Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — Secretary Bryan’s Roundabout Way of Getting Endorsement. [ARTICLE]

Secretary Bryan’s Roundabout Way of Getting Endorsement.

William Jennings Bryan spoke at Monticello and Lafayette today and Tom Callahan and E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer, and Andrew Misch and Alex. Rath, of near Wheatfield, went to 'Monticello to hear him, while Bruce White and Joe 'Davisson went to Lafayette to hear him. Secretary Bryan is talking national issues. He is careful not to give endorsement to the Taggart-Fair-banks ring in Indiana, but says that-4t is necessary to support the local democratic ticket in order to hold up the hands of President Wilson. It is unbecoming of Secretary Bryan to urge support for men whose conduct he does not approve and we are of the opinion that, just as there are many outside of the democratic party who are great admirers of President Wilson, so are there many democrats who will not regard it necessary to support corrupt state candidates and state conditions ip order to signify their approval of President Wilson’s administration. Mr. ‘Bryan could have made friends for himself and the president if he had had candor to denounce the corruption of the men in this state who would dump h/ and the president in a minute if they could further their own selfish ends by so«doing. The visit of Secretary Bryan should not influence a person to confuse the state issues with the national ones. We believe that democrats throughout Indiana are going to support Senator Shively, that Congressman Peterson will lose a good many democrats because he lacks ability to cope with the diplomacy of his job and because he supported the mileage grab, but these are the only men whose offices Secretary Bryan could consistently say have anything to do with an endorsement of the Wilson policies. The state conditions sorely need a change and there is no argument in saying that it is necessary to elect democrats in order to sustain Mr. Wilson. The sooner the yoke of the Taggart-Fairbanks crowd is cast off by the democratic party in Indiana the sooner will men of high standards like President Wilson and Sec--retary Bryan increase their hold on the people of the nation Secretary Bryan knows this and he should have the courage to plead his casefirst hand instead of asking that corrupt things be supported in order that a good thing shall be endorsed.