Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1914 — Did Any Democrats Hereabouts Make Any Such Demands? [ARTICLE]

Did Any Democrats Hereabouts Make Any Such Demands?

Governor Ralston in his keynote speech a few days ago, seeking excuse the wholesale- increase of salaries and creating of commissions by the dernocmtiT party, said: “In obedience to the public demand for laws concerning more work and new functions, new offices and new deputy-ships -were created and filled.” Now what do you think of that exhibition of gall? Public demand for new and new deputyships came from the coterie of office seekers apd not from the public. The public has been pretty busy crying down such extravagance on the part of the democratic state administration. Governor Ralston has gotten his wires crossed, and will probably hear a different demand from the public on election day.