The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-02

! registration in Wayne county shows
over $4,000 voters Polls taken by the
Progressive workers show that the
Progressive party has not only held its
strength of two years ago but has in
creased it. 1t is also a fact that over
95 per cent of the Progressive vote is
registered. At least 80 per cent Of
the Democratic vote is registered. that
party being second in strength in the
county, while the Republican party
suffered the bulk Of the total five per
cent loss in registration.
Two years ago the Progressives.
plurality Of 757 over the Democrats
and majority Of 2.94S over the Re
publicans
Mistake Of Republicans.
With strong state and county tickets
to support this year and the strength
of the party unimpaired both Demo
cratic and Republican leaders realize
that there is not one chance in thou
sand to accomplish a Waterloo for the
Progressives. The Republicans realize
that what chances they had to in
crease their strength by drafts from
, the ranks of the Progressives have
failed signally. first by the selection
of a Waston-controlled congressional
candidate to head their county ticket
p. J. Lynch: lastly by the blunder Of
| White and Lee in inspiring an uncall-
ed for and wholly false attack on Mr.
Leeds. Anxious as they are to render
| assistance to their party in its come
| back" effort there are many Wayne
Republicans who cannot swallow the
Lynch candidacy because of Lynch's
relations with James E. Watson. at
whose DIOR fhoC nlaca rho hlQ for
the disruption Of their party two years
| ago.
The Democratic party In Wayne
/ county, like the Republican party. Is
also suffering from disaffection among
! it's members and there is every reason
| to believe that there will be consider
able slump in the Democratic vote to-
morrow. The Progressives will be al
most the only party to benefit from
this. for those Democrats who bolt
their party tickets have announced
almost in chorus their intention to go
| over to the Progressives
! Crawford Leads.
| The revolt in the Democratic party
was led by Earl B. Crawford Of Milton
| former member of the legislature. who
went off the reservation as a protest
against the Taggert machine rule Of
| HIS party. STdNlOfu Ids d ldI Sc bcIO-
cratic following and to mention his
name in the presence of one Of the
, Democratic leaders is the same as
waving a red flag in front Of bull.
! Crawford and his followers will sup
port the Progressives and in doing SO
they assert they are better Democrats
! than those who stand for the continua-
tion of the Taggert machine rult. The
Crawford following has also been re-
cruited by quite a few anti-Gray Demo
Gratis. who emphatically declare they
have cast their last ballots for the
! Connersville politician.
In the sixth district Wayne county
has been the only one Of the eight
strongly Progressive but reports re-
ceived the last few days from the var
ious counties indicate that there will
be a remarkable increase in the Pro
gressive vote tomorrow. There ap-
pears to be no doubt that Gray is
doomed for a crushing defeat from
Rus ell, the Progressive candidate.
and Lynch. the Republican nominee.
and Gray fighting it out for second
place, The selection of Russell as the
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