The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-09
Wins
WITH VOTES Of
wayne COUNTY
Connersville Attorney Nomi-
mated for Congress When
Delegation Goes for Him.

Richard N. Elliott Of Connersville.
was nominated the Republican candi-
date for representative in congress at
the district convention in Rushville
on the eighty-fourth ballot, taken
about s:45 last night after the dele
gates had been in continuous session
since 1870 in the afternoon.
The rally for Elliott began on the
eighty-third ballot when the thirty-one
Wayne delegates cast the entire dele
CATION vote for the popular Corners
vile attorney, giving him total OF
fifty-five votes, five less than the re-
uuired number, sixty, to nominate
him.
Union Follows Lead
On the eighty-fourth ballot Wayne
again voted 81 for Elliott after Union
county, following the lead Of its big
neighbor, had cast its five votes for
Elliott. The thirty-six votes Elliott
received from Wayne and Union coun-
ties on the final ballot gave him the
required total of sixty.
With the announcement of Elliotts
nomination the tired, peevish and
hungry delegates jumped to their feet
and acclaimed the nominee with rous-
ing cheers.
After the new standard-bearer had
delivered a brief address, expressing
his appreciation of the honor bestow-
ed upon him and giving his pledge to
lead the Republican forces to victory
at the election June rs, George Barn
ard of Newcastle, one of Elliott's op-
ponents, moved that Elliott's nomina-
ton be made unanimous, a suggestion
the convention acted upon Immediate
| ly and with great enthusiasm.
Was School Teacher
Dick Elliott is A years OF age and
| belongs to that big brotherhood OF
successful men who began their ca
| reers as country school teachers. For
| a number OF years he has been one
! of the leading members OF the Fay
! cite county bar. He has taken an ac-
tive interest in politics for several
years.
In 1912 he affiliated with the Pro-
gressive party and continued Bull
Moosing until 1914, when he returned
to his first love, the Republican party,
believing that what reforms were re-
| uuired in the conduct Of that party s
| affairs were to be best accomplished
inside rather than outside the party.
! He has served Fayette county two
terms in the state legislature, has
been Fayette county attorney and
Connersville city attorney, and has
been Republican chairman OF his
home county.
| Elliott is we'll and favorably known
throughout the Sixth district, and his
nomination is generally acceptable te
the rank and file of the Republican
party in the district, for Dick pos
| sesses good horse sense" is vel
versed and trained in the conduct o.
public affairs, is thoroughly depend
able. is progressive in ideas though
rot a radical. and is vigorous. hust
ling sort of a chap who knows how tt
do things.
| DELEGATION Unharmonious.
Perhaps Wayne county was never
represented in a Republican distric
convention by such an unharmonlou:
delegation, but when the convention
became almost hopelessly deadlocked
all efforts at putting over "darl
horse" having failed. the Wayne dele
gates for once reached common un
derstanding, that there was no chance
Of nominating Wayne county maj
and that it was up to Wayne to throw
it's powerful strength to the best o
the candidates before the convention
/ That it would be possible for all o
the Wayne delegates to reach al
agreement on second choice candi
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