Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1913 — Here is Cause for Rejoicing Among "Demo” Editors. [ARTICLE]

Here is Cause for Rejoicing Among "Demo” Editors.

A report on apparently reliable authority states that Charles J. Murphy, of Brookston, democratic district chairman, is to be made a member of the utilities commission. This will be great cause for rejoicing, speaking adversely, to be sure, among democratic editors and especially with Brother Babcock, who pronounced Murphy* about every sort of crook and charged him openly with trying to buy delegates for the reactionary cause at the Monon representative and senatorial convention. It was Murphy who was made chairman of the district convention held at Lafayette and which nominated John B. Peterson for congressman, and at which time prominent progressive democrats on the floor of the convention denounced Mr. Pederson as a corporation attorney and a reactionary. The only place we have ever known Murphy and the local democratic editor to hold the same opinion was when both favored Judson Harmon, the Ohio-reactionary, for the democratic nomination for president. The Republican personally would dislike to see Charles J. Murphy a member of this important commission. We believe he is associated with a wing of the democratic party that is dangerous to progression. He is too closely allied to Tom Taggart, whose recent progressive claims have no assurance of sincerity. But our feeling would be one of belief that it was not best for the public welfare, while our democratic brother would have all the rantings of personal disappointment.