will be held this
MONTH" said one lugubrious party lea
Ger today. I'VE may have to draft del
egates to the state and district conven-
tons in some of the wards and town
ships"
Charles W. Jordan, secretary of the
Richmond Commercial Club. who was
i receptive candidate for the Republi-
car nomination for congressman, but
who never formally announced his can
didacy. no longer holds ambitions in
that direction and his friends have
ceased advocating his nomination.
! Republican leaders in this city will
watch with a great deal of interest the
| Progressive mass meeting at the Gen
EFT theater tomorrow night, at which
the principal speaker will be James
K Garfield, right hand man of Theo
dore Roosevelt, former cabinet Officer
anc one of the committee of eighteen
il charge with the organization of q
national progressive party. The at
tendance and enthusiasm displayed a
this meeting will spell to them the fate
of the Republican party so far as thi:
county is concerned, and they are full
| " expecting to see the party receive
itg death blow.
| 1t was announced today that Lee c
Gates, one of the delegates from Cali
fornia to the Republican national con
yention, who has been visiting at Cen
terville, will speak at the mass meet
ing tomorrow night. Mr.. Gates took al
active part in the convention and will
Governor johnson and Francis ]. He
ney made desperate fight against tn
Taft forces.