The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-02-12

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 12.-Assem-
bled on Lincoln's natal day, and with
statesman from Lincoln's native
state as the principal speaker, mem
bers of the Republican Editorial AS,
sociation of Indiana held their annua'
| love feast in Tomlinson hall this
afternoon.
Members-elect of the Republican
state committee began to arrive in In
dlanapolis last night The state com
mittee met to reorganize at o'clock
this afternoon and it seemed certain
that Will H. Hays of Sullivan, would
be named to succeed Fred A. Sims
who is voluntarily retiring from the
position as state chairman. The new
state committee met with the old state
committee at the Hotel Claypool
Mr.. Hays announced that he would
accept the Craftsmanship should the
committee make the request John W.
McCardle of indianapolis who was
strongly mentioned for the place, said
definitely that he could not take it on
account of the fact that his personal
affairs would require him to be away
from Indianapolis great deal of the
time.
EulogiZes Lincoln.
Addressing the Editorial association
| members and many prominent Repub-
licans from all over the state in Tom
| linson hall this afternoon, Augustus
E. Wilson, former governor of Ken
lucky, eulogiZed Abraham Lincoln not
! only as a patriot, but as the first Re-
| publican president of the United
| States.
Ex-Governor Wilson said in part ::
"This is the anniversary of the
! birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the first
! Republican president of the United
| States. The Republican party won for
him the greatest honor and the chance
for glory which is his, and he gave
back to the country and the Repub-
| lican party the greatest blessings.
| I'VE of Kentucky, where he was
born; you in Indiana where his boy
hood was passed. and our neighbors
of Illinois where his life work was
| done up to his presidency, and where
| he sleeps his last sleep, have each
our special local reasons to love and
honor him, and he proved that he was
our own. But there can never be a
monopoly on the life and character
much less the sayings or principles
of Abraham Lincoln. We shall not,
| Ii,
ourselves as the only true followers
| Of Abraham Lincoln, nor claim for
selfish ends the name and the life
which belongs to all mankind for all
| time and in all lands.
Republican Voter.
I'm his Gettysburg speech, the dear
est, best loved and noblest words that
ever fell from human lips, he made
| the appeal to his country. which l
say after him, now, as a sacred patri-
otic service which should be said on
| this anniversary to the end of time
as the pledge and dedication of every
citizen to our country forever.
Il am a Republican; not a differ
entail or sorted out or any special
brand of Republican, but just a plain
! Republican-one of seven millions of
sitizens who elected Roosevelt and
Taft, and who care a hundred times
more for the Republican party than
for either or both of them put to-
gether.
| The Democratic party, as an organ.
ization, has been the victim of every
political crank, the heir of every i'm
possible theory of government and the
awful example of every serious politi-
cal mistake in our times, and it gets
worse all the time.
| 'It hugeed the moster of slavery
to it's breast in this land of liberty,
and for every drop of blood drawn by
sword. 1t became the missionary OF
free trade between our country OF
high wages and the rest of the world
on one-half our wages, and not An
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