Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1910 — GOVERNOR IS BUSY PURBUING FRAUDB. [ARTICLE]

GOVERNOR IS BUSY PURBUING FRAUDB.

Concerned About Primary Vote Buying; Ignores Kem. Indianapolis, June 16— Is there a difference between bribery in a Democratic legislative caucus and buying votes at a primary election? Governor Marshall has been called <Jfl to Ps.es oft fi primary election contest In which it is charged that a candidate for prosecuting attorney went forth with money in his hand and purchased votes right and left, thus gaining the nomination. The governor holds that a writ of mandate and an injunction can be obtained to prevent the election officers from certifying the nomination of a man who buys votes at a primary. He holds that such a man can be enjoined from taking office, if he 1b elected. In view of the interest being taken by the Democratic governor in a remote contest whdre a candidate for a county office Is charged with fraud, it Is hoped that In time the same Democratic governor can be induced to show interest in the charges made by John Kern that eight legislators were “bought up” by the men who put Senator Shively in his present high place. Mr. Kern has not retracted his accusations. Senator Shively has not answered them. The Democratic governor has ignored them. The Democratic prosecutor of Marion county continues to pass them by. While the governor is working on the legal phases of primary election fraud, however, it is reasonable to hope he will go further and take up the more important caucus corruption described by Kern.