The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-25
PAOGRESSIVES FLOCK
TO STATE MEETING
At INDIANAPOLIS
100 Bull MoOSerS Leave Rich
mOnd 10 Attend All-Day
Love Feast.
\OTABLES TO SPEAK
State Officers and National
Leaders Address Big
Gatherings.
NOTABLES TO SPEAK

Nearly one hundred Progressives
f.om Richmond and Wayne county
towns left this morning for Indiansp-
oNs to attend the state meeting OF the
Progressive party
There has been talk OF another
state rally OF Bull Moose some time
after the frst OF the year. and e
boosters organization was formed at
the Pennsylvania station this morn
ing to make an effort 20 have this
meeting held in Richmond
1t was argued that even though ths
city was not centrally located. Rich
mond was entitled TO have this meet
ing because II was the stronghold OF
the Progressive party in Indiana, and
consequently was deserving OF such
recognition from the party.
Some Who Made Trip.
Among those who left on the $40
o'clock train this forenoon were Ed
Marlatt, Charles Potter. r. L, More.
Albert Chamness. Jesse Bailey, W. ]
Robbins. DR.. Chattin. Albert Ander
son. Herbert Farmer George McKin-
ley. Ben Parsons, Harry Hodgin. T
F. Swain. Theodore Gist. Roy Fry.
r. G. Leeds, Edward Harris. Howard
Brooks. Park Gipe, Lucius Harrison.
Levi Peacock. Will Keller, W A Bond
and VIII Watson
Another large delegation left on the
1920 train this morning. including
several williamsburg and Fountain
City people. People boarded trains
at Centerville and Cambridge City.
( Quite a few made the trip on early in
! teruI ban cars.
Toner Will Preside.
Edward c. Toner, editor and pub
Usher OF the Anderson Herald. pre-
sided at the first public meeting, be
ginning at l O'Clock in the Progress
sive club assembly room. Raymond
Robbins. chairman OF the Illinois state
Progressive committee, spoke. Mr
Robbins has the reputation of being
one OF the ablest orators in the party
and he did a great deal of effective
work in last years campaign.
AT the same time the Progressive a
state committee convened at the state
headquarters on the third floor OF
Castle Hall building Following the
committee meeting a conference of
Progressive workers will be held or
the eighth floor OF the ClaypoOl h.
tel. State Chairman Lee will pres' Ie
and there will be talks by a nun ser
OF prominent party leaders Pans
for next years campaign will b, dis
cussed at both OF these meetir gs.
Mrs. Funk Will Speak.
Mrs Annette Funk OF Chic ago. and
Frederick Lands of LoganF port will
speak at the second public meeting OF
the day to be held at the Progressive
club at o'clock LuciuF B. Swift oi
indianapolis will preside.
Four "headliners" ara on the pro
, gram for the public meeting a. thi,
; evening in the Progressive clubrooms
James A Woodburn OF Indiana uni
versity will preside ana address vii
, be made by Senator Moses r ClapI
. of Minnesota, Everett Colby OF New
, Jersey. John T McCutcneon Of Chi
cago and Raymond Robbins OF Chi
, Cago.
: Senator Clapp is the acknowledge
, leader of the Progressives in the sen
. ate OF the United States. He wac al
I insurgent before the formation Of III
new party. and voted against tn
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill He is a Pow
erful and convincing public speaker
He is a warm friend Of Mr. Beveridge
Leader in New Jersey.
Everett Colby led the New Jerse,
, Progressives in this years gubernatc
=. rial campaign. He is a wealthy man
:, ufacturer and a man OF high staDdin
in his native state.
John T McCutcheon. the fazrou
:. Chicago cartoonist and an ardent Pr
- gressive. will illustrate his talk Wit
. rapid lire" sketches