The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-25
WatsOn's Tool Helped Defeat
G.. o. p. MayOralty Candi-
date and Supported Lei
Watkins, Mooser.
Henry County Machine Ac-
cuses District Chairman OF
Aiding and Abetting Their
Political Enemies.
By w. r PoUNDSToNE.

NEW CASTLE. Ind, June 25--G
! fair exchange is no robbery. the or
| ganization Republicans of Henry
county argue, and in their future deai
! ings with Patrick Joseph Lynch Of
| New Castle, the Watson-dictated Re-
publican candidate for congressman
! from the Sixth district. they frankly
admitted today they intended to hold
closely TO this old adage. i,
In other words the organization Re-
! publicans of Henry county are now ous
| after the scalp OF Mr. Lynch. They
are too staunch and loyal party men
| to openly fight a candidate on their
! ticket, no matter if he was placed on
! the ticket through the agency of an in
| famous double cross" and with the
assistance of Jim Watson But they
J assert that Lynch cannot look to them
! for their support. which he will stand
badly in need of, and there are any
/ number of them who have publicly an<
; nounced that they will not vote for
! HIM.
Will Support Russell.
| Il cannot vote for Lynch because hd
! is not the type of man | would have
| as congressman. 1t is Impossible for
me to vote for a Democrat. especially
such a Democrat as Finly Gray. so it
looks as If ! must cast my ballot for
the Progressive candidate, Ebert Rus
sell, as much as | will despise myself
for doing so He belongs to the bolt
ers. but at least he stands right on.
the tariff and he is a clean-cut young'
man." woefully remarked one of the
most prominent New Castle Republic
ans. He reflected the sentiment of the
big majority of New Castle Repub-
| licans. who are sick and disgusted
! 10 in of, (, hA
old bosses. who balk every effort
aimed to effect reorganization and
| a party "house-cleaning"
But Pat Lyncn is not in bad with
the organization Republicans of his
county solely because OF his disor-
ganizatiOn OF the party in Wayne
county, in a fair way OF being recon
structed until Lynch defeated Judge
Comstock for the congressional nomi-
nation after having promised TO with
! draw in the Richmond mans favor.
! While they derounCe him for this
grave offense they charge him with a
more serious political crime.
His Gravest Mistake.
Pat Lynch has been accused and
found guilty by the Henry county or
ganization Republicans of aiding. and
TO a considerable extent abetting in
| knitting his party during the city cleo
tion campaign at New Castle last fall
The Republican city ticket was,
elected last fall with the exception OF
the mayoralty candidate. Martin L.
Rooms, one of New Castles best
known and most prominent citizens.
secretary of the Building Loan assoc
iation and an attorney. Koons was de-
feated by Leb Watkins. running on anil
independent ticket and at that timei
/ a member of the Progressive party
which he deserted. however a MONTH
after entering the office, going back toi
the Republican party. which had threej
times denied him the nomination as3
! prosecuting attorney. once the nominal
! tion as representative and once thet
nomination as sheriff.
Blame Lynch for Defeat.
Organization Republicans in New
Castle last fall were anxious for their}
party to make a clean sweep, and wereI
! expecting the same, for the moral ell
feet they desired ii to have in Henry3
county and throughout the state. AskI
these men what prevented a completed
Republican victory in New Castle lascl
! November. and this will be thei
/ answer:
Pat Lynch. Bert Evans. Tom Mini
kan, John Millikan, George Barnard
and Paul Brown"
/ ney until the first of the year and was
| last fall candidate for the Republican
nomination as circuit Judge: Milika n !
is cashier of the Citizens State bank |
! and has been Republican boss Of
| Henry county: John Millikan is the
son of the banker boss: George Barn /
| ard formerly was mayor of New Castle |
and the son of former Congressman !
! Barnard, and Paul Brown is young
Barnard's law partner
Fought G. o. p. Man.
| You ask for proof that this group of
! politicians. all loyal Watson men. !
! fought Martin koous and supported |
Leb Watkins with Bert Evans as his !
campaign manager. and YOU are told /
that koons made this charge against !
them before and after the election. |
and that Evans never made any secret !.
of his activity in behalf of the Pro- |
gressive who was running for mayor Z
as an independent
You will also be told that this same |
Evans. after putting Progressive in !
the mayoralty chair at New Castle /
showed his political versatility on the
sixteenth of this month by heading
the Henry delegation to the Repub- ,
lican district convention at Cambridge
! City and by making the speech nomi-
mating Lynch.
You will also be informed by re-
liable organization, anti-Watson Re
publicans, how a few days before the
Henry township convention to nomi-
nate delegates to the district conven-
tion Mayor Watkins went to promi-
nent New Castle business man, who
is also a loyal Republican, and asked
him for his support to secure the cleo
tion of Watkins as one Of the six dele
gates from Henry township.
Watkins told this man." they tell
you, that he wanted to 60 to Cam
bridge City and vote for Pat Lynch to
return a political debt because he ;
owed Lynch much for the support he
gave him during the city campaign"
Surprises New Castle.
This was important news. in the