The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-10-24
Democratic Candidate for
Reelection Speaks to At
tentive Audiences on Whirl
Through Western Towns.
LAUDS PRES. WILSON
Representative Pledges to
Support Administration in
Policies If Voters Return
Him to Congress.

The trail Of the congressional can
didate is now we'll blazed and travel
ed. Elbert Russell, the Progressive
candidate, was the pioneer, then p. J
Lynch, the Republican nominee fol-
lowed in his footsteps and today Rep.
Finly II. Gray, Democratic candidate,
traversed it in a highpowered automo-
bile.
Rep. Gray arrived in Richmond ear.
ly this morning from Washington and
by 1880 o'clock was on the trail of the
much sought after man behind the bal
lot, to explain to him just what he
had been doing in congress and why
Ihe should be continued on the job.
Mr.. Gray was received by fair sized
tcrOwds in Centerville. East German.
town, Milton, Cambridge City, Hag-
erstown and Greensboro, and they all
heard his addresses with interested
attention but they were not in the
least demonstrative. Arriving at Cam
bridge City Mr.. Gray informed the
newspaper men who accompanied him
that he believed Wayne county was
the most ultra Progressive place in
the universe, but he was highly pleas
ed with the considerate attention he
received from the voters.
Defends Administration.
In his several addresses Mr.. Gray
defended the Wilson administration,
had little or nothing to say about
state issues and advocated satisfac-
tory primary law, predicting such a
statute would be enacted If Demo
cratic legislature was elected, al
though the last Democratic legislature
killed the only real primary bill that
was introduced. Mr.. Gray first mon
toned this matter at Milton, the home
of Earl Crawford, former Democratic
legislator who went over to the Pro
gressives principally because the Tag
Gart machine opposed a state wide
primary law and other progressive leg,
1slation.
Mr. Gray only has seven days be-
fore election to conduct his campaign
and he will try to get over the dis
trict in that time, so he will conclude
his tour Of Wayne county with an ad-
dress at the coliseum tonight, preced-
ing the speech of Governor Ralston.
Mr.. Gray was disappointed over not
meeting District Chairman Chambers
at Cambridge City this morning to re-
ceive his report on conditions in the
district, but he expressed his conf
dence that he would be reelected by
a substantial plurality.
Avoids Civil Service.
One topic avoided by Rep. Gray in
his addresses through the county to-
day. his vote for the measure destin-
ed to remove the thousands of postal
employees from the protection of the
civil service.
In substance Mr.. Gray said at his
various meetings this morning:
You are beng appealed to to sup
port the policies of President Wilson.
With the assistance of congress Presi-
dent Wilson has been able to accom-
plish real progressive legislation, and
there are many other reforms yet to
be accomplished. In this work he
must receive the patriotic support of
the American people, and l stand
pledged to his support.
Much sport was made of the Pres
ident's policy of watchful waiting but
1t has saved us thousands of lives and