The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-17
E. S. Martindale, of Green's
fork, Heads Progressive
Club, Which Will Have
Headquarters in Richmond.
NO COMPROMISE" is
SLOGAN OF SPEAKER
Jackman And lnman Oppose
Fusion With Any Party
Judkins Expresses Views
On Recent Legislature.

An enthusiastic and largely attend
ed Wayne county Progressive mass
meeting was held at the court house
Saturday afternoon, at which time
county Progressive club. with head
quarters in Richmond. was organized.
Just one ticket of officers was drafted
by the nominating committee and il.
was elected by acclamation. The list
of officers follow:
e. S. Martindale. Greensboro. presi-'
dent.
w. 4. Floyd. Dublin. vice president
Clifford Price. Richmond. secretary.
r. l.. Moore, Richmond. treasurer
A committee to draw up the consti-
tuition and bylaws for the club and a
membership committee were named
by viii w. Keller, who presided over
! the meeting. and within a short time
another meeting will be held to per-
feet the organization.
Following the completion of plans
for the organization of the club ex-
cellent addresses were delivered by
Clifford Jackman of indianapolis.
who was Progressive candidate for at
torney general, r. b. Inman of Middle
town, director of publicity of the Pro-
gressive state committee and John w.
| Judkins of Cambridge, who was the
/ only Progressive member of the last
| legislature.
"No Compromises"
mo Compromise" was the slogan
sounded by Mr.. Inman. He said that
the men who were now proposing such
Progressive control of the Republican
party last June. and that to compro-
mise with them now would be vic
tory for the reactionary interests of
| the nation.
| Mr.. Jackman indorsed the sentiment
expressed by Mr.. Inman and pointed
out the fact that the last Democratic
legislature had SO disgusted the peo-
pie of Indiana that there would be no
possibility of the Progressive party
being defeated at the next congress
sional. state and national elections. SO
long as the Progressive party stood
unswervingly. true to the principles it
had written into it's contract with the
people
| Representative Judkins stated that
the Democratic party had in nearly ev-
cry instance repudiated it's platform,
pledges in the last legislature and.
would continue to do so az long as that
party was retained in power because
it's leaders were utterly out OF SYM
pathy with the policies indorsed by
the people.
one-Man Assembly.
There were thirty-fve or forty
Democratic members of the legislature
who went to Indianapolis confidently
expecting that their party intended 10
keep it's faith with the people" said
Mr. Judkins. land when a number OF
progressive measures were introduced
at the beginning their hopes were
high. But there never was the slight
est chance for these measures becom-
ing laws and at the right time the in
visible hand controlling this one-man
legislature reached out and snatched
them away. The house was ruled des-
politically by a reactionary speaker.
WHO even iEHoIcd
to the extent that he would sayel
through senate-amended house bills
without permitting the reading OF the
amendments.
Il want to say that Wayne county's
Democratic member of the house. Mr..
Crawford, fought the gang from start
to finish and / believe him TO be as
good a Progressive as any of you or
myself / know that ! made mistakes.
but they were mistakes of the head
and not of the heart and I voted for
bills that ! thought were to the best
interests of the people
Appoint Committees.
The following is the personnel Of
: the committee appointed by Chairman
Keller to draft the constitution and
by laws of the Progressive club. VIII
! liam Bond, Frank Roberts. John w.
Judkins, y. c. Heironimus and John
Markley.
The committee on mem mbership is IS
follows: Ancil Dwiggins,. W. l. Hat
field, John Dynes. E. f. warfel and
E. II. Harris.