The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-17
Judge Blankenbaker Assails
Record of Corruption in
Terre Haute and Indianap-
oils at Hagerstown.
DEWETT LAUDS PARTY
Former Progressive Tells of
Return to Old Ranks After
Removal of Corrupting In
fluences.

Quite few Richmond Republicans
attended the opening Of the Republi-
can campaign at Hagerstown last
hight, which was addressed by Charles
Jewett of Indianapolis, a former Pro-
gressive, who spoke for that party in
this county two years ago, and Judge
Blankenbaker of Terre Haute, who
presided over one of the election cor
Eruption cases in that city in which
Mayor Dom Roberts was the defend
Ant.
The meeting was held in the Odd
Fellows' hall and was attended by
Narge crowd. Lee Reynolds, former
member of the legislature, presided.
In opening his address. Judge Blank
lenbaker said that If everyone in the
audience was a Republican, it would
lbe useless for the meeting to proceed
further. He then asked the crowd to
raise their hands when the party each
was affiliated with was called. It was
Ishown that there were members of
lnearly every party, Republicans, of
course, predominating.
Attacks Democrats.
well, this Is just the kind of a
|Crowd like to talk to-" laughed Judge
IBlankenbaker, land I am going to talk
TO you Just as a lawyer presents his
case to jury"
The speaker made violent attack
Ion the Taggart-Fairbanks Democratic
machine. He declared it had corrupt
ed Terre Haute and was now success
fully undertaking the work of debas-
ing Indianapolis and Evansville. He
charged that the candidacy of Dom
Roberts for governor was receiving
the support of this machine, and he
declared Roberts stood for all that was
bad in politics.
He appealed for a reunited Repub-
1ican party to enter the lists against
this machine. which he said was leav
ing trail of corruption wherever it
went. He raped Cook, the Democratic
candidate for secretary of state. de-
claring him to be a tool of Tom Tag
CART, and repeated the charges which
have been made against him and
which he said Cook could not refute.
Calls for Prosperity.
The Judge paid a tribute to Hugh Th.
Miller, the Republican candidate for
senator. and he urged the election of
every G.. O. p. candidate for congress.
80 that 1.-The smoke from the stacks Of
our now idle factories will be seen
again"
Mr.. Jewett said that he had former
" been an ardent Progressive. but he
was now working for the old party
once more because the efforts to
"clean house" in the Republican party
had been successful and there was no
further need of the Progressive party.
He urged PrOgressiveS who formerly
were Republicans to "come back" for
the purpose of restoring the Republ-
can party to power so that prosperity
would obtain once more. He said the
Democrats had been given trial and
had been found wanting and it was
the patriotic duty Of every voter to
support the party OF prosperity.
John Wesley Hill spoke for the Re-
publicans at Cambridge City this after
noon and tonight Ralph V. Sollitt of
Peru. former Progressive, will speak
at Centerville. Next week Patrick J.
Lynch. the Republican congressional
lcandidate will devote all his time to
campaigning in Wayne county.