The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-23
HOPE
G. 0, P. JUDGES CAN
Be LEGALLY NAMED
Interpretation of Feature of
Election Law Asked of
the Attorney General.
BASS LEAVES G. o. P.
Secretary of ColOred Repub-
lican Club Says He Can
not Support Zimmerman.

Whether or not the Richmond Re
publican party will be entitled TO cleo
tion judges at the municipal election
November 4 rests with Attorney Gen
eral Honan. The attorney general will
return to Indianapolis Saturday and
his opinion on this question viii be
asked at that time.
The local Progressive organization
had promised to appoint Republican
judges for the municipal election and
it is anxious TO fulfill this promise, but
when Progressive Chairman Howard
Brooks, Republican Chairman Edgar
Iliff and Republican Secretary Denver
Harlan examined the election law IL
was discovered that IL provides the
election inspectors in each voting pre-
cinct shall mot ''may') appoint two
election judges who are members OF
different political parties and OF the
parties which cast the highest num-
ber of votes in the state at the pre-
ceding general election"
Rests With Attorney General.
The Democratic and Progressive
parties polled the greatest number of
votes at the general election last year,
consequently if Attorney General Ho-
nan finds no loophole in the law where
by Republican judge may be ap-
pointed for each precinct in Richmond
such election officers will have to be
selected from the ranks of the Pro-
gressive and Democratic parties
When We promised election judges
to the Republicans we were not aware
that the law handicapped us in fulfill
ing this pledge" said Progressive
Chairman Brooks today. Il sincerely
hope that the attorney general will be
able 10 find some way by which each
precinct in the city will have a Re
publican Judge"
Coiored G. o. p. Leader Resigns.
Political interest today was center
ed in the action of Howard r. Bass
rendering his resignation as secretary
OF the Colored Mems Republican Club
of Richmond, and the report that the
designations of several other members
OF the organization would follow The
text of Bass resignation follows:
Il have resigned my office as sec
retary of the Colored Mems Republi-
can club and intend to support the
Progressive ticket.
HOWARD r. BASS"
Il have supported DR.. Zimmerman
in the past but do not feel that can
do so now. / do not think he has given
the city a good administration and I
think he has held the office of mayor
long enough" Bass said today, in
commenting on his resignation DIR.
Zimmerman has also been too long
under the impression that the colored
vote of Richmond is bis private prog
erty. He will ffnd he is badly mistaken
after the election next month"
All Making canvasses.
All the mayoralty Candidates are
now busiIy engaged In making their
canvasses and all predict that there
will be an exceptionally large vote
cast at the election for the voters ap-
pear to be taking a keen interest I'm
the election.
The race is between Robbins and
myself" remarked Henry Farwig. the
Democratic mayoralty candidate.
There is no more hard feelings
among the Democrats and I know IL 1
get the solid vote of my party I will
win with ease"
G. o. p. Will Hold Rally.
DR.. Zimmerman. the Republican
mayoralty candidate, will make his
| first address of the campaign Friday
night at a Republican rally, to be
| held in the council chamber at the
city hall. Other Rep blican leaders
| will also speak and will defend the
mayors record as a public official.
Secretary Harlan of the Republican
committee said today that other meet
ings would be arranged and that a
| street parade at the fag end of the
campaign was possible.
Socialists Confident.
Joseph Bruner, organizer Of the
Richmond Socialists local, expressed
his personal opinion today that
Charles Sehi, the Socialist mayoralty
candidate, would be elected. also the
other candidates on the Socialist tick
ct. I'VE polled nearly 700 votes -
Richmond last fall and we haven't
gone back any. In fact We have made