Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-09-24
PARTY DEMISE
is FORESEEN BY
CO. P. MEMBER
Unhappy Republican Describes
Pep Attempt at Marion
Club.
SAYS $3.50 IS AILMENT

once said. s'he who rides the rough sea
should not fear the tempest" 1 have
ridden the rough sea of republicanism
sor the last fifteen years | see the dark
clouds approaching, the winds are be-
ginning to blow, the barometer is be-
ginning to drop and it is only ques-
ton Of time until l viii hear the cap
tain of the good old ship thunder
through his trumpet. Cut away the
past."
1 am beginning to fear the tempest
and I am going TO tell you why. On
Monday, Aug. ., 1920, ! was informed
that there woulG be a meeting of the
precinct committeeman at the Marion
club, and like all good republicans, l
decided TO attend and arrived at the
club at about p. m. l saw several
knots of men standing on the Sidewalk
n front of the club and each crowd OF
these men were talking in an angry
tone.
approached the first crowd and this
is what l heard:
Where do they get that stuff of
throwing George Hutsell out as the ward
chairman in the Fourth ward? We with
iOake them sick of that"
I then approached another crowd and
this is what l heard:
Il guess that Frank Sims will kin him
self getting votes for the party after the
way he was unloaded as ward chairman
Of the Second Tell me who il Is that
wants Russell Wilson as chairman in this
ward?"
| then went to the third crowd and
this is what I heard:
Will they put the rollers under John
Corredin, ward chairman of the Twelfth
ward? They might as well put the roll
ers under the rest Of the workers and al
SO the entire ward"
NEXT CROWD
SINGING BLUES.
The next crowd was singing the blues
about Morton Matthews, ward chairman
Of the Fourteenth ward, who had been
removed.
Then I visited another crowd and found
out that Frank Brattain had resigned
from the gallant Fifth ward to keep Hen
erickson from putting the smack on him.
and then 1 visited the last crowd and
what heard caused my weak republican
blood TO come to a boil.
did they dump Graham from the
Craftsmanship of the Tenth ward?" one
of the fellows asked.
Another fellow said, Il say they did
not. Bob Miller told them to go ahead
and shoot their pistol and on election
day they would hear the report"
They then said Graham would stay as
long as he cared to remain. A small
colored fellow then said, What it takes
with this Chairman Hendrickson is
plenty of Of gusto as he is not responsible
for these men being removed
The other ore said, Then why don't
be tell us who is responsible and in re-
ply to our questions as to who is re-
HaUdri1Eznn saving
They don't want this or that chairman.
Who does Hendrickson mean by they?
Then someone said Hendrickson is in
side and is waiting for US and we then
went into the club assembly room. (You
used to have to push them out of the
meetings but now you have to call them
in.)
THAT Is ALL
THAT WERE THERE.
Well, re were all seated; that is,
All that were there, and that was far
from being a plenty. The precinct com
hlitteemen and the audience did not
look like the same gang that was there
n 1914 and 1916, but looked sullen, re
morseful, angry and downhearted, just
like a bunch Of school children who were
compelled to listen TO an unwelcome
teacher. Submissive Harry Hendrlckson
because he so easily submits to his lords
and masters) then arose (but not a
hand was clapped in the halD and after
rubbing his hands together (waiting no
doubt for a demonstration of hand clap
ping and shouting like they did In the
rood old days, but which did not Gomez.
he said: Gentlemen, it feels good to
be with you again; but wait a minute.
NE forgot to call roll"
A young man then proceeded to call
roll and we then found out that only
sixty seven precinct committeeman were
absent. I guess that did not make me
fear the tempest.
Submissive Harry then started with
the same old gentlemen stuff when the
young man who was calling roll said
Wait a minute, l forgot to call the
Wayne township roll" He called it and
out Of all the names he called one an
swered.
I then felt like looking for life boat
GENTLEMAN STUFF
ONCE AGAIN
Submissive then gave US the gentle
men stuff for the third time and told us
il was time to commence to work. He
told US and kept on telling US that he
knew there was some sore spots, but to
forget them until after the election. How
does he know that there was nybody
there that was sore because never
heard anybody say that they did not
feel right He then started to tell us
how to register the vote but he did not
seem to know much about it, so Leo
FesIer then started to tell US about It
and got along about as good as can
be expected of him until he told us to
register the votes and put the date on
later when Thomas Stevenson stood up
do that
All of which goes to show that Thomas
is not sure of who will be prosecutor
next year and don't care to put us in
Jeopardy. Then Fesler told us that we
would be allowed 10 cents per meal and
one man said, How does it come that
we were allowed 81 per meal on primary
day. and Fesler replied that there was
no law on that and the county commits
sioners just allowed it, (Claris Adams
please take note of this for the grand
jury. Fesler then said the last legiss-
ture made the price of meals IS cents
and the man then said that is another
one of the many things that we will
have to carry for the legislature
Hendrickson never took any part in
this argument, as l guess he can get all
the crackers he wants at Tagzart's
bakery and he should worry; but he
told us he was not going TO make
speech but would have an interesting
person to make one for us, and he called
on Mr.. Schortemeier, secretary of the
state committee.
ONE MAN
cLAPs HANDS.
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