The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-11-10
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TUSjLE FOR PLACES
ON COUNTY TICKET
Bonds Friends Urge Him to
Run For Nomination
as Judge.
FOX Is A CANDIDATE
Howard Brooks Enters List
as Aspirant for Job
of Auditor.

Candidates for the Progressive NOM
| nations for various county offices are
coming into the political limelight to
build their political fences.
| On November 4, 1914. there will be
general county election to fill the Of
! fees of circuit judge. circuit court
clerk. auditor. assessor. sheriff. prose-
cutor. treasurer. two commissioner
ships and coroner. In all townships the
offices of trustee and assessor will
also be filled.
Judge Henry c. Fox OF the Wayne
circuit court. who will have completed
his eighteenth year on that bench De
cember 81. 1914. has decided TO make
the race for reelection despite his ~
years. which he still bears lightly
! Judge Fox has always been an ardent
! Republican but recently he has shown
Progressive tendencies and his friends
would not be surprised II he would
seek the Bull Moose nomination. How
ever. Judge Fox has reached no decis-
ion on that matter.
Bond Wants Judeeship.
Ii is generally understood that VIII
liam \. Bond. city attorney for Rich
mond and a candidate ON the Progress
sive ticket last fall for Judge OF the
supreme court, will announce his can
didacy for the Progressive nomination
| for circuit judge, probably being the
only opponent TO lndiana's oldest ac-
tive jurist
i Under the rules of the Progressive
state organization. precinct meetings
must be held all over the county the
second Tuesday in January for the
| ~ IL
teemen. These committeeman will
then meet the following Saturday and
elect a county chairman, vice chair
man, secretary and treasurer. The
present county chairman. Will J. Rob
bins, will not be candidate for re-
election because he assumes the Office
of mayor of this city January i. How
ard Brooks, present secretary of the
county organization, will not be a can
didate for reelection TO that Office for
Brooks will be one of the candidates
for nomination as auditor.
So far there have been no announce
ments of candidates. for Progressive
county chairman and secretary. These
very important offices, which have
been so ably administered by Mr.. Rob-
bins and Mr.. Brooks. will receive
much consideration from Progressive
workers.
To Confer On Primary Date.
Retiring county secretary Brooks
stated today that he would probably
issue a call for all candidates seeking
Progressive nominations for county
offices to meet in a few days and con-
slider the date for holding the Progress
sive primary nominating election.
Brooks favors holding this primary
early in February. so that there will
be no need of a long campaign.
Already there is quite a field for the
Progressive nomination for county
clerk. Those so far entered are
Charles Potter. Lucius Harrison, FIJI
more Riggs and Frank Roberts. All
, reside in Richmond and there probab-
|, ly will be more entries from the coun-
ty outside Richmond.
, The term of county clerk is four
years and Clerk George Matthews
term expires December 81. 1914. Pre-
cedent prohibits any clerk from serv-
ing more than one term. When Mr..
. Matthews was asked today IL he would
seek reelection he said he had given
the question no consideration.
Candidates For Auditor.
For auditor Howard Brooks has for
mally announced his candidacy Al
bert Morel, who was defeated for the
incumbent of the office. Louis Bow
! man. is seriously considering opposing
{ Brooks in this race.
D Bowman is not a candidate for re-
{ election, for political precedent does
not permit of a man serving more than
: one term in a four years Office. Al
I though Bowman's successor is eletced
next fall Bowman's term will not ex-
pire until December 81. 1915.
IL is reported that Claude Keeyer.
trustee of New Garden township and
! one of the most active Progressive
leaders in northern Wayne county. is
also considering making the race for
2 auditor, but may decide to seek the
= nomination for clerk.
z So far as known there is only one
: candidate at the present time for the
+ office Of county assessor. James Ho-
warth, who is now serving as trustee
!. of Wayne township.
The present incumbent for the Of
fee of prosecuting attorney, treasurer
: and sheriff. respectively, VIII Keller.
> Albert Chamness and Jacob Bayer.
will seek denominations on the Pro
gressive ticket and undoubtedly will
have no opposition, for the terms OF
. these three officers are only two years
. each. and each one is now serving his
! first term
q Commissioners Race.
Two of the three members of the
board of county commissioners viii
: be elected next fall The first of this
} year Robert Beeson, who served two
terms as commissioner from the
Western district, retires and will be
succeeded by Mordecai Doddridge-
, Barney Linderman. commissioner
: from the middle district. will complete
: his second term December 81, 1914,
! and Albert Anderson. commissioner
I from the eastern district, win COM
d plete his first term December 81, 1915.
e II will be necessary to elect commits
8 sioners from the middle and eastern
1 districts next fall. Anderson will be
{ candidate for nomination on the Pro
gressive ticket from the eastern dis