Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1910 — SENATOR CLAPP’S SPEECH FOR PROGRESSIVE IDEAS. [ARTICLE]

SENATOR CLAPP’S SPEECH FOR PROGRESSIVE IDEAS.

Minnesota Legislator Made Address Upholding Senator Beveridge and Proclaiming Insurgency. Senator Moses E. Clapp, junior senator from Minnesota, opened the campaign in Jasper county Wednesday night with a rousing speech that was chiefly devoted to setting forth the position of the so-called insurgents in congress, and showing the causes why their progressive attitude toward evils in national life had led them to being called insurgents. While the speech was mainly directed against the standpat element of the party, the senator occasionally took a swing at democracy and advocated the voting of the republican ticket from top to bottom. The Senator rehearsed a number of the charges frequently printed in the newspapers that much legislation is passed favoring special interests and that the insurgent movement was started with a view to correcting these things and that it is growing and succeeding the country over. He appealed to democrats to consider the reforms and the policies advocated by progressive republicanism and to join hands with the men who are striving for righteousness in government and to lend their aid to the great struggle that will place the citizenship of the country in command instead of permitting bosses to run the affairs of state. He was frequently applauded and especially when he credited Senator Albert J. Beveridge with leadership in modern thought and with having accomplished so much by his courageous attitude for the right. , ... . There can be no doubt that the great majority of the audience was heartily in favor of the speaker’s advocacy of the policies of insurgency, but there were others who believed that his attitude of assault against the party

leaders and in favor of factionalism is calculated to stir up strife that it will take some time to overcome. All are progressives if they are republicans but all are not willing to concede that all of a sudden the republican party has found itself controlled by rascals and plunderers and that a revolt against the very basic principles of the party is essential to the correction of evils that have been uncovered. It was probably unfortunate that Senator Clapp was sent to Rensselaer, for his speech was not calculated to harmonize but to aggravate and in a place where there was perfect harmony and where republicans believe in correcting evils while maintaining organization it could accomplish no beneficial results. The speech made by Senator Clapp makes Senator Beveridge the paramount issue in Indiana and we believe the majority of our people, both republicans and democrats, are interested in seeing Senator Beveridge returned to the United States senate in order that he may complete the work in which he is so enthusiastically absorbed. Senator Clapp spoke in Monticello Wednesday afternoon and will speak in Logansport tonight.