The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-19
'ELL|OTT TO MAKE
I BRIEF CAMPAIGN
. FOR REELECTION
War Congressman" to Visit
District During Short Re-
cess OF Congress.

According to information received
by the Wayne County Republican
central committee Representative
isichard N. Elliott of the Sixth dis
'trict or Indiana, has formulated no
DEFINITE plans for making a personal
campaign in the interests of his own
reelection.
Representative Elliott's official du-
ties continue to demand his entire at.
B tention, consequently he has had no
time to devote to his own political In
terests.
e There is possibility that congress
Will take brief recess beginning Oct
49, just eight days before the general
elections, reconvening Nov. IL and
continuing its sittings until the new
session Of congress begins, the first
Monday in December. Should there
be recess Mr.. Elliott probably will
return to his home in Connersville, in
which event he Is expected to devote
& four or five days to a flying trip
( through the eight counties of the dis
4 trict.
AS the war congressman" from the
I Sixth district Representative Eliotts
dWies have been more burdensome
T. az I'd exacting, perhaps, thin ever i'm
posed upon any Of his predecessors
from the Old Burnt district.
) Many War Problems.
) Mr. Elliott took his office, July l.,
last year, having been elected on the
Republican ticket the previous month
( to fill the unexpired term of the late
Daniel w. Comstock of Richmond,
who died in office. The United States
had declared war on Germany just
he
Elliott assumed the duties of his Of
B flee and from that time to the pres
4 ont Mr.. Elliott has been constantly at
work. from early until late, handling
= the business Of his constituents
In peace time the average citizen
has very little business to transact
+ through the office of his congress
man. This is far from being the case.
( however, with the nation at war.
Z There are very few families in the
Z Sixth Indiana district which have not
( been directly affected in one way or
I the other by new, and quite frequently
perpleXing conditions arising from the
war Thousands Of Mr. Elliott's con-
stituents have taken their troubles to
him for counsel or for adjudication
and he has cordially complied with ev
cry request made of him to the best
Of his ability. Not only individuals
[ have been effected by the war. Hun
dreds OF business concerns in the dis
/ trict have appealed to Mr. Elliott from
! time to time to advise them on legal
questions, arising from wartime leg
/ islation, which has affected them.
Win the War Congressman.
Representative Elliott recently in.
I formed Richmond friend who called
Z upon him in Washington that he had
personally submitted to the Bureau OF
\ War Risk Insurance approximately L.
Y 500 soldiers pay allotment or soldiers
Insurance cases which had been re-
erred to him by constituents who are
+ dependents Of soldiers. That has not
; been easy work, but | have enjoyed
doing 1t because | know that frequent
~ soldiers families have gone for
months at a time without receiving al
lotments, generally because of some
unfortunate mistake. which l have
quite frequently been able to remedy"
Mr. Elliott said.
Mr. Elliott, his Richmond friends
are also dalling attention to at this
time. has been a loyal and consistent
supporter of his governments war
policies from the very beginning of his
term. In fact his name is included
among the most ardent of the win
the-War" con cressmep