The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-15
REGISTRATION
OF EVERY VOTER
C. 0. P. EFFORT
Must Win Election Before Lib
erty Loan Starts, State
Leaders Tell Committeeman

The necessity Of registering every
voter and making a careful and accu.
rate poll was urged upon Wayne coun-
ty precinct committeeman by Secre-
tary of State w. A. Roach and Charles
Preston. assistant secretary of the
state committee, at a meeting We'd
nesday evening.
Representative Richard Elliott OF
Connersville. District Chairman Wal
ter Bossert of Liberty and County
Chairman l.. S. Bowman spoke to the
same effect
The Democratic issue" said Pres
ton, "is to intimidate and scare the
Republicans, but they will be lucky
II they return any one of the four
Democratic representatives in Con-
gress this year. Get busy on the polls
right away. Every Indiana Repub-
lican must register. Between 60 and
So per cent of the soldiers in the
camps are Republicans. The forth
coming election will be decided by
the party that registers and votes
the most men. We must win the elec.
ton before the Liberty Loan drive be-
gins. If it had not been for Republi-
can votes, we would not have an army
In France now
Preston said other counties in IN
diana were perfecting their registra-
ton and many Of them reported every
Republican voter had registered. He
urged an intensive campaign to attain
this end in Wayne county.
Are Leading President.
Secretary of State Roach told the
precinct committeeman that only per-
sonal and individual work brings re-
suits. Jim Goodrich" he said, 'is
not too proud to take off his coat and
go out on the streets on election day
and to work for his party.
"The old slogan, He kept us out of
war has been changed to stand by
the president. Haven't we been
standing by him, granting every re-
quest he has made. We are leading
him. Who made possible the draft
bill? Republicans. When Finly Gray
opposed Richard Elliott for congress,
Gray had the administration endorse
ment. but you elected Elliott.
Democrats have been trying to be-
little our patriotism. Recently Fred
Bays, Democratic nominee for con-
gress in the second district, in his
maiden speech, said the Republicans
had no leader since Won Bernstorff
had been handed his passports. He
accused Will Hays of spreading the
seeds of dissension, and declared
Christ came to save the world and
Wilson to free the world. How ridicu-
lous and silly"
Representative Elliott spoke on ma
tional conditions as they pertain to
the war.
"If am reelected" he said. 81 shall
continue to vote for measures that
will carry the war to a successful fin
ish.
No Politics in War Measures.
with regard to war measures poll
tics Is adjourned but when it comes
to measures that do not pertain to the
war, politics Is not adjourned We
carry on our politics through great po-
Iitical parties This war was not de-
clared by either party but by the
American people, and when it Is won
II will have been won by all the peo-
pie
1--WE spent last year something like
Oh tllS Wal anu iodhSu
TO our allies a little over $4,000, 900, 900
making a total of $4,000, 100000. 1t is
estimated that the expense next year
will be $24,O00, 100000. This is to be
raised in two ways. One is by $S,000-
600, coo in taxes. and the rest by Lib
erty loan and War Savings certificates
amounting to S16,000,000,
"The revenue bill will tax almost ev
erything that was ever heard Of Ev-
erything that will stand taxation up or
all willing to appropriate this money
to win this war. We must win this
war. But we are interested in having
this money expended as carefully and
iudiciously andeconomically as can be
done under the circumstances. l
maintain that there has been no at
tempt at economy in its expenditure"
Bossert said he wanted the Repub-
lcan majority increased from 5000 to
1000 votes at the next election.
County Chairman Bowman said the
plans of organization in the county in
cluded the following:
The perfection of an organization
in each township, with the candidates
for township assessor, township trus-
tee. members of the township advis-
orv boards and precinct committee
men as the basis of membership; and,
in Richmond, the candidates and pre-
cinct committeeman. Township meet
ings in groups of several townships at
n time will start next week
Assistant County Chairman Wood
ward presided after Secretary of State
Roach had concluded his address.